The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-20

sold in shops which have tFe head of a
morse above the shop. Many peculiar
sights are 10 be seen even on the best
streets One day a friend Of mine saw
| what might be called a wholesale nursery
| maid pushing long slender wagon with
! the seats along the sides fIled with a
batch of bowling babies. evidently out for
d pleasant airing.
| The French are great lovers of good
| time and they seem to think the best
/ part OF the day IS that time from eight in
| the evening 20 midnight. They come out
| and sit in the cafes and sip absinche. a
| drink which is milky green in appearance,
and o ten the paSsersby. These cafes
are ranged along the sidewalks and pre-
! sent very pretty appearance a night
| We hear about Paris being wicked
city, and no doubt i deserves it's name
but / must say that Paris, with it's j.
censed crime and loose moral restrictions
IS ten times as decent a city as London
where the greatest restrictions are sup
posed to be placed on every sort OF riot
Gus living
Before I visited the two cities OF Lon
people were next 10 ours in merE but
1 must say that have entirely changed
my mind now and now nave no use for
the English. As workingmen lhey are
slow and impudent, as gentlemen of So
ciety they are proud and the man seems
10 think that the woman was made for
his slave. They are very much inferior 20
us in the elements of courtesy 20 women,
in fact they are almost brutal in their
treatment Of the sex which deserves the
best Of treatment.
The French, on the other hand are good
workman, careful and 50 full OF the ideas
Of beauty that hardly anything they
make is anything else than an object OF
beauty. The gentlemen are courteous,
perhaps more for policy sake than for
other reasons but the courtesy is there
just the same. Their treatment Of wo-
men can not be improved on, and the
women appreciate it TOO.
1 spent the first four weeks OF my stay
in Paris in going around the city and in
two trips to Versailles and Fontainbleau,
two Of the great palaces of the last CEN
fury. And It was my good fortune 20 be
in Paris the Attn Of July. day which IS TO
them what our Fourth is 10 US, a day
celebrating their Independence. Like Us,
they made a great OF it. dancing in the
streets, having sack races and many
sports like ours. I heard but very few
fire-crackers, but enough to make me feel
at home. The festivities lasted for three
days.
One evening about the last of July coox
the midnight train for Aix-ls-Chn2peIe
and got there the middle Ct the next day.
This was the home Of Char.emagna All
there he built a cathedral a couple II
hours was enough for me to see the sights
and the next train took me on TO C)io5ne,
where il seemed that every other person
was the maker of the original Cologne
water. My hotel was just opposite TO a
cathedral, and after a struggle with the
German language I went over and looked
IL over. Then 1 got on a horse-car and
rode to the end and back again. The Lext
morning I took a boat up the Rhine as
far as Coolence, the trip taking eight
hours We passed the famous ruined cas-
ties and terraced vineyards, for which the
Rhine valley Is known all over the world.
Cob.ence is at the meeting of the Moseile
and Rhine rivers, and il is as pretty a
place for natural beauty as one would
wish TO see. Opposite the town IS the
castle of Ehrenbreitstein, called the Glib
raltar Of the Rhine, and the view at night,
with the lights in the fortress. was very
beautiful. The next day found me again
on Rhine steamer this time going still
farther up, 10 Mayence. There L stayed
over night and went on the next morning
by train to Worms. the home of Luther
saw his statue. and the cathedral where
he worshipad, and then left for Strass5urg.
This is the city of the storks, and I was
very much pleased with it The old part
on the island is quaint enough for any
lover of old houses. and the new city is
very clean and vel. laid Out-not the rule
in all German cities.
From Strassburg I went TO Heidelberg
and there I saw many evidences Of is
being a college town, for they had JUST
had dueling match and many of the
boys had their faces cut up and covered
with patches, making them look like ttey
had been in the war with Cuban enemies.
The principal point OF interest in the place
is the old castle which is on the hin above
the city and which is in very good repair
was up there all OF one afternoon sad
listened 10 the German band in the res.
taurant. I must say that the Germans
can play band music better than anyone
e,se that I have ever heard. The notzl |
where was stopping was in many re-
spects the best that ever stopped at n (
the old country, and perhaps a few words /
as 10 hotels would be well. Nowhere % /
they have hoels ike ours. for very seldom |
is there anything like an Office. merely a
desk put in some out-of-the- corner.
- av-~gr g
lar. and 90 things because they think ,sot |
a tip is soon TO be had. Eie yato : are te. |
coming quite general. but ne idea Is :hs. |
after they have once taXsa you % your /
room you are "a walk down. and I have /
heard of the charge Of elevator havrz |
been put on the bill. They charge for |
every possible thing under the sun end /
then manage to put some more on. Lights. |
service and fps take 10 :uIs hair OF III. |
expenses Of staying at a. hotel. You pay !
for service, and then rne servants expect /
You 10 give them a tip nearly as large. /
I got in the habit OF ordering ny bagssre |
sent 10 The depot. and Jhen after having |
paid the one who seemed most worthy I |
would walk 10 the depot and let the rest |
% the crowd hustle for then ,-ps he bes:
way they could.
After leaving Deidelberg 7 went 70 /
Frankfort and found that Il Is a modern /
-own and with but few ,hJngs 70 interes. /
)ne who likes the ancient. I Left - The 1
next day and went 10 Nurl5 srg. where I 1
toun& things OLD enough f5r me. COR It +
: town with he wall when has o. I /
hore for hundreds % wears 4 IS very /
picturesque and though the old town Is bU;
". miles around and 5ae new ou-slde
II il. I enjoyed j. srcs-ly. Nearly aE
y he wall and me old tc~e-s are there
Ind TIE coioring IS 9ne.
Munich was my next stop. and as it was