Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-27

shattered, scotched and twisted. They
look as II they had been through q
garage fire; the fact, Of course, Is
lhat they are from the front.
In the streets OF the cities the small
number Of horses is a significant sign.
Automobiles, too, are relatively
scarce and most OF those one does
see are occupied by soldiers In Ber-
lin. however, sufficient number re-
main for the use OF civilians TO rem
der the Linden lively at all hours OF
the day
The director OF the Hotel Dom in
koln has lived IN London and he has
the knack of swearing in English
with proficiency and precision. AS a
consequence he was both Ineligible
and emphatic in his remarks ON "A Sc
ries OF letters by Spanish cores
pondent who after visit TO koln,
had written that the hotel was empty.
the street deserted and business at a
standstill.
Soldiers Everywhere.
After two days in the Hotel Dom
my own impression was that the
Spaniard had not been malicious but
merely stupid, for during my wand
crings among the seventeen cities |
have observed not only prosperity and
placidity. but gayety as well.
And soldiersl
Soldiers, soldiers, soldiers every
where. 1t seems as IL every third man
were a soldier. The streets Of Koln
are thronging with them. AS we Jared
out of Aachen we passed trainload
after trainload of them.
Owing to the vast number of troops
in the transit to the west front the
trains move slowly and make fire.
quent stops. Tha gives the people
living along the line chance TO make
lelsurely and affectionate farewells to
the men.
have watched the passing of tho
troop trains on a sunday morning. l
suppose that in the course of an hour
we passed half a dozen trains crowd
ed with men and horses.
ToundrIes Kept Busy All Time.
In some of the villages the gardens
come close up to the tracks The
cherry trees are in bloom and the
cheering men seemed at times to h"
passing along trlumphal roads
blossoms. Across miles of paste
country floated the music of the
church bells. And yet the iron, cop
pcr. and zinc foundries on the remote
horizon were i'm full blast, too-no
Sunday rest for them in these times.
Surveying the wide plains and lis
tening to the music of the bells ana
watching the long troop trains creep
ing toward the frontier, you got the
Germany of the spring of 1918 IN
three aspects-church-g Germany,
Industrial Germany and war-making
Germany.
The sound of the bells died away as
service began and the cheers of sol
diers and villagers and children rose
above the slow click of the car wheels.
1t was staggering and yet 1t was NO
exceptional sight. For more than
eight months ! have seen it going on
this endless, exultant release OF
men streaming toward the frontier.
Towers Command Attention.
In peace time it was the twin towers
Of Koln cathedral that first command
ed the travellers gaze as he drew near
TO the ancient capital of the Rhine-
land; now 1t is a yellow bellied cap
tive balloon hanging 1000 feet above
the city that first catches his eyes.
1t is a sentinel balloon-ever on the
watch for French or English flyers
On SUNDAY the trains to KOln are
.f6wded with people faring from the
surrounding towns for their holiday
making in the capital. saw spacious
and beautiful municipal gardens full
of happy men and women and chill
dren enjoying themselves sedately.
Their pleasures appeared TO be mex
pensive and rational.
The roar of the ballyhoO and the
rattle of the roller coaster were stilled,
and some of the pleasures emphati-
cally were those that contribute to the
permanent culture of a nation
Sunday Afternoons Much as Usual.
In the afternoon thousands were
sitting in the several restaurants and
on the terraces of the great white and
gold beer hall of the geological gar
den. They were slipping beer and cor
fee, visiting and listening to long pro-
grams of good music-Wagner Bizet,
Handel. Rossini. Verdi and half doz-
en- other composers of that rank.
Each of the hundreds of tables IN
the hall bore a big bouquet OF flowers
and was spread with good linen. The
service was rapid and civil, and the
prices, while not low, were reasonable.
At the bottom of the sheet giving
the program of music the feeding time
of the animals was listed-the peli-
cans at $3.50, the sealions at 4, the
chimpanzees at 4:30, the bears, wolves
and hyenas at 5:15. the eagles at $3.50.
the lions, tigers and panthcrs at 8,
and so on up to $50, when the CHM
panzees got another meal
More Soldiers at Zoo.
The long driveways We're full of red
checked soldiers--evidently lads from
the country-who beamed and stared
and saluted and got their fill Of sight
seeing at the empires expense, and
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