New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12

their identity and their nouveau riche
condition. Old telephone and automo,,
bile numbers are In great demand shu
ramshsckle old houses are bought AT
exorbitant prices. !.
The atmosphere Of Copenhagen IS
distressing. IL IL tense, ike strung
how II seems 20 await some dire
fate. and II reeks with money made
from diving humanity. Never has tho
CITY been so prosperous. Three times
the ordinary number OF taxicabs ply
IN. streets Yet, in spite OF great
business activity, the populaee Is un-
settled. expectant. dreading IL knows
70. what Nowhere are there worse
stories of German atrocities. Ihese
tales sink in. One begins to under
stand what the early American set.
tier. must have felt with band on
savage red Indians Just beyond the
next ridge.
Horror Tales Bring Fear
Daily | grow more nervous. Fear
possesses me. It is said that every
woman who enters Germany is sub
iected 70 sickening and disgusting
personal search, and the tales OF hun
ger and imprisonment the fate OF all
foreigners in Germany. are appalling
Can [ carry my task through
| dine with an American friend. he
has become completely dominated by
the atrocity stories. He almost orders
me home. america forgets,' he de-
clares. chat Europe Is at war and Ger
many is no place for a woman.
| cannot sleep. Only pride holds me
TO, my purpose. l am told that The
New York Tribune is despised in Ger
many and "The Chicago Tribune" toll
Grated. | destroy all papers except my
@Cbicago Tribune" credentials. | have
no scruples about this, for | am writ
ing the same article for both papers
and I am out in search Of the truth and
do not wish TO hurt any nation.
Moreover, | have an errand OF mercy
in Germany. "The Christian World"
fund for starving children Of the New
York Church Peace Union has gwen
me $500 for German war orphans ana
starving babies, with promise OF
more later. | clutch this firmly in my
hand and proceed to the German I'm
bassy at Copenhagen.
Here | wait all day. Any minute my
number may be called, so dare not go
out TO lunch. There is a great crowd
of people. all seeking passports. Most
are turned away. Each day it grows
more difficult to enter Germany. Flnai-
~, at 5 o'clock, my turn comes. NY
credentials are entirely satisfactory
am stamped and passed without ques-
ton. II is very reassurlng. :.
But then began dreary days OF walt
ing. Not for four days after my pass
port is vised and / leave Copenhagen:
Three of my pictures and all marks OF
Identification are being sent 70 the
frontier. 1t is the waiting that IS
nerve-racking. Meanwhile all Copen-
hagen seemed bent on telling me dire
tales of the "Barbars."
A Norwegian acquaintance who Is on
her way from Holland to DenmarK
through Germany twice sends word she
is arriving. Eagerly / meet her tram
but she never appears. what mas nap,
pened? Is she imprisoned In Germany
Then | bethink myself TO telegraph
German friend and ask her to meet me
in Hamburg. In one week l sent Inree
kilograms, but received no reply. ~ IS
very weird. | have the sensation that
I am hurting myself into unknown
space where | shall be cut off from all
world communication.
Takes Food for Trip
Then the food problem troubles me-
Nv Denmark friends urge me to secure
government authorization to carry a
small stock of supplies. This l do ana
purchase eight pounds of butter and
half yard of sausage.
Finally, the morning Of my departure
arrives. / and my three bags, my pack.
age of butter and my half yard OF
sausage are duly deposited in the train.
At the last moment comes wire from
Germany. Not from my friend, but
from a friend Of my friend. | can only
guess why this is. Perhaps my friend
is in prison.
The telegram invites me to come to
Munich, but my ticket and passport are
made out for Hamburg. 1t is too late
TO change. shall know no one IN
Hamburg. If only | could speak Ger
man. Speech is valuable asset. Most
things can be explained, but l shall
be tongue-tied. | do not feel at all
brave. 1t is like going into battle.
I'm shivering, homesick, and terribly
excited.
As the train speeds on It's way l
study nv train companions. There are
three Chinese students, German
merchant, and woman who says she
is Swiss. The woman Is very friendly.
She speaks to each Of US and asks our