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Show STREET SCErlOOERIflN (Herlln Letter. Btlln has not the push and roar, '0' the hurrying multlluden filling 'Uewslk and roadwa) which dlttln-TJlsh dlttln-TJlsh london. New Wk nnd Tarls. miss the streets congested, with 'Oe, the madly plunging horses, tbe W'U to life and limb for the pedes- venturesome enough lo cross tho jj4y And you enjoy the change la Is anything but Inactive, but It ' a way of doing things that com-"sa com-"sa lUelf to tho visitor It Is sub-Jl sub-Jl la Its business life though It punlng for trade with high pre- BEIIIJN APPLE WOMAN. sirs and avoids everything savoring of totsterousnes. lis roadways aro r pedMlriaut as much as for vehicle sal horsemen quite the contrary to Paris, where pedwtrlane are tolerated on the stretches tor driving, but are InurUbly made to suffer In a contention conten-tion trowing out of Iho use of the hUtoty The laws uf Herlln tate-gurd tate-gurd the man on foot and sever pwiltlaa are Imposed against reckless driving This guarantee safety and a petoeot mind Impossible In New York and ruli Til buildings devoted to commerce compere favorably with I-omlon und l'srli, tut are decidedly Inferior to those ot ths American metropolis Her-ila Her-ila will not permit the skyscraper. She looks upon It aa a disfigurement, at BhJecUonible an Innovation as has yet crept Into modern civilisation Hlio love her parks, ber open places, whero sunshine sod trees and flowers and plittj spread their wondrous beauties before the eye. Anything which fthuts out the sun and tho light and the grteaery and the beautiful coloring of ths flowirs she Is Inflexibly opposed la Therefore the temple of commerce whlrh overshadows the church splro i has no advocates In this metropolis. The Oermnns have earned the repu- i tatlon for good behavior In their ' amusements nnd In their comings and goings in Herlln this doe not hold good for Saturday night A the evening even-ing wears on the drinking place aro crowded and ton arils midnight tho business streets are filled with good-natured good-natured but hilarious crowds bent on lung development drown men nnd women, a well as bos and girls, commingle com-mingle In Iho merry making, this finds tent In singing shouting, cheering cheer-ing nnd squealing In addition hand organs grind doleful melodies, orchestras orches-tras play dreamy walltns and ban Is parade the streets making sleep Impossible Im-possible From 11 o'clock until 4 the next morning the din keep up lo tho terror of thoso who vainly try for a night s repose. At dayllrht tho sounds din away nnd beer drinking Herlln Is too full for utterance Even noisy Paris Is outdone by this bedlam Tbo police mako no attempt to suppress the revelry as the Authorities think the men must have some fun, and so It goes unchecked A 3d of July night In American cities Is tame affair to tho Saturday night of Herlln I Tho smaller store of Herlln, nnd ' they aro nineteen-twentieth of tho total, to-tal, for tho department stores are unknown, un-known, keep open from 12 to 2 on Sunday afternoon The law restricts opening to these hours Heer halls and restaurants, howeer, can keep their doors open in long as there Is a demand de-mand for fool and drink Sunday Is the biggest day for such establishments establish-ments All Herlln Is out for a stroll Bunday afternoon and evening and tho sidewalks are uncomfortably crowded. Herlln la strong-limbed and strong-lunged, strong-lunged, else her dweller would Invoke the elevator lo make easy getting up and down stairs In the five and six-story six-story buildings where millions make their home An American, who had been looking up quarters for hi family fam-ily found the task a trying one. He spent the greater pari of three days In climbing ttnlrwayt before he found tultable apartments He Informed me that he doubted If Herlln had halt a dotrn homes with the elevator attachment Though Herlln was the first city to experiment with tho electrical street car, her progress In this direction does not begin with American cllle, Brr-eral Brr-eral streets have this kind ot traction, hut nil told they do not amount to at much as a city one-tenth of her population popu-lation In the United State On Frederick Fred-erick street, one ot her busiest thoroughfare, thor-oughfare, cars aro excluded and 'buses are the only means of cheap transpor-1 tatlon The magnificent church Is the en-I en-I Ihedral, Just away from Unter den Lin ,J,e-, x WOIUUNQ OHIU-A MERRYMAKER. .i&!SE2! Y ,. --Mill.M.aiaaSJJtoMSafjaM I en and opposite the emperor's palace. ILHlff It Is new and much of tho money In- iDfBt mired In Its buildings was supplied by ""HmX Uie present emperor Whlto marble U 'MSH THE RAINY WEATHER OIUL M the stono used and when the sun H shines upon this noble temple the ef- H feet Is strikingly beautiful The river H Sprco wends Its way cloto by and tho jal splendid bridge which span It Is ono H of tho finest In Europe. |