The Carlsbad theatre, a handsome building in the
Alte Wiese, gives during the Carlsbad season all the
operettas which are in favour in Vienna. The best
artists of the operetta stage often come to Carlsbad on
a tour and sing their favourite roles for a few per-
formances. Farces are also sometimes played. The
performances generally commence at 6.30 and con-
clude at nine or shortly afterwards. There are two
variety theatres in the lower town, at both of which
the great stars of the music-hall world often appear.
Marienbad
Of Marienbad I can only speak as having gone
there once or twice in a season whenever I have
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suffered “ a cure ” at Carlsbad. The life the
“ cure guests ” lead is very similar at both places. I
have found the great glass shelter of _
the imperial crowded with representa-
tives of the innermost circle of London society eating
lean ham and kompotts, and I have lunched at the
Stern where the company was equally stern
select and where the Fogash and the
chicken were excellently cooked. The late King
Edward generally gave his dinner on the birthday of
the Emperor of Austria at the Kurhaus,
where a suite of rooms are called “The e Ur aUS
King’s Rooms ” ; and when Lady Goschen gave a
lunch at which King Edward was the principal guest,
the Rubezahl, a great cafe and restau- The Riihezahl
rant and hotel, which has red roofs, Caf®
looks like an old chateau, and stands on a height near
the town, was the restaurant selected. The Nettuno
in the town is spoken of with enthusiasm by its habitues.
The Rubezahl is a very favourite cafe at afternoon
tea-time, and the Cafe Egerlander is
n • i i c ° • rpi Cafe Egerlander
equally in vogue at breakrast-time. 1 he
latter stands high, and from its terrace, where is the
usual little grove of trees, there is a fine view of the
valley and the plain. The rooms are replicas of par-
lours and kitchens and bedrooms in the houses of the
picturesque district of Egerland, and the waitresses
are all in the handsome dress of the Egerland peasants.
The proprietor of the Egerland Cafe, Herr Ott (a
gentle, pleasant, elderly man with a beard, who is
generally to be found in his cafe at any hour of the
day), began life in a turner’s shop. Now he not
only owns the Egerland Cafe, but Ott’s Hotel and
a cafe in the town as well. His wife may always
be seen at tea-time in the spotlessly clean kitchen
of the Egerland Cafe in command of a legion of
waitresses.
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Clubs
The Marienbad Golf Club owns links on the great
table-land beyond the Riibezahl. When I saw it
mr. „ ,, . last the club-house was extraordinarily
small, and the hags hying before it
were extraordinarily large. King Edward had taken
the little pavilion into favour as a place to go to at
afternoon tea-time, and had expressed a hope that it
would be enlarged, which hope was duly carried out.
AFTER DINNER
The late King Edward was a staunch patron of
the little theatre at Marienbad, and it became the
fashion for all the great people taking their “ cure ” to
be seen in the boxes when operetta was being played.
The performances are run on much the same lines as
the Carlsbad ones. There is, I believe, a variety hall
at Marienbad, but I have never been to look at it and
its performances.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
The Carlsbad theatre, a handsome building in the Alte Wiese, gives during the Carlsbad season all the operettas which are in favour in Vienna. The best artists of the operetta stage often come to Carlsbad on a tour and sing their favourite roles for a few performances. Farces are also sometimes played. The performances generally commence at 6.30 and conclude at nine or shortly afterwards. There are two variety theatres in the lower town, at both of which the great stars of the music-hall world often appear.
Marienbad
Of Marienbad I can only speak as having gone there once or twice in a season whenever I have
Austria
suffered “ a cure ” at Carlsbad. The life the “ cure guests ” lead is very similar at both places. I have found the great glass shelter of the Imperial crowded with representatives of the innermost circle of London society eating lean ham and kompotts, and I have lunched at the Stern where the company was equally stern select and where the Fogash and the chicken were excellently cooked. The late King Edward generally gave his dinner on the birthday of the Emperor of Austria at the Kurhaus, where a suite of rooms are called "The King's Rooms"; and when Lady Goschen gave a lunch at which King Edward was the principal guest, the Rubezahl, a great cafe and restaurant and hotel, which has red roofs, looks like an old chateau, and stands on a height near the town, was the restaurant selected. The Nettuno in the town is spoken of with enthusiasm by its habitues.
TThe Rubezahl is a very favourite cafe at afternoon tea-time, and the Cafe Egerlander is equally in vogue at breakfast-time.e. 1 he
latter stands high, and from its terrace, where is the usual little grove of trees, there is a fine view of the valley and the plain. The rooms are replicas of parlours and kitchens and bedrooms in the houses of the picturesque district of Egerland, and the waitresses are all in the handsome dress of the Egerland peasants. The proprietor of the Egerland Cafe, Herr Ott (a gentle, pleasant, elderly man with a beard, who is generally to be found in his cafe at any hour of the day), began life in a turner’s shop. Now he not only owns the Egerland Cafe, but Ott’s Hotel and a cafe in the town as well. His wife may always be seen at tea-time in the spotlessly clean kitchen of the Egerland Cafe in command of a legion of waitresses.
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338 T'he Gourmets Guide to Europe
Clubs
The Marienbad Golf Club owns links on the great table-land beyond the Rubezahl. When I saw it mr. „ ,, . last the club-house was extraordinarily
small, and the flags flying before it were extraordinarily large. King Edward had taken the little pavilion into favour as a place to go to at afternoon tea-time, and had expressed a hope that it would be enlarged, which hope was duly carried out.
The late King Edward was a staunch patron of the little theatre at Marienbad, and it became the fashion for all the great people taking their “ cure ” to be seen in the boxes when operetta was being played. The performances are run on much the same lines as the Carlsbad ones. There is, I believe, a variety hall at Marienbad, but I have never been to look at it and its performances.
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