The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-26
WIEN MEALS LASTED AL DAY
Not aIuch TemptAtisn 70 Travel m Ths,,
oeOd 0An fuses.


The people who aEo telling other, ,Aa,
they viii escape from all bodily N. \
they win conflne themselves 10 two -
day think they have invented A -
custom. Thsy don't know that tOo ys,,.
ago two meals q day was a connie,
programme. AZ least In some quarter.
A writer in tho Atlanhe Hopbly 4
describing Hirtsenth century ihns ~.
that among travellers in those dav. esr,,-
resolved itself into two meals a dsv 49,.
that most of them had no more thar -,
at home. However. a. a msal SEEMED :,
bs a continuous psrfOrnancc Atm,
pretty much all day. the hardzhln. :,
travel must not % exaggerated
AZ Berns there was a law aga.ns, a.
ting az table more than Eve hours a. RAJ
from 10 A. NJ. tO6P. M. was tho naurr,.
permitted. but tho town council ~, m
able 70 practise its own counres Of ra,.
lection. and ON great occasions finished
in private.
In sAxony the innkseper was torb dis,
- serve more than four dishes Al ons
meal; and there public opinion Wa s4r,s
check. inasmuch a. IL was common n
compare tho Saxon dishss. served A. tbev
we're. one by one. 10 tho tyrants o, slc,ly
each Of whom was q more fearful monster
thar his predecessor.
Supervision over the inns was a,
sfricter than at present. especially d
Italy. Az Lncca and &C Florence al
the inns were IN a single street; and n
many towns the ngw arrival was lAhs6
before the authorities By the guard al eAs
mtes before he was allowed 20 chOOas
his Inn, 10 which he would be cOnducsad
BY q colder,
AZ LUCIA too ives q dspArtmant Of a.
judiciary which was specially CONCERNED
with stFangerai and 20 this the innkesO-
era had 20 ssnd a daily report Of aaA
guest. Yes 70 judge by the tOnis9
accounts the supervision might vel
have been carried flrthsF and rsport1
upon the innkeepers required from The
| tourists
Such a system Of double reports WouN
have been a check on tho murderinR
innkeeper. 10 whom there are occasiOnal
references A landlord az Poitiers wa
detected in the middle Of the seventeenth
century: andat Straiesund, soruns anothR
tale. 800 Cd persons had disappeared
at one inn. They had reappearsd. IL b
trtle-hut picked.
Often before the inn came in sight ths
traveller would see his Italian host. Some
times the host would have touts as isr
away ~ seven OF eight leagues 10 bulton-
hole foreigners, carry their luggage,
promise anything and behave with tks
utmost ssrvihty-till the morning a
departure. But with al this, % expsa
them 20 provide clean sheets was b
expect too much aud Il was desirable
for the visitor 10 carry his own bedding.
In many cases We find the tourist sleep
ing on a table in hia clothes 70 AVOID 10
dirty bed Still in Italy. az a rule. ySu
shared your bed with the peFmanent
occupants only. In Spain you weN
sure 20 do 20; one man, one bed was the
custom there. In Germany the custom
was just the reverse; in fact. II the touriE
did not find a companion for himself
the host choss for him. and his bedfeDou
mi Eht h. a gentleman or he might Be
carter; all that could BE- safely propha-
sled about him was that when he came
10 led he would he drunk
The bad would 10 one Of several IN
a room. the covering q quilt warm enough
10 he too warm for summer and narrow
Ynough 20 leave one side Of each persia
exposed In winter. That h.. supposing
there were heds