Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-14

floor in the morning, where they remain
until they are used. When a customer
wants beer he picks out stein. takes 1T to
one of the basins of running water which
line the walls and washes 1t himself Then
he carries it to the counter and hands 1t
over to the bartender, who fills 1t with
beer from the barrel There are 100 stems
of beer in each barrel, and from 80 to 100
barrels are consumed each day. The price
is cents stein, and the profits support
the hospitals of the city. although the king
could claim them If he desired to do SO, as
the brewery and the Hoffbrauhaus belong to
him by inheritance.
Good Dinner Cheap.
You can get a good luncheon or dinner
of soup, stewed meat, sausage, cold meats,
bread etc, for few centimes, and more
than thousand working people go to the
Hoffbrauhaus every day. But the have to
wait on themselves There are no attend
ants. The bill of fare with prices attached,
is written upon a bulletin board in con-
spicuous place; hundreds Of plates are
stacked upon shelves along the corridor
that leads to the kitchen, and a bushel or
two Of cheap knives and forks are within
reach. The customer helps himself to
these, puts the money in his plate and tells
He stands in line and takes his turn until
he is served, and then he finds seat for
himself at one of the long tables. When
he has finished eating: he leaves the dishes
women and carried out to be washed. A
plate of nourishing soup is sold for cents,
a meat stew with dumplings for 10 cents,
a large portion of Frankfurter sausages,
with potato salad, enough for a Teuton
teamster, for 10 cents. and cube of rye
bread about six inches square for cents.
Any one of these portions is enough for
meal for an ordinary workingman.
OF course, every one knows that the beer
of Munich is famous, and it is one of the
oldest and greatest industries of the city.
In the year 1900 twelve of the largest brew
cries in the world were at Munich, but to-
day there are only four, the others having
consolidated, but each of the four is sew
eral times as large as al the original brau-
hauses combined Munich produces more
beer than any city in the world, and it is
made, chiefly from brown barley, which
gives it it's deep dark color.
Municipal Ownership.
There is a good deal of municipal owner
ship in addition to beer and wine. The alb
attoirs belong to the city and are managed
by the sanitary department. There is a
cold storage warehouse, also belonging to
the city, which cost, 81 500 COO in $780, The
abattoirs were built in 1876 and cover an
area of twenty-five acres.
Near by is a permanent fair ground, a
large common belonging to the king, which,
since 1910. has been devoted to agricultural
and Industrial exhibitions, athletic sports.
horse racing, cattle shows, shooting matches
and various fetes and festivals. There is
something doing there all the time. Just
now 1t is schutzenfest. Every town in
the kingdom has sent its champions to con-
test for the royal prize.
Overlooking the fair grounds upon the
summit of a cliff stands colossal figure
of Teutonic woman with one hand upon
the name Of Bavarian lion, and the other
raised above her head grasping a wreath
OF oak leaves. This 10 one of the greatest