The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-26

| tive soil-they must be drunk in Ger
many, after being made with German
water and under German state super
vision, in order to be fully understood
| and appreciated.
The best test of everything is expert
| ence, and / was very attentive all this
| last summer in watching the average
! erect of the summer consumption Of
| German beers here in Dresden. There
| are eight large concert places in Dres-
| den, not to speak of those in the imme-
| dlate enVirons 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 or
| chestras of from fifty to seventy-five
men. Frequently concerts are also Civ
, IN in the afternoon, and on certain
days of the week at six o'clock in the
morning. These morning concerts are
Tor the especial benefit Of those whose
duties keep them occupied during the
day and evening The prices of adj
mission to these various places run
from two and one-half cents to twelve
and one-quarter cents-the latter being
rather swell affairs. When Herr
Strauss was here from Vienna, with
his full orchestra, the price at that
garden was raised to twenty-four and
one-half 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
if one is ambitious in that direction
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drinks beer From my observations I
judge that two glasses to a person Ga
little less than a quartz is good aver
age. many contenting themselves with
one glass, while comparatively few
take three glasses. After all it is not
the quantity taken, but the effect that
is important. / have been repeatedly at
all these concerts, except those given
at six o'clock in the morning, which is
a little too early an hour for meal
though these morning concerts are well
attended. for otherwise they would not
be given. One concert garden in par
tlcular | have frequently visited. 1t is
grove of magnificent old trees, with
the necessary buildings, in the famous
Grosser Garten of Dresden, and is
managed by an old soldier of the war
of 1901 between Germany and France.
The usual price of admission is two and
one-half cents; but when there are two
bands Can 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
pieces, as is often the case, then the
price of admission is doubled, and
amounts tn five Or of
the beauty of this place, its cheapness
and its accessibility, all Dresden goes
there a good many times over during
the season. Especially all those people
go there-men and women-to whom a
cent is matter of Importance, and of
course among these thousands are in
Guided many whose powers of self-re
straint are very small Yet l have new
er seen or heard any disorderly thing
there-no pushing or rompng, no loud
talking, no quarreling, no behavior that |
would not have been perfectly appro-
pirate 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 even
ing the plain people pour in and remain
until nearly eleven o'clock. Yet among |
all these multitudes I have never seen
a suggestion of drunkenness. 1t was
the same at the other concert places.
People had gathered for the enjoyment |
OF the fresh air and the natural beauty, |
for the intellectual qualification of hear
ing the best music perfectly executed,
and for the social pleasure of seeing
each. other. No restraint was placed
upon, any one; every one drank beer as
a matter of course, and as much as
each one pleased; yet for the purpose
Of study one had to call to mind that
there is so evil and unnecessary a
thing as drunkenness in the world, for
the reason that there was nothing in
the assembly or its behavior that re-
minded one of that miserable fact
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