Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-02-26
THE HERALD.
SIGHTS IN GERMANY.
Odd Ways Of Doing Things-What
q Traveller Saw.
TITLES OF Women IA Society G ermsn Home
Life-Househoid HabIts.
I,i,zie Latter In cb,-ls.,or N.w.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES nAbt1.
Lti?zig Letter in Charleston News.
vt is bard to get accustomed to
the German way of doing things"
said lerplexed American to me
yesterday. yes" said |, "somo of
the customs here are very peculiar
| was wondering some time ago
what some of my South Carolina
friends would have said had they
seen, within 8 month after my arri-
val, policeman standing at my
door" "Why, what did he want?"
"When l registered at the police Of
fee they asked for my marriageacer..
tificate i hadn't brought it with
me, but told them / would write for
it; it was slow 10 coming, so they
sent for me to come and account for
the delay" swell, how did the Ger.
tificate concern Thorn ?" Il don't
know, but as the hotel Keeper in
'Minna Won Barnhslm' says, while
trying to learn the secrets of his la.
dy guest, the police must know ev-
erythiog." Lest my South Caroli-
Ia acquaintance may think that l
have fallen into bad habits SIEGE l
came to Germany, | will explain
that the first acquaintance a stran-
ger makes 10 Germany are the po-
lice. Within few days after his
arrival in German city be must
GO TO TIE POLICE OFFICE,
give in his name, age. birth place,
occupation and fathers name, and
get ceriihcate OF his identity. If
he changes his residence, that must
be announced Immediately to the
police. While | was az the Office |
thought | would getsome informa.
ton that is very important here,
namely: When one wishes to leave
q boarding place, how long before
hand ono must give notice to his
landlord. They informed nae that
this was out of their department !;
that | must go to the"Amlsgericht. !"
went and inquired on the frs.
floor OF the "Amtsgericht" House !;
| was told to go to the second floor
and inquire. There they asked me
if wanted to prosecute any one !;
and, when | replied that | simply
wanted TO know tue rule, and rad
no cause to complain of auy one,
vas informed that must go TO a
"Rechts0nwslt."
TIRED AND DIsGUsTED
T gave it up and went home. The
custom as have since learned, is
this One must give notice month
beforehand, and the notice can be
given only on the 6rst day of the
month. Suppose, then, that a stran
ger has fallen into bad hands, and
asoerIains this on the second or
third day of the month, he must
wait till the first day of the follow.
ing month before he can give no.
tice of his intention to loave, then
until the first of the next month be,
fore he can leave. If he leaves be-
fore. the time is out, he will be COM
PEELED to pay in full for the whole
time.
Nothing is, however, so amusing
and at the same time perplexing to
Americans as the habit of giving
titles among the Germans. NJ
IFA MAN HAS A TITLE
and nearly every one hast is
very impolite not to give it; and.
above all one must not forget to
give the ladies their proper titles.
Herr, Frau or Fraulien must be pre-.
fixed. For instance, one must say
Herr General, Herr Professor, Herr
Doctor. The German language is
admirably adapted for forming
compounds, so thst these titles Of
ten become inconveniently long
for instance, Herr Sanitatsrath,
Herr Observation-Disclosures, Herr
Geheime Com missionrsth," Herr
Oberconsistorialrath, "and, the wives
of these insist on being oslled"Frau
Sanitstsrathin," Frau Untersteus-
retnnehmerin," "Frau Oberconsis-
torialrathin." My landlord told me
some time ago that"Herr Oberreich.
gerichtsrath"-had called to see
him that morning. and | suggested |
to him that it would be q good plan
to send all these
LoNG.TITLED GLTLEMEN
to America our people would never
undertake to pronounce such titles,
and they would soon settle down in.
to plain "Colonels." used to dis. |
like our "Colonel," but now l think
@e are blest people it is at least
pronounceable and will suit every.
body. On the address Of letter one
must call Count "Erlaucht," Ba.
ron or Minister "Hochgeboerner
Herr" thigh well born sir), the first
being the more honorable q mer
chant or any common man must be
addressed as "Wohlgeborener" or
"Geehter Herr A German mer
chant told me that once in his alb
sence one of his clerks addressed
letter TO one of the lesser nobility,
and pat the prefix "Hochwohlgebor
en-" The letter was promptly re
turned to the head of the firm by the
noblemau, with the following written
on it; 81 address my servant when
write to him as "IIochwohlgeboren."
| insist that one address me as
"Hoehgehoren" The merchant then
gave his clerk instructions to address
everybody, no matter what Lis rank,
as "Hocheeboren;" he would be sure
THEN To SUIT ALL.
This is IN general quite a safe rule,
for, it one err in the title, he is sure
TO be on the safe side. A Scotchman