The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-25
CITY THAT RESPECTS AGE
NOM. THE OLD FOIkS HONE
az THE GERHIN EMPIRE.
\ OHnE>Ier- Of 80 Looked Dow 10 pan and
the IItle Oli Ladies' Are InrIinrd
30 Atl,l Year or Two Even Onlclal-
dom IIoMS Down HrfoTr Then.

Bonn. on IN" kline. IL the old folks city
uf GermAnv Resides the regiment sta
toned there aud the few necessary trades
people the population is made up Of stu
dents and old people The students are
there ls.carr-. 81 the university and the old
people are Their" i-eca,isr they find IN Rom
quite the h.'-t Tlac,' pu earth To- spend their
last years
Oue-ularter Of the population consists
NJ r,ntierS le Icuple VINO live on safe
incomes. and 81 this quarter more than
half are wIIows In fact there are sew
"ral streets N Pom shown a. widows
rows. which are lined with villas. ordinary
! houses or SmIll apartments. according To
the size of the safe Incomes of the inhabi-
: tau'S
Instead 81 irving To disguise their age ~
i the wont 90 womank ind ths.-.. old ladies'
have 10 Keep taiS on each other that they
do not add year or two when no one il
lnokmg They ura all the lov.li.,-t little
"ld ladies with the Nhitc-t hair and tho
ItrL.~' r.,e,.ks and they all dress more OF
less a. - with htth" hlack hnnnet. plain
hlnrk gown with a hu,iir-a cat a WEE. hit
low az M. neck aud u shoulder cape Of
Lace "r silk There - only one exception
Younger than .hr j.: hm size - o=t racizrd
from the I.'S' ~o,'i--v aud - ia a"lGs- all
hv u"r.,'lr Viih her lavender dresses. false
rurl~ and hugrri" hats
/ The old men 81 this city are no less in o.
t"r-~tIug Every dav IN the noon hour
when IA. y'lldrrn come. home from school.
they stop nv front 81 ~" library Windows
Of tu" most fashionable ,luh IN town and
- = 4
] un iusid" against "A background Of ont
spread news rau'rs liut hey do not lar"
/ gIgRl" auiilly fur To show any dI~respar'
''pv.rl 49, old ,til.u~ il 10 commit a.
J. grav' a ori'n" IN Bonn - to insult the
kai~"r IN I.rlu.
Vt night alter dinner l. the real time
when 'h" grtNSp ards Assemble MANY
many v-t-- 400. Whom the rlIh was first
established. thor" Wa 3 group uf rl-~-n
mon vino hIud"d fug..'u..r Jui agreed 20
meet a. h" Stl'uil-'h. a 'ahl' SERVED
Tor Them. every d.-v ~ ih"s" "L.veu
-lN ~" -tuil living. each - specimen "f
IuViul uld IYr llr,,t ft.'r. - b. C;.'n.ral
who "alk- A. straight "a "a raInrOd and
who salut"- ri- ,HInrad'.- ~ -" military
fashion, ta'U then" - tie retired MSlur
whr would !ls" Gee walk the WAY IT, used
-. but l. row forced 80 let ms shoulders
drrop under ~" weight / AIs ''ear- ard
his oa-'- %" rtlri L. a." proud pos
Session % 600" lunE"~t aud the whitost
h"a-d in 'h" r'1~'. and 'h" fourth Riorie~
in IN" tArf that h. never asked doctor
a QUESTION d. ms hi' the fifth counts
uiu"ty-twu years =" hl- CREDIT. buf WORKS
- hard owe. hi- books all uay long that
bee docs not urd the tan" o." attend IN"
club regularly. Ne used To- walk there
AVID back IA all sorts Of weather dts
'arC" Of a fntIr or =" but now he has Ia
ride on" way much To- hi= disgust How
ever. h" won't admit that hes growing
did aud insists that is only rheumatism
he's GOT in hi- bouss. Then be Is re-
assured in hl. belief that he - still very
vorug. when the niuetv- ive-vcar -old