The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-07-20
GERMAN HOME LIFE.
TIE ECONOMY AND THRIFT WHICH
MAKE THE PEOPLE PROSPEROUS
The Management of the Mistress OF the
HOuse-Cerman House Servants and
Their Good Habits-NO Late
Hours-Manners.
Dresden Cor. Detroit Free Press.I

Dresden Cor Detroit Free Press
No one can have spent much time
among the Germans without having had
frequent occasions to observe and admire
the economy and thrift which kept them
comfortable at home and make them
! prosperous, often wealthy, abroad These
| features extend throughout tho entire
! economy both of public officers and do
nestle life. Just SO much force is applied
as is necessary to accomplish the object
| desired, Just so much SuStentation pro-
vided as will be needed; thus much al.
ways, but no more
The hotels furnish but one set table
or regular meal daily, the table
d'hote dinner. breakfast and sup
per being ordered a la carte. and at the
| morning meal the waiter begs to be in.
formed whether the Herr will dine at table
u hote that day, and if not no provision
! is made for him. Just enough of every
dish is provided to satisfy the wants OF
those who have signified their intention of
being present, but there is no surplus, and
| If you come without notice, fresh food
must be ordered and prepared for you
And the same rule prevails in private
| families where the mistress carves from
| the dishes prepared; her estimate is always
sufficient, there is always abundance for
all but no superfiuity-there is no carry
ing OF to the slop pail of piles of plates
| filled with choice and costly viands
| scarcely touched; none of that lavish,
| prodigal waste which one observes at the
tables of our large hotels, when the guest
surrounds himself with barrier of dishes
resulting. principally, in the benefit of
the Scavenger
A German girl is not thought TT to be
| married until she is a thorough 4 eff
Gent housekeeper.
Good mIStrpSSpS make U0od Sarvoutu
and the German house servants certainly
seem deserving of the highest praise |
say seem, for man is not supposed OF
allowed by the sex who rule in such mat
tiers to know anything about the reoui.
sites or qualities which go to the making
of good domestic servant. / cannot fail
to observe the amount of work they do.
and how thoroughly aud cheerfuly it is
done how clean everything is kept and
how neat they keep themselves; at what
astonishingly early hours they commence
work, and that they never seem to have
time for gossiping or beaux, ex.
cept on alternate Sunday after
aoons, when they walk silently hand-in-
land with schatz (the military
generally preferred) to a hall or garden
where there is "balmusick, where they
dance all night till broad daylight and
come home to go steadily to work again.
puritanical mistress that would wish to
deny her faithful hard WORKING servitors
this scanty modicum of pleasure, and
would prefer keeping her at home in 9
back garnet reading Watts hymns and
the Shepherdess Of Salisbury Plain.
spoke of the early hours Of the
domestics, but these good habits are not
confined to them, but extend through the
community. The usual hour of rising ia
o7c
Breakfast is not formal meal, where ala
the family assemble around sub.
stantial dishes, but consists Of
coffee and roll or two, and is taken
when it suits the convenience of the indi-
viduaL Dinner is an elaborate meal OF
many courses, served usually in families
between 1 and o'clock p. NJ Supper is
also hearty, substantial meal, eaten at
later hour than our tea And all in
mates are expected to be in the house for
the night at haif-past 10, at which
time the large outer doors of the lower
main entrance are closed and fastened,
and you must pay small fee to the serv.
ant who lets you in if you come later
than that hour. But operas, concerts aud
theatres commence at half past 6, so it is
not difficult to comply with these rules,
even for those of gay and festive inclina-
tons. All are expected to be in bed and
all lights out at IL. except where some
erudite professor or toiling student burns
the midnight oil, or some party of rol,
licking Americans consume it and the
lamp of life together.
Ii manners consist, as we used to ba
taught at district school, in bowling to and
saluting our teachers and seniors, then
are these most mannerly people The
bowling and scraping and courtesying
that go on when acquaintance meet 10
the street is prodigious. And when they
pass they don merely nod or touch the
hat, as with us; it must come completely
OIL, with sweep of the arm and be waved
in the air witha. A man with large
acquaintance must be right good GUS
toner to his halter In the morning every
one in the house says, Good morning" to
every one else, the inferior in years or in
position offering the first greeting, which
is always returned
This is not only the custom in families.
Dut IN the largest hotels, and on the Ger
man Atlantic steamers. where the walters
and sailors greet the passengers with a
cheery morgen" when ne first comes on
deck. On entering railway or street car
or an omnibus, the last conner always sa.
iutes those already scared. and the rule is
the same IN the old fashioned beer halls or
restaurants, and he is looked upon as a
snob who fails to return the salute. On
leaving The sale a-manger of a hotel after
dinner each guest bows to the landlord
who is always seated at the head of the
table, and who always rises tremendously
and bows in return. In country districts
children always uncover to their seniors,
even if they are utter strangers, and in
the mountain districts, where primitive
customs prevail. the wayfarers who pass
You IN the road will greet you with
Chuck Auf. good luck.
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