The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-08
BEER DRINKING.
Almost Everybody in Germany In
dulges, But There Is
VERY LITTLE DRUNKENNESS
Quality of beverage Due to the Water
Of the cOuntry-Drssdsn'S Many
Concert Gardens-Ths Best Obtain
able Music Furnished and AdmisS
sion Price Moderate.

wilmington News: Germany Is very
,ortunate in It's beers as compared with
vlne.drinkine countries. There Is
some drunkenness in Germany. q one
searches for 1t, of course. Just as there
/, in all countries-a lack Of self
restraint unfortunately being a prop
cr,y Of human nature. and not OF any
partIcular nation. But the DRUNKEN
mes, in Germany, such as 1t is, and in
no quarter conspicuous. does not come
from German beers. but from ''Brannt-
vein" or "schnapp5'-meaning some
form Of distilled liquor genrally brandy.
The quality OF German beers is due to
the water Of the country. For example,
the Munich beers are initiated here in
presden-and so far as the processes OF
manufacture, care and integrity Of
workmanship are concerned, the Ores
den-made Munich beers are identical
with those made in Munich. But the
beers are not the same, simply because
ilst that kind Of water cannot be found
in Dresden witch exists in Munich. IN
short, Germany has natural monopoly
In its beers, and the conditions OF this
natural monopoly are so delicate that
nowhere outside of Germany do the
German beers possess exactly the same
qualities as they do on their native soil;
they must be drunk in Germany after
being made with German water and un-
der German state supervision, in order
TO be fully understood and appreciated.
The best test OF everything is expert
ence and 1 was very attentive all this
summer In watching the average effect
Of the summer consumption OF German
beers here in Dresden. There are eight
large concert places in Dresden, not to
speak of those in the immediate en-
vlrons. which can be reached In twenty
or twenty-five minutes by the electric
cars. At each Of these places concerts
are given every evening by orchestras
Of from fifty to seventy-hve men. FIRE.
quent concerts are also given in the
afternoon, and on certain days OF the
week at 6 O'Clock in the morning. These
morning concerts are fot.the especial
benefit of those whose duties keep them
occupied during the day and evening.
The prices of admission to these varl-
Gus places run from 2ll cents to 12N
cents-the latter being rather swell at
fairs, When Herr Strauss was here
from Vienna, with his full orchestra,
the price at that garden was raised to
AZ cents-but that, of course. was a
special thing. All these concerts last
for about three hours. and the music is
OF the best quality. OF course, one can
drink considerable beer in three hours
II one is ambitious In that direction,
and every one who attends these places
drinks beer. From my observations, l
Judge that two glasses to a person Ia
little less than quartz is good aver
age, many contentlng themselves with
1ue glass, while comparatively few take
three glasses
After all. 1t is not the quantity taken,
but the effect, that is important.
have been repeatedly at all these con-
eerts. except those given at o'clock in
the morning, which is little too early
an hour for mccullough these morn.
Ing concerts are well attended. for
otherwise they would not be given. One
concert garden in particular have fire.
qucntly visited. 1t is a grove Of mag
aiacent old trees, with the necessary
buildings, in the famous Grosser Gar
den Of Dresden, and is managed by an
old soldier OF the war of 1901 between
Germany and France The usual price
OF admission is 9h cents; but when
there are two bands Ian army band
from one OF the regiments stationed
here, In addition to the regular house
orchestra, each band taking turns in
playing four or six pleces), rs is often
the case. then the price of admission is
doubled, and amounts TO five cents.
On account OF the beauty OF this
place, It's cheapness and Its accessibility
all Dresden goes there good many
times over during the season. Espec-
tally all those people go there-men md
womcn-to whom a cent is a matter OF
Importance. and. of course, among
these thousands are included many
whose powers of self-restraint are very
small Yet have never seen or heard
any disorderly thing these-no
pushing or romping, no loud talking, no
qparrelIng. no behavior that would not
have been perfectly appropriate In the
finest opera house In the world. In the
afternoon whole families go there, and
remain until it is time for the children
to go to bed. In the evening the plain
people pour In, and remain until nearly
Il o'clock Yet among all these multi
tudes have never seen suggestion of
drunkenness.
1t was the same at the other concert
places. People had gathered for the en-
joyment Of the fresh air and the nat
pFal beauty. for the Intellectual grsti1-
cation of hearing the best music per-
'ectly executed, and for the social pleas
urc OF seeing each other. No restraint
was placed upon any one; every one
drank beer ms matter Of course, and
"a much as each one pleased yet for