Show SURELY LIMIT IN RED TAPE incident in the very cradle of prussian officialdom that Is hard to beat the story of red tape which Is 19 luched vouched for by b the berlin Tag liche Rund Is bard to beat even cien n the irr pry bridle of pi prussian Pius assian sian of not long ago the head mis tress of it 1 i high school for girls notified the that there was a rat on the premises and asked thit that a man might be sent to kill hill lt 11 the request duly noted but as the official rat catcher aias as not immediately available mistress vas as advised to teed feed the beast in the meantime so that the rat catchur should not make a fruit les leob journey this she nhe did for somo weeks and as the rat killer did not put in fit an appearance she made a second application the original rL quest bhe was informed bad been mi millaid mislaid but help would be sent in a fow days weeks passed and ono one day the rat was found dead and wan buried in the garden ln in the presence 0 of the head mistress A day da or so later an air off official iclal carrying a bundle of documents la in the matter of the rat brought a mea bage to the effect that the head mis should take stean to destroy the rat at her own expense as aa the official clat rat catcher could not come before the end of november upon being in formed that the rat was dead and burled the tha official retired but came back the next day tor for a written certificate to show that the tha rat was waa really dead he got it and the a imin Istra tive macalua la Is once more mora working smoothly |