Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-19
TROUSERS ARE
 REFORM TOPIC
Berlin Men Want to Revise Style of Mems Dress
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 HAVE A DIFFICULT TASK | BERLIN. July iS.-A society of
 some seventy persons has. been or ganized in Berlin for the purpose Of reforming the style of mems gar ments. It is composed Of persons from all sorts of professions and aims at seolshlng trousers substituting knickerboekers; while coat and waist coat are to give away to a sort of loose blouse hanging well down to the knees Linen Of all sorts is to be discarded.
 The newspapers Urea, the matter as more or less as absurd: and some of them challenge the members Of the society themselves to appear in pub lie in the new garb. The Cologne Ca zette goes deeper and points out that Germany can nave no influence over the worlds fashions for mems cloth ing because of the predomipance of the military uniform over civilian clothing here where even the empor- CT never lays aside his helmet for six hat
 1t thinks that the fashions for the mems garments will continue to be set at London. for "a popular dandy of London clubdom has more influence in setting the fashions than the whole of this society of German scholars, ar tists and writers
 Wagner, the composer was a red revolutiOnist in his early life and had to flee from Germany on that ac- count That period or his career has been recalled by a trial in one or the Berlin courts.
 A little anarchist weekly, Der Treie Arbeiter," reprinted an article signed Richard Wagner. which was much in the vein of the presentday anarchists in it's attitude toward the governments. The States Attorney saw this article and supposed that it was by some living writer of that name. He accordingly brought suit against the editor ol the newspaper for incouraging disobedienoe of the laws and melting to class hatred. The editor, however, pleaded that the ar licle was a verbatim copy Of one written by the great composer in lS49 and reproduced iu a recent book on Wagner's life.
 The prosecutor declined to admit this plea as valid. He said he would still bring suit against Wagner him self if he were within the iurisdic- tiOn of the court and he moved to sentence the editor to Imprisonment for four months. The court, however acquitted him on the ground that the article was only a poetical glcriGca- tion Of revolution in general terms, without the grave character attTibut- e,i to it by the prosecutor.
 Now that cremation has been made lawful in Prussia by the passage Of a bill for that purpose, strong move ment for the erection of crematories in PrUssian towns has set in. Berlin Is about 10 decide to erect one. Char lottenburs and Schoeneberg have al. ready voted 10 do so. and several others of BerIin's suburbs have talk en the first steps toward action. Col ogne is also expected 10 act very soon, the City Council having de cided as early as the year 1907 to ac-I cept a legacy for the purpose of er-t ecting a crematory. The city of Bonn has begun to prepare a measure for he town council authorizing the er- eetion Of a crematory. Many other of he towns have taken the first step toward reaching a decision in the mat ter.
 In some or these prsbably no crema- ! tory can be erected owing to lack of sufficient support in the city councils. The clerical party was able 10 graft into the bill in the Diet au amend ment requiring that Q decision to er- ect a crematory must De carried by a !. two-thirds majority of the city council l or other local legislative boards.
 < society has recently been formed at Berlin for the purpose of stamping out bribery in business transactions. ! For years the newspapers have been filled with complaints of the growing nractice Of bribing the subordinate officials of companies and firms by manufacturers who erdeavor thus to get their goods introduced. IL is assert cd that such bribery has grown so frequent that a manufacturer who re-
 fuses to make underhand arrange ments to get his goods taken upon in- itial order stands but little chance of making sales to new customers. American houses doing business in Germany have especially had cause to complain of this evil
 The society which has just been or Eanized is a national one and more than zoo individual manufacturing companies and firms, beside about ca chambers Of commerce and other com mercial bodies. have attached them selves to it. It has opened permanent . headquarters In Berlin, and will carry on active pronaganda against com mercial bribery.