The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-15
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epecial Correspondence OF The Sunday Republic.
Berlin. Feb. AIN the capital of the Ger
man Empire. in the heart of Friedrich
strasse. within a block of Inter den Linden
and few minutes walk of the Thieigar-
ten. write of the American invasion. It's
all around me.
In find 1T In every street and every block
1t sticks out like pimpe ON ones nose.
and here in the busiest part of the city it
assumes the size of big red boil.
Over there at the right is shop with the
American shield above the door.
1t bears the Stars and Stripes in red.
white and blue. and below It are Dutch fig
ures leaning over a ship rail-. looking out at
sea.
That is our own American Line toutng for
fits Red Star boats and tine German travel
across the Atlantic.
Next door is hat store The most fash
ionable shapes are American and the best
are made by two well-known New York
firms. They are considered superior to any
other and s. American derbies are worn by
The swells There American tailor shops
in different parts of Berlin and our styles
now vie with those of Paris and London.
''OLD GLORY" AS
GIRLS HAT BANDS. =
But look at those girls who are now COM
ing up the street. See the jaunty one at the
right. She has hat with a little American
nag draped around 1t. l hear her talking as
she goes by. 4"
Her features are German and her speech
Is that of the lower-class Berlinese. She Is
aping the American to be in the fashion.
That Is SO with many girls In Berlin.
Since the Kaiser has been counting Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Prince Henry has visite1
America, pictures of Mr.. Roosevelt and the
Prince, painted on the American flag. and
of Miss Alice Roosevelt. have been sold in
the illustrated postal-card stores and the
milliners have labeled their new bonnets and
hats "echt Americanische." &
Even American diamonds are sold here.
mean flash diamonds of the paste variety.
There is store just beyond the steamship
Office where crowds are always looking i'll
at the windows.
That store belongs to a man named TAFT,
who is better known in continental Europe
than any other American jeweler. He sells
nothing but diamonds, and that at a uni
form price of a dollar and half. no matter
If the stone be as big as IA buckeye as
small as a pea. He brings out the shine
with blaze of electric lights SO great that
you can warm your hands on the show WIN
dows. or, rather. you could were ait not for
the servant who stands on the street polish
sing them.
This man has shops in most of the big cit
Ses and he is. one of the great advertisers.
At the time Prince Henry went to Chicago
he put full-page advert sement in the lead
fng newspapers of Berlin. of which the fol-
lowing is a translation:
Eighty per cent OF the American ladies'
who attended Prince Henry's reception last
night wore Taits diamonds"
Such advertising is new here. and III con-
nection with the craze for American things
It created somewhat Of sensation.
4 AMERICAN SHOE
is TRAPPING AHEAD
In the same connection was the advertise
ment of well-known American shoe. a
full-page announcement stating that at the
time Alice Roosevelt broke the bottle Of
Z. champagne with which she named the
Kaiser's yacht she had an these shoes.
Speaking of the American shoe. one Of
the best shoe stores In Europe is right here
on Friedrichstrasse. Come with me down
the street to the corner of Leipsigerstrasse
and take look at 1t. 1t is in a big build
ing belonging to the Equitable Life Insur-
ance Company of New York, and 1t sells
nothing but American shoes.
There are a dozen other places in the city
where our shoes are sold; but none which
does a business like this.
1t Is crowded from morning to right, and
1t is a poor day when fits sales do not run
arp to 1000 marks. II has been open only
from the start 1t sells only for cash, and
to the negro bootblack imported frcm New
York. who shines your shoes while you
wait.
It has two makes Of shoes. one for ladies
and one for gentlemen. and sells them at
the fixed price of $3.50 a pair, which is just
81 more than the same shoes cost any
where In the United States.
dropped into this store the other day