The Washington times., 1906-06-03
VII.

The one fault I have 10 find with
European life IS the poor quality OF
tobacco used.
II was o'clock, Thursday night. the
night OF the dinner AT MuIIer's- I was
dressing when Max entered, with
miserable -Cheroot between his teeth
They say lie went on. that N
Russia they drink tie finest tea IN the
world, Simply because il is brought
overland and not Dy sea Unfortunate
4y, tobaccO-we Americans reScOguize
10 leaf as tobacco unless Il comes
from Cuba-aaS 10 cross the sea. and
Is, In some ulaCCountable manner
Wea kened in the transit There are
worse clEarS IN Germany than in
France, and I wouldn't have believed
II possible. Il l had not gone tQJtle
trouble of proving IL Fine country.
Fer week I've been trying TO smoke
the German quality OF the weed. as
a preventive, bat ! see I must give II
up on account OF my throat. Nv boy.
1 have news for YOU. tossing the
cheTOot into The gTaCa.
FIRE away. sad /. struggling
with a collar
4 have a box OF Havanas over at
the custom house that / forgot 10 bail
out"
NO. said joyfuuy 4 Havana,
and one of Scharfenstein's
I've an idea that they would so
mind, III trot over and set EN-"
BE sure and get around 10 Muller's
at Aalt-paSt eight, sand J.
'IH be there" lie knew where to
find the place.
Muiler's RathskeNer was the rendez-
vCuS OF students officers. ali those
persons of quality who liked music
with their meat Tie place was low
celiinged- but roomE- and ventilation
was excellent, ioeriRg. TIE smoke
never got SO thick that one couldn't
see the way 70 the door when the stu
dents started in Ito clean up The
place. 10 use the happy idiom of mine
own country. There were arble tables
and floors and arches aDd light. cane
bottomed chairs from KOhns. II was
at once Bohemian and cosmopolitan,
ana, once inside. II was easy 10 i'm
aEi0e oneself in Vienna. a HUuZHr-
ian orchestra occupied an inciosed
platform. and every night the wall OF
tne violin and the pOm-pom OF the
Wool-tpped hammers on the Hungar-
IAN piano might be heard
II was essentially a mans place OF
entertainments. few women ever had
tIe courage or the inclination 10 en-
ter In America II would have been
tie fashion,; but IN the capital Of
Borscheit the women ate IN the res
taurant above. which was attached 20
the hotel. and depended upon the
NOlkSgarten band for their evenings
diversion.
ahead-that is. If you were a civilian.
II YOU were lucky enough to be an Of
hCcr- YOU were priVilesed to take any
Vecaut chair you saw. But hes-rzn
aid YOU if YOU attempted TO do this not
being an officer, In BarsCheit -here
were also many unwritten laws. and
You were obliged to observe these with
all the fidelity and attention tina. YOU
gave to the enameled signs Only the
military had the right 10 request the
orchestra 10 TeTCar a piece Nf rr,rrSff.
Sometimes the ueutenants. seized with
that gay huTOT known only 10 cribs
would fo-ce the orchestra. in Muller'S
to play TIE Hungarian war-Sona till
the ears cried out in pain This was
always the case when any AuStria1s
happened 10 be present. But ordinarily
the crowds were EOOd-natured. bois-
ferrous but orderly.
u was here, then. that I had ar
ranged to give my little dinner. Tho
CONTINUED on Ninth PaEe)