The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-01
GERMAN EVERY
DAY LIFE
WORK AND HARMLESS RECREA-
TON SENsIBLY DIVIDED.
How the People Enjoy Their Leisure
Hours at Public Resorts-Restaur-
ants of Berlin.

Berlin Correspondent of the Baltimore sun
In gathering information and eXper-
iencc with regard to everyday life in
Germany much depends upon your
purpose of sojourning in that country.
For the study of music there are cities
of Berlin. Dresden and Leipsig: for
that of art, Munich. Duesseldorf and
Karlsruhe. in addition to the former.
For special pursuits of technology.
science or law numerous towns offer
advantages in schools and universities.
For acquiring the language in its pur-
ity northern Germany is preferable,
but if IL little grammar and phrase
ology is all you desire southern Ger
II any may do.
For the romantic there are the cities
along the Rhine. in the Thuringian and
Black forests. To those who love art
for the enjoyment it affords the choice
is limited to the capitals of the king
doms which form the German empire.
Labor and Rest.
The sun rises the same all over Ger
many, so your early morning eXper-
fences will be the same in every place.
A little before or little after 6 you
will rise, for at : the business of the
day is well started. BY 1890 or II it
has progressed far enough to admit of
an intermission for refreshment and
repose. The first meal has In most
cases been Il cup of tea or coffee. with
cold rolls and butter, and possibly q
boiled egg. The second meal consists
Of some bread and butter, with cold
meat or cheese, and beer or wine.
AT 1890 or 1 there is a general ces-
sation of all work. Everybody who
has a home hurries thither. and who-
ever has none resorts to whatever
passes for such to enjoy his dinner
hour. So universal are the regulations
governing the business of living and
working that one might regulate his
watch by the coming and going OF the
people or their complete disappearance
from the streets.
After an hour or two work is re-
sumed. At 4.2O again everybody drinks
his beer or coffee. At 6 o'clock finally
the days business is over and every
body is on the streets to stay there
for an hour or more before going home.
or to the theater, or concert hail. or
public garden. Supper is commonly
eaten III SpIIlt restaurant VI Sult'
Table D'Hote.
Wherever the American goes his
taste is catered to, but he gets only
the German Interpretation of Ameri-
can food. At hotels he is expected to
order beefsteak for breakfast, at PEN
sions he is given oatmeal and eggs. He
also is sure of an abundant dinner and
supper Dinner however. is always
supplied according to the national
standard, that is to say, entirely a la
Drutsch. This meal lasts an hour at
least, usually an hour and half. 1t
occurs At | or = o'clock, and interferes
seriously with the business and enjoy
menl of the day. There are soup, fish,
meat. with vegetables an entree, game
or chicken, with salad and compot.
budding or ice, fruits. cheese, bread
and butter, grapes, etc. You may omit
any course you please, but you gain no
time by that, for you must sit the
meal through. and the courses come
between long intervals. If you have
passed one course you grow hungry
waiting for the next, and you have
good opportunity for the exercising OF
patience and prrcticing colloIuial
rhiaseology and courteous conversation
with your neishbors.
American manners will do for table
d'hote provided they are supplemented
by the adoption Of certain German for
malities, Before taking your seat You
bow to those sitting opposite and be-
side you. During the meal YOU con-
verse with them to your hearts con-
tent and at the end of the meal you
boy again to those about you after
having said: "Mahlzeit" Can abbre-
Walton of the phrase, "tirSegnete Mahl-
Zeit," or in English, God bless your
meal,'D
Restaurant Life.
Next to table dhote restaurant life
is the proper and most interesting
course for those wishing to indulge in
and become used to the real German
way of existence. The length of the
experience differs according to the po-
lice regulations and the social customs
of the place,
Restaurant life generally begins at
o'clock in the evening, and every
where in Berlin It goes on all night.