New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03

NV lack OF success. discouraged me.
appealed 70 woman social worker
very WE'LL" she said. an show you
what Is happening" She took me to
the north Of Berlin. There little
children swarmed, dirty, ragged. bare
footed and pale This is new state
Of affairs for Germany. Heretofore
there have always been at least potatoes
and clothes. No one has gone hungry.
Paternalism aourishes only when the
family Is fed. when father fails to
furnish food the children rebel The
spirit Of rebellion is abroad in Ger
many.
We visited several tenements. The
following is typical family.
mother. nine children and grandmother
two rooms and kitchen. Father IN
the war; income IA marks $3.50 a
month: rent ST month. This mother
could not afford 20 eat at feeding
kitchen. One meal at 10 cents a head
meant Sl.2O. The baby was six months
old. IL has what is termed English
krankheit." II was weak from lack OF
nourishment. II could not raise us
arms. Since September only children
under six are allowed milk. The allow
ance Is a pint day. Not enough 10
nourish a baby. This family was living
on tea and potatoes.
We visited many families. | could
not admire my companion. She was
very proud, but tears ran down her
cheeks. She belonged 10 the Official
class. She adored Germany and held
every German act right, yet her heart
bled for her people. Nainly she was
trying 10 stem the tide. She dashed
her tears aside TO say: DO you won
der German women are bitter? But
England shall not bring US 20 our knees,
rather we will give our last baby hrst'
Oats More Precious Than Gems.
At every home insisted on laying in
supplies. But there was little to buy.
Nothing with substance--no meal. We
had 10 be content with pudding powder
(heaven knows what that is), tea
"ersatz" and some canned goods. My
COMPANION had succeeded in getting
some packages Of meal from the gov
eminent When che produced one OF
these the family went mad with JOY.
Oats are more precious TO mothers than
diamonds. The thing that is needed is
food-not money. But | gave my com
panion some money from the Christian
Work Fund. "Buy things that are 60
ing 70 the rich and give them TO the
poor" said.
I knew now what was most needed
II was milk for babies. | dislike quot
ing figures, but q reliable and we'll
informed Social Democrat told me that
in the babies hospital the increase in
mortality was 80 per cent. | consulted
DR.. Kimmle. the head OF the German
Red Cross in Berlin, about the milk
suprlv. lie thought the best invest
ment goats. More money had come
from the Christian Work Fund and
turned over 1000 marks lowing TO de-
( probation only about $500 to him u
/ buv goats for the north of Berlin. The
wealthy agrarian who sold the goats
asked $50 marks ($37.5o) a goat. Or
/ dinarily the price is thirty marks, oil
/ S5.5O. per goat Was this German
/ agrarian patriotic. or eficient7 HI
made money out Of the German babies
necessity. Why did the government
hermit it7 Was il efficient? Doe
Germany handle its food supply Ell
/ fciently?
] The following items are to be ha'
only with cards: Bread, meat, potatoes
butter, sugar. cheese, milk, eggs, mea
-four, soap and cheap clothes. Each per
son has TO trade at the store assigned