The Washington herald., 1906-10-21


There were two gladstone youths of or
namental design. One had thirteen duel
slashes on his originally smooth face
and he played shuttle board in patent
leather boots and gray cotton gloves
The other had fewer sears and sought
to drown his envy, In liberal potations
of American whisky. a drink new and
pleasing 10 his taste. ] was persuaded
to exchange my quart for similar guam
/ tity Of ships brandy. recommended toI
NAL de mer. Never being visited by this
misfortune, I haven't yet determined why
] made the trade. for il wasn't altogether
( fair TO Jack unless il was out of pity
Tor a young man who never heard Of
paragoric, and presented me with an ice
/ bag when / requested "a hot water bias
/ the day we encountered the floating polar
bears. I wonder TO what use we could
have put those two charming young doc
/ tors. if either Jack or I had been i'll, f0I
/ never met with more stolid indifference
than they displayed toward a knowledge
of the English language and American
ailments They We're strong on games
and introduced BLACK Peter" early In
the voyage 1t is a beautiful card game
HitAaiteAt " Ciu -halA. VIII the lLlLlllDl
that large cork is burned 10 a crisp
and the person who is Black PetereC
receives an enchanting smudge on thc
cheek
They treated me to a lot OF Informal
ton as we glided into the beautiful haT-
Dor Of Bremerhaven. From their CONVEX
satiOn ! gathered that this seaport was
the most carefully guarded in the world
/ Thefc was constant reference to locks
{ which I understood to belong to fort
resses. round towers and prisons Bat
when cur steamer began TO tread cleaI
and narrow little water ways. and go uT
and down in a mysterious manner. 1 per-
ceived we were approaching our dock
/ through a series of wonderful locks az
| ranged on "a gigantic canal-bOat system
/ It seemed 20 ME that the President of the
/ United States had only 10 visit Bremen
/ haven to solve The Panama Canal prob
/ lem
/ There was a person by the name Of
/ Hilda on board. who made a gleefuI dis
| coveUy of her mother for fully ten min
utes before we rr4e 90
that time I learned the entire family his
/ tory of Hilda What interesting brothers
! and sisters she had! And ] just longed t.
/ see Hlda' little table OF welcome sci
out by her loving relatives with all an,
goodies Hilda loved, That table. i'm honol
/ Of a returned traveller, seems TO me to bC
one Of the choicest Of German customs
/ il takes full week to bake up" for e.
/ and il must REQUIRE twice that time 20
/ eat down the little angels. DaCh
/ shunds and bargain lengths of sugar
lace, into which the cakes and confec-
tons are fashioned.
T chi ussfFT Cd
tured custom-officiaIs. we sought the
waiting They have no such luxury
in Germany. They have places to ca
and drink instead. When you have &,
wait for boat or a train-as we waited
for the latter TO carry US on to Bremen
You beguiIe yourself with Fin Clas.
Bier" Not that you want it particular
Is. but that encountering il all over IN,
/ tables YOU stumble against, and behold
ing it as a foreground 70 everybody
countenance, and seeing il float towars
you upon huge trays carried by men il
! white jackets, YOU Just naturally take &
| Fin Glass Bier is the wdtchward o
/ Germany 1t IS the first phrase laugh
to children, and is q national motto oI
| the lips o. the Kaiser's faithful subjects
Tha low temperature discouraged Jacl
ard NE about toe mountains-either G.
song CT stOry-in Maytime. Il was col,
as charity We decided 10 stop q few
I days in Bremen. and then 20 on to Der
lin. Ny reason for this move was tina
the Kaiser's second son happened alonl
in his motor car and at sight of hin
was bitten by the micrObe OF TOyalt.
and longed TO follow in its wake.
Our arrival, by the way, had the ap
pearance of being nomadic. Directly tn
train pulled into Bremen a ja-jaing por
ter pOunced upon our luggage and pro
ceeded 10 string il. l was fascinated b.
the expedition with which he gathere
our belongings on "a strap and disappear
cd beneath them The load consisted o
three great rolls, the outer surface OF whic
was steamer rug. and the interior
lovely consOmme Of boots. bottles books
and clothing; two dress suit cases; on
telescope; one English "catch-alp' tina
denied our nationality subsequently,; on
package Of assorted umbrellas canes, an,
parasols, one vaIise; two grips and
birthday cake in a bandboX, We hat
been advised against any description o
trunk that required checking. 50 we wer
encountered with a moderate % amour
lCf hand luggage.
One of Jacks exasperating question
was as to whether / could say On-han
In which particular receptacle some par
ticular article reposed. OF course neve
could say. / hadn't a particle of gra
matter left in my head after wrestling
with the amount of packing and unpack
ing that 'Handgepeck'' required. But, @
return to the birthday cake. which yo
may well consider a sUperfuous article Of
a European trip. ] had not brought
u1 int
that very morning, the Captain havin
heard that the day Of our docking wa
the anniversary Of my birth. The oak
was a tribute. and had appeared at m
place At breakfast. a huge ornaments
affair set around with pink paper roses
hanked by miniature cherry trees-Out q
Difference to George WashingtOu-an
canOpied with German and America
flags We couldn't eat cake Tor breakfast
and when the Cver-stew8rd suggeste
boxing it. We were helpless beneath tn
eyes of the Captain
Well. as ] was saying our animate
luggage started off at a cheerful trot
the direction of the hotel Jack had vote
for. on account Of its boast of Englis
management. We followed after. "
drew up before six hotels in successio
before We found shelter, but 7 never Re
iRitlLtQ titL lttt JpA4 iiF9 t4iipAEA ga
streets of Bremen, because il gave me a
Insight into the patience Of the Uativ
Iporter. and we looked infinitely more re
spectacle than the crowds of emigTant
that make that immaculate city thei
dumping-gr0und before sailing for tn
States
Our hotel proved to be a charming, pan
lIorIcSs Mace. with a concession to mOder
Improvements in the form of a vacuum
for the lift that had mover been put il
I did not regret the parl0r since It's al
Isence enabled me to lounge in the smoh
ing and writing rooms Neither was