The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-11-12
BRAVE SPIRIT IS
SHOWN BY BERLIN
CIty's Outward Aspect Hardly
Indicates War-Food PIen-
tiful and Business Is
About Normal.

HUuul WUIIiidi.
Berlin. Oct. 81, Cby mail).-They still
eat wheat bread in Berlin. Amuse-
ments proceed with little sign of abate-
ment. Few posters to call men to
many able bodied men on the streets
in civilian clothes.
These conditions, in striking contrast
to neutral Holland where all people
are compelled to eat bread thai has
a 10 per cent admixture OF rye and
where alst all walls are covered with
oIficlal announcements relating to
mobilization and the regulation Of
prices, were sources of wonderment
to a correspondent of the Associated
Press. who has just arrived from con-
slant scenes of war and it's after
math.
That Germany is at war could not
be cleaned from street Impressions,
though a person might speculate on
the causes that have led to two con-
ditions. Everywhere one sees large
photographs of the emperor, the Ger
man crown prince and Generals Won
H~indenburg. Won Beseler and other
military notables exhibited as are cam
paign Autographs in the United States.
There are other photographs of En-
peror Francis Joseph and Austrian
generals.
Best Horses In Army.
The second condition is the poor
state of the horses which do the haul
ing in the city. All good horses have
been requisitioned for military pur-
poses.
T'bera ~ c,,rnric;rcI1 rar, eo15;ors
in the German capital. Now and Their
d column puts in ar OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
full, eager and usually bedecked With
flowers-off for the Beside the
men march their women-not so cheer
full.
But it seems to be contrary to some
unwritten law to show emotions in this
business of going to the front, perhaps
never to return. So while the men
hide their concern under a cheerful
ness that appears natural enough, the
women belly their redeemed eyes with
a smile and swallow hard as they talk
TO the men whom they accompany tc
the train that will take them east OF
West-either way a road Of danger.
Business About Normal.
Business in Berlin Gems nearly nor
NAL. Shortly after the mobilization
some of the large amusement places
concert halls and vaudeville houses
closed up but many of them have re-
opened with the coming of the winter
season. The cafes are crowded to CaDa-
city and the many entertainers who
are out of work represent curtailmen
of programs rather than tota
closures.
A similar condition prevails amone
shop and factory employees. but in theii
cases the percentage of unemployment
is lower because Of the men taken tt
the front. Official figures recently
issued SHOW that with the progress o.
red]istributing labor not yet completed
there were in Berlin only from two tt
six per cent more unemployed thar
NORMALLY. while in the case Of certain
trades which require men of eX'
ceptionally good physique, there wa!
factualIy a shortage of labor.
The bills of fare in the Berlin hotels
and restaurants MAJ now be read b!
the German whose knowledge o
French is limited. The Speisek arte" i
no longer a menu" There has beer
little reduction in the quantity and III
+ deterioration in the quality to the foo
offered. Nor are the prices material.
higher. Many of the big restaurant
have made no change, whatever, IL
their prices.
I'VE Must Win"
we must win" is the slogan o
every body in Berlin. To make thi
possible. everybody accepts resignedl
whatever, sacrifice has to be made
While the army has the hard work j.
the battle line, the women, includinI
tna empress and the ladies Of her court
knit socks. wristlets. gloves, sweaters
abdominal bands and leg warmers.
Innumerabls packages are dispatche
to the front. containing mostly cigars
small bottles of spirituous beverage
and chocolate for whose nutrimen
values the German soldiers seems t
save the highest respect.
The sentiment prevailing in all class
of BerIin's population and it
claimed. the empire, is that the war
a yerv d~isagreeable business whic
must he disposed of thoroughly an
with whole h~eartedness.
In the public places may be see
many women in mourning. While th
spirit OF the Berliner is such n a tn
sight OF them does not leave him unilf
rrssssd. It also reminds him that whs
happened to one today may happen
another tomorrow.
Berlin does not seem 10 fear inVaslo
nv hostile air craft. For this reaso
no limitation has been put on stree
lighting.