The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-29

In9 impression Of CLEANLINESS given oy
the hoes@ 10 supported By ths streets that
seem 10 have been freshly manlsured over
night and thsTs arc no holss In tho pave
ments such a. Disgrace even Fifth avenuo
In New YOFk. The buildings are Of stons
o. Osmsnt that does not vary q great dsal
IN color. They are from four 10 alK stories
In height throughout nearly all Of tho city.
municipal regulation forhiading tho eT0o-
ton a akysorapsS: and thsFe arc few
vacant building lots. construction having
extended OOmpaOtly. YSt tho uniformity
y not Oppressive a. was that q the rows
Of brOWnsoOns fronts that q generation
aGo were tAs pride Of New York. Taxi
Caha and the Opsn dEoahkyssO abound that
In any Of the central parts Of the city an
upAftsd finger win bring ons Immediately
10 osrvioo. and the fares are 20 low that
Il seems mlssTiy 10 uss tho trAmcars.
Ths people likewise ere ClsaB. and APP
paTontly all Of ths TeutOniO race. In New
York and Chicago the yellow and the black
races are much in svidsnoe. but not In
Berlin, where people on the streets turned
around 70 look at our colOred porter.
Two soldiers are passing. Suddenly
thsir hands risS in salute. Approaching
them IL an odicsr. tall and sinister. wear
Ing q towering cap without visor and q
closs fitting Ovsrcoat that reaches quite
10 the ankles. His hand also In AZ salute.
Onlcer and soldioFs maintain thia position
eye to eye a. they pass. and each turns.
nOt disoOOtinuing the salute until they
have passed I've feet OE more. Tia game
Of the man is hns and STRAIGHTFORWARD.
that Of the Officer q condssoendinR losF.
Later ! saw many OtlceEs and nearly all
with o0untenanoss opsn and honest
although sasTp and Weatherbeaten. That
first impression q German militarism
was forbiddinG and certainly deceptive.
Yet unless looks belle the man the Kaiser
has on the roster % his officers the name
81 at least one dOmiuesFing brute.
On the afternoon o. that frst day In
Berlin heard q sound Hike that Of the bell
rung outside a store In an interior town
where an auction 10 In nre=-==. J
i0OaSSi around for the rod iag that usually
accompanies the bell. but my eyes fell
upop a verv Old saahinnod 0ts.m .0v,n.
abo,rt half tha ulva ~ en- ~ sho~. n ~.
An New York ar.d c,ion1o. n "a. D,ll.5
nv two horuna who w-ra wllAIv S.IIo-,.
Ing. while . man On the sat beside the
driver was ringing . hand boil. AZ an
interval % ffey or sixty'fsst came the
hoor ana I-.1ss, "a an s,,,aIl,, ,,-s,.,,,,,s
tvuo AZ n awlI.vlv woA.s.aa - r.
uavaloaAa satrar4o.a Ilstla .1a~,sIon ~
different fpun tha ao.CtnClo m ans -.
American ciev 49, g.. = ~. s,n,,,.S
The oloarin1 ~ sh~ -. AZ - $780,.
az the auaomnsio go. sDd -, ~.
s,Irun "a Iooh al what n IN, az -.
pr~~usve pa~nnna
Ths Germans eat. Thsv eat MANY timau
a day. and thav cat a sa.,d daal 49, -.
onloss inwhloh sandwiches are the motive
for a recess IN the morning and for another
in tho afternoon. Thlaia 10 saw DotbIng ~
the beer. Anirrsverrnt por,on reroaySs1.
You can see these Germans AZ a theaars
during q tragedy. when every character
On the stare a bsina klIIed munchin0
away az their sandwiches In Berlin are
restaurants q tremendous capacity; At
beast one Of them he's seating acoommOda-
tons for 1OOO peFnona. and the food IA
good, well asrved and cheap. Alta almmNr
resort q building erected around two sides
Of a square has a ssriss u porChsu rising in
shres tiers on which arc tables and chairs
for nearly AOOO persons. In the hollow
Of the rootanRla Graas covered terraopu
lead down 70 a lake with boats that are
illuminated az night. Here Of a summer
evening apparently every scat wa Occu-
pied with clerks. small ahopkesperu, wage
workers. all with their families. and ali
clean and orderly, dining on rood fare
served at prices within their means. I
asked. why cannot this sort Of thing BE-
done in New York; The reply was. Can
you conceive Of 1000 persons such an thee
eating and drinking throuRhout the eve
ming in New YORK without there being a
single case Of drunksnnsas or the flrst nerd
for a polioeman7' thought could and
instanosd the Orderliness Of the crowds AZ
COnsy Island.
II IL not alone the middle claaaoa Of
Germany that are fond oS eating. One
night Was AZ a dinner Riven tv thu az
knOwledged head Of one Of the Errat in
dustries. a man who. a. he told mo began
the head Of an lBdussrial oorpor.tion ,v.,
like the United States AZ Al thI. -
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