Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-24

career. One of them is the burgomaster
or mayor, who is selected from among
many candidates who have had expe
rience in less important positions anc
have distinguished themselves for exec
utive ability and the faculty of handling
municipal problems.
When there is a vacancy in the office OF
burgomaSter advertisements are usually
published in newspapers which deal witt
municipal affairs, or the town council ap
points a committee to look up suitable
man to take the place. The other sever
paid officials are the heads of the differ
ent departments, the chief engineer
health officer. city architect, superintend
selected in the same way, subject to the
nominal approval of the king. who. how
ever. does not interfere.
The kaiser declined to approve the Sc
eral years ago and that office remained
vacant for two or three years.
Every one of the paid city officials OF
Halle Is an expert chosen for pecu
liar qualifications which had been demon
strated before in other smaller cities be-
fore he was elected to his present posi-
ton.
The magistrat of Halle holds in trus
about So 10000 of funds bequeathed from
time to time by benevolent people for ed
ucational, charita BILE and other patriotic
purposes. 1t is customary in Germany t.
select municipal officials in preference tt
private citizens as trustees.
The art gallery, the museum, the con
servatory of music. technical schoo
and other institutions under municipa
control enjoy certain revenue from pri
vate endowments. In the matter OF FREE
scholarships selections are made by tint
city Officials; new pictures for the ar
gallery are purchased by the committee
which has supervision of that institution
and funds for the relief of the poor ART
disbursed through official agencies.
This is considered more prudent, prac
teal and economical than the creation o.
special boards of trustees.
Rapidly Growing City.
Halle has been a rapidly growing cit!
for several years and people are surprised
when they are told that its population
has increased from 100000 in 1880 to 49,.
OOO in 1910 You can see the growth
however. If You drive about. The evil
dences are just as manifest as they would
be in Minneapolis or Chicago.
In the old part of the city the streets
are narrow and crooked, without side
walks and only wide enough to allow two
carts to pass. Tall houses rise on either
side. sometimes seven stories, with foul
stories in the roof.
The attic rooms are lighted by score:
Of little dormer windows like pigeOr
cotes. and you wonder how people car
/ live up there. But when one enters those
ancient dwellings he finds large. lofty
apartments with polished floors and splen
did old oak finishing. Sometimes the
carving is elaborate and very artistic.
When these ancient houses are tori
down. as they sometimes are, the oal
wainscoting. mantels, doors. window
seats. hall benches and other woodwork
command high prices. perhaps ten time!
as much as the original cost, and are
| used in modern palaces that rich mer
build in Berlin. Leipzig. Halle and Other
German cities. great deal of 1t na:
been shipped to the United States. ant
you have doubtless seen some of ii ir
| the modern mansions of our milliOnaires.
Street car lines run from market square
| in every direction into the suburbs. The
outskirts of the city are fringed witt
| beautiful villas and gardens. which make
Halle one of the most attractive places II
Germany. The university, the cultured
society, and other inducements havN
drawn many families Of means to reside
| there.
The opera is subsidized by the city; the
/ opera house is a municipal institution
| and the performances are kept up to thu
| same standard Of perfection as those O
| Dresden. Weimar, Leipzig and other Ger
| man cities. where seyenness and accurac!
| are more to be encouraged than the EN-
ployment Of brilliant prima donnas ant
/ tenOrS.
| You wonder where the supply of oner;
singers comes from. Every one OF thes