The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01
FEW ARE ILLITERATE'
GERMANS HAVE THE BEST EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
Benefits Poor and Rich-Training in Industrial Arts or Higher Branch
 es of Study is Thorough and is
 Placed within Rsach of All.
". F.. Curtis's Special Core
 Chicn1n Record H erald.


 W E. Curtis,s Special Correspondence of the
 Berlin, Oct. !4.-,No country does so much for the education of its people as Germany. The sshSs sdn s mot n n and ance is compulsory in chiidhood Hence is- norance is . crime. and lliterates are n9 more numerous than criminals ItaTfne pnssrd through the .c.,nT1on schools. theAyoung men and women of the country have an opportunity to qualify sss ps,specla. S mGs rs In the university every branch Of science IS taught and every path of learning may be fol. lowed as far as the ambition of the student prompts him to so. For those who prefer or whose circumstances require them to engage in commercisl or th hmds puf as well as the minds for any department or human activity There are schools Tor fafm. fnc esters, blscksmiehs. carpenters. maehinists cabnetmakers, bookkeepers, taiiors. shoema CTS seer are srs barbers and chiropodists. You can find a school m Germany for teaching anything you want to einment i t and d free to ali cofners. or perhaps only a nominal tuition is charged. There IS no should he ignorant of the duties pertaining to the position he is required to occupy.
 It is e,mpla,ncu. however. that the Germans are more technical than practical; that thcy spending too much time m oevelopins theories without, puteing p, 'nen ars dscovering Ali sorts of new diseases without hnding remeuleJ for them that the electricians arc spending thousands of dollars ih developing motors that will run 50 miles an hour. when nobody wants to travel at that speed. and neglecting the o,dnary ina n ,he public
 is undoubtedly true that more discoveiHs in the different fields of Science are made In Ger many than in any othr country. It is equally true, on the other hand. that German genius very seldom desfvcs any great pecuniary pront from it's dscc,sres es ans anS mpara lively few patents are granted, proh2bly hot as many in all Germany, as In the State of exactjng' They require that an invention shall not only be unique. but that It shall De usetui in order to receive monopoly from the GOV ernment ts
 One of the most intereeting features of Ger. schools in which young machinists are trained to become foremen and superntendents of tse ets of ser and tsey opened the Fail term with 2.5l2 pupils. They are situated m different parts of the city to serve the con yenience of the working classes, for whose pen- eft they are intended There are two sys- tems-one which furnishes instruction in every branch of mechanical indusfy GId,na aciIad moaeins instraments of precision and every phase of angua nS Gr fee s1 of ioS mars sas1 is charged h this school gre n, Senensen St sns %p on their own eesrninE for snpport-the sons of manufacturers, merchants and skilled me- chanics who earn good salaries
 The other system appeals to a much larger class of the population and about Soo0 y young 'w ing take advantag ck eveninsAan Sunday nsr1e that is then sar s sS syersgs nS@snaf of four lesons a week. ahd marks a year for an average of six lessons week or course this fee Is merely formal. and is intended to to -INsDeCt of the pupil ana remove the odor of charity For two hours each evening and for four hours each Sunday in struction is given those whose circumstances compel them to work during the week days. To enter a candidate must have already gone through hs rsnsps nsa He must also pass an examination in matnemeics. and must have served an apprenticeship or at least a year at some mechanical trade Upon entering the school he has an option or seven or eight different departments. all of them dealing with the construction and operation paratus, locomotive or stationary enyines. spin, ming, weaving molding the manufacture @ and every other form of mechanism The instruc- tors are practical men, and each student must follow a practical course. No .ttine can De wasted in experimental work. Upon entering the school he must select his trade, and he win be educated thoroughly in that a, part,nII nIy be able to operate buts to. design and con struct the machinery that pertains to it.
 Many of the graduates of these schools Of industrial art, from their own tnertias or from the 1ress,,re of circumstances fan back into the ranks of wageeearners, but more nave tne force of character to become captains or ln- dustry and superintend the work or others
 The Germans combine art with utility as completely and universally as any other race: and whatever they produce has an ornamental finish I have told you how they nave em- bellished their bridges docks and warehouses. made their canals and drains to contribute to the beauty of their cities and have trans formed even their sewers and gasworks into decorative effects This purpose prevails in everything but nowhere is h more noticeable than In the geological gardens in tne center of the new residence quarter Of Beriin ana In the pleasant Summer and Autumn days the resort of thousands Of people. The women knIttinR. sewing and embroidery. Not long ago I saw motherly, old person making q shirt and another darning socks: mere s a an area of about seven acres covered with beer tables with two band stands, one on either side. so that the music is continuous. The i,Ictton the other band strikes np. and the concert contiDues from o'clock m the aiter. ..I until at night mig sv.ninS a1eo1s are cu-tailed Men come from their sdnices and stores at the close of business hours. evening. Meantime the children have been looking at the animals, digging m tne sano. and playing games in corper ,S Ss 'ne o,bar bss held A table in a convenient location where she can hear both bands and see everything feature of Berlin social life In the Summer tho women do most of their visiting in the marks and beer gardens. and fewS families take their evening neal at home. They have their hreakfast at their own table and the women and children lunch at, .bome: the men foIks get their lunch downt0wN and then all join for dinner or supper at their fa- vorite cafe, where they spend the evening, You never saw so many people at an outdoor restaursnt as may be found every afternoon at inc geological gardens. l never counted the tables but the walk which runs through them must be nearly quarter of mile long
 
 The Berlin Zoo is now considsred the first in Europe It is not so large as that or Lon don and the anipals are not so humerous hut inc bulldingss are superb, and are ln- tended not only as ornaments, but for edu1a- tionai effect. as they represent types Of dis tinctive national architecture. The entrance, which Is very imposing and the administra- tion huiidIng which adjoins 1t are Japanese, an adaptation of one of the old Shinto temples One of inc animal houses Is reproduction of an Egyptian temple; the monkeys are housad in a building of Siamese style. There are Chinese padoes. Turkisn mosques rus sian temples Norwegian ana Swedish caplns' early English cottages and various other at- tractive designs.
 The Rerliners do not play golf There are 1oif IinLs near the city with clubhouse. 5Ut tbsv are not patronized by the natives and are left for the exclusive use of foreign ers-s.mostiy elderly Englishmen," one of them told me.
 A mistake of a single word sometimes makes a decided diligence in the meaning or 1eI-