The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-28
GOING ABROAD
..s:Ezperiences of a Feminine Rambler

lin Is, Cor the most part through orderly
little farm patches each one pinned 70
The landscape with q Hag-poic The cot
;ages are RictPresque with matched
roofs and vines. and the gardens are
ruled into sglEas-ss.' GasiS -}lttired na-
tives working in them look Ike symbols
IN q game Of "Tit-tat-toc.
Everybody ajbovr the plane Of peasantry
travels second-class in Germany. I never
observed that a first-cIass carriage was
occupied. Directly a train gIides into the
station blowing It's TOY whistle. travellers
seize upon "a Compartment, and run along
br- 1c l. until the train stops. when they
hop aboard An experienced porter VIII
always select double nght-compartmenf
with adjoining iavatory.
Jack had Soul m one Ieg 81 We spread
our belongings as encouragement 10
etlaars, and IT. -onc thought OF Invading
olr~quaIters. found an cngrossiug map,
and also an interesting iron pump. which.
after vigorous manipulation yielded suffi-
cieRt water 20 cleunsp my hands / am
alta loSs 10 understand how tho heads
Of families wtpe the faces OF inuumcrable
offspring upon three square inches of
cheeseCloth that comes out of slot ma
chine FOR lev pfenuigs, in company
with p bit ST soap that looks like "a
penny purchase of butter-scotCh
Directly We arrived at r station an I'M
productive looking yellow trunk would 81
response to some secret mechanism shout
forth into vegetable bloom. Mysterious
lengths OF counter would emerEe upon
which food and trimming glasses of beer
appeared, and at sight of il the entire
rain would dump It's human freight Tor
purposes of retirement u required five
minutes or less. 10 satisfy the travellers,
and then We were of again. These lunch
vans are the pUJItuatiou marks Of every
body journeys and it is o beautiful sight
20 watch a, train depart from way sta
tiou. the door of every compartment
trapaLg The person on man or woman
whose wisrfVl gazc h directed toward
the receding lunch wagon Jack wanted
am orange, and I made frantic demands
from guards ut six different stations FOR
the article calling for "orongine" cit
roma, and everything else that sounded
like grange, but in that particular region
Z failed 90 obtain the coveted fruit. The
inmates of The compartment on the other
side OF OUD lagQtarv must haVe fCaul mo,
fOL suddenly = woman burst through into
our sancfor3. followed ny . troupe of chill
drep, carrying ,an enormous orange
which was deposited in nay lar
On don't thank me-, aid the head OF
this inradrns army in broken English.
when 7 started a reiaonstrance against
such wholesale Iiberalty, j have been
diving 20 speak nit YOU since ever YOU
got on de train We. too are am Ameri-
can family from Milwaukee. We have
been for one Year back IN DeutChlaud ~
visit nit Dur peoples, and cur eldest
daughter was ihatrI,.d- already last week
TO Fer cousin and sc 20 bark 10 Mil
waUkec mid on. ll5r Is soon as I laid
eyes son -Go-fJi fGscu8t- or 1our nan. / ioost
grab my. ulGu and SAY yoHa Vas from de
United States. and want 10 SD. vcur. coat
and your hat. .Ach, / feel so behind De
time init ia. fashions. and de children.
dcy shame mc NIT der clothes W. go
now 10 Berlin for business and den home
60 Nilvaukae."
The dear little woman was 50 glad 10
see me. aud have news from over the sea.
that I did not resort the entrance Of her
entire fauf4p -+nso our quarters. Jatk for-
got his sGat VIXEN! tbZ Inaul from GuI-
waukec prOduc5dsa bottle rf brandy shat
was oily as any cordial, and We All drank
"a health 10 THcle sam
When / rec8ll orr arrival at Berlin.
am cOnvulsed Jack. being physically
gouty. was mentally adolesceut. 1 had
ubounded faith in my ability 20 make
myself understood in German. and from
The "Satcbel Guide TO Europe. had de-
,ided upon s. hotel from Fascinating
illustration OF a tavern ON the Spree.
All our subsequent trouble vas tho fault
of the train that pulled into the wrong
side OF tue station. Had We alightcd
where there were restaurants and tele-
graph CHECKERS, we might have found an
Engiish-speaking porter, or at least some
one 90 take pity upon my pleading for
'dFoschke, which ] was perfectly cer-
tain meant eab,
Az 81 was, met ritl4-eeutumeiy and
shoulder Spruss. and { c;shas 1nt3r 4 los
ing nay life ia !4e thieAaese- re y,sg3fe =
vans. Afiertn ilI9t4g8 dL.lt A. - rl.sa Fgiil8
the porter, tf19sa i5iis5i ti-iaIfIz SET
Jack and Ue d0ssgtz aRlilds-lanatics and
dropped rs and or embarrassing hand
.ug"oge amid a mountainous range of
freight Ny equity Jitck Ess glad To re-
pose upon sole leather trunk white j.
iirst atop OF a hat box. and then dodging
an avalanche of barrels caught the at
rention and then iHtewOgated. In my best
German, every iodiNla5sl who turned up.
I'm the dina istsince.,F bghg4d, HaaIb. q
picture of arresees~nIeubS0 a. q lone Hnes
90 cabs. Thai - Lille l i4ilc- for tham.
To- '.s-iitst e-klCfe rt5s PAINTED "a
vivid blue and- Ille-effge4 q USUALLY Fat
and squeezed ~4Itpt Ia siker-buttoued
livery. which he WesGs with an air of
great iaununess fil@efurry beaver hats
NJ Germany are purchased for growing
heads BY tho cab companies. never
saw one that Das moi much too large for
the weaTer, Qfse6Grse, bribed a way for
Us and buE4Hggage toward This cab line
but no enl11Rt-G CT persllasia44- pat us ia
possession Of cab. They all refused 10
take las in and Jack s1urmured sadly.
They dOns like 'us We had better take
"A train away from Berlin But nay
American spirit was aroused and I was
beginning 10 be Indignant Ii is always
thus. Il | lose my temper, Jack becomes
3ggressirciyf good-natured
! would have spent The entire day en-
deavoring TO get ono of these cabs-and
vainly. no doubt-if "a friendly Hungarian
gentleman With IN electric tongue had
not CHANGED along and gUsBed the situa-
ton at glance Hese0piatIed 10 me in
beautiful English that in Berlin q cab
could not be obeiiaed ar the station with
out tirst purchasing a check and he kind
ly conducted rae "a pOmpoUs iuGividual
Who carried high staff. upon which
we're strung enormous brass checks
Directly bore one of these magic signs
in my hand, all the porters ana cabmen
came Smilngly 10 my assistance The
way I scattered coin of the realm was
something dreadful. Jack remarked. 1T
seems 20 me the Hungarian augLt 10
haze the tips. and Jack was right
VOL we drove TO our tavern on the
spree Result: An full And then we
drove % snoiber. same resUlt: sin Z, third.
and se OIL, ior what Jack declared was 81
period that stretched over several hours
u was not an unpleasant experience at all,
for VIC never had 10 descend fran the
droschke. the Dortiers at the various