The Washington times., 1901-08-25

keys who are interesting themselves by
| digging deep into the mysteries of science
and the occult One is pouring over a
| book. another critically cycling skeleton.
and one bends gracefully to form the
handle. making the acquaintance Of an
other of his kind on the pewter top.
"Quod erat demonstrandum.'' Which Is
to be demonstrated, Is on this stein.
Limoge set of six stems. tankard, and
tray. are decorated with roses and may be
exchanged for $40 American money.
In the stoneware come browns. Flemish
blue and grays, and they may be put in
ice water. are quite inexpensive. and sell
dom have the metal top. They are OF
American and foreign make
The mirth-loving buyer of stems can
find some very ludicrous conceits in the
trick mugs which tickle the disabilities of
those who search for novelties. One con-
ceit is found in the bottom of the stein
where is a carved picture and can be seen
only by those who are thirsty and look
deep in the cup and drain the last drop
Je schooner die kneip je boeser das Webb,
Je boeser das Webb, le schooner die kneip.
The bigger the drunk, the madden the wife.
The madden the wife. the bigger the drunk!
In the selection of stems they are not
alike, anu often uuuef tne
side bracket in the dining-room are the
children's wee stems in blue and grey
miniatures of the larger ones, to be seen
and mayhap with such motto as this:
Dispute but Eght not,
Drink but glut not"
So jingles couplet on a monstrous.
alarmingly deep-looking mug, that loses
much of its wonder when it is turned
bottom side up and one finds the bottom
set some two inches inside the lower edge.
What a delusion is the Wanted capacity
of the doughty Teuton!
Some Of the notices are quaint One
zinc-lidded schoppen has these words:
Drinking is altogether best,
Already yet thousand years it was.
A newly married man says:
North. south, east, west
Also home is the best!''
The very good translation of another
tells the truth
Beer on wiae,
Nit
Wine on beer
1t
Then on three different ones we have
THE first thing we learn in this life is to drink
Let US never forget it.
''sIow Suicide
Beer is good''
The great difference in the stems.
American and the genuine imported, lies
In the lid, which is of pewter or silver.
and in the fancy shapes. Cheek by jowl,
besides the stein. picturing the Burgomas-
ter in lockwood, and costing a goodly
sum, was a German head stein in the
likeness of William III, inscribed for
God. King, and Country" Then a
whole set decorated with playing cards.
was of American make
The American college boys. who have
now packed their lares and penates for
the summer have become imbued with the
jovial drinking spirit OF the German stu
dents, and. like the women, are buying
stems in sets and singly.
A set of twenty-four mugs. besides a
huge tankard. is shown by one importer
just home from abroad. Near the top OF
each stein are marked the letters Il. L.
which stand for lone Iitre." 1t is the law
in Germany, and the students law in this
country. that the stein must be filled SO
that the solid beer comes to the Il. L.
mark If II does not the customer can
return his stein and insist on having 1t
filed. or refuse to pay A laughable rule
is that whenever student leaves his
stein open the others may pile theirs on
top of il, until the offender succeeds IN
closing top lid.
However great the number of stems
piled up, he must then Pay, pay, pay, a
la Kipling for the refilling of them all.
Many are the tricks they play and the
penalties they plan. and right merrily
goes their popular song:
Three times three are nine
We're drinking like the swine
The tables around and round it goes
Here the speaker of the evening, who
presides over the tankard, points to some
one at random and the culprit must either
sing make a speech, or stand on his head.
Gayly rings the Prost-pros t.. loud is
the song and merrily snap the lids of the
indispensable stems mot the least among
German line: .Auf Understandable
troit Free Press.