The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-12
AMERICANS PROBE"
BERLIN DANCE HALLS
Investigating" Commissions
Work by Night Instead
Of by Day.
POLICE "SPEAK ENGLISH
Party of New York Teachers Ar
rive in Prussian Capital
This Week.

BERLIN. July ll.--Germany Ia being
studied. investigated and combed for
Ideas by an unusual number OF Ameri-
can commissions and junketing parties
this summer.
The embassy and consular STATS are
kept busy with applications for courte-
sizes. permission TO visit institutions, sc.
The German officials are showing the
greatest patience about this matter. One
Of them said in a Jocular manner one day
this week:
1T will probably be necessary to or
gan!ze a corps OF English speaking Gov
eminent guides to take Americans about
this summer"
The only complaint the German off,
clals make about these American inves-
tigators Is that they do not take their
Investigations as seriously as the Gov
eminent officials would like. after they
have taken up their time and patience.
1t frequently happens that when the
American embassy or consulate has made
an appointment for German official
committee to take a party about only two
or three investigators" and sometimes
only one member appears before the COM
mittee OF three important officials, who.
in frock coats and top hats, are ready
TO receive and show the party" every
courtesy.
The trouble 10 that these visitors. like
the average tourists. generally begin their
studies by investigating the famous
Palais de Danse or the Ice Ballet. 1t
is then difficult for them to get up early
enough In tho morning to meet the off,
Gals who have been appointed to show
them more serious things.
Berlin Is becoming moro and more a
centre of attraction for Americans Ac-
cording to the police statistics. 3,407
Americans visited the capital last month.
In addition to the English speaking po-
| "a - -.
can flag on his left arm, some OF the
taxicab drivers have adopted the same
practice. Several Of the big cafes have
English speaking walters who wear sim
| liar badges.
| More than one hundred Americans who
came over on the Imperator arrived her,
this week. Among them were Percy r
Pyne and his daughter and son. The
latter will probably be attached to thu
American Embassy as second private sec
rotary to Ambassador Gerard. The Pyne.
were entertained this week at the en-
bassy, which also entertained ex-Secretary
! of the Navy George Won L. Meyer and hi
daughter, who are en- route to Kissingen.
State Senator James J. Frawley OF New
York and Mrs Frawley and Senator
James +. Murtagh were entertained at thu
embassy on Monday. They Will spend {
week in Berlin and will then 60 to Seutl
Germany and Venice.
| twenty-five stuueHtb OF tno CnlNersit,
OF Wisconsin, with DR.. II. NJ Haertei. ar
rived In Germany on the steamer Penn
sylvania and are now in Berlin, They Will
spend the summer in a tour OF practica
study They will remain here for tw'
weeks and then go TO Dresden. Munich
NIremburg and other cities,
A large party of teachers. under tn
auspices OF the University of tho city o
New York, with DIR. Kurte Richter IL
charge. Is coming on the Barbarosst
Wednesday. A Berlin committee, heade'
by DIR. Bertling and DR.. Drechsler OF tn
American Institute. will conduct then
through the technical. commercial, voca
tional and continuation schools.
After these party OF American veterin
! AIRY surgeons will come here and they will
be followed by n commission OF nifty mum
clpal mayors and civic leaders who ar
travelling under the auspices OF the Unite
states Government They are intereste
n municipal progress in Europe es
pecinlly In Germany. The tour was or
gnn!zed by Clarence J. Owens OF Wash
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