The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-11

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The FATHEHLANp.
Fine o. Five Dollars Tor HsbukIng .
Telephone citI--A skIss In the
Streets Of Russia Costs
Three Dollars. =

There are places in Germany where
you must be very careful what you
wear. In Saxony you are liable to get
| run IN as a socialist If you don "A red
tie. and at Ketschendorf a visitor re-
ceivcd a visit and reprimand from the
local police because he wrote them u
letter In red ink.
Ems has put it's foot down about
long trains. Ladies' are forbidden
to wear them while taking the waters
or attending the promenade concerts.
The notice points out the danger of
causing dust to fly where there are
80 many invalids. There Is a grain
OF comfort for the smart woman Wis
ltor at the end OF the notice, in the
shape of an order that men shall mot
smoke during the hours when the In.
yalids are taking their walks.
The town council of Herrnskrechen
goes further than that of Ebs. Its
law runs: -"'rhe dragging of ladies'
dresses is forbidden on pain Of a
| fine Of 20 crowns A similar enact.
ment has recently come into force at
Nordliausen. A fine OF two dollars
is the penalty for the first offense,
$3.50 for the second. and a days i'm.
! plisonment for the third.
Germany. take It all around, is more
full of ridiculous and tiresome rules
and regulations, than any other cotin-
try on earth. Paragraph 6S Of the
municipal regulations governing bur-
Ials- at Glessen, in Hesse, was as fol.
lows "Interments are only permit
ted after death has taken place. In
all other cases certificate signed by
the mayor is required Moral: Don't
incur the enmity of the mayor of
Giessen or you may find yourself un.
dergrOund before you are ready.
! Seriously speaking. there is one
thing which the visitor to Germany
should be most careful about not to
Insult any government OFFICIAL. The
German idea of insult Is different from
ours. A tourist who. after long de.
lay at Carlsruhc telephone, cried:
Are You asleep. miss?" was arrest
ed and fined Ave dollars for IAN un-
justifiable insult
In Hamburg the street car regula-
tlons are no dead letter. When the
car is full sign "BesetZt' is hung
out. meaning occupied" Surprising
a lady, then, gets In and man, gets
up and offers her his seat. he. unfor-
tunate fellow. is promptly elected by
the conductor
In Russia kisses given In public,
. whether in the street or a restaurant.
, or even at the open window OF a pri'
vate house are actionable. A kiss in
, the open strestss costs the offender
, three dollars. 1t Is a sober fact that
, In Russia man may not kiss his wife
, In public. F'.H fre
> France has number Of laws
which strikes the stranger as odd
II Is, for instance, illegal to take water
from the sea. You see. you might be
going to make salt, which is gov
ernment monopoly. Another enact
ment, not bad one In Its way, but
which would be very likely to be in
fringed by American families travel
= Ing with children. is to the effect that
no solid food may be given to babies
under one year old Also nurses may
: not use for their charges any sort OF
) feeding bottle with rubber tube. The
idea Is that rubber tubes harbor pol
sonous impurities. fsr
Nothing Is more apt to raise the
suspicion OF the foreign official than
2 the ordinary camera. In many places
a Isuch as Metz and Strasburg, 1t Is as
8 much as your liberty Is worth to be
5 seen snapshooting, at least anywhere
I near the Notifications. In Pompei
D you must pay for each photo You take
4 In Morocco the camera is source Of
v danger to It's owner. and at Constan
+ Itinople 1t Is forbidden~to carry any
Photographic apparatus anywhere
r uear the sultar's palace,--Baltimor'
News.