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Munich he found medieval, gloomy, in spite of its beer. But at Egern on the Tegernsee in the Bavarian Oberland he had a cheerful stopover. Before leaving Munich he bought a Bavarian outfit??? leather breeches, laced at the knees, white stockings, green suspenders embroidered with a stag and edelweiss, a Jager hat with a tuft of chamois hair. Stealthily accoutring himself in his hotel room Author Hergesheimer admired himself before his mirror for some time, then changed to dinner clothes, went to the bar and drank two double Martinis. He would have drunk a third but the barkeep demurred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: New Wine in Old Tanks | 7/25/1932 | See Source »

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