The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-03-02

drink the exact arnouht dedicated 70 nm
within hye ~bssr-minutes: II he elects e
drink without waiting no says, .Prosit
! come with your but II he waits he call,
come after youl"
One mny drink whole ones, halves OF
Stacke pieces. A whole one consists OF
the Biume (bloom>, the first sip, and two
halves. Two pieces make a half. Moth
ing less than n quarter OF n glass may be
drunk on pain OF a bcer-punishment. which
usually takes the form OF drinking a whole
one.
If Meyer Is drunk TO and takes no proper
notice his would-be complimenter ma
cry, Meyer, say prosit for the first time
the second time. the third and last tine!-
and If Meyer still perseveres In his impolite
silence and refuses TO drink the required
quantity, he ceases TO he beer-honerable,
II Meyer has not yet drunk back 70 Fleisoh-
mann he cannot ask him TO drink again
unless Fleischmann comes him some
thing "over the cross which IL then a
little extra drink and doesn't count. Meyer
then drinks after" saying. 'Prositi' and
later drinks the first-named quantity with
the words. "Fleischmann, l come definitely
after you'll
If Meyer is drunk he can accept with the
words. @Prosit! Swill the double amount
an invitation which the other, however,
Is not absolutely obliged to accept. IL
Meyers drink Is not returned in hyo beer
minutes he must 'treteH" Uread) Flelsch-
mann as a reminder withthe words" Fleisch-
mann tread-on for the first time, for the
second time, for the third and last timel'
having already asked a companion TO take
the time. Unless F.. comes to time he.
too, flies into beer-arrost.
The greatest compliment one can make
his neighbor H. 20 drink to his special health
c'dufs Spesiene"), which h almost always
done with the bloom, /. e., with a full glass.
The one so Complimented must reply,
-Prosit! 1t honors mel and within five
minutes he must spoon for the honor.
saying a. he drinks, Il spoon myself
or course, the different quantities of stuff
are not carefully measured, but one looks
out that one does not drink less than the
other. Only very -old semesters" or -old
gentlemen (aks Herren), graduates Of
.spoon"for a special " with only a piece
If one wishes to drink a special" TO one
who Is -beer-impotent.' one adds the Latin
word SINE twithoutl, and no return IA re-
quired. but the reply. 'Prosltl 1t honsrs
me particularly" Is In order.
One custom, @Profsco drinking g. Is evil
IDENTIFY the origin OF our amusing game,
Il drink to the health of Gen. Boum.' A
companion rises and says. This whole
one goes protleco!' drinks with either hand
on the glass in any particular way and
passes the glass on. Each one must repeat
the words, drink In exactly the same man
ner. even to the position Of the hand, and
pass the glass on. Those who fail TO imi-
tate the original drinker successfully are
| promptly sent into the can" by Prexy.
drinking TO the world" or challenging
everybody AT table TO drink a half in sue
cession, Is another curious custom. Some
times one drinks more than a half -te the
world That with two whole ones Is
called double world whole one"
The full companions have one peculiar
disciplinary power over all freshmen In
that AT any time a freshman can be onm-
handed TO drink "e1 pleRo' or all left in
his glass. II tie freshman refuses he is
immediately 'chalked. by. some beer
loses his beer-honor.
All violations OF the Kneipe rules are
penaliged by beer punishments visited by
the President. The simplest is to be sent
into the can which is about the same ms
drinking pro poead. The one punished
Il climb or Il strengthen myself"
A much harder chastisement Is being
sent into beer-imprisonment, the delini-
quent losing his beer-honor and havin z
in the "beer-lockup" may not take part in
the singing, or drink to any one else, or
take part IN a 'salamander rubbing" or in
a .beer-scandel." nor is he allowed 10 call
anyone a -~BierjunGe,' or beer boy.
ANY companion can throw another into
beer-imprisonment for q suitable beer-af-
front such as not accepting his drink, &c. Ii
any one speaks with q beeT-prisOner he must
always add. without Cumming with you. "
Naturally IL L. the ambition Of every
beer-prisoner 70 get himself out Of his dis
graceful condition as coon as possible.
This he does in the following simple and
agreeable manner. He begs a beer-hon-
orable companion to help fight him out and
his friend announces:
"Siieuigm! Muller will now fight him
self out Of the beer-lockup!"
The prisoner thereupon drinks a whole
ola o.. while his friend takes only n sip and
then says, -~Siicniam, dd pubicdadIml
Muller Ia again be~er-Aonorable!'
II any beer-prisoner shouS be so bold
"a to Joke or otherwise demean himself
in an ulseemly manner, he may be thrown
into double beer arrcst, out Of which il
takes two full glasses inside OF a short time
70 free him. while the third degree. or
atrlrle bear-arrest" is called being hanged
on the gallows, and costs three fun glasses.
Whoever hangs on the gallows must sit
at n separate table and may not consort
In any way with beer-honorable persons.
Mention las been made Of q -beer-scan-
dol." This is nothing less than the famous
beer-duel. There ara three kinds of beer
insults, the simple beer boy!' the double
and the triple,
In reality the one who is afronted calls
his %insulter a beer boy and the other
accepts with the word, hd 7gt! cit
sticks,") or, II he wishes 20 make the
eight a sharp one. he says, "dcublel' or
-triplel"
The challenged party chooses an umpire,
who, In the case of a simple "Bierjunge,'
has two Slasses driven up cdBGeiahrsn"),
and calls out, "SReniium for a beer-scandal
between Meyer and Muller!' He then
examines the weapons. He sees that
both glasses contain exactly the same
amount. saying, The weapons are ROOD
and equal! Take your weapcnsi Clink!
Aiml Col"
At -Aim,' both fighters put their glasses
to their lips and at "Go!" they drink for
dear life. gulping down the contents In an
incredibly short space Of time. The one
who drinks his glass out first and wells the
word "~Rieriungel" j. the victor.
No more than a drop or two must he found
In the glasses after drinking, and no one
NAV bleed" too much, that is, nothing
must spill over his clothes while drinking.
In the case Of a double beer-bov scandal
each duellist must drink two full glasses and
in the case 81 o triple, three before calling
out +~BieriunGe,'
Whoever considers himself too badly
injured In his b~eer-h0nor may eau n beer
court. a very amusing, complicated and,
needless TO add. moist" affair. Every
feature Of a Kneipe Is an excuse for thinner
noch eiusi"
Whoever attends the Kommers IN honor
Of Prince Henry and his companions vii
see the most solemn heer-oercmouy per-
formed for him, The highest honor that tho
kncipe knows, the Rubbing ~ the @Sala-
mander.' When properly done the Prasi-
dent commands the preparation Of the
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