The Washington herald., 1906-10-21

source Of daily and hourly interest. You
cannot spend money while you are
guest beneath its roof You cannto even
rid yourself Of 4 cumbersome coin IN the
early morning or scatter a tip at bed
time The one indulgence n German
hotel man viii accord the American
love Of parting from his money. is TO lay
low and plan a surprise. Large sums
and aggregates are alone worthy he Ger
mans consideration, and what ne loves
best is to have long days 10 itemiZe longer
yards Of small chaTges-for the air you
breathe. the light you see by, and the
food you eat-weaving the whole into
continued story OF Indebtedness which
is presented with a flourish at the mo-
ment of departure. 1t would take a week
to peruse the narrative, provided some
body translated 1t into English in advance
and the average traveller. rather than look
through countless pages of 'recknung,
will pay anything set forth as the sum
total
His farewell is touching. too. with
real American touch Every inmate OF
the house is lined up to say good-by
from the barber who has not shaved
you TO the laundress you have not en-
pIoye6. The lean Of their eyes being di-
rected toward the fat of your purse It IS
safe to say you will not depart without
having well for the "Auf Wiedershens.
with which your going is sped. And you
pay the major-domo very casually. Not
81 a desk; bless you, no: but in the nan
or - the steps, anywhere this junction
arv happens 10 encounter you. and ne
slips your gold into his waistcoat pocket
and fishes up change from his trousers
prince.
In Bremen everybody took for granted
my love for jelly 0melette. Whenever L
looked mystifed over the menu-and here
my phrase book went back upon me-the
face of the waiter would light up with
the inspiration. "Omeiette aux ConseTVes'
Not liking 10 disappoint him, ! usually
agreed. with mods and smiles, that ONE
Iette aux conserves was the one thing my
palate craved I ate il indiscriminately
at breakfast. dinner, and supper. and
must say it was always deliciously touch
ed up with hot curling tongs OH its sugary
top
The live features of Bremen are the
corpses turned to stone underneath the
cathedral. the United States cotton eX-
hibit, which occupies the ground hOor OF
the museum, and the afternoon concerts
7
] learned with joy how the contented ne
gro family camps out in the close vicinity
of the contemplating daddy the pckanin-
MES chasing butterflies, and the nanny
knitting socks, all in the shade OF the
beautiful cotton vines. The smiles of the
happy circle cheer me yet, and ! eXpe-
rieuce a genuine yearning for the Caro-
I linas
The park concerts were adorable. They
began at 3 o'clock IN the afternoon, but
/ 10y / o'clock the hundreds Of little OPEN
air tables were encircled by interesting
] German families They arrived with bun
| dles.-which proved 10 be HeedleWork and.
( OF course. food. There was usually
( grandmother in bonnet tied under her
chin She knitted. with a scornful aioot-
ness of her eyes Her more youthful pro-
/ totype divided her attention between
T young children and embroidery. The lat
+ ter was the most exquisite eyelet work
! ever behold. At nearly every table these
conditions were repeated the three gen
/ erati0ns forming charming groups TO
study Always the swift knitting, the
Ieyelet embroidery, and the demure little
/ children gravely come 10 the park. Judge
I of my amazement when. as each tidy
matrOn folded her dress skirt over her
knees as protection against the dirt. /
behCId the eyelet work in deep, starched
/ founces upon her petticoaJ, All that
beautiful labor thrown away upon n pet
tiCoat. How my -waist-loying soul
/ did revolt,
/ Each group ordered coffee or rich choco-
I late, and during the progress of the con-
/ cert consumed countless cups of the same
/ together with huge slices Of raisin cake
/ brought from home, and which the grand
mother detached from the loaf by means
OF Il murderous-looking knife
/ That first night in Bremen ] retired
/ early Ny bed was narrow and rolling and
very high. 7 spent ten minutes En- active
/ concern about placing the square feath-
I or bed cover. First my feet and then my
/ arms were cold. Jack on his side OF the
[ room was busy with a similar problem.
/ We got quite hilarious about the shifts,
and Jack said it was Ike a game Of
/ checkers. Directly he placed his feather
| bed above one portion OF his anatomy,
/ he would call out. Your move" Jack
will be frivolous
/ I was treated to one of the surprises
of my life when al half past nine /
stretched forth my hand and turned off
/ the electric light-tipping over several ash
receivers. which constitute the principal
adornmeut of a German bed chamber.
the while-and discovered 1t was broad
daylight,
/ Il didn't seem quite descen. that We
1 should be going to bed before the birds
/ had stopped singing. Jack mentioned the
! unnecessary electric light that was
bound TO shine later on the bill.
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