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I was sitting quietly at home reading Maeterlinck on Auction Bridge when suddenly I began to sneeze like a Russian regiment answering roll call. Friend wife was deep in the mysteries of Ibsen's latest achievement, "The Rise and Fall of the Hobble Skirt," but she politely acknowledged my first sneeze with the customary "Gesundheit!"
Henderson. Gesundheit!" returned Olaf, taking a swig of the stuff. "I heard down at the village this morning," Holmes continued, "as I came through, that the Earl had eleven very valuable diamond cuff-buttons stolen, and that the celebrated detective from London, Mr. Hemlock Holmes, is here now investigating the case. I wonder who swiped the shiners, anyhow." "Oh, my!
In some punches it goes; and then, again, in others it don't." But it was left to Hooven to launch the successful phrase: "Gesundheit," he exclaimed, holding out his second glass. After drinking, he replaced it on the table with a long breath. "Ach Gott!" he cried, "dat poonsch, say I tink dot poonsch mek some demn goot vertilizer, hey?" Fertiliser! The others roared with laughter.
His comrades, with their long, light hair falling upon their shoulders, were listening with the deepest interest; and as we entered, they shouted, "Vaterland! Vaterland!" They touched glasses with the Saxon soldiers, while the tall student bent over to take up his glass, and the round, fat brewer cried: "Gesundheit! Gesundheit!"
I must have him, even if it costs me my life.” “I would feel happy if I could get him. At the same interview, when the doctor sneezed, she said “Gesundheit.” In June, 1914, she was seen smiling at times. But the first was the only episode when she spoke more freely, and the two occasions the only ones when she showed a frank affect. The improvement commenced in April, 1915.
If you will sit up late enough and walk up and down the aisle, you may tell from the sneezes and the coughs the nationality of the occupant of each berth. A German sneezes with all his might, and if there is a compatriot within hearing he says, 'Gesundheit. An Italian sneezes as if it were a crime, with his hand over his face." "Hush," said the commandant.
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