The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-26
GERMAN CAPITAL
IS VERY QUIET
Summer Exodus to the North
Has Begun
MISS GERALDINE FARRAR
Clever American Actress Is Again the
Talk of Berlin-Rfse In Price of
beer Brings About Pecu-
liar Situation
MISS GERALDINE FARRAR

Berlin. June 25-(Special.) berlin Is
dead Everybody who is anybody has
gone "up north" The rest. condemned
to stay in town a a time when the best
theatres are closed or playing with sec
ond rate casts, the splendor of the court.
which SO often enlivens the streets. miss
| ing, politics tabooed. and even the news
papers suffering with the results of the
dog-days-that portion has to be con-
| tent with such topics that have been I'm
the air. for ever so long, and for the dis
cussion of which there had never been
just time. because of the many more Sc
rious ones
| Which does not mean that such topics
are less interesting. They are only less
important, especially to the German mind.
But they often contain more matter of
true human interest, than all the heavy
political situations put together.
Just now there Is good deal of talk
again about that sweet American singer.
Miss Geraldine Farrar Upon her recent
return from the United States she told
a journalist in Paris that she should al
ways remember Berlin for the kindness
shown her there by all. but that her true
aim in future could only be the Partisan
opera stage. The Berliners smiled bit
at that. They would hate to lose Miss
Farrar, but they do not believe there Is
any danger of losing her in a hurry. They
look upon what she said as compliment
to the French, as a wish to say some
thing nice" and nothing more. And they
remember smilingly the story of that first
debut--the real debut-of Miss Farrar at
the Berlin Opera house.
The Kaiser was present that evening,
also the crown prince, and both were en-
chanted with the beautiful American art
list. They asked her into their box. COM
piimented her and had quite a chat. Then
as the play drew to an end the Kaiser
decided that the crown prince ought to
hand Miss Farrar a little memento of
the occasion. thing quite unusual. A
diamond necklace was selected and Miss
Farrar sent for But she had already
left the theatre, had gone home So the
crown prince ordered his adjutant. Herr
Won Stulpragel to see to it that Miss
Farrar was handed her souvenir as soon
as possible
| The adjutant probably took the order
too seriously-"soon as possible" meant
an auto and drove post-haste to Miss
Farrar's home. 1t was somewhere be-
tween II and II o'clock at night.
In the house in which Miss Farrar
then lived there Is a restaurant. Into
this restaurant the adjutant went In the
full glory Of his uniform. to inquire Of the
proprietor the exact location Of the sing
er's fiat. The proprietor told him. After
wards he also told the guests. The next
morning all Berlin knew; the adjutant OF
the crown prince had paid visit to Miss
Farrar at q rather unconventional hour.
The true reason nobody knew. It Is only
leaking out just now. and told here, for
the first time, believe.
Then there is another topic being very
much discussed in Germany at the pres
ent moment, smilingly In Berlin, with 9
heavy frown at the Bavarian capital
Munich. Nothing more nor less than the
beer question.
. When beer went up y of a cent for the
half litre, there was an outcry through
th9 whole German empire. 1t was a com
mon sight In Berlin to see long whiskered
Misunderstanding men draw a tape linz
from their pockets and measure the dis
lance from the bottom of the collar,
the foam, to the bottom Of the glass. r OF
, with true German thoroughness they h.
figured out that II they were cheated
Of a quarter Of an inch on the half I x
they would lose-in case of heavy drinl "
almost a whole glass in one even M
And they were not going to stand for :;
But that did not last long in fact. nli
! a week or two. The Berliner is fc'
much of an American for that sort .
business. They soon saw the humosois
side of the situation-and that settle Z
Different In Munich. The Berline