-------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------- | Summer. | Winter. +-----------------------+---------------------- Rise | 5.45 a.m. | 6.45 a.m. Breakfast | 6.0 a.m. to 6.15 a.m.| 7.0 a.m. to 7.15 a.m. Exercise in open air | 6.15 " to 8.30 " | 7.15 " to 8.30 " Divine service | 8.30 " to 9.30 " | 8.30 " to 9.30 " Exercise in open air | 9.30 " to 12.0 " | 9.30 " to 12.0 " Dinner | 12.0 " to 12.30 " |12.0 " to 12.30 p.m. Exercise in open air and | | relaxation | 12.30 p.m. to 5.0 p.m.|12.30 p.m. to 5.0 p.m. Supper | 5.0 " to 5.30 " | 5.0 " to 5.30 " Rest | 5.30 " to 5.45 " | 5.30 " to 5.45 " Bedtime | 5.45 p.m. | 5.45 p.m. --------------------------+----------------------+---------------------- While, as a rule, the hours of work are the same for all, the tasks allotted are, as far as possible, proportioned to individual capacity. One of the rules[64] of the establishment states:-- [Footnote 64: The full Regulations of the Rummelsburg Labour House appear as an Appendix on pp. 263-267.] "Every inmate is required to perform, without demur and to the best of his ability, the work allotted to him, either inside or outside the establishment. As a rule, all inmates have to work on week-days an equal number of hours, and to perform in that time a task proportionate to their capacity, the completion of which, however, does not exempt them from working to the end of the usual time. The administration may, however, under certain circumstances curtail the duration of the daily hours of work and the extent of the task in individual cases. Anyone who, owing to idleness or negligence, fails to perform his allotted task, or who in general works slothfully or negligently, will be punished. No inmate may, without permission, allow his work to be done for him by another, or do another's work." For the encouragement of diligence and good conduct a small wage is paid. This amounts to 10 pfennige or 1-1/4d. per day for most work, but only half this sum in the case of certain inferior occupations. The rule on the subject says:-- "The proceeds of the work done by the inmates, on the order of the Administration, belong to the Municipality of Berlin, and are paid into the treasury of the establishment. The extra pay credited to the inmates by employers is divided into two equal parts, of which one is placed at the inmate's disposal for the purchase of extra food, the payment of postage, and other necessary expenses, during his detention, while the other accumulates as savings until his discharge."