Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-22
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Berlin, Nov 26--In response to the
invitation Of the News the following
first Impressions Of my European visit
are very respectfully submitted. and it
is eminenty fitting that begin with
the proyerb He that humbleth him.
self shah be exalted
can agree heart and soul with Prof.
Evan stephens that there Is no pleasure
In roaming around the world alone.
Although my journey 10 this place oc-
cupied but three weeks II proved SUI
icient TO convince me that happiness
does not spring from without, but rath-
er from within. ! am now of the opin.
ion that travelling on land or sea, be-
Ing privileged 10 observe the immens-
tiles and the grandeur OF the world, Is
as an atom, when compared with the
influence Of a sympathetic companion.
Nevertheless, one must acknowledge
to a certain interest In the many mag
nihcent and otherwise entertaining
things to be encountered between Salt
Lake City and Berlin. AS you know
this is a long call The great cities of
America, England and the continent,
with their palaces, temples, crowded
thor0ughfares, their parks and muse
ums, most certainly do not pass with
out note.
MID OCEAN CONCERT.
Sea travel. / found 10 be about the
most distressing thing In the world,
especially If one Is anxious to be at
something besides the ships railing,
but as every one is more or less ac-
quainted with the experience Of con-
tinental travellers Chose who do not
20 DOWN II were ineXcusable Of me TO
attempt a lame description, as such II
would certainly be at my hands. |
may. however with some feeling Of
justification, mention the first European
concert | attended, which took place on
board the 5 $. LucanIa in mid ocean
Ca fitting place.. ! have discovered
that localities are responsible for many
incongruitiesl You have doubtless
heard OF these famous concerts. The
program presented at this artist(D con-
cert, as 81 was called, was in part as
follows: a song by a French maid, a
cOncertina solo by a dirty looking
Finn from the Storage, another song
by an English gentleman, apparently
Of high degree, but with a low voice
aud very soft In places mot too SOTO;
a comic recitation by an Albino. who
wore an advertising costume covered
with the words Candy Cascarets.'
piano piece and a song by that young
Fellow" myself, quite a number Of
English patriotic songs by two Scotch
men, sung with much spirit Scotch. |
LIND NO a. "a
more songs by the unsuppressibe
French maid, whose voice sounded as
though il was compelled 10 squeeze
past as many turns and angles as there
are IN the Paris sewer system. before IL
could sound sc little squeak and much
more Of the like This fare at least
served TO amuse and raise the spirits
OF the pa rers-besides the dead and
other ti. no crown this incongru-
lty, tow. enIng we passed Melba
and the .ctor NancincllI on their
way 10 ~ York They ala not 81 ak,
neither do !. I was too sick. The
only th!nr lat ! have as yet expert
enced which was as nglorious as
these two ,ys ON the Atlantic ocean,
ias The & oath In crossing the North
Sea from Gamsby Eng to Hamburg.
BERLIN lMGkl<SSlONS.
don't think that one can find any
where In the world more exercise Tor
an the organs II the body-nJt for
cetting the CASTLE than on one OF
ihese little WoDUly tubs that carry
herring and other fish from the east
coast Of the British Isles 10 the cOulin-
emit. and the price is only 30 sh,lllafs
without mtais)-and now 90 my first
Impressions
Flrs, impre7 Ions upon arriving In
musical Berlin. take the form OF de-
1r,s ions. One discovers himself lost
n this hot bed Of the worlds best tall
mt. Here, where you elbow genIuses
by the score IN the halls and corridors
II the numerous concerns the preseace
Il go much genuine tai nj and executive
ability as yet unknown outside the cir
tie Of immediate aCquaintances, drives
you 10 the contemplation Of your own
real comparative worth, and unless
one Is positively dishonest, he must
acknowledge 20 himself and
any one, IN fact that there are
. hers" both In point Of numbers and
kind-especialiy kind. Pardon this
Yankee slang, Il so fully expresses the
thought that I cannot resist employing
q Yes. Indeed. there are others |
relterate We have all read about these
Poles. Hun&srlans and Germans. but