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

Germany is first and foremost must
cal country. Every Saturday after
noon in Leipzig they have free sacred
concert in the Thomas kirche, and on
every Sunday morning comes the Prom
enaders concert.
On Sunday that same Herr Kuhn
and Gertrude invited us to so to The
concert. Although the weather was so
cold that none but German band
would Think of playing out of doors. VIC
went with our escorts and waited Tor
the music to begin. watching in the
meantI;re the crowd that had already
gathered there. All types of Germans
were present The students erect with
their brightly colored visored caps
paced disdainfully to and fro. Or
collegiate friend does not believe in
swinging cane in the English or
Amcrican fashion. but to give him an
individual stamp. lie wears his cane
SUSPENDED from the upper button-hole
of his coat To have more diStin-
guishcd ar he wakes his mustache. $"
that it goes higher up in the air than
the KaiScr'S. and to crown il all he has
as many sabre cuts as possible upon
his face. The more scars he Las the
more noted a student is and those duels
which cause the scars occur over the
most trivial matters. Quarrels some
times arse just for the sake Of sccur-
ING some of those coveted scars In
our opinion a German with these "a ore
cuts is not prcpOsSrSsinG, but German
with his hcaG bound I'D in linen BAN
days aud saturated with arnica is
lulicrous With his dashhund trail
ing behind Kim the student and his dog
are pair of world wide rcpute.
So watching the people pass We
waited for the concert. We were not
obliged to take part in any CONVERSE
ton as Hans and Gertrude were so alb
so,bed in each other THAI they had for
gotten Us completely. and it was just as
well that they did. as our conversation
would have been limited to la and
Ncin
Accustomed as we were to hear cake
walks ana marches rendered on similar
occasions in America. We wer" happily
disappointed to hear the classical So
lcctionS Of Wagner. LIT, Chopin and
others cIocu"ntly played by that street
baad. For an hour we listened TO the
music, then Gertrude and Hans SuS-
r"Stcd Il walk in the more unfrcquented
walks Of Leipzig. There we came up
ON couples who walked unbushngiy
past ug with their arms around each
other During our early days IN Ger
many We used to give an apoloScti"
cough whenever We came upon one Of
these loving couples. hut no notice
Whatsoever wa: paid to IS. 50 after Il
time We took This energetic lovc-nIak-
ing as q matter of course.
Two things are VERY dear in Germany
as compared with other things and
those are lights aud fire. We rcckoned
that il vas Just about as cheap to go
To The theatre where it was always
warm. as to stay in our rooms ami h,
comfortable. s" W. often went to the
opera As the Germans never believe
III cutting out any portion of the text
the USUAL hour for opening is six, and
that OF closing generally twelve. spec
tally if it is one of Wagncr's operas
We were able to get :, front row reScrv-
cd seat in Tire students balcony for
eighteen cents. 50 there among the
French. German and Italians ~" took
our places. One rule that was closely
adhered IL was that hats and coats
must j." clI,'C!:cd or left at the owners
risk on hooks provided for the purpose.
We chose th" latter course and never
lost anything