The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-24

and the agents arrange for quick delivery
and make all collections.
They represent the bookstores, as well
i. as the publishers, and the system Is such
that the publishers 30 represented come
into direct contact with the buyers all over
Germany. and by the Leipsic agency throw
their books into something like 10000 stores.
About the only provision is that all books
must be delivered in Leipsio free Of freight
charges. the book dealers expecting to pay
the charge from Leipsio to their respective
| stores.
Some of the American firms have such
agencies. and 1t would pay all of our pub
fishers to appoint such representatives.
I have gone through the book clearing
house. 1t Is a beautiful building, thoroughly
equipped for the purpose.
have also visited some Of the chief pub
fishing establishments. including the famous
one of Breitkopf and Haertel.
They all do good work, but in modern
conveniences are far behind similar estab-
lishments In the United States.
LEIPsIC's TWENTY-MILL1oN
DOLLAR RAILROAD STATION.
Every one here says Germany is having
hard times. II may be SO, but that is not
delaying public improvements.
The city Of Leipsic Is planning a railroad
station which will cost $40. C0o,0N or five
times as much as the new Union Station
ut Washington.
There are at present about a half dozen
depots. These will be done away with and
this structure will be built In their place.
Dresden recently put up a.railroad depot
costing millions. I have already described
the station at Frankfort, which cost eight
and one-half millions.
Berlin has a number Of fine depotS CO.
logne has good railroad buildings. and 50
have almost all the cities of Germany.
The railroads here belong to the Govern
ment, and they are very well managed,
though not as luxurious in their appoint
ments as ours. The cars are after the Eu-
ropean fashion-frst, second and third
class. They are divided into compartments.
On the better trains there are lavatories,
but an extra charge II made for the use of
towel and soap.
This is furnished by a penny-in-the-slot
box. You put in a 10-psennig piece and pull
out a little rag and a piece of soap. The
rag is too small to dry you well. and the
soap Is Just enough for one washing.
The third-class cars have no accom-
modations. Many of them are without
cushioned seats. There is also a fourth
class. where most OF the passengers stand
UP. The rates of the nrst-class are about
the same as ours, second-class a little
cheaper and third and fourth-classes very
low.
Speaking Of slot boxes. they are to be
found everywhere here and Of every kind.
IN some Oh Iuc Clkltb you can Duy tickets
on the elevated railroads by dropping a
German nickel. which means III cents. In
the slot.
SLOT MACHINES WHICH
SELL POSTAL CARDS.
There are slot boxes which sell postal
cards and slot restaurants. where you can
get anything from a thimbleful of benedlc-
tine or chartreuse to a glass of chamnasne
or a schooner OF beer. and from a chocolate
cream to a slice of roast beef. The adyan-
taGe OF the slot machine Is that it dispenses
with feeling. There are no walters and
nehce nc iees' ana this, where one has TO
amounts to much,
In Germans appreciate small savings.
Inc richer among them spend a great deal
but they know Just where the money goes
and try to get the worth Of it.
Inc poor set more for their money per-
haps than any other. poor In Europe out