The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-20
~ LANES oroossElI BENNETT.
Especial Correspondent Of The

kaa1I Al l1Alk H.
Al eminent preacher launched a
shibbOleth that mas become a popalar
motto. IL runs:
ich mnss ind will
den stadt helfen.
Al inst some Of the people. espe-
cially devoted housewives Who we're
thinking n ore OF their families than
Of themselves. were worried BY The
nss regulations n the resdiustment
OF standards.
But" said one housewife who now
sets = lavish table only on special
occasions. 1T doesn't make any dir
,srencs whether We like the new sys-
TEN or not. IL Is our duty TO submit
Try" ~
went to luncheon In one of the
richest houses In Aachsn a few DAYS
aso-the house OF a man who has his
castle ca the heights. The meal was
such a variety Of dishes as I'm other
times. In these respects the rich All
over Germany, including the i'm psrial
and royal households, are aiming 10
Sc. an example 10 the people.
q there was panic or riot when
me new bread regulations were laid
down is not true. In some cities thsr.
vas confusion and clamor. because The
I, system was so extensive, thai for he
easily.
| come now TO the details OF the
bread system and would like hrst 20
say that | am confident any stringencv
In the bread market is more precau-
uonary than real What mean ia
the imperial. royal. n municipal au-
thorities have established strict regu-
lations for the sale of bread not be-
cause the empire is short OF bread but
Decause the empire does not wish in
any circumstances 10 be Short OF
bread. ~ VI
Twelve days have proved decisiyely
enough that the system works we'll
. by saturday evening. March 13, IL had
oeen worked out TO its minutest detail
n the bread cards had been issued
up TO the 10th OF next Ociober Tor
every man, woman and child In Ger
many. SN
On Monday. March I5 the svs,em
went into effect In the Rhineland.
FOR Illustration, this town OF Aach-
en-, with a population OF $4,000. WAS
divided into lf6 districts. and The Oh.
erburgomeister issued a four page
proclamation giving in tabulated form
the locations and numbers OF the
bread card n bread stamp bureaus
10 which the householder In such
sna such streets were 10 go for the
Dread cards for themselves, their de-
ants. ~
On b back page was an peti.
car list or the streets. with the num-
Der OF the proper bureau opposite the
name or each street. on the 18th
all householders had to go 10 the
bureau and register themselves and
those dwelling under their roofs. A
tax receipt OF a birth certihoa : mad
cation.
After each persons was Identified
amt EaRNENAHAA -
card, which entities him TO buy Tor
himself and his six pounds OF war
Dread GO pei q potato ffour and
one and one-tenth pounds OF pure
Whlte hour per person every two
weeks between now and October 10.
over two eel and at the end or
issued. "
Instead of the one and o~ne-tenth
pounds OF Hour each person can buy
one and a half pounds Of zwieback
or double baked white bread. inns
Is a boon TO many persons with whom
the war bread. with its 20 per cent or
potato Hour, does not at nrst agree.
some, indeed, IL has made Violently
IN Tor a few hours, but that was when
~ was eaten when IL was too fresh.
~ should be at least two. and better
three, days old before being eaten
A curious fact Is that this bread
the eating OF which is now regarded
as something OF a hardship WAS
priced as a delicacy before the war
Then Il was called not kriegsbrod but
s~oldatenorOd, n civilians who had
friends in the army used To dick.r
with them for an occasional LOAF
When ! go TO Holland once a week
20 get my letters from England the
lnnkeeper at Walls sells me ten roIIs
inade OF white Hour and ] conceal two
IN each coat pocket and bring them
.Daek 10 Germany for n with whom
me hrleasbrod does not agree. More
than ten rolls the inkeeper dane not
sell me. Tor Holland Is conserving it,
supply OF white flour and PASS with
no considerable quantity Of ia.
those who lack the heroic insides
20 dleest The war bread have 20 paw
. cents Tor ten pieces OF zwieback al
the bakers or 5 cents for three pieces
III they order II In hotels.
For the benefit OF small families the
packets OF bread tickets are made m
OF cards stamped for different quan-
eisies oi bread aud Hour. The ticket
OF the highest value permits the pur.
chase Of a two pound, or 1000 gram
lOat. which Il the ordinary size. There
are also tickets for one pound Ioagea
OF 200 grams each "a German poundl
ilchtts TOT the purchased I flour run
as nigh as 1000 grams and as low AL
twenty grams.
Thirty grams OF bread is considered
the equivalent In utfitiOnai value of
twenty grams OF pure wheat flour
ne hrst card empowering tho uur.
chase Of bread and flour "a given free
but ~ the recipient loses ID he must
PAY - cents for a new one. m be- loses
any OF his bread tickets the authori.
llea Will not make good the ioss. BE
nus simply DO without bread until
the next Issue Of tickets
The system 10 extremely rigorous In
the working Of all ltf details There
car be no equivocatiuu. funny bust
ness or m~aneuverinR. and M any is
attempted II h. promptly detected and
me offender ts admOnished not 10 try
10 again.
The bread cards and bread tickets
are issued for each person in cunnoc.
tion with the dwelling in which be-
sleeps and in no other connection. no
matter how many hours OF the 4 enfy.
Tour he may spend elsewhere
a d~Tessmaker eating two meals a
day with the household for which sne
j. sewing must brinE her own bread
Tor her employer can Rlvo her zone
without dcpriviug n member Of tho
household ~ his share 81 bread
4 maid ervant who does not aloen
under her employers roof. but has an
arrangement by which the employer