The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-13

and II the family have ever 90 little money. II
very otter. counts,
city as Munich, them IL nessriy always Door be-
yond. belief. He. pays from - TO Soa month
aST Biz h. r SiDe:S and Eosss ss TIt issss on = are q eu seG 81 iml-
cheap table d'h6te At an expense Of nom Toto
: sS si'sS 81 iIs sspg BPPssd h' His Z t1aSl % nj SfSE s en-,
Penditures, will average probably not more
e9S what StG BOOKS pIRs be- he's m SR!y TsauirS Sui IL f SSy sn few Soi II
any. clothes. for those he brings from home; u
each which are. in Germany. hold to be very
goods; his chief amusemcnts consist in taking
lS q tSs y publ, and DII l5stoT HSfcs e e me rEm NO sHp. DsedS
Most OF these young fellows seem. nevertbe;
Is s.s e , be ceeT nn, and S SoSt SSt "a. They t lSsd
comrades in Ike circumstances; but that gives
them more timo, for study. which ts. after all.
They are. unlike the corps students. unobtru-
siye fellows. and seldom get into scrapes; they
drink little beet fight no dueis and wear no
oftener than most people imagine there is
Pride usually Reeps them from telling when
they starve. and there are but few ways OF pub
Re NSo y q Germany sG nSn except sSss by S SSTd Fl N %9 pITsi
The pewspaperspriintOd a brief paTaGraph say;
on q bench ofa public park. That was all. be-
cause when q person commits suicide. OF, gets
Ike TO give names any more than they. like to
give, particulars. The story, behind this
%, years old. He, had Come 70 thS;
Ri na psid g. = 4 y Snot GF So f Tsst sp aEs sF Se Sss had Ssi
q misunderstanding with this brother. and was
throNn on his own resources: When the uni
not sssy to get work in South Germany; in this
instance y was Impossible. He sold what few
i fiReFGr f SIp's q to n haa. All The qpP he i iastdpd Iof fs 3
week. The woman from whom he rented his
sSs was 3'%i ST. T q f srus. ,oR hin f1a'i to Sp't tS q
ERsSls ShS Sgo v her: The Ss d hfIlsSrr'n WAS at ps the
snoqsR money 70 get out 81 town. At frst he
meal every other day, and. finally. one every
he ate one in seven days, each time. getting Ar
teen gents deeper into debt: All this time be
had lew people to tell, because be knew but
two fellow students. each poor as himself.
pn AZ ssS the e. s sTfGe6 81 ' Sec saS op sTars 81 81 The The
appealing letters, to his brother. With no re-
was no, person OF whom he could ask aid: man
iisstIy i was impossible for him to think Of
sftsrnoon he sold his last remaining tTinket
ssq iR S tSs S 7 Sssss 81 DS SIsfSs. He he dressed bes xr him,
owed the k%sfnein and the So he. owed for his
room, babe his landlady good Afternoon, and
went out. He followed the crowd Of strollers
into the park. sought q quiet bench. and there
swallowed bis poison.
Perhaps the epilogue to this episode IL not
less typical, In It's way. The brother telegraphad
that he had not time to come to, the funeral; he
sent $l2 to pay for the funeral expenses, and
rerudiated the debts. The young mans body
was out up In a dissection room. and, after the
doctors were through with It, was buried in a
little cemetery far out Of town. Four persons
accompanied the hearse. on foot In q driving
landlady.
On the whole. not many German university
students commit suiclde-at least through
want; but how many ofthem get to the brink of
It no man will ever know. Half fed. half clothed
and unconscious OF the commonest pleasures
Of life. they lead in many cases heroic lives.
Certainly not many OF them-always, excepting
tho butterfly corps students-lead the life
which is usually ascribed to them.