The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-11-12
BRAVE SPIRIT IS
SHOWN BY BERLIN
City's Outward Aspect Hardly
Indicates War-Food PIen-
tifuI and Business Is
About Normal.

Berlin. Oct. %. (by maii),-They still
eat wheat bread in Berlin. A:iise-
ments proceed with little sign Of abate-
ment. Few posters to call men to
arms are IN evidence and there are
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 that has
a IS per cent admixture OF rye and
where ais. oil walls are covered with
official announcements relating to
mobilization n the regulation Of
prices. were sources of wonderment
to q correspondent of the Associated
Press. who has Just arrived from con-
slant scenes of war and its after
math.
That Germany is at wal could not
be cleaned from street impressions,
though 4 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
Hindenbtirg. 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.
There are surprisingly few soldiers
in the German capital. Now and then
a column puts in an appearance-cheer-
full. eager and usually bedecked with
flowers-off for the war. Beside the
men march their women--not so cheer
full.
But II 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 ppear natural enough, the
women belly their REDEEMED eyes with
a smile M swallow hard as they talk
to the men whom they accompany to
the train that will take them east or
west-either way a Dad OF danger.
Business About Normal.
Business in Berlin seems 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 capa-
! city and the many entertainers who
nv NeN VA WIN lNII0 SGHt# CuIA dllIhlCAlI
OF programs rather than total
closures.
A similar condition prevails among
shop and factory employees, but in their
cases the percentage of unemployment
Is lower because of the men taken to
the front. Official figures recently
issued show that with the progress of
redistributing labor not yet completed,
there were In Berlin only from two to
six per cent more unemployed than
normally. while in the case of certain
trades which require men of ex-
~ceptionally good physique, there was
actually a shortage of labor.
The bills of fare in the Berlin hotels
and restaurants may now be read by
the German whose knowledge OF
French is limited. The Speisek arte" is
no longer a menu" There has been
little reduction in the quantity and no
deterioration IN the quality to the food
offered. Nor are the prices materially
higher. Many OF the big restaurants
have made no change, whatever, in
their prices.
I'VE Must VIM"
1--WE must win is the slogan OF
every body I'm Berlin. To make this
possible, everybody accepts ~resignedly
whatever, sacrifice has to be made.
While the army has the hard work in
the battle line. the women, including
the empress and the ladies OF her court,
knit socks. wristlets. gloves, sweaters.
abdominal bands N leg warmers"
Innunernb,o packages7ar are dispatched
TO the 'front.', containing mostly cigars,
small hottles Of spirituous beverages
and chocc!sNe for whose nutriment
values the German soldiers seems to
have tho highest respect.
The sentiment prevailing In all class
eS of Derlin's population and IL Is
claimed. the empire. is that the war is
a very disagreeable business which
must he disposed of thoroughly and
with whole heartedness.
In the public places may be seen
many women in mourning. While the
spirit of the Berllncr is such that the
sight of them does not leave him unim
pressed. II also reminds hin that what
happened to one today may happen to
another tomorrow.
Berlin does not seem to fear invasion
by hostile air craft. For this reason
no limitation has been put on street
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