Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-23
rooms, free apollinaris water. perfumery
and other delicacies Of the season.
For Display at Funerals.
Some Were $I.5o.

In Washington and in nearly all the
southern cities Of the United States the
colored people have burial societies"
which guarantee to their members a GER
tain amount OF display at their funerals
when they die-a matter in which that
race takes especial satisfaction. There
are friendly societies in other parts
Of the United States and In England
which perform similar functions and also
provide for the relief OF members VINO
become sick or injured. but nowhere Is
there such an extensive organization OF
local sick clubs.' as they are called. as
in the manufacturing cities OF Germany
They are especially large and prosperous
in Hanover and Leipzig. There were
port with 1900 members. and fifty-four
in Leipzig with 141.OOO members. The
Leiuzig societies have organized for CO
operation and have thus been able to pro-
vide facilities for taking care OF the sick
and the injured that do not exist in other
German cities.
The ordinary local sick club insures
medical attendance. proper nursing, free
medicine, decent burial and provision for
dependent wives and children for term
Of years by the assessment method, and
the numerical strength of the clubs IS so
great as to make the assessments merely
nominal. In addition to these ordinary
provisions. the Leipzig clubs have joint
ingian forest. where they have estab-
lished outdoor hospitals for tuberculosis
members. During the twelve years they
have been in operation, lO,03l consump-
tives have been taken care of.
The Leipzig local sick clubs have estab-
lished a nursing home. with eighty beds.
which is said to be one Of the best in
stitutions of the kind in Germany. These
sick clubs are usually organized among
the members of the labor unions, each
trade having It's own club.
Municipal Employment Bureaus.
Hanover and nearly all the other large
German cities have municipal employ
ment agencies. where mechanics, laborers
and workingmen generally: buffers. coach
men and other household servants can
register. and where card indexes are kept
giving the age. experience and other in
formation that will be naturally desired
concerning applicants. All household
servants are required to have working
cards which are obtained at headquarters
Of the police precinct In which they are
employed That card is inscribed with
their name, nativity. age. name and resi-
dence OF parents. guardian or some
| friend; the names Of the persons in whose
| employment the owner has been and the
character given at previous places of
| service. It also contains information as
| to the wages and terms OF present en-
ployment and must be filed at police
| headquarters. II there is any cause of
| complaint on either side It must be made
| to the police. II servant Is discharged
| for cause a record will be made OF the
| fact which will prevent the maid, cook,
butler coachman or whoever is concern
| ed from obtaining another position. On
| the other hand II the employer does not
| treat his servants sQuarely and kindly.
| that fact Is made a matter OF record for
the information OF any person who may
| be seeking employment with him. The
police investigate complaints on both
| sides and their judgment Is recorded.
| The same rules apply to all persons
| taking advantage OF the municipal en-
ployment agency.
In nearly all the German cities are
| savings banks, pawn shops. health and
age insurance companies and other
| charitable organizations, which are under
| the supervision OF the government. and
| are conducted with the strictest economy.
| so that working people In distress may
| be relieved as promptly and completely
| as possible. All household servants are
| insured in municipal companies at the ex-
| pense of their employers. The premiums
are paid monthly by placing ordinary
| postage stamps upon card furnished Tor
| that purpose When a house maid
| changes employment she gets new card
| and presents II every month at, the insur-
| ance Office where the stamps placed upon
| IL by her employer arc Cancelled. II she
is i'll, injured or incapacitated III an!