Festschrift zur XXXV. Hauptversammlung des Vereins Deutscher Ingenieure

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Title:: Schlaraffen-Spiegel und Ceremoniale

Publication:: Prag: Verlag der Schlaraffia, [1903]

Language:: German

Digitization:: Berlin: Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin, 2022

Scope:: 40, 53 Seiten

Berlin:: B 707 Gesellschaft: Vereine

DDC Group:: 300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:109-1-15474168

Collection:: Society,Population,Social Affairs,Health

Location:: Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin

Shelfmark:: B 707 Schla 2

Copyright:: Public Domain

Accessibility:: Free Access

104 THE SPREE. having forgotten his name—seemed to be unpropitious this morning, as we did not remark a single finny- captive. Sedan, about a mile from our last halting-place, had been named after the celebrated battle of that name by its patriotic, and, perhaps, politic proprietor. As we proceed on our route, we shall see that Sedan is not the only warlike establishment on the Spree: in fact the whole river bristles with names of terrible import; Sadowa, Weissenburg, Gravalotte, and Sedan, i testifying for all time to the patriotic loyalty of the licensed victuallers on the Spree. Sedan was picturesquely situated, but the garden being a new one, and the trees, therefore, young, there was rather too much wind to be pleasant. Nor was the view of the river quite so pretty as elsewhere, the garden, or rather grounds, being partially enclosed, probably to screen them from the wind. Neither going nor returning, did we observe many visitors here, which was the more surprising, as, apart from the above-mentioned objec tions, the place had a very inviting aspect about it. We observed numerous placards affixed to the trees, requesting the public to abstain from picking the fruit and flowers, but, as both these items were conspicuous by their absence, we came to the conclusion it was an innocent device on the part of the proprietor to enhance the merits of his establishment in the eyes of the public, by imitating a form of notice very common in botanical, zoological, and other large public gardens, where, of course, such a notice is really of some practical impor tance. We determined to lunch at Sedan, the general appearance of the place giving us some reason to hope

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