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SATURDAY, JULY 16,
1927.
BARONET SUED.
GERMAN WEEK-ENDS.
"CULT OF THE OPEN-AIR.
"FILTHY HOUSE" ALLEGATION.
The woek-end movement has Lady Markham gave ovidence now been launched officially in Germany by the opening recently when the action brought
exhibition At by Evelyn, Lady Watson, against of a week-end
Berlin. It may seem peculiar Sir Charles Markham, Bart..elnim-
to American and English ing £204, 15x. rent alleged to be due on the lease of a houso in Eatonind has not yet existed in Ger people that a.movement of this
Place, London, under an agree- ment of November 4 last, was re- many, but it is a fnet that most sumed before" Mr. Justice Talbot Germana until very recently wore in the King's Bench Division, Lon-completely ignorant concerning the "ossibilities of the week-end. don.
Sir Charles counter-claimed A few damages, alleging that the house was in such a filthy condition that it was not fit for habitation.
I had three dogs in the house, aid Lady Gladys Markham in re- ply to her counsel, Mr. Beres- ford. She further said she was not able to have a single meal in the house.
owners of motor-cars. motor-bicycles and boats occasion- ally remained in the country over Saturday and Sunday, but they were exceptions.
Last year Dr. Scholtz, one of Berlin's burgomasters, published an appeal in a leading newspaper here for the introduction of the week-end. Considerable opposi- Cross-examined by Mr. Gordon tlon. however, arose among busi- and storekeepera, the Clark, for Lady Watson, witnessness men admitted that when she went over former averring that the Germans the house prior to taking it she must work harder than other ha- said it was a "charming house." tions because they lost the war, She never said anything with re- while the latter declared it to be gard to cleanliness. Her servants impossible to close the stores on were very upset when they found Saturday afternoons because this the house in such condition.
was the only time when working Why did you order bedsteads 7-classes could make their pur Because those in Lady Watson's, chases. house were not fit to sleep in..
She dismissed the charivoman she Brought to the house because she realised that the place was too bad to clean. It was hopeleus, she added. There were several builders" workmen engaged at work on the house when she got there.
Lady Markham said she could not agree that three dogs in a kitchen would make it messy.
Cobwebs from the Ceiling. Mrs. Gertrude Evans, who was housekeeper to Lady Markham, said that when the staff went into the house they found the place impossible. It was so dirty, she added, cobwebs hang from the ciliar. The gas stove was a masa of grease, and when I opened the ven door 1 had to take the ashes out with a shovel.
Shorter Hours Proposed.
But a few prominent men con- tinued to labour for the populariz- ing of the week-end. "We do not merely want people who are phy- sleully fit but we also want people who are full of joy." declared Prof. Dr. Herman Altrock, sports professor at the University of Leipzig, who spoke in favour of shorter working hours coupled with more intensive work, in the place of long working hours. Dr. Dominikus, former Minister af State, proposed that schools and sports cluba érect week-end homes and that the school children should no longer have to prepare at home for their Monday lessons. All ap- prentices, he urged, should have
free Saturday afternoon and Youthful shop assistants at least one every four weeks,
One of the results of the work of these men, says & Berlin writer,
What was the condition of the floors and furniture They all looked as if they had been neglects the present week-end exhibition ed for menths and then rubbed up hastily to look clean.
What was the state of the erec- kery warend the plass?-In a very dirty condition.
What about the senliery?-It was worse than the kitchen. There was an offensive smell in the kitchen. In the kitchen the copper's were all verdigris and the black pans were all rusty. It would not have been possible to prepare meals with Lady Watson's utensils,
We all started to clean the place. and we were scrubbing at mid- night, witness stated. Four char-a women were got in before Lady Markham arrived. The curtains were hanging with grease, and there was not
a single drawer elean.
Two of the kitehen maids came and implored me to look at their bed. It waN a double one. We all decided that if her ladyship could not get the house better that night we should all sit up. The servants hali was in the same con- dition as the rest of the house, Althily dirty. I had never before seen a house in such a condition, and I sincerely hope that I shall never do so aguin
One of the cupboards in her ladyship's dressing-room was very deabiful. It was scrubbed out, and what appeared to be a brown wall was, after serubuing, dis- covered to be a white one..
"In a Terrible State."
which is held on the exposition grounds in the west of the city and covers a surface of not less than 50,000 square metres. The exhibi- Hoo admirably conveys the beauty of the immediate and outlying sur roundings of Berlin, which is em- bedded among lakes and forests. The majority surely never realized how easily these beauty spots of nature could be reached while probably nung bave ever thought of owning a little weck-und cabin of their own.
Berlin's Environs Shown.
In the centre of the exhibition is circular stand showing a relief map of the immediate surround- ings of Berlin. Around this is' a second ring showing the country within a radius of about 120 miles, In the north are the Mecklenburg lakes and the Baltic Sen, in the west the leaz Mountains and in the south the Ore Mountains. Around this ring is an outer circle where the Reich's railway com- pany and the street car, omnibus and steamer companies of Berlin have their stands.
Moreover, almost every village. and town around Berlin has its own stand where further material is available. At one of Berlin's stands, for instance, not less than about three dozen photographs of are exhibited, ail different lakes within about 30 minutes' train ride from Berlin by local train. A stand in one of the halls is devoted o the cause of prohibition. Here a conspicuous poster is shown with the working: "Workmen who drink do not think; workmen who think do not. drink."
Mr. William O'Hare, butler to Sir Charles Markham, said that he went over the house a week pro- vious to the arrival of the staff The butler to Lady Watson told him that he had only been there a few weeks, and added:"Lady Watson expects us to clear the place property, and we have not In the meantime the railway and
got time to do it."
On an open space outside the ex- hibition halls a small village of week-end cabins has been built showing various types, ranging from one-room huts to spacious bungalows.
omnibus companies are doing much to encourage the week-end traffic by introducing special trips. For the first time, too, comfortable buses will leave Berlin in several directions.
When Lady Markham's stuff ar- rived they found the house in a terrible state. It took one servant three or four hours to scrub and brush out the plate closet before the silver could be unpacked.
Thus the Germans have tackled Counsel-Would you have slept the week-end problem with their in the bed you found there?-native thoroughness, making 4 should not think so, unless I was special study of the movement, in camp, and had to.
and applying an exthusiasm which There were months of dust in certainly, does them credit." the house, declared witness. Four charwomen arrived at four o'clock in the afternoon after he tele-
He was satisfied that Lady Wat- phoned for them. They left at six o'clock, witness added, because on, her governess, and child, and they said they did not work after six or seven servants were not that hour. (Laughter.)
Mr. Beresford-Perhaps that is the result of a charwoman's trade union. (Laughter.)
Mr. Justice Talbot giving judy ment, said Sir Charles Markham said he was entitled to repudiate the contract on the ground that the house was so filthy that it was not reasonably fit for habita- tion. He pointed out that Lady Markham had had an opportunity of going over the house and seeing It before she entered on the ten- aney. This was a'contrast for let- ting a houso not by description, but one in which the incoming tenant had had an opportunity to look over, it,
persons who would have been liv
ing in the house had it been unfit
or habitation by decent prople.
Judgment was given for Lady Watson on the claim, and counter- claim, with costs.
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