South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-14
GERMAN SOCIETY
SUBDUED BY WAR;
WOMEN WORK
Correspondent Continues Story
of Journey Through Father
Iand-NoteS Absence Of the
Housewives on Streets.

Mobilization OF the kitchen
Since the crown princess coined this
expression the term has become q
regular German wat.hword. Woe TO
me woman who has not answered the
call of the kitchen or 10 the hospital,
as the case may be.
AT my first coming 10 Berlin
noticed az once the almost entire abe
sence OF ladies-ueine the term here
IN its narrower social sense-in pub
lie places. Evers afternoon. for i'm
stance, Berlin used To- take tea at the
various large Notes.-The Kaiscrhof.
the Adlon. the Esplanade and others.
/ was having tea one afternoon at
the Kaiserhof with a captain on the
war office staff. and asked him.
will YOU tell me where all your
ladies are? 1 mean where Is So
ciety?"
tie looked at me surprised-almost
hurt
Why" he arawered. don't YOU
know that all our women. our real
German women. are modified. as
well as our men2 These are the DAVIS
Whcr the girls who have had "a prac-
teal 'hausfrau' education are having
their innings We need the house
keeper and the nurse nowadays. not
the fraulein, professor. doctor. advo-
cate. on what not"
He was absolutely right as I found
out later AT thC outbreak OF the
war Il great many women and girls
with university degrees. stenograph-
ers. boOkkeepers. etc, working i'm
offices thought that at last their turn
had come. They were going 20 show
that they could replace the men at
the heads of departments, or at what
ever responsible duty might have TO
be performed. Most of them were
sadly disappointed. In the larger
Offices the heads of firms if thev
were not called 20 the COlOrs-Te-
placed their own managers. working
double time. the STATS were cut
down 20 half and So were the sal.
aries.
Take Mems Places
J was astOnlshed 10 note how COM
paratively few mems places had been
taken by women. Several Of the tram
lines and omnibus lines employ them
as conductors: at the stations they
are TO be found i'm the booking offices.
At the postofiices a number of them
have replaced men. but not i'm the
higher pos tons OF course. i'm the
manufacturing districts the percent
age will be much larger
\ number Of wOmen's clubs have
been organized for the purpose of
helping those employed i'm the
musical profession, which is suffering
greatly through the war a large
hall in the reichstag building has
been placed at the disposal of these
clubs. and there they meet and hear
concerts, sometimes two or three of
them in the same day. TIE women
members pay a contribution of
something like $3.50 a month and.
Of course. donations are gladly aC-
cepted. out of these funds the ar
lists are paid.
Some or the concerts take place at
private houses. and the rule has been
made that absolutely no refreshments
shall be served on such occasions OK
cept 90 the artists The women sit
from g tin 6. knitting talking or list r.
ening 90 the music For anyone who
knows Germany and the German
woman's love for her "kaFceklatsch. 80
which used 10 be unthinkahle without
cake and coffee, this is one of the
most remarkable effects Of he war
Another way in which women are
helping is i'm inviting couvalescent
soldiers 10 their houses 20 dinner or