The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
IS THE
HEART OF EUROPE
1t is the Great Central Metropolis Of
the Mother Continent to Which
All the Roads
Lead
IT IS A LIVELY PLACE
In Times Of Peace Amusement Life
is Rampant and it is Saying
That the Genuine 8erIiner
ever Sleeps. I
IT IS A LIVELY PLACE

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb DE
scribing Berlin, the National Geo
graphic society has prepared the fol
lowing statement:
Like Washington more an accom-
plishment Of careful planning than
the outcome Of unconscious growth,
Berlin, third greatest among the war
capitals and sixth among the cities
of the world, is solid city of SPLEEN.
did spacing, where everything is of
plaster, asphalt, stone, steel and &C.
ment. and where everything Is new.
Prior to the war. 1t was the first city
in Europe for reyelry. Life never
ceased upon its central streets. When
the hurrying crowds CT workers sought
their places of employment in the
morning. they regularly met a throng,
.heayy-lidded . and !Gleisurely,r going
home There is saying that the
genuine Berliner never sleeps. How
ever this may he. there are always
places for him to go in this city where
theatres, concert halls. cabarets, dance
halls, cafes and similar places are Of
luxurious growth.
Berlin is the heart CT Europe 1t
is the greatest central metropolis Of
the mother continent, to which all
roads lead. In peace times, it is the
core of all the city nerve-ganglia in
Europe. When trade or tourist took
the road between Paris and Petrograd,
between Hamburg and Rome, between
Paris and Constantinople, between
Antwerp and Vienna, between Stock
holm and Parts, the way always led
through Berlin. All day long and all
night long before the war. trains
Ipuffed out of it's various stations at
the rate of several a minute, speeding
from the mighty heart Of Europe to-
ward every compass point. From the
Friederichstrass station, alone, more
than 700 trains were dispatched each
day. ~ tsa. FL u. ss
| Seat of the imperial court and
parliament. a focal point Of German
science. art and general culture, home
of German military art, financial cen.
ter of the empire, rich in manufac-
lures, and one of Europe's greatest
marts Of International exchange, Ber-
lin is a place of International ignifl-
canoe ranking with London 4
I'm this city there is pleasure on
every hand, and all ill-chance is elm
mated by the government "a man
may not be robbed by cab-drivers, ho-
tells, shopkeepers, or by his servants.
He may not walk over railway tracks,
and it Is illegal for him to block the
path of street traffic to his and it's det-
riment, in other words, he is without
the law when successfully exposing
himself to the dangers Of vehicular
collision. A jealous system Of laws
and of police regulations are met at
every turn for his protection
Berlin has Luna park, brought
to the capital on the Spree by an
American. The same lavish use Of
bright paints and brighter lights are
found, in it as characterize our orig
inal Luna parks, but the shoot-the-
shoots. the scenic railways and So on
have been modified by the police I'M
til not even thrill remains, much
less an element Of danger.
''Unter den Under (Under the Lin
dens) is the heart OF Berlin. 1t is one