The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-15
MEN LACKING, WOMEN PAVE
 STREETS OF BERLIN, DRIVE
 ELECTRIC CARS AND HACKS
Danish Editor Makes Interesting Observations On Trip
 Germans Capital, Where Social Life Is Topsy- k, Turvy Because of War
/ Interesting observations of Berlin In sxsr times are contained in a commun-

/ Interesting observations of Berlin in trar times are contained in a commun-
 soation of V. Scheel, editor of the Iuxeskrfft for Laeger at Copenhagen .. .translation of which Is printed In the Journal of the A. M. A. The
 translation followss
 TAose who visit Berlin these days find the city changed in several re lxpects The lack of rubber has hm- tste.i the number of automobiles and itlcycles on the streets to the mlnl- tnzuEsa, and of decrepit nags in the cabs Ishows that the war hsos taken all the lcapable horses> The absence oh .ie lxrale population Is noticeable by the |extent to which women are serving m iuasn's positions. as condaoeors' as lsnoeormen on the electric tramwayss
 xse letter carriers. street sweepers ana !yven in heavy paving work.
 Food Supply,
 sS3errnnuy. especially the largo cities hud the rce1ons where thera as not huuch cultivated land. as in SaDYny, IS kcou4undinx with important ointo~1t1eS kin reeard to food (kaemper 1o we'd lAetdesdxe Ernasrfngsvanskeligh
 
 Etho gathering of the new harvest, ts lsreaber than at any ume previously. JEverything for tho present k scarce; |potxkoes, which had been counted on, Evers backward on account of the cold Isurinx. and asa consequence there Is Ia lack of pot2toes: the bread ration lisr2oo ,gnn- . day; meat only 200 gm- a lWeek-Tuesday and Friday arc meat }fsee days|butoer ration Is 90 sm- Ia W1eks c1eam Is as good as never tsssn- at all: eggs arc very expensive. land 1t is being considered whether to zodnce ,the ration to two eggs a week Der individual: sugar is also ,scanty which is 3n inconvenience now lttxt the now fruit Is to be put up; tthermany -substitute' preparations for kfooetuGs are no improvement of the Enowashment-
 ! s1ne stranger sees thds. but does tnoA. himself note any lack as the ra- fuonYpermtthed can be made up with ksresn vegetables, fruit and poultry ffuv which no maxmal amount has tbesh established It makes @ peculiar fimpressdon. of course, when one. for E1nstancs. wants to buy sandwich, to kbo oRaixed to establish his right to the | thutter and meat from his bread and hmesAscards. To what extent the pop [ulace is or r1s not suffering from the Iscardty ofaproviaions 1t Is of course tdtfbcult for ono on a brief visit to de- |4srm1ne. One sees always in a largo lcsty many undernourished and pale ipersons. but apparently there are no more now than usual The poor L. ffnn lv by the hour in front of the stores Eawfsere prov1sions arc sold. 60 that they
 can be sure of what they are per- nuitted to buy, speaks it's own lan- iguage, the right to the different ar- ticles of food is restricted to being on the spot.
 ! Organization
 <. 'Tne the meanwhile Is the ,aand of organization, and the state has taken hold with a firm hand to come Ito the, aid of the populace. The chil- dren are fed in the school, and round
 about in Berlin public kitchens have been established where the people can go for their midday meal or eat lit on the spot The food is tolerably tgood; it is eatable. in any event Nurs- ting women, young infants and the sick can get extra rations on physician's .order, emitting them to cards to en- table them to buy milk or more bread tand meat, of course at moderate prices. The Gck who require special
 diets can obtain them from the hos Ipital kitchens. It Is believed that by ithese Arrangements the difficulties fhave been mastered, and it is certain
 also that, 50 far as one can see, 1t is possible in this way to feed the people, in any event 50 that Germany need knot on this ground suffer loss q alt fFaId saaledes, at Tysk1and af den tGYund behover at give tabi.)
 The question how far this scarcity
 Df provisions has had an influence on