Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-06

the time came to pay a wage, and he
discharged me to make room for an-
other APPRENTICE. | left the village OF
my birth which / hated with all my
heart, and, feeling rich In the possession
Of $25 made my way to Berlin. Here
sought occupation as shoemaker, but
found none. When my small fund OF
money became exhausted ! was forced
TO find work Of some kind. and finally
taking advantage Of a chance offered
me, became a waiter In a thlrd-class
restaurant In a very unfashionable
quarter Of the city.
81 had no wages here, but was forced
to live on the tips given by the humble
patrons of the establishment. These
We're few and far between, and when a
tip amounted to one cent looked upon
the donor as a remarkably prosperol.
parsonage. As n rule the tip given was
n pfennlg. equal TO one-qlarter Of Il
cent. My earnings amounted to an
average of about 81 q week, and IL my
employer had not given me food ana
lodging l could not have lived. From
this post l advanced to similar one IN
second class restaurant, and from
here | rose to FIJI the same position In
a first class restaurant frequented by
the most fashionable set of society,
after a time the proprietor of the
restaurant, TO whom | had shown by
papers, revealed to some OF the regular
guests Of his establishment the secret
of my rank and birth. From this mo-
ment life In the restaurant became un-
bearnblc. The guests used to call me
Herr Baron, and some of them who
were rich parvenus took a peculiar de.
light in bullying me, and soon quilted
the place IN despair.
THE time when ] was waiter was
the greatest height Of prosperity when
ever attained. Somehow or other my
title was always discovered, and life
was at once made a burden to me.
when all the money which had saved
as a waiter was exhausted had 10
save myself from starvation by taking
a post as elevator boy in big hotel
Here / had TO wear uniform ana TO
shoot up and down the shaft of the
elevator several hundred times day,
The work did not suit me at all, and
welcomed the change which made me
chief porter In the same hotel,
after a time | lost this position oW-
ing TO my lack Of servllity toward the
guests, and after another long period or
unemployment, | was reduced to earn
ing my living as an omnibus conductor.
From early morning until late at night
/ stood on the steps of the clumsy Vehl-
Gle as il wendell Its way through IN?
main streets of Berlin, helping people
to get in and out. and taking their one
and two cent fares.
REACHED HIS IDEAL AT LAST
IN the interval Of unemployment
which had followed on the vacation OF
my previous posts | had enjoyed life
as a gentleman. Roth as a waiter ana
as a hotel porter | had accumulated
considerable sums of money, when en-
abled me to live for time i'm the style
BETTING a baron. lived at fashionable
hotels and Travelled IN the must luxur-
ious cars 10 the most expensive water
ing places ! ate sumptuous dinners
and gave princely tips to the menials
who waited on me. Altogether l nVed
nike an ariatocrat and so you can I'M
aglne that II was very difficult for me
TO stand on the steps Of shabby omnl-
bus and collect one-cent fares. More.
over. AZ offered me no opportunity or
saving enough money TO enjoy another
period of a life of luxury and so, as
contented with my lot, | abandoned the
occupation. From this period luck
seemed to have turned against me more
than ever. | suffered the depths OF des.
ttution and turned my hands 10 au
sorts OF occupation. ! went to Ham
burg and worked at the docks as y
casual laborer and in the summer
went down into the country district and
worked as harvester. The labor re-
nuired of me was exhausting and the
kind of occupation did not suit me at
all.
"Rebelling against my fate, | re-
solved that ! would do no more work
and compel society to MAINTAIN me-
hogan 10 travel about the country, beg
cling enough money to provide Tor my
maintenance This mode OF life mas lts
disadvantages. but on the whole | ma
A. preferable TO doing work unsuited
Ia NV aristocratic hands. | live IRE
Of leisure and my journeys on loot lead
me through some Of the most peautiiul
districts of Germany ! do not I'VE IN
LUXURY. but receive sufficient to ehaple
me 10 eat and drink and sleep IN COM
fort .,A ,u,,os
"sometimes my mode OF NE brings
me into conflict with the police, but |
nonyeniences with indifference and
eouan,mity I have become philoso-
nher and in this frame of mind ! can
assure Won I derive a certain ENJOY
ment out of life as a tramp IL afoiHs
mo n certain satisfaction to know that
I am not doing any more work than
should have done II had occupied my
proper position in society as Baron
n nleased me to think that after rate
and n hard world have treated me so
badly | have found a means OF living
NJ the expense of society m general,
Holding these views, ! do not suppose
that ( shall ever be anything else put
The police records reveal that baron
Bennlgsen has been imprisoned ~ llmles
for mendlcancy and wanderlngs With-
out visible means OF subsistence,