THi: TOWN HAIvL IN ROTElNBURG, GERMANY 



One part of this old Bavarian building dates from the thirteenth century and the other 

 from the sixteenth. The latter is a beautiful Renaissance structure, with a magnificent 

 faqade and a delicate spire. It contains a fine assembly-room, where, every Whit Monday, 

 a play is performed commemorating the capture of the town by Tilh% in 1631. 



There are many peculiar ways that 

 German business men have when dealing 

 with people at home, however ready they 

 are to accommodate themselves to for- 

 eign conditions when they deal abroad. 

 A German house paying a bill by check 

 will always deduct the stamp it costs to 

 mail the check. If a "postage due" letter 

 comes, he will let it go back for prepay- 



ment, even though it may contain a check 

 or an order ; "it is the custom." 



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It is generally agreed that the German 

 working class have fewer amusements, 

 less leisure, and a smaller amount of 

 money to spend for either entertainment 

 or living expenses than the same class in 



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