Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-08
LUXURIES HAVE
BEEN FORGOTTEN
War Has Driven Even Lack Of
Necessities From Ger Z
man Minds

Stockholm. Sweden, Noy. S.-(Cor-
respondence of the Associated Press)
l-One thing after another has disap-
peared SO gradually from German mar
kets since the war began that the very
existence of certain luxuries. and some
thinss that were once considered
necessities. has been forgotten. 1t
was the experience of correspondent
OF the Associated Press who had been
In Berlin since the war began. and
Tor many years before. to find. upon
MS arrival in Stockholm, the butcher
shop and grocery windows filled with
foodstuffs he had seen scarcely q sug-
gestion of in Germany for many
months. and the restaurant bills of
lare also served as pleasant reminders
OF ante-bellum days when the Ger
man restaurants, as much as those
OF any country. were prepared to sup
| ply great variety of the foods.
Germany is not starving, and there
is no fear there that it will. but the
people are doing without far more
Ininss than they realize, having be-
come so gradually accustomed to the
loss or curtailment of certain edibles.
bacon-which the correspondent had
not seen in Germany for months--is
Plentiful here, of course; butter, lard
and olive oil. seen in the grocery shops
oHered really irresistible appeal to
one who had scarcely known them for
SO long. There were different cuts of
PORK; the correspondent had had a
small portion of pork twice in three
months. He found many kinds of
bread, while the only kinds he re-
Gently knew were. rye mixed with po-
tatoes and wheat mixed with rye.
There was real coffee, which one can
not OBTAIN even in the best hotels or
mlllionaireS homes in Germany
The taste of French fried potatoes
was almost new thing, for no Ger
man household has enough fat to per-
INIT indulgtng in this luxury. With
baskets of bread on the tables in ho-
tells and restaurants, and no breadcard
required as condition precedent to
partaking, 1t seemed almost irregular
and even wasteful. An order for maca-
rom brought quantity greater than
household of two persons can OBJ
taln In Berlin for whole week. A
single order of cold meats contained
more than the amount allowed per
capita in Germany for a week.
What, then, it may be asked, are the
Germans eating? The answer is:
Bread. potatoes and sother vegetables,
one-half pound of meat weekly when
It can be obtained, and. fish, canned,
fresh and smoked. The disappearance
VI tio ie6 6uineS--lentllS, peas and beans
has been especially felt by the
poorer people. A few beans and peas
are occasionally to be had, but only
negligible quantity. Lentils, of
which the Germans were very fond.
disappeared in the first weeks of the
war. - -
On this food. If it can be obtained,
one cannot starve, but the poorer
people, who either get nothing but
potatoes and bread or who. do not
know how to make the most of what
they do get, complain of the monotony
or the fare and that they are con.
tinually hungry. A number of women
OF this class, some weeks ago, made a
small demonstration in front of the
city hall of one of the MUNICIPALITIES
or Greater Berlin, declaring that they
were hungry. You shall not be all
lowed. to- starve (verhungern) y said
the mayor, but you will have to be
hungry (hungern)."
This is undoubtedly the spirit ami.
mating all but an insignificant num-
Der OF Germans. They are satisfied
that they will not starve, and they are
Wiling to make the sacrifice for the
Fatherland implied in the MAYORS
words. And they are the better able
to make this sacrifice because. as has
been illustrated, they do not, realize
just how great it is.