The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-04-05

without them, and the incident ends in
having three new keys made and the
offering Of thanksgiving prayer for
the sparing Of one good landlord as an
example to the generation.
LIVING IN FLATS.
Every house not the dwelling of a
private family has hanging upon the
wall just inside the front door all of
the laws to regulate the coming, going
and doing of the inmates. The un-
written social law forbids one looking
out of windows; the municipal law al
lows nothing to be set or laid in an
open window and nothing to be thrown
out Of it. The breaker of the law is
taken by the policeman to the police
station there he tells his family his
tory, then he is made to understand
the wickedness of his act and made to
pay fine, and in the case of articles
thrown out of the window each and all
must be taken back.
You cannot interfere with anybody
else's affairs in the house, and theirs as
we'll as yours must end promptly at
the closing hour Of 10. Ifyou are dis
posed to celebrate in any way the po-
lice must be notified: permission
is then given you to play, sing and
dance, and your neighbors above, be-
low and beside you have no right to
bang on your doors and order silence.
This ten o'clock law takes you home in
silence; boisterous laughing, talking
OF whistling is promptly stopped by
the first guardian of the law you meet.
In all public buildings there is a
compulsory "garde robe" You CON-
PEELED to take off your raps and give
them into the charge of the appointed
person at the appointed place; you
pay fixed price foa the pegs you use
and the money for the same must be
paid before the ticket for tbs peg is
passed over. you are disposed to
retain your belongings you will have
to content yourself with seat in the
rorridor; an usher will not allow you
to occupy one in opera house, theatre
or any other place Of amusement:
PUBLIC PARKS AND ROADS.
In all thoroughfares, gardens and
parks the printed laws are posted and
where there is any possibility of your
not understanding or not obeying them
a policeman is there to assist you in
one case and resist you in the other.
You must always walk to the right,
drive to the right, take the right-hand
foot-path over a bridge. Walking
through garden or park and coming
to the meeting Of paths, the signboard
shows grown persons their way and
children their road, and which are per-
mitted to dogs, baby carriages and bi-
cycles.
In Germany even the railroad Off
cials are paternal; they treat you as
child, and you need have no fear of
not going the way of your ticket if
you trust them. Last summer a par
ty of six Americans were in a carriage
of the car next to mine. We had
reached a junction where they had to
change trains to continue the journey.
The conductor, knowing their tickets
ended on his route, tried his best to ef-
feet the transfer Of these passengers
and their luggage. The chief Of the
station and finally every brass button
ed employe took part in an argument,
English-Amercan on one side and Ger
man on the other. 1t was parrot
and monkey affair, that ended in the
Americans remaining on the tram. As
the train moved off the speaker of the
party from the States shouted: "We
will go where we like, and you go to
- The result OF the affair was
that as soon as the party was discov-
ed travelling without proper tickets
they were made to pay their fares, and
the scene between the conductor, who,
Of course, had to enforce the law, and
the Americans, can we'll be left to the
imagination.
Early in your European sojourn
you realize that talk is cheap and ST.
lence is golden. There is no doubt as
to the possibility of your going, as my
fellow travellers, where You like, pro-
vided you have the money to pay for
both. One thing is certain, the Ger
mans arc neither fools nor frauds. So
far from being anything OF The kind,
the longer you live among them the
more you perceive audappreciate their
honesty; and, all things considered, it
is the best land in which to expert
ment in Il study of life, and if you only
live as native your comfort and en-
ioyment are assured and your pleas
ures are many D. IN Bultimore
San.
Mamma-"W hat makes you so sick?
| hope you haven't been chewing to-
bacco." Tommy "O-boo-hoo! No,
ma'am." Mamma-"I'm glad to hear
it; but what Tommy-"I was 60
in to chew it, an | swallowed it whole.
O boo-hoow
The boys who used to get Bibles
every Christmas haven't all turned
out to be the best men.