The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-14
BERLIN BY NIGHT
BECOMES SLOGAN
Now That Reputation for Night Life Is
Attained There Is Movement the
Other Way.

/ Berlin, Germany, March l4-For
years Berlin strove to become the great.
est all-night city in the world. Now
when it boasts that distinction there
are widespread appeals for putting on
the brakes.
Out of the 443 members of the Prus-
sian Diet $40 have backed the assertion
that the city is den of vice, and have
petitioned the minister of the interior
to ward off the dangers to which the
bodies and souls OF youths are exposed
The 40 members of the Progressive
party in the Diet have not joined in the
petition, but their spokesman declared
that in a general way it expressed their
desires.
Baron Schenek IN Sehweinsberg, speak
ing for the Conservatives, made bit
ter attack upon conditions in Berlin.
The number of dissolute women, he said,
was increasing tremendously, with all
the evils that follow in their train.
"Berlin by night" had become an adver-
tising slogan, known through the world
As a matter of fact, Berlin by night was
"the darkest spot in Prussia and In
the German empire" Cabarets, dance
halls and dangerous drinking places
We're destroying the youth, and when a
move was made against them, the cry
went up that the police were threaten
ing business. The baron also attacked
the cinematograph as a factor in de-
moralization.
A Free Conservative representative.
Herr Voster, seconded Baron Schenck IA
Schweinberg's statements. The city's
night program, he said is made up as
follows: From s to Ii o'clock. theatre;
III to 2, wine restaurants or dance halls:
2 TO 4, bars, and to 6, might resorts
The advocates of all-night revelry, he
said defended their attitude by deelar-
ing that Berlin is one OF the worlds
greatest cities and must cater to visitors
from abroad. They overlooked the fact
that the public places in London close at
midnight and in Paris bouleyards at |
o'clock.
"He who knows our night life knows
what Generalization it causes among
our youth" said the deputy.
Representatives of the Clerical and
National Liberals deplored the fact that
these conditions were not confined to
Berlin. The smaller cities, too, are be-
coming infected, he said.
Johann won Dallwitz, minister of the
interior declared that there were great
obstacles in the way of successful
campaign against the dangers of pres
ent conditions. He said the government
was trying to reduce the number OF
doubtful resorts and had actually eff
\ II Il 2
number of places holding all-night IL |
censes. 1t was hoped eventually to
abolish entirely the so-ealled animation |
bars" where female mattresses urge the |
guests to drink as much and as often as
possible, and he expected much from the |
new measure about to be laid before |
the Reichstag for the regulation of the |
liquor traffic throughout the empire.
No earnest defender of the night life |
of German cities in all its phrases has
as yet replied to the attacks in the Diet, |
but one apologist has directed attention /
to reason justifying later hours for
restaurants and cafes in Germany than
in other countries. This is the manner
in which the working day is divided.
The average business house suspends OPP
erations for from one and one-half to
two and one-half hours at noon, when
the big meal of the day, is taken, and
closes only at eight. This forces the om-
ployes to work into the evening, and if
they wish to visit theatre, moving pic
ture show or concert, they must go di
rectly from their place of business with
1ut pausing for supper. The thea
ire supper is not a luxury for them but
/ necessity, and they make up big part
IF the crowd that fills the public eating
and drinking places from IL until 2
1'clock