The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-10

1t was difficult to get in. for the Irish
! had monopoly of this field. He had
saved a little money while with A T.
Stewart. and this kept him for a month
or two. When his little hoard was
nearly spent and his situation was
getting desperate he took "a job in a
beer garden on the East side as porter.
IL was cheap little place on Four
teenth Street.
Long before daylight Louis began
his work For an hour before the es.
tablishment opened he was busy clean
ing There hardly is a more mental
a more dlsa sreeable task for any man
than that of bar room cleaning Louis
chafed at the employment. but he had
to live After everything had been
scrubbed or set to rights he had TO
turn his attention to the preparation
OF luncheon. There gas sort of res
taurant connected with the saloon and
Louis had to act as cook. prepare the
sandwiches. the soup and the few
modest dishes that were served to ac-
commodate the monday trade
The patrons OF that restaurant took
wide chances, Sometimes they got the
soup and sometimes the soup got thcrn
sometimes a gentleman would he di-
recting spoonful of noodles toward
his mouth when Louis. en- PEASANT. pre-
vented the noodles from making the
expected connection. II 1, was not
that Louis was so terribly sorry for
the fell work he did. the customers
would have been driven to other es-
Establishments. But they got to know
Louis and his ways. They lodged him
and prepared for his coming Some
OF them would not sit down until he
had all the things on the table. Others
ordered him to keep off while they
ate. But all of them gave tips to him.
he was an excellent cook. He tried
so hard to please and to overcome his
infrmity that Il was no wonder he
won sympathy He was so distressed
about the mishaps for which he was
responsible that he consurNd various
physicians These physicians were
Germans who came to the beer garden.
Louis asked them If there was no way
he might be cured of his awkward
tendencies. The physicians assured
him there was nothing in heaven or
on earth that could help him-that
It was simply a nervous and muscular
peculiarity to which tens of thousands
Of persons were subject.
1t was a case of mind and muscles
not working in harmony. To blame a
person for such an infirmitf was as
unfair as to hold one responsible for
being born lame. So nothing could be
done. Louis not only got the opinions
of the physicians without cost but ne
got tips from them besides. If II had
not been for the tips. Louis never would
have been content to stop in thai place.
He was nineteen when he went there.
He was twenty-five when he became
boss. In those six years, with true
German thrift. ne saved every dollar
he possibly could spare. His employer.
careless. prodigal. unstable, had got TO
drinking and TO gambling. One day,
unable 10 meet his obligations, he re-
ceived notice from the brewer that he
would have to get out. II was then
that Louis came forward and made
proposition to buy the place. He had
not quite enough money. but the brew
or gave him credit for the rema inder.
And Louis took charge.
The former proprietor. In his pursuit
of horse racing and other forms OF
gambling. had become Americanized
and neglected the German patronage
that previously had been the mainstay
of the place Louis was German, in
tensely German. He had not Is yet
fully mastered the English language.
He wanted German trade, the steady
sure. solid custom of dependable peo-
pie. He made a speciality of beers OF
the Fatherland and of dishes the Ger
mans loved. Every waking hour he
glasses. he smashed dishes. he caromed
against tables and bumped into the bar
But he made money and he made
friends He never Jared his patrons
feelings or their tastes.
Loniss little beer garden became
Little Germany. Everything sugges-
tive of the old country that he could
think of he introduced. Scenes from
the Rhine were painted on the walls.
and they were painted well. Busts of
the poets and philosophers were there.
and great soldiers and statesmen
whom the Germans loved There was
hardly a German publication of any
character that ne did not have on
file. AS soon az he could afford IT
he introduced music at his place. His
musicians were excellent and they
made speciality of German music.
Gradually the little beer garden be-
came too small for the business that
came to Louis He had to rent the
mouse adjoining and break through
the walls 10 extend his restaurant
service and his beer garden. The
place was earning reputation by
this time for the excellence of its
German beers. Louis knew at just
what temperatures his beers should be
served Some kegs were kept on ice
ior fourteen days before he had them
tapned, Others he kent etghteen and