The Washington times., 1916-10-04

They held up their heads. and acted as
though they knew what they wanted
and know how to get II.
There IL even a cooperative news
paper In one city owned by its readers"
Guest Of Publisher.
In Stockholm. Mr.. King was the guest
OF honor at a reception given by Albert
BONNER, one OF Sweden's foremost pub
fishers, at which were several Of the
foremost men and women in literary.
artistic, and professional life of the city.
While In Sweden. Mr.. King several
times visited at the home of Ellen Key,
philosopher and writer on educational
topics. whose works have been trans
lated into nearly every civilized tongue
one OF the questions l have been
asked continuously since / came back"
Mr.. King said. is about food conditions
In Germany.
Germans are not starving; reports IN
this country are without foundation az
far as could observe. There Is
shortage. OF course, In meats, fats,
sugars, and wheat. But the wonderful
IL preventing waste and insorlng the
people a simple but a substantial diet.
In Berlin ! saw plenty of fresh
vegetables and fruits for sale in the
open markets. more in fact. and
dinavia. ! lived as cheaply in Berlin,
and SO can anyone. as in Christiania
or Copenhagen"
! Has Bread Card.
Ma King brought back with him
one of the famous bread cards and
one OF the meat cards used through
out Germany. probably one of the
first brought to this country. since
taking them out OF the country is
forbidden
The bread cards are issued to trav-
elers the same as to residents. and
guests must display their tickets at
the hotel or or, re ,;tr II they desire
allowance of bread or meat for one
day. A new one must be obtained the
next day. On Tuesday and Friday.
you may have fish or fowl but no
One OF the interesting experiences
Mr.. King had in Norway with a stu
dent gathering served to illustrate the
student Influence on popular thought.
famous old students. association at
the University of Christiania, and
then went with a group. of thirty or
forty students to a midnight siesta
ing, the group amid bottles and tobac-
CO smoke discussed every topic from
the personal habits of Ibsen, to re-
form OF the English landlords, and
l1e IutuTt ClNlilLdllOn.
Mr.. King said he found that news
papers controlled by shipping COM
panies and financial concerns, which
were making huge fortunes out OF
| the war. were the ones which uni
versally assailed the Ford peace mis-
sion. and attack Henry Ford bitterly
Praised Ford.
1T gave me great pleasure" he said
ito tell in several lectures and as Ions
as I could. personally. how Henry Ford
made his fortune by his inventive geniuf
and efficient methods OF manufacture
and not by special privileges secured
through corruption OF governments.
81 told how he treated his men. about
the IS a day minimum wage. and al
that. and / found they were glad &c
hear these things. and II not only helped
n little to a true understanding OF Mr.
Ford's personality. but also. they wer,
glad to learn that there was at leas
one American millionaire whose hear
was bigger than his greed for money"
Writing In the Public, a Swedish
woman. Signe Bjorner. said OF Mr.
Kings activities. He has probabl,
reached more people here directly. and
done more toward producing genera
understanding of the spirit OF Americs
| than any other one man."