Show AMERICANS ABROAD A Salt Lake Party Visits Old Bremen HOTELS AND CARS IX EUROPE I titra Pay for Candles Soap Bath and Tips to Every Llvinc Being In View VSpedal Correspondence of THE SUsDAT HERALD VENING WAS E 1Zt far advanced ofwhen the Havel r j J IU steamed into 1t2 I Bremerhaven Of I r fiifJ l course I was ni M f I 1 fcrcyiirs anxious to set l foot on land once more after rocking lj 2 rock-ing on the ocean for eight days but we were now in Germany Ger-many and people hero are not in a rush They are slow and to an American painfully pain-fully so It matters not how impatient the passengors may be they must possess their souls in peace while the luggage is being lowered into a small tug that meets the big steamer for that purpose Chattels first people last When we finally did get ashore and into the waiting room of the railroad that was to take us to Bremen 1 thought 1ANDoMANiUU WAS LOOSE rho whole shipload of people roin forced by friends and relatives that had come to meet them crowded into tho largo space and exchanged greetings They did not do that quietly and gently but with loud demonstrations dem-onstrations of joy that gave one the headache head-ache Everybody talked aloud so that everybody else had to talk louder in order to be heard above tho din and nciso made by the others In the interval between the voluble welcome tho clink of loeer glasses resounded I re-sounded continually and the swallow tailed waiters zigzagged through the hall with serpentine agility to supply the enormous demand for the liquid Tables all over the room facilitated the service and men and women alike partook freely of the driifk Without tho train was waiting to convey us to Bremen We entered the car or what should more properly be called a carriage car-riage for that is all it is For our party consisting of six persons these cars are very convenient because they allow us to be together and with the aid of THE OMNIPOTENT TIP no other passenger can intrude upon us They are also comfortable but not so elegant ele-gant as the American cars They do not swing so much but shake more and really caused us more seasickness than the voy age across the ocean They are provided with a door on each side which the conductor conduc-tor keeps safely locked while the train is moving and an appliance which by the turn of a crank supplies heat and fresh air but they have as a rule no toilet rooms and one traveling on an express train may suffer for the most necessary conveniences like water for instance On the great through lines however I understand this Is gradually being changed Imagine a gentieman carrying a flask of water where in our country ho generally hides his whisky flask The most striking thing to Americans upot landing in Europe is the 1 GORGEOIS UXlrOllI worn by every railroad official be ho a sec tion hand or president The conductor in his doublebreasted dress coat might easily be taken for a brigadier general and even the engineer is handsomely attired The engine is a peculiar looking object It is small and dirty by the side of our brignt engines but travels quite rapidly and would not be wholly objectionable except for its high voiced whistle which quite amused us at times On the other hand not enougn credit can be given to the railroads rail-roads for the perfect systems of signals they maintain and which adds greatly to the safety of the trains The engineer is led by signals along the whole line and any disorder is known to him before he reaches the dangerous spot l rilE DEPOT IX BHEJIEX is one of the finest buildings mind you not stationsthat I ever sawand is one of many of this kind and the parks and lowers around it would do well for any botanical garden The customhouse officers could well teach our New York officials a lesson In courtesy Now for a word about the hotels They are more elegant m o their construction than oursbutless convenient yet all the rooms are beautifully furnished It is no wevernot at all pleasant have only the light of a candle at niht to grope by and then find that this is charged extra for in the bill together with soap baths and service and then feel that one is still expected ex-pected to tip the chambermaid porter butler waiter bootblack baggage carrier and omnibus conductor The question of lips in Europe is a formidable ono and in counting on expenses a fair percentage must be allowed for that purpose We find expenditures thus tar reasonably light nave in places which Americans frequent There they add a heavy tax for every American is supposed to be a millionaire I must speak hero of the great COtRTEST AXD POLITENESS of the German people They are never in too great a hurry to aid one and it would bo considered very illbred if a gentleman failed to tip his hat oven to another gentleman gentle-man when asked a question or not to say adieu when leaving a store Such a thing us keeping on a hat in an office would be regarded re-garded as a gross insult The old Hansestadt Bremen was the first German city wo visited The city isvery pretty in spite of the narrow streets laid out many centuries ago The buildings are beautiful and the German custom of hav ing flowers on all balconies and windows odds greatly to the appearance There are many places of historic interest there but we only visited a few The city hall is of Gothic style and is 600 years old There is to be seen a model of the first steam boat overbuilt besides other models and histor ical paintings In the cellar of this build ing called the Rath Keller are several hogsheads of wine Opposite the entrance is an arched room called Fluestor Gewoelbe These rooms were USED BT THE INQUISITORS In the middle ages To the left is a room calledDer Rosen Keller A large rose is painted on the ceiling and under this the city council metand every word spoken un der this rose had to be kept secret Ad joining this is the Apostle Keller so called because each of the twelve hogsheads stored therein is named after one of the twelve apostles One of these contains the Ruedersheimer wine of 1624 every drop of which cost 234 marks equal to about 50 cents in American money Thin wine is i not sold but 0k only given as presents to prominent people The last one who drank of it was Bismarck at his iubilee The mutilated Roland statue is an object of groat interest It is said that this statue must never be restored and whenever it ceases to exist Bremen will cease to be a free city Lastly t we visited St Peters church which was BUILT IN THE ELEVENTH CI CEfTORY Adjoining this is the Blei Keller lead cellar noted for its peculiarity of lug tho dead Some people have lain preserv there e < 50 years and are still well preserved Game and poultry is brought hero for the same purpose The cause of this singular phenomenon is not known but is sunposod to be the dry admosphere The windows are open and fresh air allowed to enter as In any other room I VERONA E POLLOCK ter < BERLIN August 271S91 |