Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-02

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Hanover, we set out in IN optimistic
| was fine house. in which the good
| points Of the past were combined with
| the improvements of the present. The
| Austrian landlady made point of
| offering excellent accommodations
with or without pension" to "Germans
| and foreigners" We felt that this
| fold was broad enough to take us In,
50 We stayed; but, as we never knew
where we should be when one Of the
| numerous German meal-times re-
CURED, we left the "pcnsiOn" out Of
the contract. We found ourselves 10
Gated near one of the beautiful squares
ard within easy electric connection
with-everywhcre.
The last thing at night we placed
our shoes outside the chamber door; in
| the morning we took them in. well
BACKED and polished. Presently there
was a soft tread alcng the hall floor
| a light rustic of skirts. suggesting a
| consi,lerate maiden who would not
willingly disturb ones morning nap-a
light click on the threshOld-and the
Stcps reccded. We opened the door
again and looked down. 1t was the
pitcher of hot water. When our toilet
was completed, the steps returned; and
this time there was n light tap on the
door, We opened it. There was
large tray covered with a neat white
cloth; rolls IF the most delicious white
bread Imaginable; a generous heap Of
sugar-squares: plenty of boiled milk
and cream; cups. plates. and a gener-
,.t.. Anr
charming vision smiled the rosy
countenanco of a farmers daughter,
who. before our stay was over. had
proven herself as intelligent as she was
good natured. We afterward learned
that she had been with our landlady
four years Il fact which was a strong
recommendation to both parties. Her
regular wages amounted to two hun
bred and forty marks per year. which
is especially high. HOuSemaids gen.
orally receive from one hundred and
fifty to one hundred and eighty marks.
ma ids all-wOrk one hundred fifty
and up, cooks two hundred and up.
Each is supposed to receive Christ
mas present worth twenty or thirty
parks. The girl in this instance
cooked eXcellently in addition to her
other services. The only free time she
had was from about five 2. NJ. to ten
=. NJ. every second Sunday.
AS the number of guests in the house
increased. additional help became
necessary, and a good faithful. elderly
woman was engaged for each forenoon
at a cost of twenty pfennige an hour.
She was what is called 4 "PutZfrau" or
scrubWcman. When employed for
whole days they work from eight
O'clock till eight for one mark twenty
five pfennige and food. WasherwOmen
receive one mark seventy-five. and
dressmarkers from one and a half to
two marks a day.
After "I<affee'' had been disposed of.
I went to the Bahnhof. where a num-
Der of porters with two-wheeled carts
awaited jobs. Each wore a red cap,
encircled by broad black band and
adorned with visor On the front OF
each cap was Il brass plate bearing a
number with a German word on each |
side of it. The one selected was
marked: Selbst IS Dienstmann-that |
is. Selbststaendiger Dienstamann On
dependent porter No. 80. Informed of |
the nature and destination of the bag |
gage required. No. SO took the check |
ana got the trunk. This he deposited |
upon his little "Karre.'' and, placing |
himself between the handles drew it to |
its destination, ten minutes walk. |
Here he stopped for further directions |
"Erste Etage. links" and. shouldering
the trunk. he carried it upstairs to the
l"">tion indicated. The remuneration
for such service is fixed by law. and
ranges from twenty-five pfennige to
one mark. according to distance
(whethcr within the city proper or to
snburbs) and according to weight
from the least to one hundred kilo-
gramS) Every fifty Kilograms over
one hundred entities the Dienstmann to
IN extra ten or twenty pfenniee. ac-
cor1ing to distance.
After getting settled" we sailed
forth to see something Of Hanover 1t
was task impossible to complete in
one day, or. indeed. in the several DAYS
whi' h We devoted to the effort. Brief |
mention Of Il few Of the places visited
is all which available space will per-
nit.
The EeuStaedter Kirchhof is situated
on the Langenaube. in the northern
l'sh - me citS- We passed up the GEN. |
tral walk of this cemetery until we
came To two remarkable monuments |
AT our right lowered n life-siZe like
ness. engraved i'm outline upon a black
stone. of the "Great Christopher"
man eight feet six inches in height,
who died in 117G. Turning about, we
found ourselves face to face with the
image of Anna Margreta Borcherdings.
a maiden of sixteen years, who was
said to have died of tight-lacing. She Is
Is occasionally referred to by the If
reverent- minded as the "Schnurkar-
line" or "tight-laced Carrie" After
duly contemplating these rude works of
metropolitan art, we returned to the
A few steps up the broad street, we
the KoenigSworterplatz and
entered Herrenhaeuser Alice. This
magnificent avenue. more than q mile
in length and one hundred and twenty {
feet in width. was made in 1926 1t is
adorned by thirteen hundred and
twelve inden-treeS, arranged in four
rows as straight as an arrow. The I