The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03

Having proclaimed his passion he put ms
case bluntly to the object 81 Il. Let IN"
lady. he said, surrender herself Ia him.
and he for his part would trouble the town
no more The lady said no. and th" land
lord Of tho inn. hoping that the lover
would depart IN pursuit packed her on
home. But the devil was too NilN. ~"
chung 20 the inn. which 10y tins time was
beginning 20 suffer with ia custom IN"
landlord then had the girl back. and hop
ing for the bast aft the .va!n =" se'tlet the
matter The fair one remained obiurate'
and the devil in desperation set IRE ~
the inn and starte,i conhlgraii"h wh'ch
threatened tO wipe out the town. IL then
became necessary for the Town Council
10 intervene and they made short work ut
il by finging III" servant girl alive ih'n
the flames That seems 10 hav" answc cred
the DEVILS requirements, for the fire lmrne-
diately died down. A new Rathhnus dat
ing from 1919 commemoTated the h"nd :
work in a Latin inscription
At hotel in FreibuTg the author lost
a pair Of trousers A great search was
made for them The chambermaid after
heroic hut vain efforts n recovery de-
parted in almost fearful despair and re-
turned with the housekeeper. The author
was cross-auestioned. hut could give no
clue. and there was nothing for II bur an
appeal 20 the highest source ~ tact and
saRacity. With an imposing tread the
head waiter assembled the stairs and
advanced to the field 81 action The ensu-
ing Investigation was exhaustive in the
extreme. but nothing more satisfactory
was arrived az than that" the author was
wearing a pair Of trousers and that there
fore those must he the missing ones
lie argued the question on the grounds
Of differences in color and texture and
from his own intimate know ledge Of
his wardrobe. but the great man remained
unconvinced. The author records that
he felt himself under a cloud. The cir
cumstances were suspicious and the sus-
ploion rested on him. 4 thought came
to him Earlier in the day the furniture
Of his room had been changed The old
furniture mad been taken out and beauti-
full new furniture had been put in. These
changes. these acts Of modcruiEation.
10 occur in the Black Forest. lie aug
gested that the missing trousers might
he in some article Of the old furniture
The head waiter flew to the telephone.
The clue was good. The trousers were
recovered
IL is declared IN a guide book publ .shei
in English at Zurich that IL ~ satisfactory
90 see the neat series of distinguished
Swiss sceneries continued with an eminent
grace in Germany, and first Of all IN" beau-
tiful watering place Of Baden-Rlden with
Its enyIronz, where art and nature com
bine in harmony - form m almos' ideal
landscape scenery Mr. Hughes dlsSsnts
politely from this Sw i-s- English opinion.
lie hopes that IL will not prevent people
from going t. Baden BADEN. which he
says is not like that at all. His chapter
ON the place and it's surroundings has
much and interesting detail ~ the res
taurant in the castle 81 Eberst"in herrcorris
that he found in the visitors book above a
London signature and under date 81 May
20. Igps. an impudent oplgram Which ran.
coming tho rain hAs poured u>~ cats
And dog, and drrnchei r-s '1rorcU.
order tea TO drinE ana tHa''.
NroV ~ water 30
We should have suspertel Mr. Hughes
- having written this himself II h" had not
declared that he tried the tea AMI found 1t
better than the epigram
The book describes many plaoe$-Wild-
bad and Pforzheim. the Hornisgrinde
and the Mummelsa'. IN" kni"his, Achern
and its neighborhond. Allerhciigen tn"
/ Harmarshlch Valley. Hornb"rg and the
Prechthal. and plenty nor" There is an
interesting account of the Black Forest
houses II has he.n said Il th"-r houses
that no two are alike, and that, We read,
b is true. though they ara all built ON the
same general lines. The daSign probably
belongs 10 the sixteenth century. ard some
ar. actually so dated. A house built on
tn. side 81 "A steep hill can have ground
/ hn,r entrances on several stories. and they
all have them on az least two. That Is a
great thing when PEOPLE and pigs. carts
and Cattle. all find shelter under one roof
An upper ground hoor always contains a
hav harm with an entrance big enough O.
take in a loaded cart. Below are the liv.
ing rooms for the humans. and rl-rwhers
those for the beasts. The rooms for hu.
man occupation can always be distin'
sui.hed from the outside by the window,
and balconies on which open many doors
The general living room almost invaria hly
takes one of the corners. thus giving
pleasantly lighted space. with window
STATS encircling the ancestral round table
The panells.d walls Of tho room ara lr'
traentIy painted 18th crude designs. Tn,
great stove IL tho focus q domestic acti"
i,v. and religion - centralized nj littl,
niche with an altar and SNOWY decora
. tons. There are also reserved places
, the warmcst and most comfortable
tho old people
The weddings among the Black Fores
peasants. IL may be read. are tremendou
affairs A rich peasant on such an occa
sion will have as many a. 500 guests
Nor with these guests is IL a mere matte
Of shaking hands with the bride and goin,
away. They stay and eat and drink anC
dance. coming early and going late. Al
, for the expense Of so vast an entertain
. ment, the matter Of defrayinR IL is seer
not 20 he impossible when il IL understood
that every one pays. Invited guest
-end presents Of food and drink OF mone'
, or all three. Tninvited guests-for an,
, one may go-pay for what they have
The approved wedding dinner - INSIST
Of soupe. boiled beef with horseradisl
, sauce, beef with vermicelli. pork an,
r sausagcs with sauerkraut. roast veal
salad and sponge cake with rJlisins Il
W. II Dawson's book nn German LII