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THE SCKANTON TJtlBUNJS.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 189S.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1S8S.
WHAT IT CpSTS TO
LIVE IN MUCUCH
Housekeeping In a German Clly Ex
plained in Detail.
SOME INTERESTING COMPARISONS
Some l'lcurcM n to Rent, rood, Scr
vnnls. WiisIiIiik, Klc, in tin) Huviir
inn Onpltul.-'i'ho .Unrli lis Com
pared with the Dollm.
Philip !. HuliiTl. Jr.. In the New York
l'.vcnliiK Post.
Tho llfKt thiiiK thnt a man with h
family Iiiih to do unon iirrlvliiK In the
(U'inmii city where ho hiu decided to
live. Is to llnd nil nmtl intent. Hotels
mo out of the question upon the score
of expciiKe, and even If money I no
object, ti Rood biiardliiK-hnuse Is to be
preferred to a hotel If one wishes to
learn anything of the lniiRiinKP. An
American nilsht live In u Dresden or
llorlln hotel for ten years wlthou.
IcarnliiK rtioush (Sennan to get nlonK
with In the shop; In a boanllnK-hoiise
he will be sure to hear ricnu.in at
every meal, and will hi-Rln almost un
consciously to absorb It. Hut for per
sons of moderate means and a Inmlly
even bnardhiR-houscs are expensive.
1 should say that the prices of board
in Rood Herlln pensions ate nearly
qiuil to New York prices for .lmlllnr
ncconimodatlons. In Dresden prices are
lower, and In Munich fair boaid may be
lind In pleasant quarters for about n
dollar a day oer person, or perhaps a
llltle less. I'or comfort nnd econonn.
however, an apartment In which a fam
ily may keep house is necessary, and
the day after I Rot to Munich I started
out to llnd what 1 felt sine must be
waiting for me nn aoartment or five
or six room, comfortably furnished,
nnd at a moderate rental.
nonsi: iu'ntincs.
After a day's hard work I Mas by
no means so .sure of It. To bepju with,
the muter of the excellent hotel at
which we tint tip informed me that
theie weie no such thinps as good fur
nished apartments In Munich; rcspect
nbte Americans like ourselves, he told
me, always lived at respectable hotels
like the one we weve In. and where my
bill, by the wav, for four adults, one
small child and a maid, was twelve
dollars a day. I sallied forth, never
theless, and notwithstanding my lim
ited knowledge of Herman, managed
to find out that there was some tiuth
In what the man said; that Is to say,
no one seemed to make a business of
furnishing npartment.s for renting. 1
walked for miles through the best
quarters of the town. Inspecting the
placards on the doois. Not one fur
nished nnartment did I llnd. Kvery
house seemed to have single rooms,
nicely furnished, to rent, and there
were plenty of unfurnished apartments.
Finally, nfter a day's hard and wasted
work, 1 did what all Americans In
quest of anything ought to begin by
doing, I called on our consul for help.
Our excellent consul, since then dis
placed' under the pirnlcloi system
that turns a consul out as soon as he
knows enough of a country and city
to be of use to stranccrs, was Mr. .1.
I. Corning, who took me to the office
of a house auent and explained what
I wanted. He also suggested that a
short advertisement in the leading
newspaper might save time and
trouble. The agent gave me the ad
dresses of a dozen furnished fiats,
and I put a demand for what T want
ed Into the Neueste Nachrlchten, Mu
nich's best nnd practically only news
paper. 1 also discovered not only that
furnished flats were to be had, but
that I could lent an un funds lied Hat
nnd have It furnished with everything
requisite for housekeeping, paying so
much a month for the use of the fur
niture. There are two large firms in
Munich, one In Dresden, nnd several
In Berlin that rent furniture In this
way, and supply even silverware, china
nnd linen.
The next da, armed with a number
of permits from the house-agent theiv
Is but one so far as 1 know In Munich
we tramped the streets until dark
nnd found nothing to suit. Hut we
learned a great deal about house-hunting
in Ciermany, which may be of In
tercut and value to those wjio think of
a year In Europe as a good thing for
the children, and a good way of sav
ing money. AVIth us In Niw York a
tenant gives his landlord tlnee month's
notice of his Intention to leave; in Ger
many the time Is six months, and n
unfurnished apartment is rented for
less than a yenr; so that, although
many houses had bllLs on them, these
referred to apartments that would be
vacant live or six months later, or even
a year later. It Is not worth while to
try to llnd a decent apartment for less
thnn ix months, Whenever I asked
the price of nn apartment for three
months I found that the sum named
was very little, if any. below what
would be nsked for six months. Her
mans cannot understand people who
want to move every three months.
ADVKRTISINO.
After experience in apartment-hunt
ing In both Munich nnd Dresden. I
found that advertising Is the quickest
nnd virtually only way of finding what
one wants, for as no one makes a reg
ular business of furnishing apartments
for rental, and the real-estate agent Is
nlinost unknown, theie Is no regular
market or exchange for apartment..
But in every large city there aro peo
ple who for one re,as.qo or another want
to get awny nnii.havo apartments on
their hands. A' short advertisement
Betting forth exnck'ly what you need,
the number of rooms, 'iunrter of the
city, and length of tlnio required, Is
pretty Hure to. bring; scores of answers.
Have the advertisement written by a.
German, and the answers, with the
prtcn demanded, wont to the nowspaper
office. It any btrange turn or expres
sion betrays the foreigner, the price
will rise! If no price Is mentioned In
Bbmo answers which promises well, get
n German nequnlntanco to call nnd find
out the price before limiting your np
pcarnnco on the scene. Finally, when
you luive found on npartment that
suits you as to position, character, nnd
price, consult some resident of the city
concerning It; in this way you mny
avoid settling in nn Inconvenient part
of the city, or In some qunrtcr ex
posed to nuisances of which no strang
er would suspect the existence. There
arc parts of Munich and Dresden so
Inaccessible from the shopping quar
tets, the opera, nnd the picture gal
leries, and bo poorly served by the cars
as to mnkc them out of the question
for Americans; and yet they are among
the nrettlest quarters of both cities. A
resident of the city will give you nd
vlce on these points. He will nlso tell
you that new bulldlngB are to bo avoid
ed In Munich, for they are so solidly
built, nnd so thickly covered with tons
of mortar put on to Imitate stone, that
they require. In so damp and cold n
climate more than a year to dry. New
houses are rented at a discount for the
first year or two, the tenants taking
the risk of sickness.
far ns a dollar In New York. The
VAtnc proportion holds good wlth re
gard to lessons, schools, anil theatres.
A parquet seat at cither the Munich
or Dresden opera-house cost from live
to tx matkp, according to the charact
er of tins performance. A eat In the
gallery costs from twenty-five to fifty
cents, while any one who wants to
stand up can get It for twenty cents.
In tterlln the opera costs nearly
doiilji these prices. From our own ex
pcrence in living In Munich nnd Dres
den, and from that of the scores of
Americans whom wo hnvo found over
theie, 11 Is not nn exaggeration to
say that lieforo one has been hero a
year, the mark looks quite as big as
the dollnr used to do at a homo, nnd
Hint with ordlnnry enro It can be made
to oerompllsh about ns much except
In the Item of food.
a jri:at work.
LOCATED AT LAST.
My house-hunting ended In taking a
small aoartincnt, three lllghls up, con
sisting of parlor, dining-room, kitchen,
two uood-sleil bodronms, and one
very small one. All the rooms were
bright and sunny. The building was
of jjood class in a (inlet street. The
furniture was of an excellent charac
ter, and everything except silver, but
Including linen, was supplied. For this
aoartment I paid eighty maiks a
month for six months, a trllle less thnn
twenty dollars a month. It must be
said, however, that 1 was particularly
fortimat". The owner or tenant, a
lady, who answered my advertisement,
had to leave Munich for the summer
on account of sickness in her family,
and sublet the apartment rather than
leave It empty. Other apartments I
saw of about the same character were
nearly twice the rent, and I should sny
that the average rent of such nn apart
ment In Munich would be about K.O
marks a month. The tegular rent of
the apartment I had, furnished, was
WOO a year. 1 have paid $600 a year
in New York for an unfurnished flat
In no way superior to this one, for
which 1 paid here J'JO a month furnish
ed. SERVANTS.
Domestic servants nk In Munich
about hall' the wages the same girls
would receive In New York, once they
are able to speak a few words of Eng
lish. A very good cook Is well paid
with elslit dollars a month, and ex
pects to have only two evenings a
month to herself for outing purposes.
A cood chambermaid or waittcss sel
dom receives more than six dollars a
month. If one will consent to take
girls fresh from the country, wages
are lower, nut loreigners nave to em
ploy maids familiar with city ways,
and a cook competent to do the mar
keting and wrangle with the janitor,
who, In Munich as in New York, Is a
great personage, wno eounts lor much
in the welfare of a tenant. 'Personal
service of every kind costs In about
the same proportion. Many families
In Munich, perhaps I may say most of
the well-to-do people, have their wash
ing done outside of their apartments,
and it is therefore cheap. The weekly
cost of our wnsh for four persons was
never more than one dollar.ineludlng
ten pfennigs, or two cents and a half,
gratuity to the pretty peasant girl
who came for It weekly, and with the
help of a little hand-cart nnd a big
dog carried It no one knows how many
miles into the suburbs. Personal ser
vice of anv kind Is rewarded with a
few pfennigs. The man who brings the
coal and wood, the boy or girl who
brings a parcel from a shop, the gro
cery boy, etc., all expect a small tip,
but It Is so small as not to bo worth
considering in making up the cost of
housekeeping. Ten pfennigs seem to
go us far as twenty-live cents In New
York for similar purposes.
Meat seems to be dear all over Ger
many and not so good as at home. To
its high cost, and the absence of re
frigerators nnd lee, Is due probably
to the habit of relying largely upon
the delicatessen shops, where the Ger
man housewife buys dally Just enough
roast meat, sausage, or ham to sulllce
for dinner. Vegetables aro remarkably
cheap. The ordlnnry price of soup-
greens tor a tamtiy onions, carrots,
celery root, and parsley ls only live
pfennigs (one cent and a quarter).
Excellent lettuce costs from three to
live pfennigs a head; spinach Is about
one-quarter the price It Is In New York;
potatoes are four pfennigs n pounr;
apples are ten pfennigs a pound. Hrend
and milk cost about the same In Mu
nich ns In New York, but both aro nl
ways excellent, the authorities keep
ing a sharp eye upon the dairies and
milk-dealers. Tea, coffee, and sugar
cost about the same as at home, but
fancy groceries, such as crockers, or
biscuits, as the English call them, Jel
lies and marmalade, not being In com
mon use, are very dear. For instance,
Scotch orange marmalade that we buy
for seventeen cents in New York, costs
Just double in Munich and Dresden.
Conl and wood for the porcelain stoves
to be found In every German room, cost
a trllle less than at home. The usual
car-fure In Munich and Diesden for
distances under two miles is ten pfen
nigs, the charge Increasing with the
distance, and if you arc a frequent
patron of the horse-cars, It Is custom
ary to give the conductor an occasion
al tip of ten pfennigs. Street-cars In
Germany stop onlv at certain places
along the route. Rut, If you have
made friends with the conductor, this
rule may be violated to your advan
tage. CHEAPNESS.
The American coming to Germany
for the tlrst time will be mrticul.iry
Impressed with tho cheapness of wol
len clothing, furs, gl'ives, Jewelry and
clgais. In every one of thcEe Items,
I am Inclined to think, after careful
consldcratldn, that a mark, or twenty-four
cents, will go here almost as
Tho Major's I'luc Work Paralyzed tho
Highwaymen.
From the San Francisco Call.
"I notice," sold Major Ulazcni, the
other dny, "that the police olllcers of
this city do some remarkably line work
with the revolver occasionally."
The remurk was made In a tone of
voice loud enough to cause the loafers
in the Occidental hotel lobby to look
up and manifest some slight Interest
In life.
"Yes, sir," he continued, looking all
around the lobby, "they do very fair
work. Hut I nm somewhat of an adept
myself at that business, as you will
own nfter having heard my story.
"Several years ago about fifteen, T
think I was riding from San Jose to
San Francisco on my safety "
"Hut. my dear major." I said, wish
ing to call his nttentlon to the fact
that safeties were unknown at that
lime, "unless 1 err "
"You do, sir; you do," he thundered.
"You are so young, sir, that you do not
even know that It l- unmannerly to
Intel rupt an older gentleman when he
Is talking."
The major grew very red In the face
of a sudden. Then In: cleared his throat
violently nnd began again:
"As I wart saying, 1 was riding from
San Jose to San Francisco on my safe
ty" here he glowered at me "when a
footpad, or a wheclpad, I should say,
held me up at. tho point of his plstot.
"There was nobody In sight, and so
I threw up my hands, just to show him
how small they were.
"He iclloved me of $200, a watch that
had been In our family since 1327 "
"Hefore Christ, sir?" Inquired a mild
faced gentleman on an opposite chair.
"No. sir, after," retorted the major.
"The watch Is the Identical one by
which. In later years, the captain of
the Mayllower regulated his cabin time
piece, borrowing It from my ancestor
for that purpose.
"After going through my pockets tho
robber made me exchange wheels with
him and then lode off.
"In those days I always carried a
long-barreled .'(S-callber revolver with
me, and It came In handy on this occasion.
"I waited until the robber was about
fifty yards ahead of me and then I
fired, not nt him, but at the tiro of his
wheel.
"Of course, I hit it. As the air be
gan to ooze out the rider fell to the
ground. Of a sudden I realized that I
had damaged my own wheel, so I im
mediately fired another shot, nlmlng
directly nt the old mark. My aim was
so sure that 1 hit It nnd complct ly
soldered up the puncture.
"1 then captured the robber, who was
stunned more by my prowess than by
his fall, and delivered him over to the
authorities."
"Hut. major," I asked, "how was It
the robber overlooked your gun when
he went through your pockets?"
"Sir," he shouted. "I carried it In my
hat. Good-day, sir."
density and flexibility. As much care
Is taken with tho various parts of tho
monster In construction nnd the selec
tion of material as with tho inlcro
eopo or the finest watch. Tho gun Is
made in nlno pieces, The tub, which
Is the centro of the gun, will weigh
82,000 pounds. This Is covered by a
Ificket which slips oft nnd on, nccbrd
Ing t. the necessities of tho case, and
weighs 00,000 pounds. The Jacket Is
supported nnd strengthened by sever
al hoops which weigh a ton or two
each. Tho breech-lock Is a piece of
tnetnl abount as big as a flour barrel,
tempered nnd annealed by the most
delicate processes known to science.
HIS AUTHORITY WORN OUT.
In former years, before tho administra
tion of Andrew Johnson, who mude the
veto power Infamous, a message from a
president expressing his disapproval ot
legislation was a rare and solemn thing.
It was customary for both houses to ad
journ Immediately nfter such documents
were read. In order to slgnallzo their Im
portance. Hut now vetoes aro so common
that they nre allowed to Ho upon tri table
unopened until an opportune time offers
for their presentation. Neither tho
t'peaker of tho houso nor the president
of the senato will Interrupt the regular
order to hear them rend, and they make
so slight an Impression that Rcpiesi'ntn
llvo Reach Is reminded of a story or a
boy who heat d his father call him to
como Into the houso and go to bed, but
paid no nttentlon to tho paternal com
mand. Whereupon a bystander nsked,
with some surprise.
"Johnnie, Is not that your father call
ing?" "Yes. sir." was the reply.
"Then why don't you obey him?"
"Why, nobody obeys him any more,"
was Johnnie's answer. "Ho keeps telling
everybody to do things nnd nobody "vcr
does them, lie keeps telling everybody
that they musn't do things, mid they
keep light on doing them nil the same.
Nobody don't pay any nttentlon to him
no more. Ma don't, the hired girl don't,
nnd I don't, nnd tho dog don't either."
Private John Allen's .Smart Kid.
"Down In the vicinity of Tupelo," s.ild
Private John Allen to a Washington Post
man, "Some time during the summer of
ISM a traveler on horseback espied a
tow-headed, bare-legged country youth
ot about II. driving a pair of billy-goats
to a wagon of homo architecture, en
which rested a barrel of water, A con
versation ensued, nnd the stranger as
certained that the hoi hauled the Hold
from a river hard by hts homo to the
paternal cabin for use on washdays. He
was further enlightened that the pay was
sometimes as good as 15 cents a day.
" 'Would you sell your goats, bub?"
" 'I -juess I would mlste-. If homebody
would give me $2 for 'em,' replied the I) ty.
"'Hold on there,' shouted u native who
had lust come up In time to hear the
convolution. 'Don't take ?2 for them
there goats. Ef Ilryan Is elected they'll
be wortli J.3."
"'Yes. said the owner of the goats.
'and if I had this barrel of water in
1 could git a thousand dollars for It.' "
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It Is not proposed to discuss here
those serious cases of obstinate In
somnia that often tax tho Ingenuity
nml weary the patience of the most
skillful specialist, but merely to men
tion some simple measures by menns of
which ordinary wakefulnera may be
overcome without the use of drugs.
Sleep Is produced by a shrinking- of
the braln-eells so that they are no long
er in communication with each other,
nnd wakefulness consequently results
when these cells aro In a state of ex
citement, and refuse to draw away
from each other. This excited condi
tion may result from disease, such ns
fever, or It may come from worry,
grief, or hard mental work.
The main thing to do, therefore, In
'jider to Induce .sleep. Is to quiet these
nerve-cells, and the prevention of
wakefulness Is best secured by nvohl
ing mental work In tho ovenlng.-
Oftcn. however, a person must work
at night. In that ease, lie should stop
some time before going to bed, nntl If
ho must wnik late. It Is better to Htny
up a short time In order to secure an
Interval of rest before trying to .sleep,
This time may be passed In any way
that will force, or rather entice, the
mind away from Its previous occupa
tion. A brisk walk or a short spin on
the wheel, exercise with the dumb
hflls or Indian clubs, n cool bath
things like thee will often sulllce for
the desired purpose. Sometimes a lit
tle .snack, such as a bit of cheese and
a biscuit, or a glass of milk, taken
while undressing, will Induce sltep
quickly.
If the mind Is dwelling persistently
on one subject, do not Htruggle to force
It to let go Its thoughts, for you will
probably thereby make It take more
tenacious hold. Try to lead It away
by picturing yourself some monoton
ous, constantly recurring scene, like
tho water combing over .tho edgo of
Niagara's cliff, a swarm of (lies chas
ing each other In tho sunlight, or a
(lock of sheep Jumping one after the
other over a log.
Ton't try to count, unless you would
be like the man who was advised by
his doctor to count until he fell asleep,
and who did count up to twenty-live
thousand six hundred and fifty-two,
when ho found It was time to get up,
Deep and regular breathing Is an Im
portant element In the general calm
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