Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-09-06
sNOTHER FROM PORTER
A Wanderers Diary


Katie and Lena Eckhart in teaching
the children to count in German and
now ! am reaping the benefit. ] would
have teachers of my county throw In
all such foreign subjects as counting
IN Norwegian, Italian and German,
and to learn days Of the week and
month In those Languages
July 20-Got card from Mrs. Lang
saying ] can attend Passion Play July
%, SO leave for Munich over Lake Con-
stance, fare Sd kl $3.50 Got five
dollars IN Swiss money and will keep
q two dollar Swiss gold piece. Swiss
country is lovely and prosperous evil
IDENTIFY but they tell me factories are
not prospecting on account of high ex-
. change here. Passed Swiss and Ger
man customs easily, but for Linden,
German stamped passport, fine ride to
Munich over lovely fertile Bavaria, got
private room as hotel was full, $50
marks day, Is marks for breakfast,
81 cents, both.
July 22-Went up branch line to
Oberameagau go miles I'd kl, 80 cents.
. First to Cooks and got 5000 German
marks for twenty dollars, or $50 for a
dollar; then to Police Station and paid
300 marks for permit to stay in Ba-
+ varia seven days. Then to Pension
/ Daheim. the Anton Lang home to see
whre was to stay Mrs. Lang gave
me fine quiet room in their house.
Had fine dinner at up stairs alta little
table. Kentucky lady, wife of SOL
der at Coblenz, jolly priest from vi
emma, another fine priest beside him
from Pennsylvania, next him a clergy
man, ID. ID. from Kentucky. next a
Missouri couple and at my left a gen
tleman from Georgia. Had breakfast
down stairs in big dining room, seats
so; two hard biscuits, butter Jam. cup
coffee. On streets Saturday evening
are 1000 English speaking people.
Mr.. Lang tells us there are fewer peo-
lple from Italy, France and other con-
tlnental countries because of low ex-
3change, and shortage of money and
Igreater proportion of English and
Americans.
July 23-Cloudy and rained some.
9Play to 1l:40 in a. M; and2 to S in
~. m. In 1910 it was hours long at
FIRST performance. They have their
iparts learned well late in the season
Iand go faster. The play has been act
3ed to full houses all summer. There
Twill be 4 performances this week. At
supper after the play Mr. Lang, right
prom the cross, with only time to dress
tcame up stairs while we were dining
Sand talked with us. He and Mrs. Lang
'kare nice to all. He said they wanted
nm to bring the play to America, but
fcould not. Said Munich had a play
past year by great and accomplished
Factors but it ''lacked the soul"
u He said he hoped to come to Ameri-
n Il
Itrlsed when / told him his name was
d household word in almost every cul-
rfured home in America. Gentlemen at
y he table corroberated the statement.
d Asked if it paid the villagers to
Ipend whole year in giving the play
be said not directly but indirectly they
htnade something by sales of wood carv-
ing and curios and by boarding visit
&rs. The village of 1000 was hard
pit by the war, having lost 81 men,
fers. The priest from Vienna has z
lbleces of Austrian money, bright and
flean. | offer him a dollar for it. He
Ehakes his head. 'Does he think it not
Enough 2" ] ask gentleman sitting
with us. He thinks it is too much"
r. his reply. The poor fellow has had
hard time of it and that dollar will
pay his rail fare way to Vienna and
leave him enough for a dinner. 81
Fvant to give it to him." / get the
money. / gave the interpreter a dime
Rs a souvenir and after a time he
PONIES back with a fine AUTOGRAPHED
Portrait of the New Judas in the play
Hnd presents 1t to me as a souvenir"
pc says. Judas is an accomplished
kctor htey got from Berlin and he
-fputs his soul into it." At first Xix
ID the old Judas the better but later |
Hanged. He is a grand actor.
4 Anton Lang, the Christus for %
FEARS, does as well as in 1910 and the
whole acting is good. The costumes
pre- less bright and / suspect are old
Rnes for the villagers have had no
honey to buy from Constantinople the
Eostly cloth like the old garments.
Mr.. Lang said in 1900 his share of
honey was $500 marks or $500: in
1910 it was about $500; and a gentle
Anan tells me Lang will get only about
f35 this year
Going to Mrs. Lang for my ticket
got one of the best seats in Platz |.
a Mrs. Lang, in 1915 at the San Fran
DISCO Exposition in the Greek building
met Greek lady care taker, Mrs.
dcTaggart, who had kept a pension
n Athens and said she entertained you
nd Mr.. Lang when you were there.
had just read that Mr. Lang was
- Tiled in battle and we both lamented
HE supposed fact" ooh / am so glad
7e wasn't-that shows that the world
: not very large after ALL"
July 24-Rainy. Babe the Langs a
.iasty good bye and thanked them for
heir Kindness and rode Sd class to
Munich on I'd class ticket Went to
Fothe st. to get my room had left
Ind the lady showed me telegram,
IOberameugau, two ladies want room
l4th at your house." | had given my
ADDRESS to two missionary ladies from
Bulgaria and they were coming; the
lady crossed the hall and | got anoth-
tr good room at the same price, 33cts.
Der day; bread and coffee cents. At
10 go to a little shop near by for
. toffee, pastry cakes and three small
futs of lovely cherry pie, 81 NIX, cts.
J hap of Munich acts, trolley ride ct.
II July 25-Went to cemetery. Saw
bodies in collins in arcaded part of
j Iemetery; to National Museum. Aus
! bnders so, natives IS NIX admission.
bupper, macaroni, bread, beefsteak,
bot tea and tip, 80 NIX, % cts. Hal
1900 NIX at bed time.
July 26-Had I'd breakfast, bread,
/ eggs, butter, pot coffee, sc NIX, 12c.
Supper, bread, bouillon, macaroni,
Iausages and saucer kraut and pot of
lea, so NIX, IA cts. Went to EXPOSE
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