Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-16

pecial Correspondence.
chemnltz. saxony. Feb. 20 1901. The
onowing is translation u an ex'
,fact from letter written By Captain
C. Tarera Of the German army The
letter appeared in the Chomnitz Tage-
Dlatt Of February H. 1901. It is such a
truthful description Of our city and
people that we thought you might lind
space for It IN your paper. AS Captain
Tanera Is a German Of note The article
win carry great weight with the people
here, especially those Of the upper
casseg. The letter gives an account Of
American travel in general, then deals
with sketches Of Utah and the Yellow
stone Park. We translate only that
which treats ON our State. The writer
tells how he missed the train at Og-
den, owing 10 the difference IN time be-
tween San Francisco and that city, then
writes as follows:
That left me in no cheerful frame Of
mind This feeling, however, quickly
vanished that evening as | rode through
the main streets OF this highly interest
ing and pleasant city What Wide and
beautifully paved streets, almost all OF
which were lined with electric lights.
WHAT broad and commOdlous sidewalks.
What magnncently furnished and
brightly Illuminated establishments.
And above all what genteel and re-
spectacle public. As yet on the streets
Of no city. at night, have ! seen 50
many Enthusiastically respectable women
dressed according TO the latest Partisan
fashion. The two and half days OF my
sojourn In Salt Lake City strengthened
my llrst impressions. Yes, my admired
lady readers, the Mormon" women APP
pear very elegant very neat, very much
ooatsnted and frequently very beauti-
full. The last 10 probably due TO the
lntermngling Of the different European
peoples who are found among the
"Mormons." could not grow tired OF
looking at this fair picture, II was
charming sight from the streets TO see
whole families sitting In front OF their
houses sociably chatting. II reminded
me OF Rhelnplatz and Baden. only that
here were no peasants, but gaily attired
men and women sitting under the stone
Quilt verandas or on the steps at the
entrances,
BY day these pleasant Impressions OF
the city for Amerlca) remained Here
life and force rule: one can see that the
people are prosperous they are much
more polite than | have noticed else
where In America one sees no beggars.
no poor appearing men, but much lux
ury. | have seen here two wagons and
buggy handling establishments or
which I don't know the like In Ber-
lin. Here opposite my Knutsford hotel
and in the adjacent streets are fancy
goods stores and curiosity shops, the
latter mostly OF an Indian character, |
which would attract attention In any
large city OF Europe But the prlcesl |
| asked the value Of an. OF course |
fautlessly mounted antelope head; |
IS 900 or % 500 marks; they saw him |
comlng), a grizzly bear skin. $4,000 or |
1900 marks. II Is needless 20 say thar |
| lost all desire to be purchaser.
In the barber shops and restaurants
are electrically driven fans which |
create fresh air. watertroughs, at
which travellers coming In from the |
country can water their horses
are found In many streets. Rings |
have been placed on the curbings |
and these are used as hitching posts. |
Who will eat an expensive meal can |
and fashionable restaurant who |
must I've cheaply goes into the more !
common eating houses or travelling |
lunch counters, which, as they are |
drawn through the streets, very much |
resemble a gypsy outfit When the re-
freshment wagon stops one can climb |
In and satiate his appetite for I'VE or |
ten cents.
What struck me most forcibly here |
was the cycler 80 many wheelmen'
genuine Berlner would say, "and so
many pretty girl riders ] have never |
seen anywhere" But they are there |
and saw them everywhere riding even |
on the sidewalks at night without
lanterns. Revered policeman OF Ber- |
lin, Do not swoon when YOU read this. |
1t Is so, and reasonably so too, for the |
streets are so well illuminated that
lantern would be as much a pleonasm |
as II II We're In the well lighted streets
OF your capital city. This extensive |
riding Is a necessity, Notwithstanding |
the many electric cars and hacks, be- |
cause the city which now has about So
900 inhabitants (two.thrds "Mormons,"
one-thlrd gentiles) covers an extraor-
binary wide area, There are, II is true,
a few gigantic structures after the style
OF San Francisco and New York, but
In general. in the heart OF the city only
three and at the highest four story
buildings are 10 be found, and on the
outskirts one or two story dwelling
The street classification could not be
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