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Kahlenherg, with the ©intensive vineyards a l©ng their has©, "belong 
to the church, I got the "economic interpretation" of the church's 
influence—just the earn® kind ®f influence any other rich hody 
©wning the seans of suhsistene© possesses.- — —Tuesday w© go to 
hear RMnegeld. I got tickets for th® whol© Hibeluncen Ring. . 
Herr -lehojihauer tried t© find an English translation of the series 
for m hut could not. They hay® the works in fteroaa, hut I shall' 
not hare time to read- then thoroughly, ^arsifal took no a. week,— 
—Two weeks from today X expect to reach Munich. I hop®, they will 
let ne work "©vertirae as they haT# here.* — ^ — BaTing original, cita* 
tions down •'beforehand is a .great help* I 'know whether ©r not 1 an 
getting -the right thing. In some cases 5 or 6 sheets will hear 
the name in lackel's hand. Without the citation I would not know 
which was ill* type* If thare is a discrepancy, as sometimes hap- 
pens fBsckel seems .not to hare verified his mixabers) $ 1 caa note 
it® it takes time looking up the name in thelist %mrj timeout 
it Is warth the time# ^-fnesto3r ni;iht t retnrasd frem Rhiaegeld. 
--It is wenderfal how one maB eetfld hare heen wenderful a musir 
oiaa and an artifl and dramatiit t |ft.# The statecraft is like' 
magic. 2his opera opens. with the Rhinetlchter i (mermaids) swiaaing 
and wireline their tail silk® fishes in the aq.uarim. She view- 
point is the satie as in theaouariura, one. is looking into_ m a ores* 
sectionof the river s apparently. In the din hluish light the in? 
pre c si on of water is striking., especially with the way the nor- 
maids rise and' sinlr and wave their tails, fortsetsunl folgt, the 
."'alMre is SJhursa.ay night. The four operas sake a continued sto^. 
They hegin the opera here according to the amount of time it tako 
to give it. Parsifal hefean at 6; 30 end lasted till aheut 11. 
Peepl© carry their invariahle rye hread ana sausage and ®at hetw® en 
th© acts. Rhine r?old was only $ hours Ions. • It is all on® 
