The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-15

of the city, or IN some quarter On
posed to nuisanCes of which no strang-
er would suspect the existence. There
are parts of Munich and Dresden so
inaccessible from the shopping quar-
ters. the opera. and the picture gal
leries and so poorly served by the cars
as to make them out of the question |
for Americans; and yet they are among |
the prettiest quarters of both cities. A
resident of the city will give you ad-
vice on these points. He Will also tell
you that new buildings are to be avoid
ed in Munich, for they are so solidly
built, and so thickly covered with tons
of mortar put on to initiate stone, that
they require. i'm so damp and cold
climate more than a year to dry. New
houses are rented at discount for the
first year or two. the tenants taking
the risk of sickness
LOCATED At LAST.
MY house hunting ended in taking a
small apartment, three flights up, con-
sisting of rarlor. dining-room, kitchen,
two good-sized bedrooms. and one
very small one. All the rooms were
bright and sunny. The building was
of good class in a quiet street The
furniture was of an excellent charac-
ter and everything except silver, but
including linen, was supplied. For this
apartment ! paid eighty marks
month for six months, a trifle less than
twenty dollars a month. 1T must be
said, however that | was particularly
Fortunate The owner or tenant, a
lady. who answered my advertisement,
had to leave Munich for the summer
on account oc sickness in her family,
and sublet the apartment rather than
leave it empty. Other apartments l
saw of about the same charac cter were
nearly twice the rent, and | should say
that the average rent of such an apart
ment i'm Munich would be about $50
marks a month The regular rent of
the apartment | had, furnished, was
5000 a year. ] have paid $500 year
in New York for an unfurnished fiat
in no way superior to this one, for
which / paid here $50 month furnish
ed.
SERVANTS.
Domestic servants ask in Munich
about half the wages the same girls
would receive in New York, once they
are able to speak few words of Eng
lish. A very good cook is well paid
poets to have only two evenings a
month to herself for outing purposes.
A good chambermaid or waitress sell
dom receives mora than six dollars a
month. If one will consent to take
girls fresh from the country, wages
are lower. but foreigners have to en-
! pluy maids familiar with city ways,
and cook competont to do the mar
] bot 1oln wifi 10 la
! who. in Munich as in New York, is a
! great parsonage. who counts for much
| in the welfare of a tenant. personal
service of every kind costs in about
! the same proportion. Many families
| in Munich. perhaps | may say most of
the well-to-do people, have their wash
ing done outside of their apartments,
| and it is therefore cheap. The weekly
cost of our wash for four persons was
never more than one dollar, including
ten pfennigs, or two cents and half
gratuity to the pretty peasant girl
who came for it weekly. and with the
help of a little hand-cart and a big
dog carried it no one knows how many
miles into the suburbs. Personal SER
vice of anv kind is rewarded with a
few pfennigs. The man who brings the
coal and wood, the boy or girl who
| brings a parcel from a shop, the gro
! Gerry boy, etc, all expect a small tip
but it is so small as not to be worth
considering in making up the cost of
housekeeping. Ten pfennigs seem to
go as far as twenty-five cents in New
| York for similar purposes.
Meat seems to be dear all over Ger.
many and not so good as at home. TC
it's high cost, and the absence of re.
frigerators and ice, is due probably
to the habit of relying largely upor
the delcatessen shops. where the Ger.
man housewife buys daily just enough
roast meat, sausage, or ham TO suffice
for dinner. Vegetables are remarkably
cheap. The ordinary price of soup
| greens for family-onions, carrots
celery root, and parsley-,is only fiv,
pfennigs Zone cent and a quarter)
Excellent lettuce costs from three L
five pfenngs a head; spinach is abou
one-quarter the price it is in New York
potatoes are four pfennigs a pounr
apples are ten pfennigs a pound. BreaC
and milk cost about the same in Mu
Mich as in New York, but both are al
ways excellent, the authorities keep
ing a sharp eye upon the dairies ant
milk dealers. Tea, coffee, and suga
cost about the same as at home, bu
fancy groceries, such as crockers, o
biscuits. as the English call them, jel
; lies and marmalade. not being in com
mon use, are very dear. For instance
Scotch orange marmalade that we bu,
for seventeen cents in New York, cost
} just double in Munich and Dresden
Coal and wood for the porcelain stove
to be found in every German rOom cos
a trihe less than at home. The usua
Car-fare in Munich and Dresden 70
distances under two miles is ten pfen
nigs, the charge increasing with tn
distance, and if you are a frequen
patron of the horse-cars, it is custom
AIRY to give the conductor an occasion
: al tip of ten pfennigs. Street-cars /
Germany stop only at certain place
along the route. But, If you haV
! made friends with the conductor, thI
rule may be violated to your advar
! taGe.
CHEAPNESS.
o The American coming to German
s for the first time will be particular
T. | impressed with the cheapness of vol
4 len clothing, furs, gloves, jewelry an
e cigars. In every one Of these itemi
+ : am inclined To think. after carefl
= | consideration. that mark or twau