The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-26

that seals her fate, In every. cafe there d, a
courtesy Dirgkior.. VINO enjoys a salary about
the size Of that Of a General In the Bavarlan
with precious stones. whose sole duty il is TO
bow condescendinRly TO every person who sits
down Of a table and to watch Tor little delin-
soon as this august person detects an undue
liking between waitress and customer he de-
The average German 10 not a ns:SrSt9sy per-
son.-at least not In his cate life. When he
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chooses, the seat he likes best. and he may be
found there day after day, year in and year
should arise to challenge his allegiance. Faith.
I9I IN S 9ne way. hc l. faithful IN another Ard
papers he is sorsiy tried. tie may ponder over
the matter Tor a day or 40. consult the philoso-
UNPLEASANT things i a'S he has III heard reiativye to the IL
risk involved In changing the brand OF one's
beer, but-he usually. ends by following the
place. That 10 why the girl manages to keep
her. clientele. And that ls why the director.
he discharged her drop on one by one. tears
put his hair In vexation until the genus has got
to be as bald as Q soap bubble.
By reason OF this disposition to 1irt on the
the man whose main purpose in visiting a cats
d%er-gots little consideration and fiat beer.
To receive perfect attention it is at least neces-
squeeze her hand. An exception may. how.
ever. always be noted in.the case Of a foreign
er. rreierably pa American. In the German
such a one is simply. reckless in the tip he
gives. and that atones for everything. A Reu-
the proprietor to obtain her place. and she
PAYS him a stipulated sun daily out OF her tips
ing from hall a cent &c Ave cents: when a
waitress gets 10 cents from a foreigner she
keeps a benevolent eve upon him ever after,
Iha RI MANY rtflnd nj Arfnn nAfhl Y
which are not the less observed because they
are unwritten. As remarked, a man MAJ not
whistle or talk loud. although he may and al
ways does-sing. whom there is music in the
safe; Upon taking a seat at a table at which
upon leaving. lie must ask permission before
hand II he may sit at that particular table.
Should a general conversation ensue at the ia
BILE, he mus'..take part in 1t otherwise he will be
che Is supposed to be looking after his wants.
Above all, he must never slam the metal lid OF
h hls f 9Sef E Es wants to in mons s,d tnat tbs it on Il entity noI1ts
way. Il the waitress is inattentive. is to raise
the lid and lot it remain so. He must not use
as a bib but that is perhaps a matter OF taste,
for it is only the waitress that he otfends II he
The waitress has to account for all the table
cloths and napkins, that are used at her table.
In even the best cafes and restaurants a table
cloth is supposed to hold out for a full week :
should it not do SO the waitress has to supply
the napkins used TO cover it's delinquencies;
In the case ofnapkins proper. each Is supposed
e serve until i i percepti6iy and ipc3ntesta-
Ing home tho waitress gathers up the napkins
that have been used at her tables during the
day and scans them narrowly. Those thai
have been used properly require only n little
dampening before. going into n press. AMI are
ready for service the next dav. as good as new.
There are other things in German cafe life
which seem peculiar on first acquaintance. In
any N real co%ee in the coffee they sell; it Is vari.
ouslv made from c%hicory. from figs. from
wheat and from various roots: Real coffee in
a gill. with the milk. The South Germans are
large consumers Of what is thus called coffee;
we're otherwise. They are also extremely
fond Of cake. but never eat it except. when they
dip i into coffee; In eating; 2 knife is the pr nar
never let go OF It. They will sometimes lay
down a spoon or a fork. but a knife. never, II
eating. but II the necessity arises, a German
will emphastEe all his remarks With his knife:
lay 1t against the side OF his nose In token Of
thought or imagined sagacity, or ,brandish 1t
for dehance-but he cannot be induced to
Beer. even in the cafes. is. Of course, the
ought to want to drink ANYTHING else, but lat
have taken to tea. Not Sc. very long aeo 4 was
regarded. purely as a medicine. specifically for
still mipit be eiHracious in that malady: hut
the Bavarians. who have a touch OF Anglo
mania. profess TO like 1t. For tea drinkers
there are four saloons In Munich which sell 1T
tie else. Within the last three Years. also. the
Bavarians. always supposed to be exempt
from the taste for strong waters. have dis
PLAYED n growing liking for what they imagine
to be American drinks" In that time no
fewer than six American bars" have been
established here and the German youth feels
ry koablsr," But even these barrooms are
one must sit. after the German fashion.
A peculiarly OF the Munich cafe cannot fail
to be noticed by the most casual observer on
his first visit: they are the meeting. places Of
dogs as well as Of men: The Munich dog is
worthy Of a volume to himself. There are no
cats and no mice. but the dog ponu!ation is
as numerous IA the human. Dogs are treated
bv the Bavarian as his children. and he takes
them to his cafe as he takes his children; The
friendly acGuaintances. and the daily visit to
the cafe seems to be regarded by them as q
natural right. Many OF them drink cofTee. bus
they prefer beer or even sugared water, And
always. nnder the most exhilarating circum-
stances. do they remain as sober and circum-
spect as their masters.