God’s Playground. A History of Poland, Vol. 2. 1795 to the Present

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76 ROSSIYA


WARSAW AND ENVIRONS
ARRIVAL. The larger hotels send carriages to meet the trains...
DEPARTURE. Tickets of the state-railways may be purchased at an advance of 10-20
cop., and baggage may be registered at an extra charge of not less than 50 cop. at Dluga,
No. 30 and Moniuszki, No. z; open 9-4, on Sun. and holidays 9-12.. The office of the
International Sleeping Car Co. is in iho Hotel Bristol...
RAILWAY STATIONS. Warsaw has five railway stations. On the left bank of the
Vistula: 1. VIENNA STATION: (Foksal Varshavsko-Viedenski) for Cracow, Vienna,
Thorn, Berlin, and Sosnowice. A policeman, posted at the exit, hands the traveller a
metal ticket with the number of a cab. z. KOVEL STATION: (Foksal Var.-Kovelski) to
the S.W. of the citadel, for Mlawa (Marienburg) Lublin, Kovel (Kiev), and Moscow
(three express trains daily; the other Moscow trains start from the Brest station). 3.
KALISZ STATION (Foksal Var.-Kaliski) near the Vienna Station, for Lodz and Kalisz
(express from the Brest and Kovel stations). - On the right bank of the Vistula, in Praga:


  1. ST. PETERSBURG STATION (Foksal Var.-St. Petersburski) for Vilna, Dunaburg,
    and St. Petersburg. 5. BREST STATION (Foksal Var.-Brzeski) for Brest-Litovsk,
    Moscow, Kiev, Odessa, Granitza (Vienna) - The various stations are connected by a j
    unction-line.
    HOTELS. *HOTEL BRISTOL, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 44, first-class, R. from 3, B.


(^3) /4, dej. (12-3 p.m.) 1/2D. (5-8 p.m.) z, omh. 1 rb; *HOTEL DE L'EUROPE (Europejski)
Krakowskie Przedmiescie 13; GRAND-HOTEL BRUHL (Bruhlowski) Ulica hrabiego
Kotzebue 12, POLONIA PALACE HOTEL, Aleje Jerozolimskie 53, new, opposite the
Vienna Station, HOTEL DE ROME (Rzymski) Nowonsenatorska 1, frequented by
country gentlemen...
Pension Wielhorska, Jasna 4. R. 1-4 board I 1/4-I1/2 rb. The Home of the Protestant
Association for Young Women (Jungfrauenverein), Widok 20, and the Home Francais,
Warecka 15 are intended for women-teachers and girls travelling alone.
RESTAURANTS. Hotel Bristol, "Hot, Bruhl (Munich or Pilsen beer on draught),
"Hotel de I'Europe, Polonia Palace Hotel, Hot. de Rome, Versailles, Aleje
Ujazdowskie\Hotel d'Angleterre: Cafe-Restaurant Ostrowski, Marszaikowska, corner
of the Zlota D. (1-5) 75 cop.; Wrobel, Mazowiecka 14, D. 50 cop., well spoken of.
WINE. Lijewski, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 8; Eremitage, at the corner of the Widok and
Marszaikowska, near the Vienna Station, plat du jour, 40 cop.; Fukier, on the W. side of
the Plac Stare Miasto (No. 27), an old establishment which has occupied its present
unpretending quarters since 1590...
CAFES AND CONFECTIONERS (Cukiernie) glass of coffee 15, tea 10-15, chocolate
20 cop.; also cold viands and beer. Lardelli, Nowy Swiat 27 near the Aleje Jerozolimskie


... Semadeni, in the Grand Theatre;... with dairy restaurant;... Warsaw pastry is
good. Good milk can be obtained in the larger Dairy Restaurants (Mleczarnia).
THEATRES. Grand Theatre (Teatr Wielki) in the Plac Teatralny, for operas and bal-
lets; box 6 1/4—14 rb., parquet from 1 rb. 40 to 4 rb. 75 cop.; closed in summer. Teatr
Rozmaitosci, in the W. wing of the Grand Theatre, for Polish dramas; Teatr Polski,...
for comedies and dramas. Maly Teatr, Moniuszki, 5, in the building of the Philharmonic
Society, for modern plays. - Second-class; Teatr Nowoczesny, Boduina 4,... for short
dramas, comedies, and operettas (performances at 8 and 10 p.m.); New Theatre (Teatr
Nowy), in summer only; Novelty Theatre (Teatr Nowosci) operettas and comedies, in
winter only. - Polish Summer Theatre in the Saxon Garden, parquet from 1 rb. 50 to 3

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