The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-12-07
BY MADELEINE G. DoTY.
Author. Of "Society'a Misfits."

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SILL, no sign OF life. ! press the electric
button and order breakfast. A pale.
worried little man arrives with a tray.
There is the same undrinkable col.
fee of the night before, a tiny drop #oI
blue. watery milk in a doifS pitcher no
bigger than my thumb. no sugar. some
black. sour ~uneatble bread. no Dutter,
and a small saucer of marnlalade.
Irritation SEXES me. How a
spend weeks in Germany without
proper tood2 I remember my box OF
American crackers and the Danish put-
ter and sausage ~reposing In the holeI
refrigerator. But i have the decency
some weeks of discomfort. the Ser
mar people months of patient surfer
ing.
Food Saved For Friend.
The Danish food shall go to a Ger
man friend. BY the time I am dressed
my travelling companion. No. 81.
joined me. We decide to make a tour
of the city. 1t is a gray. sunless day.
The weather increases the gloom OF the
city. Only a few persons are upon the
streets, old people or very young peo-
pie and tiny children.
But occasionally we pass a silent,
detected group lined up before a meat
shop. 1t is a meat day. Working Wom-
en- with babies in their arms. or tiny
children carrying baskets. or old de-
crepit men and women clutcn1ng q
government meat card patiently wait
their urn The shop door flies open.
three or four are admitted and a mlser-
able half pound of meat portioned out
Except for these food purchases the
city seems actionless. We enter a
Book shop and ask for a map. But TO
sell a plan of Hamburg is verboten.
So many things are verboten. Pernaps
that accounts for the inactivity. Store
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inside the shop is silent and empty.
Little Life In City.
Even in the business section there Is
little life. We find a small boat tina
makesaa three hours trip about the
harbor, and take it. The great wharves
are peopleless, no hurrying men. no
swinging derric1s. no smoke issuing
from smokestacks or
In the docks lie big and little poats,
rusty, painless. deserted. The great
Imperator, like a towering monster.
commands the center.
The paint is peeling from it's sides.
Its brass is dull; some dirty stained
blankets flap on an upper deck. Like a
thing alive it seems stricken with
plague. Its proud title ''Imperator" is
gone and in it's place is the word cap
Polonia." Except for u tug and. wv
others, no vessels move upon the Wa
ter. There are NJ whistles. no chug-
Chug and swish OF passing poatS, Ao
vibrant, thrilling life.
Hamburg is a city OF lts
big hotels, it's many stores, its impress
siye buildings stretch out endlesSly,
but within all is still. All that modern
industry and the ingenuity Of man can
achieve has here been flung upon the
land and then the force that created has
vanished, leaving these great monu-
! ments to rot, to rust and to crumble
The ragedy Of unused treasures is as
! horrible as rows of dead. A city seems
visibly dying.
Faint from want Of food we leave the
boat to seek a restaurant. We find one
| directly opposite the Hamburg-Ameri-
can docks, on the hillside. We seat
ourselves on the outdoor porch which
| commands the harbor AS we do sc
| we notice a long line of women ano
children filing into the big Hamburg
American buildings. Each bears a pail
| When they emerge it is with steanlns
contents.
Docks Become Kitchens.
The docks have been turned into big
| feeding Kitchens. When the womer
leave a whistle blows. Then from
every direction come old men ant
young boys. They come running. hop.
ping, jumping, each striving to be first
driven by hunger, or by fear that thu
| last may have nothing. The police keel
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building to eat.
The meals furnished US is scanty, bu'
after this scene it seems beautiful
!, There is soup, fish, meat, vegetables
fruit and cheese. The bread and mea
are to be had only with cards. Like tn,
day before, the food is watery an
tasteless. 1t is such food as is served
in institutions.
Prison diet does not promote health
or strength. One can live on it, but pa
triotism and temper suffer. l discove
there are two kinds of bread. One
small roll, it's substance only slight,
dark. This is eatab1e and quite differ
ent from the ordinary black bread. ST
Of these small rolls can be had on
daily bread card. This bread with
piece of Swiss cheese do much to re
store me to cheerfulness.
Visit Bismarck Statue.
When we have finished, No. so sug
guests a trip to the Bismarck monu
ment Denkmal.) She is an arden
officials. 1t is only a short walk t
the Denkmal. 1t is situated on a ma
hill, and the gigantic figure is furthe
elevated by q high pedestal, until
towers over the city.
There is something sinister In tn
figure. 1t is clad in armor and lean
on a gigantic sword. 1t seems to sa.
E L. ANO hA Nh'S "oAAA oAAAAA NShSA -
I conquer ALL Yet there is weakne
behind the strength. AS a work of III
1t is a failure.
But my companion is enthra1led. Thi
massive greatness of arrangemer
means to her strength. M
isn't it wonderful" she breathe
"If only he were alive, how different
would be. Germany could conquer all
= The words AVE hardly left her liz
when we hear voices. A crowd OF Chi
dren is gathering just below.
There is no passing %populace t
swell the throng. We approach ar
see in the enter OF the crowd of chi
} dren a woman crouched upon a bencl
She is dirty, ragged, and dark in co
oring. She may be Armenian or Italian
} On the ground at her feet is a bah
. just big enough n walk. 1t also
dirty and possesses only one ragge
garment. The mother sits listles
gazing at her child. 1t is evident she
1 soon to be a mother again. There
great chattering among the childre
/ turn to my companion for explans
ton.
The woman wants to sell her chill
y Il ch~ ~ H. hasn't anSyfhino IN oa