The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-11

tho evildoer certainly has hard time Of II In
Germany. for in addition to his Imprisonment
| II is customary. in cases Of serious nature. To
| that IS tho criminal must. after his release
| from prison or renitentiary report at Police
| Headquarters at stated intervals until the ex-
| pirati0n ~ his term Of control, and IT he fails
| TO report he Is ut once sought after and in GER
| tain instances fined or otherwise punished for
The police play part in private as well as in
| pubic HE In Germany that Is sometimes amaI-
may serve as an example As soon as ono en-
| cages "A servant he is obliged TO subscribe for
| ii she Is il Otherwise the employer is resron-
| Sble for the expense 81 her care AZ II hospital.
provided size falls i'll while in his service. In
Prussia ""tnlloyer must every week paste Z
stamp worth 10 tlcnngS in book provided
! I,"4-up. provided she lives to be ~ years old
j. not Permitted to lock the door ,of
right to look through the servants trunk
aud other holyngngs at any time. la Prussia
has the right To- chastise the servant for GER
tain shortcomings for gross carrlcsSn"sS. Tor
disohcdi"nr", la&ncss and insHbordination; A
case ui this Kind occurred not long ago in ltcr-
lin, and the minister who struck the servant
was acquitted at the trial and the servant
obliged to continue in his service until the eN-
law. For Germany il tile paradise Of employ
parture Of servants there; the term, of warming
varies from two to six weeks in the different
cities. and is even ns high as six months IN
somr PARTS Of the country. On the other hand.
the rights Of the servant are equally protected.
For. good and sufficient cause, such az
theft or other crime. proved immoral conduct.
absolute characterization or gross mperti-
ncurr, Il servant may lie dismissed on the
spot; bat only when tina matter has been fully
explained to the policeman detailed Tor the in
ycstiGation OF the case and his sanction has
been gained, But for minor offences or simply
servant can be dismissed at once only uron
the Payment of wages, up to the expiration OF
addition of ho$fgelh or board money. at the
rate OF one mark a day for the same period. And
II the servant is badly treated II her room is
not mp To certain requirements as to size. light
and ventilation. she may in her turn have re-
course to tn" police, and man is sent to in
yeslIgate affairs and secure proper treatment
Who're are You going demanded woman
o, Ter maui WI T%s a ne S JNr WI the a% e"
soup which constituted her dinner.
I'm going to show the police GGpta,n what
gardl"sS Of Inconsistencies, she proceeded on
her way. At the police, station they told her to
60 back aud see what she got to eat after hav-
For a day or two things went we'll, but then
the fare again hecnm" SO wretchrd that tho
some cru-ts OF dry bread and Old cheese rind!
ns evidence. This tim" policeman returned
to the house with the servant and told
the mistress what food she was Obliged to
provide for her employees: In the morning.
ond breakfast a slice ~ bread and butter with
meat Of some description. or sausage or
cheese; at noon. meat and POTATOES with some
vegetable: in the afternoon. coffee: for supper.
two slices of bread and butter with meat or an
equivalent and bottle of beer. Naturally this
menu can he varied to suit the individual
cases: it is only detailed thus to be applied
III instances wher" the servant - undertei.
Speakng of corporal punishment, n case
which came up for trial recently may be cited.
although it has no direct relation to police reg
ulatious. A barber in II littl" town in Prussia
was brought to trial for beating and violently
ill-trcatng his wife. She had some money in
her possession. her own property, and refused
to give il to her husband on his demand, as he
was an improvident fellow who would only
suuander it in evil living; Whercupon he beat
her first with his fists and then with a chair leg.
But he was acquitted, for the Judge said:
" The w tc has no righr whatever To refuse to
give up to her husband the property which he
demands Through her refusal the husband
was greatly but Justly enraged and admins
tered to her such punishment rs seemed to
him At, A husband has the right to combat
dsohedience in his wife by corporal punish
ment.' SO the man went free.