The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-12

TO IMPROVE BERLl
u. STEVEN RuRNETT.

by STEVEN BURNETT.
BERLIN. Jan. a1I---Gcrnan soctey
is at present much occupied WITH
escapade of daughter Of the artl
tocracy. whose social prominenceSn1
been used to keep the matter auie
A few days ago, a priest, entering O
of the Catholic churches OF Berll
to officiate at an early mass. found
young woman PROSTATE In prayer n
fore the altar. Ae she seemed ovel
come with grief he spoke to her, an
she told fanciful tale OF maitreaI
ment at the hands OF her motheI
who. she said. had driven her to I'll
streets
Eventually she was lodged In col
vent. where 1t WAS discovered tha
she was a countess, belonging to on
OF the oldest and most respected fam
lies in the Prussian nobility. IN
disappearance could not be expland
by her frantic mother who lid ke(
- silent search for days.
The girl. VINO Is highly cultivate
and twenty years of age. lent SOM
color to her fantastic story by hsis|
ing on speaking In French and En- :
lish. rather than her mother tongu
The AFFAIR, in Its embryonic stag
gained great publicity which was stol
ped with a suddenness that smackd
of Imperial intervention.
There are Ii number q places \
entertainment now In Berlin, Wild
are deriving great success and pop3
iaIity from spectacle which Is VIZ
ientiy Anglophobe and Francophob|
but tmpresses upon the spectators N
magnitude OF the German navy. The1
fs,r a .<xA To-.
picture theatres, but in big halls IN
the Busph Circus. which stats I'd
thousand people.
pantomine shows
Here panronl.ne, which has scord
an overwhelming success. has bed
produced by the German Martini
League. Ii Is an absolute apothes4
of the navy. A submarine IL tirI
seen sacrificed for the Fatheriand
then comes perfect reproduction I
the deck Of a battieship, with turret
and guns. The life of the sailors
faithfully portrayed. Gun-firing rra1
tiee. revolver practice, and must
for parade before the Admiral 81
shown.
The German spectators applaud e1
Enthusiastically. And during the whol
performance 4 little mar. dressed Il
as an tsnslishman, plays the Glow
and provides the comic relief. Tt1
scholars of all the schools In Berltt
the Veteran societies, the member 4
the young mems clubs, successiye]
witness TINS performance. and nj IN
end of the evening one great shot
goes UP, The German navy over n
others"
At another circus / saw the cul
tain rise on another little man-<tf1
representatives OF foreigners are N
little men--representing NJ. Delcassi
Near hi mwas the French flag. an
orchestra played the .Marsei,laisel
then Chopln's Dead March; and as III
second piece commenced the htt]
man began crying loudly. and cauEf
up the tag tn wipe his eyes. Tne1
from the ceiling a huge Spanish m
descended on the little Deicass<
and covered him completely. AT TIL
he ceased weeping, and joyful
danced a Spanish jig AS he disaJ
peared into the wings. Thus are "a
greatness of the Germany navy an
the hatred Of rival powers instilfe
into German minds.
To Improve Bertha.
The improvement oil the citS 4
Berlin and its spacious suburbs con
tinues. and tn meet the demand IA
what Ia regarded az essential Gxper
diture the authorities have sanctione
loan OF 22s million marks $40. SO,
egb} at the last meeting Of the Git
Council.
The original loan was set down I
s23 millions. but this was reduced b
the state officers, after several meet
ings, and Il IL now understood ths
the amount of the loan will be 4
stated above.
Work on the Lotschberg tunnel,
Switzerland. nine and quarter mild
long, liz now nearly finished. 81
years labor have been spent upon Il
The thousands OF Italians who wer
employed on the work are airead
gradually departing. and one OF thei
great colonies. Goppenstein. u for
Torn village at the south portal q
the I~otschberg. VIII soon be desert
ed. The workmen who remain vii
be those engaged In constructing th
great viaduct near the tunnel mauih
Not very far from the souther
portal OF the great tunnel Is a SINAI
tunnel cut out of huge boulder
which Is supposed to bear q ressn,
blance. somewhat fanciful. 1t IL tru1
to the profile of the late Queen w
toria. whose name the tunnel bear
Originally 1t was intended to blAs
the boulder away, but as It was y
Well known as the Victoria Rock
was decided to bore through Il N
stead. thus preserving Its famous OF
iiIae intact. At present the runk 5g,
De seen from the Rhone Valley, 81
when trains are running through In
I.otschberg 1t will be much belts
seen from the carriage windows "
fore passing ihrnngh the .Nie4afi
tunnel.
The finishing OF of the great tur
mel will be done by the Italian work
aseR In kaHaeFste9; a. the north nor
tai so that In month or two ther
win be no village Of Goppenstein lc7j
On the south approach line nothin
more can he done excerpt tn ruMnr1f
~ .xrs II ~ essss-1z
rails will be laid. and the whole III
will be ready for international trnf
fic by the end Of 1912. six montl
In advance Of the contract time.