Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-13

VI ITdilSpOTldlIOH, anu JHeu We lell Out
over the Alaskan boundary question.
From England we went to Holland
and the Hague, the dearest, Qualntest,
prettest town. We were there during
the Peace Conference, and good
many delegates were at our hotel.
Speaker Reed, wife and daughter were
also there; and we all sat at dinner
and watched a dinner party of said
delegates and enjoyed their menu, all
but the wines. They talked and toast
ed and made speeches, cheered and
sang, sometimes embraced each other,
and made the air blue with smoke, and
don't think college boys could have
made more noise. There we first saw
the dogteams, and the peasants in sa
bots. 1t looked very funny to see
women with black or white caps tied
under their chins, and wearing on top
Of them bonnets in the latest Dutch
fashion. An carly morning walk along
the canal bordered streets, which peo-
pie were washing and cleaning. is one
of my pleasant memories. And now
we became foreign devils ourselves,
and in staring the Dutch and Germans
could give us odds every time. Lit
tie boys sometimes made faces at us,
and sometimes threw kisses. In Am
sterdam one little imp of a Dutch girl
gave me a villainous pinch as we pass
ed through crowded street, and in
Naples an Italian girl took the pose of
tragic muse, and glared at us with
so much of hate that we felt as
enough we had murdered all her rela-
lions. We often had amusing exper-
fences at luncheon time. Breakfast
and dinner were all Mr.. Baker gave us
and we were always hungry
at noon. We seldom took lunch
con in Our hosels. Their prices
were high and they very often
cheated. My modest meal in Vienna
hotel grew in the bill to luncheon for
three, so to protect ourselves we for
aged outside. In Amsterdam three
women Of lis, just arrived and with
limited time till we should go some
where as a party, went in search of
food. In all restaurants liquors are
for sale, so that is no sign of their
impropriety. After looking in the
front door and side door of one near
our hotel we decided it would do. The
woman could speak no English, we no
Dutch; and Dutch French and Amer
lean French are distinct species. But
we managed to order bread and butter,
and as we thought, milk shake That
we guessed from the picture on the
bottle and the word milk. Imagine
our surprise when we received a
strong eggnog--but inquire no farther.
In buying lunches to take On trains,
we often judged the quality of bread
and cakes by punching them to see if
they were soft, for we grew tired of
their hard rolls. And where your
driver goes at a snails' pace, hit him
with your umbrella and shake the
whip. He will understand, nod his
head, crack his whip loudly thrice or
four time and continue at snaii's
pace. In Germany if you are run over
by a hackman and your leg is broken,
the city sues you for getting in the
way! Sidewalks are so narrow that
everyone walks in the street, so the
drivers coming along at a rafting
pace, getting at you, and you hatten
yourselves against the house walk.
Everywhere we saw quaint and cur
ious pictures, odd costumes queer
buildings with cranes to lift heavy
furniture into windows instead of TAX
ing it up narrow stairs, mirrors be-
ing outside windows to reflect the
passing crowds, beats gorgeous with
potted plants and flowers refec.ing
themselves in the waters of the canals
In Berlin we had the pleasure of see
ing Mrs. McMillen and Francis, and
having a little concert from Francis
and his teacher, Franklin Krause, in
the fine concert hall of our hotel. Our
party had never heard OF Francis, and
were at first rather skeptical, antici-
pating more pleasure from Franklin
KIause. But it would have done your
Marietta hearts good to have Witness
ed their enthusiasm after Francis
once began. He has made great adj
vance since we last heard him here,
and If he lives will surely win a name
for himself. After Fraulein left, he sat
at the piano and played and impro-
vised as easily as most boys perform
on a bicycle. He has since had the
honor Of being admitted to the Royal
School of Berlin to which very few
pupils are admitted before their sew
year. There we first saw the
,all porcelain stoves Mrs. McMillen
told us her landlady allowed her ten
Goals a day but she insisted that the
maid should give her fifteen and took
them If she refused, though the maid
was Mortified that lady should han
lie Goals And She assured us that by
10 a. m. their rooms would be quite
warml They took dinner with us.and
afterwards sat in our room on the sofa
behind the table, in the seat OF honor
and we told all we could remember OF
gossip, The sofa and the