Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-05

time at ones disposal, il is best Of
course to cut loose temporarily from
ones own nationality and strive Il"
realize by experience and observation
lust how things look to the foreigner nj
home Tie matter first in Importance
is to ;sct some idea Of til" nor" common
ANA continually active phases Of tn"
civil administration. which is very
highly Developed in detail. II" who
brings To this organism 4 mlnd fun al
a,ivtr<'. prejudice makes gray" mis-
take; for. even if he conduct himself
50 rs t. avoid external compiled ions,
he cannot escape the loss Of that sym
pAthN and understanding which would
have, been his had he approached the
mlttrr in Il more rational way. rms
is especially the ease if one VINO Is
cautious runs III, against the
PuiiZrianm,l dunggeSctZ The word and
tn. thing il Indicates are about equally
Formidable. at first sight, to the I'M
initiated foreigner 1t is 4 law re-
uniring that every removal from house
to hous, within the Empire, and every
removal into or cut from tn" Empire,
shall be reported to the police. Ger
tam 'Ih'Nli'' til' ii''' ''''' - 1850 N''
Ian vests in the police the authority t."
exercise considerable discretion in the
putting Of additional questions. Dur
irs; an evening call we met in our
hosts lirlnr an official mnt Of the
rnlicr drpartm"nD who is stationed at
Errmcn lie tnl, IL; that owing - III"
conditions IF 4 port the police At
Rr, men are. especially "n"u"irfi@
,in.lnlsi,i\.D. He had sought 10 avoid
answering certain questions. hut 1t was
of no use. Though h. was himself
GOV ernin,nt ell, ial. he was subjected
to- the same rule 4. others.
If ynl mHiiItlin ~ establishment o.
,nur own. YOU report its foundation or
removal to tlr. l.rlirr. II Nnu boar
nt u hM,l on rWh"r". ar il Won hire
r..nnl% AMI "ilkc yonr meals out. tn"
requirement If .\nn"llunS rests upon
huti Your If and N"ur lHndinrd u
either fulfill; il. All is We'll II both
neglect il. both IN. liable to fine, I'M
less il aI,l,.ti2: that Your failure was
due To- lack Of information. - long
as yea live in Il hotel Won comply with
tn" law without realizing: il; for tn"
entri"s You must make in registering
are handed in by the proprietor or his
agent. If Nuu live elsewhere You may
attend to thu matter yourself or take
YOUR chances We had been here two
weeks. and nothing had been said ab"u;
'anmeldiing. Growing curious to learn
what it looked like. l walked into the
nearest anmcl,lung- office one after
noon to make inquiries. The room
was plain ana looked "PoliZei' all
over Its sole occupant. n polio"
official Of orthodox proportions, sat in
state behind a long table covered with
hooks. After greeting him in TIL"
usual German fashion, told him that
| was n stranger who had arrived
fortnight before: had heard Of til"
poiiZcianmeldung but didn't fully I'M
derstand il, ana would like mforma-
ton.
That was all right, but he said the
time to attend to the matter was with |
in the first three days.
~ was told on the way across that il
was TWO weeks"
"That was mistake" he said. Then
he showed me a blank and told me ]
must fill ont two of them.
"Where shall | get them?'
AT the store right here on the cor
ner.
They came at two pfennige apiece-a
e. nj sfoE-She paif.-rEs ssE.s ~ szzrss 9essRxes,