The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-28

sir" But II you have not heard OF the rule or
ignore II. IN short, !: he doesn't see the color OF
scowl and What did you come in here fort
TO waste my time. or to get warm" e:
lie Ia exactly the same with regular Gus
toners. Here is n commou instance: A fam
lily had been buying meat from a certain
butcher Tor more than a year: One day they
The maid got 1t from another butcher in the
block. The newt m2rning she went as usual
thing Mt any price. In n towering rage ho
cried: 60 get your meat where you. got your
lamb, yesterdaylr and the family had 70 find a
new butcher. This may not seem to bear out
the theory that the Germans. have an over
weening love OF money. hut it does not contra
ing tho profit on the lamb that he had no time
to think OF loeing the customer. Cases OF The
E idTs g have So,a hnnr Of Mo To a. ths fHm n W IN ths
ri.k Of falling ont with his butcher
man shop you get them in three or four days.
If you are lucky. The delivery IL made bv Il
Giri With q sNnerannnated bHby carriage. and
her services by tipping her. Tho things you
times not. II they are the wrapping Is either
newspaper or an odd sheet OF wfapping paper
that has been used before, and the string Il
second hand. The German shorkeerer keeps
wrapplng raper and twin, for sale. but not to
that requires Il box-a hat or bonnet or featl-
ers-vou get the box only by paying extra for
1t. This custom prevails In the finest shops,
ami II only illustrates the universal rulo never
10 give anything aTay.'no matter hoNssmnll.
IL n woman meets with d~isaster to her
gown on the street and steps into q shop to get
q pin. the shopkeerer blandly charges her n
quarter OF u cent. the smallest coin. for IL.
Likewise. when u man has n cigar and no
matches. he steps into n tobacconlstts and pays
the same sum for Il light.
Most Germans make money only by saving.
for the chances OF making II any other way are
not many. Frequently. however. tho love OF
money IL so strong that 1t will impel them to
sacrifices Of leisure and dignity hardl" con-
!omary to find Germans Of substance and posi-
ton occupying places almost mental for the
sake Of the small salary. Thus q man with
an inherited income of St.OoO or SS.nOOa year
will accent gratefully a small clerkship paving
perhaps 5000 or 500. He cannot resist the
chance TO increase his income.
OstcntatiDn is not a trait Of the German. no
matter how rich he may lie. Tor Ostentat'on Is
costly. II is only In his funerals that he srends
money lnvishly. What il called public spirit is
entirely unknown. Few Germans ever give any.
thing 10 found schools or hospitals or homes.
they leave to the state to take care of. In
most German cities the lire department il a
volunteer organization. and the ambulance
systems. such rs they are. arc supported hv
lotteries. In a word. the pursuit Of the dollar
Is more hotlv folio we'd in Germany. perhans,
than in any other country. and always selfshlv.
And II is these neonle. tho Germans. who pre-
tend 10 look down upon Americans IA n wholly
material nation. into whose heads no thought
enters Other than the eternal one Of money
heen here given Of the way . German looks
upon money. they may be sufficient t. deter.
mine whether or not he has the right to put
himself on Il pedestal.