The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-22

to establish, as far as merchants are con-
csrned. one price for everybody. The con-
tinental merchant Is discerney OF men.
He runs his shop on business principles.
His prices are high. for he knows that he
win be jewed down. This proceeding is an
fnfaliible sign Of the customer being a
tive. Strangers pay 10 per cent. foreigners
- per cent more. and forth.
THE SERVANT QUESTION.
But OF all things the most perplexing IL
the servant question IT shows variations OF
ar old theme 1 wonder who invented it.
Luther must have known II. for I'm his cate
chism he prays for good friends and true
neighbors. servants and the like 1t is not
half as bad here as I'm our country, but they
are having a touch OF 1t, too, and surely
feel II more keenIy since IL Is comparatively
a recent thing 10 which they are yet
unaccustomed. From day to day servants
are getting worse and worse. The following
Is a semi-comical illustration. which was
given me by good friend in Mayence
Enter Franz with most excellent recon-
mendations TO be installed as footman
After some preliminary remarks, Franz.
with frequent scraping OF leg, sincerely
deplores not to be able 10 accept such an
otherwise highly desirable position. He
admits having a deep aversion against the
barocco. style which, unfortunately, has
been employed in the decoration OF the
vestibule. Barocco, he further explains, is
the most intricate style of busting of or
cleaning Mach preferable would &c the
classic styles or even early Renaissance.
Ny friend had TO see the correctness of
the argument but he could not use the
services OF Franz.
1t has to be admitted the life of servant
here is hard one. Sleep and work make
up their existence. Compared 10 them, our
servants live like princesses.
cannot close without saying a few
words about the changed appearance Of
this city since 1 saw IL two years and
half ago. A new city has grown up. In
stead of $4,000 inhabitants, it now counts
10000. a respectable increase. Whole
blocks were condemned and torn down to
make room for streets for the ever in
creasing traffic. The old vacated harbor.
built by Napoleon at the beginning of the
century. has been filed up to form the
approach 10 a magnificent new bridge
across the Rhine. The old pontoon bridge.
their dear old landmark, has been re-
mONeO. WI WOulu jessie say
TO the departure of that old structure. on
which she passed such fearful yet sublime
hours. when the cyclone tore il to pieces
that famous March evening in 1876?
often think OF that book, THE First Vio-
lin," for "Elbertaal is Dusseldorf-not
that 1t possesses such literary merit, but
it brings me back to Dusseldorf as it was.
Yes, as IT was. for most of the participants
in the novel are dead. Courvoisier died in
Zurich OF consumption; DR.. Mooren. the
famous ocnlist. and friend of our DR..
Thompson, died only a few months ago.
Painter Durtze has been dead a number
of years, and so on. The old houses have
been torn down TO make room for beauti-
full large stores.
Right now great changes are taking
place. for the city is preparing TO invite
the empire to a magnificent exhibition to
be held I'm 1902. This enterprise will be of
such great and far-reaching Importance
that prefer TO devote special letter to it.
RICHARD IIERER