New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

not It, home. Snow. She says it is easier
30 make better soup with three POUNDS
OF meat. Dr. Braunhofer win certainly
/ helu you.
Or Rraunhofcr responds 20 the call
We cannot print all the questions which
he puts 20 Beethoven while making his
diagnosis
Dr. Braunhofcr-Hok Is your head?
Ncrtie, tensions? No pains in the small
. OF the back? Have you no pain in your
| legs OF feeling OF great weariness1 No
! twitching Of the cuticlc? VIII you put up
Tor Il short time with a strict diet No
wine. no coffee. no spices? VIII give In
structiOns TO your cook. Then viii
guarantee the complete restoration OF
your health. which II matter Of deep
concern to me. your admirer and friend.
In the morning chocolate. but without
vanilla. with milk OF water At noon
soup according 10 my directions. SOFT
boiled eggs without pepper In return
YOU may hope a speedy convaiescence
without many medlcamcnts. Do you nave
much thirst I want your nephew TO
come 10 me tomorrow morning. Can YOU
endure a bandage? III talk about 1t with
, the maid. MIX Of almonds
Carl-The doctor says II Is not good loi
YOU 10 be up. For YOU she must make
the soup without parsley. with barley.
and IL you have an appetite couple OF
soft eggs. You arc not 10 eat anythins
else. She must not put Ia any spice or
vegetables | spent form 80 tkreutZer)'
there is no money left.
Then follows an interview between
Beethoven his brother Johann and
copyist concerning the "Missa Solennls.
Evidently Johann has invited Beethoven
(as he had frequently done before) TO
visit him on his estate near Krems. for
when Dr. Braunhofer comes his first re-
| mark refers to the locality.
Dr. BraUnhofcr--I knew OF no more
heavenly place than the hills near kTcIns.
below, In the broad valley lies Paradise.
| . Instead OF medicines you must seeh
fresh air, moderate exercise and follow
/ for IA time an orderly diet according 20
my instructions which l will give you III
writing.
Carl-I called on one OF the housekeep-
ers; she cannot come before Friday. DO
you want an egg with your spinage!
The doctor said That If you are obedient
1t will soon be over. Have you read the
Theatrical Journal?
Johann-But the thick cloths are much
warmer and hold the heat longer: there
fore I'll wrap the thick cloth In the thin
one.
DR.. Braunhofer-You may rest assured
that all will 20 well, bat you must be
4 L. N disappear
in a day. III not torment YOU long with
medicine, but with the prescribed diet
under which YOU Will not starve to death.
, That will come of its own accord when
you are well. We must not spoil nature
with overmuch coddling and take few
pills. Neither is II necessary TO have
stool every day or az often az you think.
You are not the first one whom / have
nourishment will bring everything into
the right track. Danish your prejudice
against milk In the country. Only be pa
ticnt for a little while longer and you will
be satisfied with the results. Danube
baths. country air. Every fever runs ts
course; yours IL already abating. | Will
come again to-day, not because OF your
Illness. but TO see you and quiet you. IL
is for this reason that you are the great
genius that YOU are.
JOHANN am going now To Neumann:
III be back in half an hour.
Carl-Don't you want an egg? There liz
only one piece OF chocolate left she al
ways uses three pieces. because the water
makes II so thin. ! will bring some with
me.
Johann-As soon as you are up I'll go
there. There is no news In the news
papers: the only important intelligence Is
that the Spaniards have been completely
destroyed In the New World. The re-
mainder OF five thousand men. together
with the Viceroy and all the generals;
have capitulated and will be transported
TO Spain. 1t 1.-THE quartet In fiat. no
doubt was performed last Friday at the
house of the Court Agent Dembscher by
Merk and Meiseder (Mayseder). The sec
ond time the court agent himself PLAYED
the Passedal (sic). | spoke with several
persons. They say that nothing more
beautiful of this kind has ever been
heard and In all the city there is now
only one voice that this is the most beau
tiful quartet that was ever composed.
Benin lB6hm) said TO me that II you VIII
with il. as he has been asked for II by