Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-24

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hans in. the not too distant. future.
arise a United States Of Europe"
"That is what we need, that is what
we should have" he continued. What
is at the bottom Of this war; am
leaving out all considerations OF neu.
trality, Of diplomatic bungling, elSc.
It's the tariff. NJ
.Blames the Tariff. nj
Each country tried to build Z tarih
wall around itself, and to that you c.n
trace all our troubles. Instead OF
manufacturing everything in one coun'
try, we should let each country spe'
cialize in those goods which 1t can
best and most cheaply supply. IN
these United States of Europe marx
we'll, economically speaking, France
might be left to supply all the silks
for the combined countries, Austria
glass, England cloth and ships, and
Germany machinery and chemicals;
America, for her part, might specialize
in supplying the cotton OF the world.
"But then, terrible as this war Is, It
will have it's beneficial results as well.
People In Europe were beginning to
live too easily, too we'll: we were be-
ginning to be threatened with stagna'
ton. A man who has eaten his NIL
is no longer creative. He wants to
sleep, not work. And after the war?
Well, we'll all have to live together
again. We all need n another, so
what is the use Of nursing this spirit
Of hatred and %rancor?"
Mobilization of the kitchen" Since
the crown princess coined this express
sion the term has become . regular
German watchword.
At my first coming to Berllnss1 no
ticed at once the almost entire alb.
sence Of ~ladies-using the term here
in it's social sense--in public
places. Every afternoon, for instance,
Berlin used to take tea at the various
large NOTES.-THE 4Kaiserhof, the Ad'
lon, the Esplanade, etc.
Woman's Work In War. 70
I was having tea one afternoon ut
the Kaiserhof with a captain on the
war office. stan. i asked him: ."rNyill
you tell me where all your ladies are!.
] mean, where Is society,"" !
He looked at me surprised-almost
hurt.
"Why," he answered, don't you
know that all our women, u real
German women, are modified, as we'll
our men? These are the days when
the girls who have had a practical
education are having their
innings. We need the housekeeper
and the nurse nowadays, not the
fraeulein professor, doctor, a~dvocate,or
what not" u
He was absolutely right, as I found
out later. At the outbreak of the war
. great many women and girls with
university degrees, 74stenographers.
bookkeepers, ETC., working in Offices.
thought that, at hast their turn hRd
come. They were going to show that
they could replace the men at the
heads Of Departments, q !, at Wy,.hlaasttsssser
responsible. duty. might have to be-per.
formed. Most of,themAwenszsadlv dis.
In the larger. Offices, the
heads Of f1rms-if they were not called
to the colors-replaced their own
working double time; vlo
STATS were cut down to half. and 80
were the salaries tE2As !.
Helping the Musicians.
A number Of Women's clubs have
been organized TOR the purpose sof
helping those employed In the musical
profession, which Is suffering greatly
through the war. Aklarse hall in the
building has been placedsat
the disposal of these clubs, and there
they meet and hear concerts, some
times two or three Of them in the
same day. The woman members pay
= contribution Of something like $3.50
month and, of course, donations are
accepted. ~
Some Of the concerts take place at
private houses, and the rule has been
made that absolutely no refreshments
shall be served on such occasions, ex-
cept to the artists. The women sit
from three till six, knitting, talking, or,
listening to the music. For anyone
who knows Germany and the German
love foyhAer s,{kaffeeklatscl,"
which used to be uatlinksble without
cake and coffee. tits is one OF the most
remarkable, eaects OF the wac.
At Whatever. small entertainments
are gwen, war poetry and "feldpost.,
(1etters. from the 'front.' IRE the
most popular items on the program.
The war has hatched an entire new
brood of poets and writer's. G "a A.
Cheering the Soldiers.
I went to dinner one night at the
house of Professor Archenhold, the
Of the Trtptow observatory,
near Berlin. His wife has organized
lectures ID one Of the halls of
building for wounded soldiers, for
women and children Of the neigh.
borhood, and especially for the ref.
agees from East Prussia. /. exu
The particular quarter In which the
stands has = large Social.