The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-15
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While There He Pausos in His Flight to Jot Down His Observations and Deduc- tions,
 Strassburg, May 26, 1897. To the Editor of the Journal and Courleri From Botzen to Strassburg is quite a step. In fact several steps, First from Botzen to Munich (beer). Then from Munich to Sindau on Lake Constance (dlscomfort) Then from Sindau by boat to Constance at the foot of the lake where the Rhine runs out (perfect peace and comfort; quiet and delicious existence) and finally from Constance through the romantic Schwuzwald (coo- coo clocks) and across the valley of the Rhine to Strassburg Qnteresting city hotel, the biggest swindle on earthO
 Before leaving Botzen you must visit Meran, which Is only about fifteen miles off. Meran and Botzen are at the two ends of an extraordinary plain-from fifteen to twenty miles long and from two to five miles wide-right in the midst of the Alps. Meran is near the upper end of the valley, but Is very lit tie higher than Botzen though, as the valley runs southeast, 1t gets more sum- shine. The valley is only about eight hundred feet above the level of the sea. Therefore in height it cannot compare with the fine altitude of Connecticut; with Litchfield, for instance, which towers for hundreds of feet above this pretentious Austrian resort. Attention has been lately called to Meran by its claiming to possess the finest breathing air in existence. So that parties who field air go to Meran for the purpose of comparing the two airs. No unpreJu- diced person, with a naturally judicious mind, who has long trained the faculty of truth to clear, concise, fine and skill ful discrimination, and whose delicate nature will as easily carry for years the impress of breath of air as the im- press of a seductive kiss; no such per- son will hesitate for moment in his decision. If people get well in Meran on air they would recover from the same ailments in Litchfield in from one tenth to one-twelfth the time. The statement is substantiated by scientific investigation. Meran is filled with Thermometers, barometers and hydrom- eters; all intended to boost up the air. There are dozens of them attached to every tree and post in the place. Half the time of the poor invalids is em- ployed in running from tree to post and fin comparing these mendacious instru- ments. The exercise they get in this way Is of course half the cure. A stroll up Chestnut Hill and down again would be thousand times more eftlca- cious and at the same time expand the soul to the exquisite enjoyment of per- of the hydrometers examined, the air of Meran is lacking in a suff1ciency of hu- midity. If thirty degrees of moisture be taken as the proper amount of mois- ture, then the Meran average is under twenty. The air of Meran is dried out, antiuuated, like the air in an old and very deep Egyptian tomb. The reason is perfectly clear All about the Bot zen-Meran valley are very high moun- ,I,,1 tipcr in on 4 natural consequence the air can never get out. When the wind blows, the air is only blown from Cne of the valleys to 4he other and back again. The valley is full of the same old air that filled it at the time of Julius Caesar if not earlier. Meran's pretentions are ridiculous and should not be encouraged. Yet so strong Is fashion and so potent are the deceptions of the imagination that Me- ran is growing rapidly in large hotels and in lovely private residences. No one will envy it it's prosperity, though deploring the deceits practiced upon it's visitors.
 The first duty of stranger on reach ing Munich is to find out which beer is hest suited to his palate. All the beers
  organs if his digestive organs be in nor" mal condition; so there will be no trou- ibIe on that case. The chances are ten to one that his choice will eventually fall on the brew of the Hofbrauhaus. It may take him day or two to go the rounds faithfully. If very conscien- etious he may have to go the rounds two or three times, for it takes fine taste to distinguish between the Hofbrau, the Iowenbrau, the Burgerbrau, the Spa tenbrau, the Franziskanerbrau, the Pschorrbrau, the Augustinerbrau and alltthe other braus. They are all so ex- ceIlent that they must not be passed lover with a mere "halber." Each must be profoundly and thoroughly exam ined out of regard for Its world wide reputation. When this preliminary ex' ercise has been concluded, then com .mences the true enjoyment of the most