Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-23
GEkMANy's CARES.
The Student and the waitre.. and the Resr
They Drink.

The Student and the Waitress and the Resr
They Drink.
Munich letter 10 chicaTO Times.
The German waitress II almost always an at
tractive young woman. with fun figure. fresh
features and symmetrical shoulders, though un-
assuming and always deferential manners. She
has rather rough hands and somewhat largo feet
She wears no dainty little cap. - does the
English waitress. but her hair Is remarkable for
lie neatness and becoming dress. She has
always an immediately clean apron, With but
tonhole bouquet, and though her wardrobe docs
not include tsilor-made gown nor extravaaant
laced lined she manages 90 appear neat and
tasty and almost alrays with q charming waist,
particularly on nights OF or when going 90 the
theater.
But though she is not 30 well of In this
worlds goods ~ Is her sister in the coffee and
cake rooms In America. she IL the subject Of
more romance than dozen French. English
and American mattresses. Lieutenants smile
on her, solid uniformed government officials
make love 60 her and artists draw delightfully."-
pretty misrepresentation OF her for the comic
weeklies. les. even NV friend. the old and
far-famed traveller, DIR. Blum Of Vienna, does
not hesitate 10 ante up ''ior'l" when in her
company during the leisure hours Her name
Is carved upon the desks OF the university
lecture rooms. All sorts Of proper and i'm
proper verses are written about her bv cav
students IN fancy caps and top boots Little
sketches Of her face aiorn odd hooks and
corners all over the university buildings. and
not infrequently the freshman in his long
''schlafrock" and pipe will pinch her plump
cheek or do something more demonstrative
The waitress shows her appreciation OF all
this attention by giving all students most
generous measures Of beer and occasional
kiss when the landlord isn't looking Every
waitress has her pet student He always gets
contest al ha sah1 Al.
finest bat OF liver sausage and the largest
portion OF mangled steak. She knows his
special beer mug as well she knows his face.
and the moment he appears she has il nlled
wei up above the one-pint mark " the impe-
rial government. She sweetens each mug OF
beer for him by taking the first sip from Il.
She chats with him about university matters
while he cats. She learns in Just which duel he
got the scar over his left eve, who LAID oTen his
right cheek. what kind of a stroke nippod OF
the missing piece Of his nose and when that big
chunk Was cut out Of his chin. She knows his
intention % step on the toe OF the champion
swordsman Of the Sueyian dueling corps or 20
call the president Of the Saxon dueling corps a
pup. IL is a long day for her when he gives
satisfaction for these insults ON the students
held OF honor. When he comes back 60 her
however, battered, bandaged and smelling
strong OF iodoform and basain she is Just AZ
proud OF him a. a woman can be Of a man.
On her night OF, which comes only once In
two weeks, she slips away 90 a country inn with
him for dinner and bottle " wine. This
night of with the student. the dinner and the
bottle OF wine l. one Of the two bright spots in
the waitress life. The other bright spot L. az
carnival time. at the close of each winter. Dur
ing the carnival the waitress coases 10 be plain,
stolid and commonplace. She wears fancy
short skirts blue stockings. red shoes. a bright
colorec tunic. a fascinating waist. often with
rayishing bosom and little gypsy cap with
bells.
On her wrists are broad. cheap bangles and
bracelets. In her ears are big gaudy earrings
Altogether she looks ~ IL she had Just stepped
out OF a chorus Of the Bohemian Giri' or
Fra Diayolo." She becomes remarkably agile
IN her movements, too during carnival times.
Every one Is so anxious 10 drink all the beer he
can before the gay season closes, and 60 squeeze
her bedizened arms. and to slip his arm surrep-
titiously around her slender waist, that she
must be phenomenally active in distributing
beer mugs and love pats. She has 90 attend q
great many fancy dress balls also during the
carnival If she is released from duty at mid
night she hurrles into a mask and away 20 the
nearest dance hall Like all German girls, she
knows all the dances from the Rhinelander and
waltz down 20 the quadrille
She waltzes with the Herr Lieutenant In
civil, out for q lark, and the Herr Student, out
on principle. She drinks punch with the tenor
from the city opera house and beer with her
own employer. -Four or i've hours Of this
| dancing and drinking make her tired feet
ache and her head swim. She hurries home
toward daybreak, takes q nap for three or four
hours, then jumps into her carnival costume
again and begins serving beer. sausage and
punch and exchanging love pats with her fs-
vorite customers again. German landlords say
that two carnivals q year would Kill every
waitress
For eleven months Of the year, however, thu
waitress daily life is a hard. dreary routine
She gets ridiculously small wages for WORKING
fourteen or fifteen hours each day.