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The band that performs at a Munich beer garden is not the sort of band that can be ignored. The members of a Munich military band are big, broad chested fellows, and they are not afraid of work. THE BAND THAT PERFORMS IN A MUNICH BEER GARDEN IS NOT THE SORT OF BAND THAT CAN BE IGNORED THE MEMBERS OF A MUNICH MILITARY BAND ARE BIG BROAD CHESTED FELLOWS AND THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF WORK
eing darned. They are not the sort of women to turn a man's head, but they are the sort of women to lay hold of a man's heart--very gently at first, so that he hardly knows that they have touched it, and then, with soft, clinging tendrils that wrap themselves tighter and tighter year by year around it, and draw him closer and closer--till, as, one by one, the false visions and hot passions of his youth fade away, the plain homely figure fills more and more his days--till it grows to mean for him all the better, more lasting, true part of life--till he feels that the strong, gentle mother-nature that has stood so long beside him has been welded firmly into his own, and that they twain are now at last one finished whole. We had our dinner at a beer-garden the day before yesterday. We thought it would be pleasant to eat and drink to the accompaniment of music, but we found that in practice this was not so. To dine successfully to music needs a very strong digestion--especially in Bavaria. WHILE LONG STOCKINGS ARE BEING DARNED THEY ARE NOT THE SORT OF WOMEN TO TURN A MAN'S HEAD BUT THEY ARE THE SORT OF WOMEN TO LAY HOLD OF A MAN'S HEART VERY GENTLY AT FIRST SO THAT HE HARDLY KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE TOUCHED IT AND THEN WITH SOFT CLINGING TENDRILS THAT WRAP THEMSELVES TIGHTER AND TIGHTER YEAR BY YEAR AROUND IT AND DRAW HIM CLOSER AND CLOSER TILL AS ONE BY ONE THE FULL VISIONS AND HOT PASSIONS OF HIS YOUTH FADE AWAY THE PLAIN HOMELY FIGURE FILLS MORE AND MORE HIS DAYS TILL IT GROWS TO MEAN FOR HIM ALL THE BETTER MORE LASTING TRUE PART OF LIFE TILL HE FEELS THAT THE STRONG GENTLE MOTHER NATURE THAT HAS STOOD SO LONG BESIDE HIM HAS BEEN WELDED FIRMLY INTO HIS OWN AND THAT THEY TWAIN ARE NOW AT LAST ONE FINISHED WHOLE WE HAD OUR DINNER AT A BEER GARDEN THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE PLEASANT TO EAT AND DRINK TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF MUSIC BUT WE FOUND THAT IN PRACTICE THIS WAS NOT SO TO DINE SUCCESSFULLY TO MUSIC NEEDS A VERY STRONG DIGESTION ESPECIALLY IN BAVARIA
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