Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-29
THE German ADJ
vancc--Berlin,
the Splendid.

structed to conform With the plans Of the
fathers, but Washington is only one-tenth
as large-a city as Berlin, And then no
other city. however perfect its ground plan.
has had the good fortune to have as its
chief citizen king with the absolute right
to determine the height OF every building
erected. Exercising this right, the kaiser
has forced every builder in every street to
conform TO the uniform regulations and
this has given Berlin q perfect skyline.
Modern Germany has evolved new
school OF architecture which has taken the
lines OF its gothic cathedrals and has
adapted them TO the requirements Of mod
ern industrial enterprises. The great de-
partment stores and wholesale concerns In
Berlin are housed in buildings of dis
tinctive and individual character which add
greatly to the beauty OF the city, ana
which, at the same time, are In them
selves monuments to the new Germany.
This distinctly new architectural style is
one Of Beriln's chief attractions.
Strangely enough these new Germans
have failed in their more ambitious archi-
tectural endeavors, in most Of which they
chung to older fashions, and as result
Berlin Is lacking In great buildings The
emperoT|s palace is oonglomerate mass
OF additions and extensions without any
10TH oE AbhAHH AAN AsNAoShoNse
building IL very like the library congress
in washington, except that It IL even more
ginEerbready. The modern cathedral re-
sembles nothing so much AZ 4 new county
court house OF a prosperous Nebraska COM
munity. In all Of these buildings mass has
been the object sought and attained, beauty
being subordinated.
Berlin has three things which compel ana
hold the interest and attention of every
visitor-its restaurants. its apartment
houses and It's uniforms. 1t has the largest
restaurant In the world, II has moro res
taurants, 1t has more distinct system OF
classification among its restaurants, and II
has q larger restaurant patronage than any
other city. There are scores OF autonlats
in which coin-in-the-slot machines take the
place Of servants, there are hundreds OF
wine restaurants in which one must pay
for wine with his food whether he drinks
1t or not, and there are thousands and
thousands OF beer restaurants in which
one must buy beer. 1t Is impossible TO be
served with beer in wine restaurant until
after one has already consumed a bottle OF
wine. In the beer restaurants one must
confine himself to beer There are restaur-
ants for army officers restaurants for
soldiers, restaurants for aristocrats ana
restaurants for the proletarlat.
These restaurants are always hlied and
It follows that Berlin Is a very gay town.
Berliners, and some Others insist that Paris
is rather tame in comparison. Certain It
is that night life in the German capital 10
as gay as even the gayest might WISH
The apartment house has reached its
highest development In Berlin, the pre-
tensions of various American cities TO the
contrary notwithstanding. Several quarters
Of the city are devoted almost entirely to
apartment houses, and 1t must be said
that they are model institutions of their
kind In the best quarter of the city one
can get a five-room apartment finished in
hardwood, with parquet floors throughout,
automatic elevator service, hot and cold
water, telephone service, light and heat
and janitor service included for $50 q
month. And in conformity with the rigid
building laws. every room Of the apartment
must be an outside room, the ceilings must
be high and there must be perfect venti-
lation and plumbing. Extertorly these
apartment houses are the equals OF the best
class of American buildings, and on account
OF the fact that they are arranged on
streets in which they must conform to q
certain skyline. the general appearance Is
very much better.
But Berlins most impressive and COM
Polling feature is it's uniforms The police
are gorgeously clad, and their name is
; legion A busy corner vial have twelve
policemen constantly at work regulating
the traffic, and it must be said that they
do their work well. Not even London or
New York has finer lot OF men on the
police force. There Is usually regiment
marching through the street, but. failing
that there is always steady stream OF
promenadng officers whose FURNISHED he'll
NETS force one to remember that this IL
the imperial capital Of an imperial nation
which aims at the reconstruction OF the
: imperial estate of inperiad Rome
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+ Fomorrow-The\ German >-Avanoo. xxvI
The Growth Of luxury.