The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-05-30
FROM "UNTER LINDEN"
ON THE CONTINENT
INTERESTING LETTER FROM
COL JAS. T. BACON.
He is in the City Where The Kaiser 5
Loved-The Night Life OF the
Continental Capital.
News and Courier.

News and Courier
Berlin, Germany. May l5.-Berlll.
under the ;ndomitahle will. illintably
ambitious and houndlsss means 81
the 81 csent Emperor, has become al:
incon. civa6ly magnificent city, With
a population OF two and quarter MIL
ZION pcople--larscr Than al cities eS.
ceDt London and New York. One
:aas to be IL perli:, o'2''- t'""'''c hours
80 realize that :t~ Emperor is
great and beloved man. Ten %earS
ago he was-or seemed to us A.17erl-
.cans-a vain egc:iS1ical. eccentric.
fanta tic man. but ali that Is gone.
and at the age OF only 42 years. the
man J., grcat. wise. patriotic ruler,
If he shall live twenty years longer
he will make RcrIi1, -; o2ly h" '''oSt
splendid. but we really believe. the
LARGEST cit ,he world; Even no"
there is making oi its circuit Q:
describing its sple':6"r. yesterday.
Sunday the 18th was 2n exceptional
,2y hnc day, and this mornings Local
paper, make the astonishing an
nounccnent that out Of Rerlin's tw''
million people the street cars and
oubl,> cabs and carriages yesterday
afternoon moved million and
quarter into the open afro the pub
lie parks, gardens, restaurants and
show places These people seem to
almost literally live out Fl doors; and
if the.c is any strictly family lie, as
VIC know it, we have not yet been
able 90 find il.
At the Awful Word.
We are at the fashionable Hotel
Bristol midway the Unter d ! Lin
den where we have three front win
iow.. from which we may see all the
.grand professions Ard marches OF
1hc coming great fetcS. A the /
O'Clock table d'kotc-wherc ho;h Ia
dies a!.A gentlemen are supposed to
be III !,!i evening drcSs-thcrc are
ce,t,.n dishes out ii the regular
cou, s., that, il YOU take them. mus:
be pad for extra \ Iiel?er or table
servant pokes in superb silver wait
or between us and tie lady next Us,
and says 'Gansc lcbcr pastele, 1--WE.
ma,*. We Jump and shrek not at
the looks Of he little pates but al
shc awful word It is pronounced
,gensy layber-pastaystay," and means
little tartlets of goose liver. If you
indulge in On of the tartlets; you pay
zwei n,ark-a half dollar We do not
indulge. bat exclaim dramatically in
German, God in heaven forbid" at
which the Germans around us laugh
!rmcnsely.
sacn, little later on, comes an
>0thc, Eclner and po&cs in before you
;auoW,c, silver waiter with a gorgeous
Bofrul;an glass decanter and dainty
litlic robIets. The decanter has in il
beautiful pinkish fluid. And the kel-
ncr says: "Heinbeeren Abgeess, sine
<msH;." This is pronounced 'a?-
goose" and means all outflow OF
*rasebe,ry juice" In short it is what
we call raspberry vinegar, and is de-
Yiciou5 We clasp the decanter to our
bosom, and drink two marks worth
hall dollar We do not feel sure
about the 'ganseleberpastete," bur
should you ever come to Perlin, al
ways welcome the raspberry 'ap-
-goo:o." And then, as the rich, ele-
giant, al'-.nixed-up dishes continue to
Be served, you beg for little more
bread and glass Of water The bread
you will get, but never the water
no drinking water under any circu!n-
stances. To sustain life, yo:: are fore
ed 20 buy and to drink the Rhine
and l.ench wines so common in this
county They are costl yand taste
like weak vinegar We hate them and
<apc hate beer still more, BIZ. it is wine
and bee, or death. And even as we
sps<t> III front of vast window,