Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-18
For The STAR.
sAETCHEs FROM GERu.N LIFE.
yI.-DorneSffc Life.


the management OF their household affairs
The German housekeeper is n model OF neat
ness, economy and good management These
virtues, however, are Invariably accompa
MED by certain narrow mindedness and
oyer-estimatlon OF tribes which is truly de-
plorable. But for this one defect the har-
mony of German home life would be perfect
IL IL very serious defect To stranger but
"A lew months residence within this afmoS
phere OF fussy worry causes one 70 groWa Al
most unconscious OF it, or learn tn regsri IL
a. necessary evil 10 Deatness and general
ihrifliBess. / recall one or two great frights
/ received when drst in Germany. Hesripg
a most oeafening racket and GU terry, 1 rushei
10 the scene of action, imsginirg every dire
calamity, only 10 mud that the servant hal
broken n dish. or perhaps, even less. juSt
mislaid something. The comparative trid
OF the failure of the baker To leave the morn
ing bread, or the obstinate refusal OF tue Ore
To burn, Will throw both mistress and maid
IL Ia q noisy state OF fussy excitement that
Knows 10 equal outside Of Germany. How.
ever. take into console ration All the auuov
ing little details "pon which their no Isehold
ciocKwork moves, AID there IL scarcely roam
Il rwct dermentat the continual worry which
they cause
TBE PREVAILING IDEA
in household management Is that OF econ
omy, joined with sopd living In the matter
If food, every disable scrap finds its wayt
The table, always in a very psiataola form
Indeed, some Of the most e. jayRbl. Germaa
dishes, 10 me, were com pn>e az SrraDS on a
secono or even third appeal ance. II would
be- a matter OF great iamentatioa 20 some
German nOuSekeeperS could they see lie
waste from The tables OF many OF our Arn-rt-
tsau households. o. have under them one OF
our average COOKS, who. excepting out o.
Lew material, understands the preparing of
10 good diHh. Germans eat with such pre
clse regularity-in 1antity as well as time
y a. th' can calculate 10 quite a dne point
the amount 20 4 epars for each meal ii was
amusing TO US, at first. 10 hear in COMPANY
such simple minded remarks a. these. Il
drink one cup OF coffee for bTes kfast aud al
TWO rolls" "Indeed; well, l drink two cups
ard eai one roll, but NV sister DRINKS three
cups, without any bread"
The baker. who comes daily. leaves the
precise number OF rolls needed. 4 had occa-
sion one morning before breakfast To 20 up
INTO The top story, or manssrd, where the
cheapest hats are situated. On A door-sill
leading into rooms occupied by a widow and
two daughters, 1 saw three little hard pa ked
rolls, just left there, without even the wealth
OF piece OF paper around them. Ga lust
such stinted frugality do many persons of
limited means live In this economi cal conn
try. The bread woman, who comes at ga ri
dawn, brings rolls, little crescent shap ped
hons, and several kinds of small bread. All
these are eaten without butter, that being
consiCeres an unnecessary luxury with
white bread. The rolls are served with cof
fee al breakfast and in the afternoon. The
black bread, baked in yard length los YES. Is
eaten at dinner and supper. These loaves
are carried about la little wagons drawn by
rather gayly disposed, there comes an upset,
and the loaves are scattered TO the winds
Ire Old Woman having them in charge
nothing daunted by this trlning accident,
will gather them up. wipe the dust OF and
stSrt mp Der team again. The black bread Of
South Germany Is rather Incorrectly called
hGck. III Is OF light brown shsde-resem-
Dies our Graham bread In appearance, but is
much better tasted article In Rhenish
Prussia, in the neighborhooi of Cologue and
Cob.enz the veriiaole black bread Is 10 De
Bumpernickle; 1t is corruption OF the old
Fra ca term, bon pour Aic0le VINO this
Nicholas was DOS not appear.
THE ADVENT OF THE ROLL WOMAN
is always the first thing 10 thoroughly awake
one i'm the morning. She comes bastIing into
the house, Juggling her great heavy basket
up 10 the mansard. The servants on every
nCor run out 10 buy OF her, aud then ensues
n taoel OF tongues. She always shouts out
Information concerning the weather aud ali
probable changes within the next twenty
iouf hours-ls a second edition OF 'Old ProDa-
billties" in fact. Then she invarla oily la, a
budget OF petty gossip, like her rolls. fresh
every morning, 10 retail TO interested maid
servants.
Soon following the departure OF This per-
SO. age breakfast, consisting simply OF coffee
and rolls, is announced. To cook "A little
st al or boil an egg, being out of The general
ORDER OF things, will greatly distress the
system attic Teutons. We were politely in
formed that our company was no longer
desired in German household where We
1rst went to board Just on account OF a
request for something beyond coffee for
brt akfast. II entirely throws them out of
their equilibrium TO do anything that differs
rom the regular routine. The north star
sinks into iDsignihcauce IN com garrison to
the nxedness OF some old German household
customs. To one who drinks aud enjoys a
good cup of coffee, however, IL does not Ia Ike
long TO fall into making that suffice for
morning meal. In a land where IL Is such a
universal beverage IL is TO be found In all its
perfection and imperfection. In families.
hotels, cafes-in fact, In cities generally, you
Will always obtain goot cup OF coffee. In
the country, where the peasants drink IL as
freely as We do water, IL bears no resem blance
but In name TO coffee. / drank some At a
fam house once II was SO miserable Ia IL
bad not been kindly informed what IL was
L should have been in serious doubt az TO
whether IL represented tea, coffee or choco
laIe The sugar being MADE of beet root, Al
takes quantity TO really sweeteu anything.
Germans, however, are averse 10 sweets, and
frequently drink coffee without sugar. Al
breakfast many
LADIES APPEAR IN LITTLE CAPS
as the hair dresser does not arrive until
eleven. These caps are frequently 10 be seen
In the 2TinkhGle and on the promenade
during the morning hours. With a hat or
bonnet set on top of them and ugly rows of
curl paper showing underneath they are
Tar nom being becoming.
Twice week, directly after break fsst, the
houSeEeeper takes a servant and goes 20 mar
net. luc s6nOS out lOT OruSrs usJ as
IL done In this country. The meat is carried
home In wooden trays set on the shoulders OF
butcher boys. First-clRss butchers al Va Us
cover over the meat with linen cloth, bat
" is not an uncommon sight 10 see a boy
rushing along with the uuwrappej meat IN
distressIngly close proximity TO his haIr and
ear.
THE SMOKE MEAT SHOPS,
where every imaginable kind or sausage is
to be obtained, are in their way among the
finest stores in town. The counters are mar
BILE topped, and the floors of mosaic marble,
both of which are diligently scrubbed every
morning. The windows are filed with plants
and green vines, some Of them In painted
porcelain pots. Tie sausages are hung up
on hooks back OF the counter. There is always
a crowd in these stores. Late winter a fter-
moons, just before supper time, the yards of
sausage that the busting little waiter girls
cut OF with their sharp knives must De In
termiDable. The Americans are rather apt
10 disparage German sausage, but 10 the ex-
cellent way In which they make it In that
country IL is remarkably good relish for
lunch or supper. Soup ineviV ABLY prefaces
the midday meal. A dinner without SOUP 10
q European is no dinner at all. IL is seldom
rich or extensive soup for an everyday
dinner. Simply a little warm nOurishmenI