Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-02
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Southland P. Warner Writes Of
His Experiences in The
German Fatllerland
A FAIR IN BREMEN
First d In Carte Dinner. The
Money Question and The
Play House

befnldu5 jan - isuis
After having spent, what seemed TO
me, d short lifetime npon the ocean,
our ship docked al one o. the mag
niicent piers at Breinerhayen ready
10 discharge her passengers and car
go. All Of tho former. II slgns and
appearances are 70 be given credence.
were undoubtedly. as the familiar
trade mark says. made In Germany
The steamship company did not cast
us adrift In Bremerhaven, as " had
agreed 10 land us In Bremen After
submitting 10 q severe "proforma"
customs examination. we scrambled
for seats In the special bound for
Bremen. where We arrived about an
hour and n half later.
Az my sole purpose In coming abroad
was to visit q friend In southern Ger
many, ! a naturally anxious 70 Join
him az soon as possible. Not arriving
III Bremen. however. until rather late
Iii the afternoon, / found that 1t was
too late for me 10 continue my journey
that day. and that q stay over might
was unavoidable
| knew just about enough of the
Teutonie language 70 follow the crowd
ont Of The Bremen railroad station
and. once 10 the streets, To keep from
under the wheels Vt wagons. cafriag
es. and street care,
/ hoped to select. IL possible, d hotel
III which United States was spoken.
Finally | came across n which look
ed no thrifty that | thought surely Il
mnst at least have been managed BY
M American. Aiast Upon inycsii.
gallon found that d mistaken.
Although II wac no easy task, | 1t
last succeeded In convincing tho pro-
prlotor that was mol suffering from
any mental arrangement. but merely
MH@2%@&5
wished / o obtain modest lodgings for
tho night.
Dcpositing 4 dilapidated looking
dress suit case. the worse for college
days In a most gorgeous room. | dc.
termined to crafty the chronic rest
%lcssness Of which | am possessed by
talking In some Of the sights 81
Bremen, SO without guide or Interpre
ter, on | started.
There happened To be a fair going
on In Bremen at this time. so. of
course, al Bremen Is rather a large
city, ] eventually came across Il. As
IL the case at all markets or fairs.
all owe Germany. II consisted for the
most part OF booths arranged on either
side of the principal streets. Fakirs.
side shows, candy stands, merrysgo.
rounds. etc, Of even a lower order
than some ! have seen at country fairs
In America, were there. wandered
up u street and down another listen.
ing, though III vain. for AN English
word. The people on all sides urged
me 10 buy their goods could tell
this from The way they would look AZ
me, utter unfamiliar words. and point
70 their displays. tried 10 look as
though ! understood all that they we're
saying and merely shaking ny head
passed On
When ] had seen and heard all Of
The fair that | desired went back
70 the hotel and walked into the dining
room hoping IL gei something 10 eat
As ! entered d walter approached and
said something 10 me liz d very pleas
AM tone ! had no Idea what ~ was
SAYING but knew from his manner That
he was no iarhiddine me "a enter.
No ! LOOK q seat picked np q menu
and proceeded to search Tor something
mat might resemble English Afier :
a deal II searching | finally succeeded.
IN getting SOUP for which Il must
take years 20 cultivate 4 tpste. becf
steak and ~ apple Although eonl4
not enjoy the soup / feli aery pfoaa
g ihink that had been able t. afdcr
it The next eours as / haze saIf.
was heefsteak I must have ordered
nearly 9 Whole steer. fqr TIC sieaE
was about all thar the waiter eoua
carry and looked even large enough
for a boarding house where The board.
ers 70 a long time BETWEEN meats
AZ any rate, | would not have 10 60
even though there was 10, /
great deal u variety 10 my meal. AZ.
cording to my instructions, the waiter
next brought me an apple, which. III
Judge from ia size. must have been
: tery young one. The waiter laughed
ana SO did ], but the apple tasted Just
as good "a though II were not q case