Seen in Germany . e is fixed once for allwith mathematical precision. And directly youbegin to pay taxes, for the police have learned, insome mysterious manner, just how much moneyyou have in the bank, and where it comes from ;if you are earning a salary they also hear aboutthat, and all these facts speedily reach your neigh-bors. A New England town with two sewingsocieties is not to be compared for an instant witha German neighborhood for sociability. On the other hand, the labeling and cataloguing ofthe population enables the police to watch the crimi-nal classes and to keep them in subjecti
Seen in Germany . e is fixed once for allwith mathematical precision. And directly youbegin to pay taxes, for the police have learned, insome mysterious manner, just how much moneyyou have in the bank, and where it comes from ;if you are earning a salary they also hear aboutthat, and all these facts speedily reach your neigh-bors. A New England town with two sewingsocieties is not to be compared for an instant witha German neighborhood for sociability. On the other hand, the labeling and cataloguing ofthe population enables the police to watch the crimi-nal classes and to keep them in subjection to anextent quite astonishing. German cities are safer forstrangers, perhaps, than any other in the world. Inthe same way, close police supervision in the matterof garbage-disposal, street litter, sewage, and so on,has been a factor in giving Germany a well-deservedreputation tor clean, healthy cities. I have seen apoliceman stop a man, and order him to pick up abit of paper which he had thrown into the A German Policeman lo Seen in Germany And there is this comforting thing to be saidabout the activity of the poHce. In America theother man is always elbowing you in street cars,crowding in ahead of you at the theatre ticket-window, and in general making city life uncomfort-able. But the German has regulated the otherman into comparative respectability. For instance,each bus and car is plainly labeled on the outsidewith the number of seats that it contains, andsigns on the front and rear platforms show howmany persons may find standing room after theseats have all been occupied. And when once thecar is filled, not another person is allowed to enter. You see, also, on the end of each car a littlemetallic rack with numbered compartments wheresmokers may leave their cigars as they enter. Inthe same methodical way the government opera-houses are provided with long passageways in frontof the ticket-windows, just wide enough to admitone person, so that in case of a crush t
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