Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . s. At Yuletidein particular dances are arranged, whenthe Christmas-tree forms, of course, a veryprominent feature. Moreover, there arerooms where billiards, chess, cards, andother games are played in the evening,and where eating and drinking are generalat all hours. And each of these clubs,and many German public-houses, have theirKegel-lmhti, or German skittle alle\, which iswell patronised. Without the Kcgc/the robustTeuton cannot ner\e himself to do full justiceto his five daily meals, or get th
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . s. At Yuletidein particular dances are arranged, whenthe Christmas-tree forms, of course, a veryprominent feature. Moreover, there arerooms where billiards, chess, cards, andother games are played in the evening,and where eating and drinking are generalat all hours. And each of these clubs,and many German public-houses, have theirKegel-lmhti, or German skittle alle\, which iswell patronised. Without the Kcgc/the robustTeuton cannot ner\e himself to do full justiceto his five daily meals, or get the correct tasteof the lager set before him in the evening at his faxouritc beer saloon, as becomes a sonof (iambriiius. But no description of German life, be itVercin life or home life, can be completewithout a reference to the A/W/. Ever) Vercin—the German Gymnasium included—has itsLieder-Tafel, its social gathering for Lied is the song, and yet it is more thanthe song, for in it the German poet hasrevealed his soul. Lo\e and patriotism, thetenderest feelings and the most heroic. A LAGKK BEER ((iLASS-HOUSE STRHHT, resolves, ha\e found expression in the Lied:and throughout German London the Liedis heard on all occasions, for it is a link withthe Fatherland. Besides the ]^creins, membershipis counted in thousands, there are all overLondon \er) small societies, which meet inrooms reserved for them in the Germanrestaurants. Each society has its one or twoe\enings in the week, some for chorus-singing, others for card-pla\-ing. A favouritegame, and one that requires long practiceand skill, is that which is ijla_\-ed with tlieold German Tarot cards. The pictures arequaint and pretty, and are quite mediaevalin character. The whole pack containsseventy-eight cards, but many Tarot phuersonly use fifty-four of them. An interesting locality is the GermanLondon of the west, which comprises the area 62 LIVING LONDON. between Great Portland Street and RegentS
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