The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-10-28
LIFE IN BERLIN
ALMOST AS USUAL
Horrors of War Shroudina Paris and
London in Darkness Fail to
Touch kaiser's Capital.
CONCERT HALLS ARE ALL OPEN
Football Team From City Goes to
Vienna and Plays Match
Game with Team There

Beriin-The horrors OF war, which
have shrouded London and Paris in
darkness of night, and laid Belgium
have, so far, failed to touch Berlin.
An American who recently arrived
from London remarked that there was
less nervous anxiety here than in the
British capital. and he saw evidence
OF this in the fact that Berlin still
shows its usual blaze of electric lamps
at night. while London. fearing an I'M
heralded visit from Zeppelins. has
greatly reduced its illumination, just
as Paris has done for the same reason.
Another cause for comment was to
see so many men capable of doing
military duty still rowing about the
streets OF Berlin, engaged in their
customary work. As a matter OF fact,
most OF the military barracks of the
empire are still we'll filed with sol
dlers, for the most part men Who are
to receive further drilling before so
ing to the front.
Wounded Soldiers on Streets.
Another class of soldiers now fire.
quently seen on the streets are the
convalescent wounded. The life of
Berlin in fact, centers just nov about
the wounded soldiers, as we'll as the
soldier still in the field. Social life
is dominated by benevolence for him.
Women and girls are industriously
knitting for him, and wherever they
go. at the afternoon coffee party, at
the business meetings of the numcr-
GUS societies for assisting the sick
.,,I I,J
concerts and in other public places,
their fingers are soon busy with their
work.
Nearly every Berlin woman of the
wealthier classes is doing something
to help. Some are working in the
kitchens conducted for the feeding of
poor: some in charity organizations
which are looking after the children
of the soldiers at the front, left with
out adequate means of support and
many are nursing sick or wounded SOL
diers.
Take Poor Into Homes.
Most families of the Weather
classes are also taking into their
homes poor women and children for
one good meal daily. and there are
organizations OF women to find such
disbursers of charity. Another func-
ton of the charity organizations is to
collect books, pictures and newspa-
pers for military hospitals, OF which
there are a number in the suburbs.
There is even q society OF British cit
liens in Berlin which sends it's agents
ask for American magazines and books
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itz, a few miles outside of Berlin.
The theaters and concert halls are
all open as usual. but the attendance
is not large. The war figures largely
in the light musical farces and the
of the variety theaters
and the moving picture places pre-
sent military films of many kinds.
Films of Sham Battles.
There are sham battles made i'll
very close imitation of real war. but
Il proposal to take moving pictures
Of real battles. or at least battletields,
did not meet the approval Of the mil
tary authorities as the German gov
makes it a set policy to
spare the. public the useless emotion
al excitement Of seeing and reading
about the horrors of the battlefield.
Some OF the people, however, fail
to catch the spirit of deep serious
ness in which most Germans are now
living and picture postcard makers
have tried the experiment OF
getting out comic war post cards
These. however. have fallen fiat
When sent to the front. Word has been
siven out by the military authorities
that the soldiers now doing hard fight
ing are in no mood to enjoy these i'll
timed efforts at fun. not few OF
which, besides. are i'll very bad taste.
and the newspapers have requested
their readers to refrain from sending
such missives to the front.