The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-07

where and where the very walls have
ears.
May Need German Aid.
To speak English, as l have said be-
fore, is more than hazardous. though
French is occasionally heard and does
not appear to arouse any I'll feeling. l
have repeatedly heard the opinion ea-
PRESSED that some arrangement may be
made with France, as soon as the French
people realize that they will need the
assistance of Germany to drive the Eng
lish out OF Calais.
Want rules most households. however.
not only those Of the working classes.
but also those of the lower middle class
which were quite comfortably on before
The people as whole bear their suner
ines in a calm and patriotic manner. and
the government does everything TO ale
viate their burdens.
The government chemists are contn-
ually inventing new articles OF fooo 10
take the place of those that have gone
I'D too much in price. The newspaper
advertisements are most interesting read
ing. Artificial coffee. milk. honey Jam
and marmalade are offered at very low
prices, as arc also many chemical 1000
stuffs with strange names
In tine 4dSCOloh1 n 49,
40 I saw an advertisement of a Leipzig
merchant who recommended Norwegian
whale meat as the most nutritious uou!-
ishrnent to be had and offered II TO deal
ers at a price of SIS per barrel OF 100 kilo-
grams. He added. however, that II was
particularly suitable for the contractor
who caters TO war prisoners camps II
is more than doubtful whether this VIII
help the general sale Of this new article
Of diet.
Loses His Five Sons
visited today a civil engineer IN
NIitteIstrasse, Berlin, whom used to
meet occasionally before the war. j
found him crushed with sorrow and
ready to leave Berlin. He told me that
the son whose name I had seen In the
list of those fallen in Russia, the facf
which had caused me To can and oner
my sympathies. was his last child.
When the war began his five sons, two
NJ whom were married, had all been
called TO the colors. and had left for the
front full Of enthusiasm. In June OF this
wear four Of them had fallen, one IN
France and three In Russia
The father had then sent a letter to
the Kaiser personally begging him to
release his only remaining child. This
letter remained unanswered for long
time, but finally q rev Gays ago ne re
ceived a reply through the War De-
partment expressing regrets that his pc
tition had come too late, as his NTH
son had fallen in the Argonne. Natur-
ally the old couple were in dispair.
I'VE have worked hard to give our
boys a good education and now they are
all buried in foreign SOIL" said the
father.
He cursed the crown prince and ex-
pressed the wish to see him hanged on
the highest gallows In Europe. He did
not care now how long the war lasted
or how It ended. and was leaving Berlin
to spend his childless old age at Darms-
tadt, where he had a small country
house a few miles from the city. left
this house Of sorrow feeling that / could
say nothing to relieve the misery Of the
poor old couple and wondering how
many of the houses in this prosperous
looking residential street concealed sini-
lar tragedies behind their walls.
But Berlin Is gay and Friedrtchstrasse
at night is ablaze with light
The German mate who signed with the