The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-03-14
BERLIN IS BIG
Den OF VICE
Brakes viii Be Put on Greatest
AIl-Night City in World

Berlin. March l3.-For years Berlin
stroVe To become the greatest all-night
city in the world Now when it boasts
that distinction there are widespread
appeals for putting on the brakes.
out Of the 44S members of the Prug-
sian Diet $40 have backed the asse"-
ton that the city is den OF vice. ard
have petitioned the minister Of the i'll
terror to ward off the dangers to
which the bodies and souls OF youths
are exposed
The forty members OF the Progress
sive party in the Diet have not Joined
in the petition, but their spokesman
declared that in general way it eN-
pressed their desires.
DssoIute Women Increase.
Baron Schonck "a ScEweiusberg,
speaking for the Conservatives, made
a bitter attack upon conditions i'm Der
lin. The number Of dissolute womep,
he said. was increasing tremendously,
with all the evils that follow in their
train. Berlin by night" had become
an advertising slo.an. known through
out the world. AS matter of fact,
Berlin by night was the darkest spot
in Prussia and in the German En-
pire.' Cabarets, dance halls and dan
gerous drinking places were destroy
ing the younth. and when a move was
made against them, the cry went up
that the police were threatening bust
ness. The baron also attacked the
cinematograph as factor in demon
alization.
\ free Conservative representative,
Herr Noster seconded Baron IN Sell
weinberg's statements. The citys
night program, he said. is made up as
follows: FROM to II o'clock, thea
tire; II to >, wine restaurants or dance
halls > to T. bars, and to 6, "nisht
resorts" The advocates of all-niglt
revelry Lee said, defended their atti-
tude by declaring that Berlin is one
of the worlds great cities and must
cater to visitors from abroad Thay
overlooked the fact that the pubic
places in London close at midnight
and on Paris boulevards at o'clock.
He who knows our night life knows
what Generalization it causes among
our youth said the deputy.
Conditions Are Attained.
Representatives of the Clerical AMI |
National Liberal parties also attacked !
existing conditions. DR. Schroeder If |
the National Liberals deplored that |
fact that these conditions were not |
confined to Berlin. The smaller cite, |
too, are becoming infected, he said.
Johann Won Dallwitz, minister of |
the interior, declared that there were |
great obstacles i'm the way of sue
ccssful campaign against the dangers
of present conditions. He said the
government was trying To reduce the
of doubtful resorts and had |
actually effected a considerable Iedut
ton in the number Of places holding
all -night licenses 1t was hop q |
eventually to abolish entirely the. So
called 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 Reichstas
lbI tHc regulation OF the HQuOr tlditIt |
the empire.
One Reason For Late Hours.
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 apulogist has directed at
tention to reason justifying later
hours for restaurants and cafes IN
Germany than in other countries. This
is the manner i'm which the working
lay is divided. The average business
house suspends operations for from
one and a half To TWO and "A half hou,s
At noon. when the big meal of the day
Is taken, and close only at eight. This
forces the employees to work into the
evening, and if they wish to visit thea
ire, moving picture show or concert,
hey must so directly from their place
If business without pausing for sup
per The after-theatre supper Is not
1 luxury for them but Il necessity and
hey make up big part of the crowd
hat fills the public eating and drink
ng places from IL until o'clock.