The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-03-03
GREAT TOWN IS MUNICH.
II - THE BEERCiPTTaL or THE World.
FOR ONF THING.
Constant and Cni,ersai Consumption Of Beer
woman, Curious statu, Tips for E'er'-
body Cows and Rapid Transit Shopping
FetuiiaritIes -Muniehs Many Dog.

the tNentN-rrSt IN tuTop' IN IoHl VI r'N''
has Tor a number Of years teen the fourth
most visited by travellers. II is away ahead
OF Vienna and Rome in that resi- ect and fall
behind only london. Paris and Berlin Gradu.
ally this Influence has modcrniaed ii, but there
stll remain sufficient OF the old Rnvarian
0fiosIties Of lfe TO entertain. II not 20 In
oeruc'. the travelled worlilins
Prominently tie beer capital ~ the world,
We very smell Of It informs you Of the fact
within a wide radius Beer takes the place
OF water A. you travel By rail- through
Bavaria you sec the conductor and guards
x5-otnt from the train al the little country
stations 10 r~eJlnnish their liter mugs When
you get TO tie Munich terminus the %Iorters
SCI their mugs down On the Iauorm any
where and .o,iS, your custom Al the cab
s,and outside the ever present krug stands
beside the cat wheel The street is perhaps
Icing repavet rrnniscuou-ly Among the
payiors is 4 reg, rcn' 81 the stone mugs
Nobody ever IKE ~ doin- r~nYt'inr With
on, an ac-comranimen' Of teer lti' always
IN order before breakfast. after din ner. tie
inevitable nishtcap Babies set milk so long
a. the mix lasts. then they get beer, with a
chunk Of sausage 70 keep the malt and hops
from iuJuring heir digestion The law
prescrttes how much beer you shall give your
servant daily II YOU want 10 hire anybody
TO go on an errand or chop wood or shovel
in coal. beer has to lie supplied 10 set the
machinery in motion
Most mechanics in common with other work
PEOPLE work with their beer on he tahle beside
them. in add iion there are \ morning. a noon,
and an afternoon recess, which enable them
n so 10 the nearest irthschaft 10 drink beer
more ,~eisurely In tie evenings they 50 10
a.. same place with their families In a word,
" So . 49, b.. tia ITIt.r 40 o. -
Of life one Of the most curious decoration,
Of Munich streets are he mugs and bottles.
come full, some empty, which hem one IN on
a. slde- They are lef; indefinitely b. their
owners In every conceivable nook, but none
l. ever stolen The cardinal command f'r
every Bayarian i. you ,hall not steal n> l.-r
Beer i food. drink and lana,ed II 500
have a headache. YOU must drink cold O''T.
4 you have caIgh cold warm U"'r 'uu much
bcs- overnight. more beer ~ yOu are >-rl-
q sly IN. your beer i not cat "A buy cut
down. II yul want 20 s-t la'. drink DARK beer
o. Il yoI'rc too fat drIuN ii.l' beer II lUI
don't drink beer at al. The Bayarlan toes not
think you re merely odd. be- thinks you're IA
daneer-,n mind Or body
Aside from the regular pro-t.c heer time.
which ia all the time there = a rri carnival
o. beer drinking. which ,omc- 20 March.
bll"T lOP l4'4'dI 'i'IfNf "a - '.'-Fh ~ III.
There Is Lreved a black. iu,ti.ous s'r; 81
heck beer a liter Of which j. suflCieut TO
make any one not d Rdvarian see stars on
oillly 1t ia the salvador season. and the beer
goe. by that and Other names For 'wO
weeks then. or 80 long a. the particular brew
lasts. it i every one, d.'y 10 reilniy.-t al!
b. business cares, he himself 10 a brewery. and
drink as many times h!- capacity A. possible
This il the only time that there Is any r-s!
d- Insenae-S in Munich and ~ Oe 7Obe. then
IL considered 4 reproach.
In the rare Intervals when The true Mlnch-
bsr Is not drink iug beer he i drinking coffee.
or what he thinks i conre. Il b, made princi-
pa ~ 81 desicatcd ds., and j. more intoNi-
eating than the beer. When you can't find
. MantsSS bi S-;in b: otfce. and ID
difficult 10 do 90 in the afternoon, you nav
know he IL drinking coffee Therefore Won
merely ask his clerk II the latter : not also
drinking coffee. what cat" tho principal fire.
ausnts. and thither yoI 90 20 transact YOUR
business NJ B~avariin can exist without hi-
beer. and will not without his coffee, - you
must accommodate yourself 20 'hn custom
For this REASON Munich i a o.'v 81 cafes
and hrevcries and beer halls \ German
s''tistician Germans s'"m 20 H. mostly
%statisti il, ans has recently calculated that tho
ITtI1N ~ : OF N'4IlN 70 ~ lS'-ENII'l~ 'I Il'I'
income in conveying people 20 raf"- from
their homes and places ~ business once a
Munchner nd a cafe 10 his taste no COOS
there for the re>t Of hs Ufo and = followed
by his rroeerv. No matter how in,onvsnier'
or how Ear distant II j. Ms nryer-faIlng
traNc which makes he t-smRars Irottahla
although the fare b. er'v ?. cents Women
have Their caf" attachments also their after
moons are .nert Mt rsuCher which
sa little circles 81 corganial spirits Who
meet sociabl, IN tho corner ola favorita
cafe. TAX. ~ 'hair horns's and wrar,. do a
little knitting or ~crocha'ing and say nice
things aholr their absent friends.
Tho '~elLtrors Of women ami .'raet ca-s
in Munich U%sla'lv s'ta,' a strange = ~.
tsntion hAf"-A 70 has heor r 80 town many
hours fArn car has 20 msnv -ea's. srI
~. Ea'sAr nir'sAlf could not got r rIace In.
sldA n Ill wee coun.sd There a-e nI.c
- nanv sran1 rc places IN sf1e~ platform.
an nat MIN Ner = ~ - ha eNoaeIod Nrv
whor n Nur.0r woman want :. take y car
,-a doesn stand ~ the ro--sr and wait fo-
II )gt our0hlus he~ .ki-'-. she div.s a, =
fro- come dro-vr wine : - gong ful
~ ND Size sf'rne- y ''s 30 most
hus,nsss-Uke thing done m Germany Nav
ing gained = purchase Or tho step. she ra,-os
Tho gVa-d ~ ard '-a' f0-por1 - to tro-'
platform That - 'Ar frvnrfre ra,a
Ialr or shine And thers -he sts,s I'll SO
wants t. got ~. whom. waiting 'I tho a.
"a COWS a. fat - possible 70 pumps -
ire pavement vi'tpIt turnIug = fearna-
! os lndeC.0j"n. . - proD"lI-A may come
from re faCt vat 20 man On the car uavS
ANY, a'tenUnn to h@r ioun'y ror shc
hapr"r- ~ want 4 s,st BAva-1n ~ ne
r1sl" persuasion would -NgA-+ a. ware wraL-
r"s, Tho s'vlrg Dp n .1r'srt.us b.. has r4r4
fo-
Woman and hA- status l. -osl', the most
Interest NJ -'G-- b. sl Bavaria In RE
ordina-y vH-- . it'e tie tols-Dfre partly
lords - over he- husband and q. CG.t.y slave.
She NGs a'~-s' absolute D".~t',i over the
family pG-s-strnss 49, ya' lends next
~ nothing IN herself -" VIII u~rroup,dir-
inciy. even Willingly. 90 mt VITA no. frs-
band fr- = sunday. I'nrsg'nc. ard eRt .p
the scraps O.! :ro! that 20 Raves. an! arms
~" d-cg> 81 a, br-r. -. w.ull Zoe not -
much SURPRISED g. Indignant = Won tod hsr
that N" has a u-a' - 1u ar'''ir- a.. tn.
ton. wen -" Is - .,.-t 'If'. h-clIvr-er.
and when 81 El, U~'"'H.., n.sca' Ter A4.-
hand With to~ -rrLs :rr. oor.o0usrt
upon a." requirement.. Z |'".i't-y -cry .".
when L come. :. tie f.r d r.sv. Q. -. tr'f f,s.