Photo by Emil P. Albrecht 

 WHEN school's out AND A PHOTOGRAPHER IN TOWN : ROTENBURG 



"The Germans were the first people to undertake the systematic education of the hand 

 as well as the mind of the child. They began the kindergarten and the technical training 

 school at almost the same time, and Froebel and Pestalozzi, in their work for German 

 education, revolutionized the teaching methods of the world" (see text, page 299). 



Germany's increased 300 per cent, while 

 that of Great Britain doubled. Even 

 German agriculture could not keep pace 

 with the great expansion of the Empire's 

 industrial life, and Germany found her- 

 self more than ever under the necessity 

 of trading manufactures to the world for 

 food. 



The German commercial agent went 

 into the markets of the world to study 

 the wants of the people and to meet those 

 demands. Where the American "drum- 

 mer" goes abroad to sell our surplus 

 product, he asks the foreigner to buy our 

 models and our patterns ; he never thinks 

 that it is necessary to have models and 



patterns that suit the foreigner. If what 

 he has does not suit the Mexican, why 

 the Mexican is behind time and must 

 change his ideas accordingly. 



Not so with the German. If the Amer- 

 ican wants a Teddy bear, no matter if 

 the German toy maker never before 

 heard of that precocious creature, the 

 American shall have it at the earliest 

 possible moment. If the Mexican is fond 

 of cheap filigree work, no matter if the 

 German jewelry manufacturer never saw 

 the Mexican kind of filigree before, the 

 Mexican shall have it at once. If the 

 Colombian oil-well drillers want a special 

 length, weave, and weight of rope, no 



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