The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
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BERLIN. Feb. 2s.--1n the capital OF the
4 German empire. In the heart OF Fried
rdchst rssse. within block Of Inter den
4 ldndcr, and few minutes walk or me
A Thergurteh, / write of the American IN
vasioii.5 II Is all around mo. IND II N
every street and every block. 1t STICKS
i out like piinple on ones nose and more
IN tho busiest part OF the city II assumes
the size Of a big red boil. over there NJ
D tl,e right ts n shop With the American
shield above the door, 1t bears the stars
and stripes III red white and blue, ana
below 1t nre Dutch figures leaning over
Il ship rail. looking out at the sea. Ih nat
Is Dur own American line toutihg TOT Us
Red Star boats, and the German traVei
across the Atlantic
Next door 1t hat store Tho most
4 fashionable sha pes nre American, and the
hest are made BY two wel-known New
Il York firms. They are considered superior
& to any other, and s. American derDles
4 are worn blythe swells. There are Aineri-
can tailor shops, In different parts OF
p Berlin, and our styles now vie with those
@of Paris and London.
nOId Glory as Girls Hat Bands.
But look Mt those girls who are now
coming UP the street. See tho jaunty ono
at the right. She has a hat with 1T
tie American flag draped around IT. l
hear her talking as she goes by. Her
\ features are German and her speech Is
3 That OF the lower class Berllnese. She
IS aping the American to BIO In the fash
Ion, THAT IS SO with many girls In Ber-
4 iin,s Since the Kaiser has been counting
q President Roosevelt and Prince Henry has
visited America pictures OF Mr.. Roose-
welt and the prince, painted on the Ameri-
can flag, and OF N1iss Roosevelt have
been sold In the illustrated postal card
stores, and the millinons have labeled
A their new bonnets and hats "coht A1neH-
caniBohc."
American Diamonds IN Berlin.
Even American diamonds are sold here.
4 I mean flash diamonds Of the paste va
+ riety. There is a store just beyond the
steamship office where crowds are always
hooking in at the windows. That store
belongs to man named TAFT who rs
better known In continental Europe than
any other American jeweler. He sells
d nothing but diamonds, and that at uni
\ form price OF a dollar and q half. no mat
u {er II the stone be as big MS q buckeye
br as small as pea He brings out the
tJtine with a blaze Of electric light SO
treat that you can warm your hands on
\ {hc show windows. or rather you could
we're It not for the servant who stands
on the street polishing them This mar
& has shops in most Of the big o1ties,E and
he Is one Of the great advertisers. at
4 lhe time Prince Henry was In Chicago
( he nut a full-page advertisement in tho
y heading newspaper of Berlin. OF which
b tho following Is a translation;
+. 5'.Eighty per cent. of the American
dies who attended Prince Henry's re-
,eptfon last night wore Tait's diamonds" I
Such advertising is now here. and IN
connection with the craze Tor american
isihings, It created somewhat Of sensa-
hon.
The American Shoe Tramping Ahead.
HI In the same connection was the adver-
&usement OF well-known American shoe
full-page announcement stating that
lit the time Alice Roosevelt broke Inc
Z Sottle Of champagne with which she