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A STEOLL THROUGH HAMBtTRGH- 397
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As I Stand On The Deck Ofthe Hamburgh St...
© old or extra care for comfort in winter , is there a profusion of _zrare of the and small choice house blossoms is crowded , but the with small graceful window droop of the ing lowest fuchsias storey and
gorgeous-leaved begonias . These basement storeys form , indeed , in several respectsa striking feature to a stranger ; there seems to be
so much of underground , life going on , and in the business streets a great part of the transactions seem to be carried on at kitchen
level . Under even the best shops , down a night of area steps , are other establishments , perhaps equally good in their way , but mostly
devoted to eatable commodities ; thus under the magasin of the grand jeweller or silk-mercer on the Jungfernstieg you will find a
fruiterer , a wine merchant , or confectioner , while the common tinman ' s shop in a side street will be undermined by a common
¦ greengrocer or baker . The florists , too , usually take possession of these cavernous dwellingsand the effect of such subterranean
, bowers as they then become , is very striking . But not only are the flowers growing everywhere at windows ,
in the plantation on the ramparts , in the free space or _place among the streets , but , gathered into bouquets , they greet one at every
corner , in the hands of ruddy Vierland maidens , not quite , perhaps , " themselves the fairest flowers" but at any rate rivalling in
gaiety of decoration the wares they , sell ; and who , clad in their tiht-fitting bodices rich with coloured embroidery , short skirts
and g wearing on their heads their very peculiar hat made of straw , or fine wicker-work , looking most like a large , round , inverted
yellow baking-dish , form quite a characteristic feature of a Hamburgh street scene . The Hamburghers , indeed , must have a decided taste
for variety of costume , for though in the course of a day ' s peregrination one would not be likely to meet with all or nearly all
the peculiar costumes appropriated to various classes of the community , a few minutes' pause before any print shop introduces
the stranger at once to a multitudinous diversity of garbs set forth < as respectively proper to this or the other calling , the division
< being so carried out that the " seller of eels" has a uniform distiiict from the general " fishwoman" and the purveyor at the
apple stall intermeddles not with the , apparel assumed by the itinerant vendor of cakes . The bare-headed servant-girls form ,
however , perhaps the liveliest feature of the panorama ; for though their neat short-sleeved print dresses are perfectly unobtrusive ,
the large oblong baskets in which they deposit their marketings , and which are carried under the arm resting upon the hipare
, always covered over with a large square of shawl-pattern cotton , looking almost invariably as bright and fresh as if bought new
only yesterday , and marking out the bearer from afar as its brilliant scarlet folds flutter beside her , hanging down nearly to
the ground . In sombre contrast to the general gaiety , is the array of their " magnificences" the Burgomasters , who are
distinguished by their black velvet cloaks , quaintly surmounted by high-
A Steoll Through Hambttrgh- 397
A STEOLL THROUGH HAMBtTRGH- 397
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 2, 1863, page 397, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02021863/page/37/
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