The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-12
fher the Prohibitionists Nor
khe Preachers Harass or. Make
Him Afraid
hpulously Clean i'm All Respects His
Restaurant and saloon-No Dice,
NO Bouncer.

ire, and within his sphere has rights az
I'D as those of the Hohenzollerns them
Is. He is as respectable and as respect
any other German tradesman and is
as proud of his beer garden as the ho-
keeper is of his hotel or the shoemaker
his shoe shop. Public opinion
bs him infinitely above the to-
abstainer or the temperance agi-
The clergyman patronizes HIM,
takes an occaslonal glass with him.
student drinks to his health, and the
kg lieutenant talks beer with him. This
relationship to the 400 of his CITY or
ge has remarkably agreeable effect
the saloon keeper, who, like most
mans, is honey in the comb as long as
treated we'll.
|e good treatment he gets inspires him
an ambition to keep model saloon.
|aa the hardwood floor polished till it
Doth and clean as glass. he scours
epeck from the heavy oak tables that
is rooms. He adorns the walls with
ical quotations from the German au-
and ornaments the shelves with long
of drinking cups with FURNISHED COW
If he is exceptionally ambitious he has
he painter depict the modest doings of
eric heroes and heroines on the ceiling
chapter or two from Faust on the end
His bills of fare-every German sa-
ia also a restaurant-are without
10 spots. and his table cloths are heavy
irrepruachably white. His napkins,
bs and forks are as spotless as Delmon-
no matter how humble the resort and
htr0ns may be.
all this neatness he makes no extra
ke; indeed his prices are quite rldicu-
v low. At a very modest resort, like
lein's in Heidelberg, or the old Boer-
Fller in Leipsic, a fine tenderloin steak
but quarter. salad but 5 cents,
rt cents, coffee 215 cents. A dinner
e courses, finely cooked and served.
be had for Is cents and IN cents for
the famous big Pschorrbrau in Berlin
prices rise 81 per cent. It is rather
ult. however, outside Berlin, Frank
md Munich. to find saloon keeper
hsks more than 50 cents for a course
r that could not be had in America for
Even at the railway station the saloon
preserves his moderation. He gives
ers all they pay for, carefully served
emptingly cooked. He does not over
his guests with masses Of water
vegetables and warm6d. over meats.
bes not give them napkins wet from
wash and hot from the iron. He
not charge them double rates for
and does not set the palates and the
bf the diners at odds by hocuspocus
labels. In short, as incredible rs it
eem, he treats his patrons at the rail-
tation SO we'll that the railway res
ut is not infrequently favorite resort
kh-living students, officers and foreign
German saloon keeper is very polite
bsequious. He has good morning"
cry one who enters his door and a
evening" for every one who leaves it.
Elks about among his patrons contin-
rubbing his hands, smiling, and ask
inions as to the quality of the beer.
les not stand behind the bar, because
is no bar to stand behind. All the
hg and drawing and like disagreeable
attendant on the serving of the beer
|ne out of the sight and the hearing OF
nd his guests. He calls all the noble
by their proper titles and addresses
free-handed foreigner rs Herr
- He has keen ear for all COM
and goes into fever of apologies
" shortcoming he may remark in the
or cooking.
word, the German saloonkeeper is,
lnR 10 american 1OeA6, no 6AlOOn-
at all. His only point of resem-
to his American colleague is his
lrity. Tor in Germany, as Schopen-
is credited with saying, every ex-
b is q roundabout journey to a
}" and Germany is the native land
PRISONS. The German saloonkeeper
not keep dice. He rarely has
pr, and allows no loafers in his place.
not a hero of drunken bar
fights, for his patrons seldom
runk, and when they do they
sleeping or singing to fight
He is not profane and does not tell
% stories. He never joins in the
satlons of his patrons, and he never
es familiar. His resort is his little
and he cares for few things outside
rs. He let's the great things of poll
d fashion wag without comment,
be devotes all his energies to earning
y comfortable living by selling
Ger, beef and sauerkraut at a modest
nd to keeping his small name and
ear before his fellow citizens.