Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-15
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ON the fifth day of our stay in Bcr-
lin ] made the acquaintance Oi iicrr X,
a gentleman we'll informed on most
matters concerning Germany III gen.
cral and Berlin in particular. Had we
met him in the first days of our Visit
his Guiding hints would have been OIL
great service. During our perambula-
tons several points of contrast be-
tween Berlin and Hanover We're no
ticeG In the heart of the larger city,
with it's Populate of two millions and
it's vast amount of traffic, streets as
clean as those Of Hanover are out of
the question. On paVcmcntS. both OF
granite blocks and of asphalt, the at
tempt is made. of course; bat with only
Indifferent success. In the vast open
space before the palace of the Kaiser,
however. almost perfect cleanliness is
easily maintained OF ancient build
ings N the style seen in Hanover and
ctncr cities visited, we found in Berlin
no trace This is an up-tO.date, mod
EN- city. Strcet-cars do not use the
unsightIy "Bucgcl' Of the Hanover
company. but arc provided with the
trolicy-polc. This, however, i: very
long indeed Most of the cars are
neither so long nor 50 comfortable as
the modern "electrics" in New England.
Every now and then a bloodcurdling
boot attracts your fascinated gaze to
some towering omnibus of the auto
mobile type, it's upper deck crowded
with passengers. The small fry are
hal enough but these giants make you
think Of "Never mind the step, but
dance,'
A visit to one of the "Keller' is apt
tn ne interesting In RathSkeller gem
orally. the usual patronage is of the
hest class. Ladies and gentlemen en-
JOY at their own sweet leisure Il lunch
Of n banouct served in the best way and
accompanied by any extras desired
The place is nearly always quiet ana is
generally conducive to serious mcdlta-
ton or happy contentment. But oc-
casicnallv some unfortunate son OF
Adam is not contcntcd. Late one at
tcrnoon we wandered in at the time for
Katfec and fingered for our evening
rnnast At our left sat solitary III
dividual at a solitary one-place taple Ill
a solitary corner. In fact. everything
about the man (not excepting his scaip'
yeas 81 solitary that he was continually
talking to himself.
He found inexhaustiblc interest hoih
in tho topics of his discussion ana III
his solitary audience. Wh"n til'
yiands which were served suited hlm
ho told himself so in terms OF me
warme 81 appreciation. When tiny dla
not no was equally frank. and employ
ed German in which their was no
shadow of ambiguity. When ne ma"
DISPOSED of one set of eatablcS ne
ordered another. When his cham
pagnc was gon" h" had it promptly re-
plcnishcd. All this could not fail oil
natural consequences. He ordered
some cheese. and when this had shares
the fate of all else he tapped on ms
bottle for the kcllncr. The waiter did
not hear: other patrons had just ar
rived and were occupying his attcn-
ton. Herr Solitary growlcI anc
TAPPED some more. Still Their" was ~
response. Yes. See him tag then
round, Yes, Yes" and our impatient
ncighbor gave the glass a whack now
that brought the skipping waiter to his
side. Take the remnants of this
cheese away" he ordered; adding: iii
tastes first-ratc. but one doesn't wan
| to small it when there's no need
little later the kcllner left the room
| and his duties We're assumed by &
brother waiter. When the man in the
corner had disposed of his last droI
! he signiticd his desire to settle. The
substitute waiter made out a slip ant
requested him to examine and see if i
was all right. Shortly afterward. The
| dissatisfied disciple of EpicureS rose
flung Il note upon the table, ant
stepped over to the waiter. DO YOU
stay here long?" he demanded; for i
you do | want to say that if ! eve
came again would ask for courteous
treatment" and thercupon he Gonnet
his tall silk hat with a jerk, turned hi
back suddenly, and stumped off.
| 1t doesn't always work this way. II
another keller" jolly company o
three ladies and three gentlemen
occupied a table in a corner. At TIL
head of the table sat gentleman
whom the others called doctor ant
he was the embodiment of mischief
On small sidetable at lis right stoo'
a pail containing bottles of champaign
surrounded by ice. Beyond this sat
gentleman whom We may call Bart
hold Barthold was doing a consider
abe amount of good natured talking
The others had been either temperate
or lucky at any rate they wer
| D,,t p-in
particularly the doctor. who. as Bart
holds cloquence improved. urged hin
to make speech. Complying witt