Bismarck daily tribune., 1901-09-23

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q, assD VIII Les ON & AND WlTfs-
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FheS Heals Are Formid ida abIe Affairs,
y and Ss salmon IL Always Served.
5a Gueats Are Expected TO Eat Heart
4 and tD Wait on m ANS elves. s32
5N. At intervals of eight 81 ten miles
along the public: highway, usually In
! connect t'a ton with the sky kyds stat lions, are
inns here the traveller viii Invariably
lind the conf forts IL not the luxuriesS
y Df lie plenty of food and shelf ter bed.
Rrd board. There { Is no uph6 6Istered
furniture Or velvet carpets or seggshell
china. but always neat lace curtains at
every wind low, sometimes IN the win
Bows OF the stables. 55s
q a luxurious American will have to
deny himself much that he Is accus-
toned to at home and will encounter
experiences and customs that are new
hndsnove1 to him. But II he lis reason
able In his requirements and behaves
himself like a. gentleman he will al
ways meet with a hospitable although
Ia homely welcome. The Norwegian ho-
tel keepers measure our appetites by;
their own and give you SO much to eat,
partic cularlyy the noon dinner, that.
you are stuptdd and sleepy all the rest
s5pf the day and snooze In your carriage
when you ought to be adnfring the
scenery.
Il ~ There is no style about the hotels,
Rnd the service is poor. The household
work lis all done by the landlord and
his wife and daughters There are no
electric bells, and if you want any:
] thing you usually have to hunt for 1t
and help yourself. Il 1t Is the custom Of
the country for the travellers to make
themselves at home, and you are some.
times compe to look "a fter your own
luggage orit Is liable 10 be left But
you will recover tt again AFT ter "a tin1e..55
LIZ PSoPAGsSAASfAiO 1kSaS1Ll0
unselfsh, but unpretentiou in their
hospitality There are no locks on their
doors, for none! is needed. Burglars
and thieves are solutely unknown.
The bedrooms are barren Of orna-
sments and easy chairs that we are ae-s
customed to at home. There are no:
carpets and no rugs on the floor. All
the appurtenances are plain and sub
stantial, without any effort at show
and very little idea of convenience
\ The beds are good, but usnally the only
cover is a conf fortable seven or eight:
i inches thick and as heavy and 1ln-l
wieldy as a feather bed. d. You can't
tuck 1t In at the bot ON or at the SIDES
and It 5is always sliding Of to the floor
ut IS too much recovering for an ordinary
sleeper, ana when the Mig its are warm,
ms they often are, you are compelled to-
choose: between q chill and suff ton
The pillows are & ano her nuisance
There are usually d bolster OF feathers
about the size Of q barrel and q little!
bit Of a 4 by 81 pillow an nch or two
thick, with pretty trimmings upon It.
\ The big pillow IS too big, and the lit
tie one is two small ], and you solve the
dilemma by rolling up your oyercoat3
into q ball and using that instead.
There ID plenty Of fresh, heavy, home
made linen large square towels that
have been woven under the same root
during the long winter days 5sts
a a grhe breakfast is abund dant and often
Sterrify fying. You are at first cont fronted
with five OF six different kinds of
Cheese, an equal yarie iety of cold meats,
,tinned fish, smoked herring and sal1n-
8Da, cold boil led ham three or ssoul: kinds
of cold sausage, strips OF dried rein
deer meat and half d dozen different
5ams and preserved fruits. gu are
expected to partalse freely OF that sort
lot proYende and usually do sd until
you learn BY expert rience that dried fish,
boiled eggs, veal outlets and other hot
food viii soon follow iff you are pa
Itient. he coffee is usnally good, and
sIthere IL aIWays an ablnda aneeS ofs rich,
thick cream g here is no warm bread,
hut five OF six kind of cold bread bak-
u u rom wheat rye and oat dour, be-
sssifles the afionaI .sfl bro 4. hich no
Norwegian table Is ever iithout.
u The dinner is q formi dabIe fair aft
ler the fashion OF the ord dinary Eu-
] iropean table q 'hote, With soup. fish,
roast, salad. preserves and pudding.
lwhile for supper you get the same as
slsortment pf cheese, cold meats, fish.
sl|sansage aud preserves that you have