Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-07

f., Surrounded as we were by fCrcign-
era il was the German students who
| interested us the most They always
came early and invariably had IL news
popc;. parcel in their hands. we were
| curious about that parcel and waited
patiently to find out what was In II.
| One evening a student sat beside us.
and after five minutes or so, he opened
his package and drew out two large
coarse brownbread sandwiches spread
with PORK fat and he ate them as IL ne
rolish.d them Instead of throwing
away tie wrapper that covered them
he carefully smootEed it out. and we
saw that il was the mornings news
paper with the program of that eve
ming; opera printed upon 1t. Pro-
grains cost one cent there, 50 as rule,
the Germans, at least the student pOr-
ton OF them, cut out the cast OF char
ac,ers from the daily paper. Between
the acts there is a chance for the Ger
man to secure his mug of beer. ana
fer the fraulein to walk around the
spacious promenade discussing the
opera with some friend.
OF course the music was the finest
that we had ever heard. For the most
part they were Germans rendering
their own music. They felt it and
made us feel it. The hours we spent
listening to Don Juan. Die Meister-
singer. Tannhauser and many others
W ere never long enough.
Instead of procuring hot cup OF
chocolate at the close of the theatre,
the favorite resort of the German Is
the sausage stand and many q time we
have returned to our homes close upon
midnight eating a sausage sandwich.
Yet Germany is the only country where
it is safe for girls to go unescorted at
night. With its well regulated system
it is a pleasure to travel through the
country There we had been told be-
forchand that we should be much safer
than in America and such we found to
be the case.
The ridiculous system of checking
our clothing at concerts came near
getting Us into trouble. Early one
evening while looking at Il picture of
FcliA Grossi violinist who was to give
a concert that same night. we decided
we wanted to hear him so off We start
cd for the concert hall. We had just
ready money enough to buy two re-
served seats, and we were going into
the ball when VIC were politely in
formed by the official that we could not
enter with our cloaks and hats on.
Not wishing to lose the concert we be-
gan 20 think and saw only one way out
Of il. We took off our soft felt hats.
rolled them up and put them inside of
our coats and then the official per-
mittId US to enter.
one Sunday there came a Brahm' $
memorial and We went out into one of
the districts to hear his Requiem. Not
having any reserved seats we were
there an hour early 80 that We could
have the best of the unrcscrved ones.
\ green slip with corner torn off was
bought for twelve and Il half cents. and
| we were assured that it would premit
us to sit down. Upstairs We plodd"d
and were Informed by the official there
that he did not know whether we could
have seats or not, but that VIC could
sit down until he had further orders
Then holders of orange tickets APP
pcarcd and asserted their rights. Be-
cause they had paid five cents more for
| their tickets than those holding green
ones. they insisted that these latter
| should get up and give them their
seats. The official finally decided that
we of the green must stand up and
| make way for the orange. which We
accordingly did until he was out 81