The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25
GERMAN PRIVOLlTY
ROUSES CRITICISM
Munich Police Head Asserts
Women Are Endangering
Success in War.
SCORES DISSOLuTE RICH
Special Correspondence to TnH srS

Special Correspondence TO TRG SrS.
LONDON. June Much attention Is
being directed In the German press to
"The Golden Words Of the Folicc Presi-
dent Of Munich" II will he remembered
that II was In the Bavarian capital that
the police arrested a for appear
Ing on the street in a costume which
they regarded as extravaganza and not In
harmony with the seriousness Of the
times. II was said that the woman was
liberated after she had consented TO wipe
the powder of her face and to don more
sober apparel.
The police president. Baron Won Grund-
herr. 10 anxious to breathe a new spirit
into the somewhat frivolous citizens. and
convened recently a public meeting at
which he %recounted the shortcomings and
details Of the meeting are given by the
Daily Chronicle.
A vast crowd assembled to hear the
baron. He began by reminding his au-
dience that the side would win the war
which showed the greatest tenacity.
which owned the dearest conscience and
cultivated the highest ideals. They were
asked to remember that the home life Of
the people reacts with tremendous power
on the troops at the front. and that II
this life is not worthy and digniied In
every sense of the teri. the effect on the
army will be ruinous.
rs life in Munich" he asked. the
life that viii help tbs to VIM" lie quoted
. soldier on leave. who said to him. II
cannot stop any longer in Munich. I
cannot stand this dissipation in view OF
all that we are suffering at the front.
soldiers at the front die willingly for
German simplicity and temperance, for
German modcsty and idealism. but they
DO not die willingly for usurers and
pleasure seekers. for selfish superficial
men and vain. coquett!sh women"
soldiers wives Suffering.
The police baron went on 10 speak
OF the musical cafes where during the
afternoon dressed up women. girls and
young children sat in pairs with i'm.
moral men. drinking and eating the
best. AT the other end Of the city from
5000 to 5000 soldiers wives daily and
nightly, sometimes all through the night
assembled and waited weary hours for
q bit OF meat or butter al prices which
we're intolerable. Patient. never grum.
bling. waiting six and cigh; house. in all
weathers. insu,Iiciently clothed. the,
stood until their turn care. Their /.
always a remnant of from 400 TO SOC
who get nothing. but they turn home
unmurmuringly.
The police president said there were
Rich families for whom the war did no
seem to exist rich dissolutes. thinking
Of nothing but their sport and pleasure
Why cannot they he taken to tn,
trenches? He referred to the bars an
wine shops with Mattresses. where tn,
widest orgies were carried on. Thi!
extravaganza. he says. cries to heaven
He referred TO the food usurers as q
shameless crowd Of vampires.
Outside Munich II is the same. III
In the Bavarian highlands he saw fash
ionable women whose dresses were al
abOTination. II Is SO bad that on thu
door of a certain church he saw thu
notice Entrance to the church is onl.
permitted to those who are not dis
reputably clad--that is TO say. who's
dresses are neither too wide nor to-
short"
There are crowds OF Bavorians VIII
still drink their eight or tel quarts o
to the worker.
sSFsmNIe ApRches" Assai1ed.
Al the close Of his Grafton Baro'
0rundherr returned to the question o
Vomen's dress. Those women he saio
"WhOm one sees every afternoon haunt
Ing their finery IN our streets are no
worthy to be called German womer
TIN name Is too good. too honorable, 10
them. They are emale apaches who ar
permitted TO parade In German cite
10 the burning indignation OF all decen
folk.
"Obserye their flowing. e~xtravagan
pufYed out dresses their high. stilttk
heels, the suggestive cut OF their packets
the display Of neck and chest. the shame
less psint on their faces, the stra'
yellow dyed hair under a hat wnic
fools used to wear at carnival. This
the German fashion In the second yea
Of war" .
II has come to the police president
knuvledge that a Woman used ever
effort and employed every artince I
procure a milk card for her cat. an
: another had actually the enrontery
ASK IN a shop for nine pounds OF oatmei
10 make porridge for her dog. "Whs
de- those starving soldiers wives tnlh
Of this - he asked.
He condemned the theatres, with the
frivolous and slipper plays intende
t. tickle the faded palate OF degenera'
men and women. Munich and almo'
all Bavaria. ne said. Is out Of Joint. an
unless the nation becomes alive to 1
responsibilities. turns over a new pa
abandons the frivolous, the selfish. II
diabolicaI, unless the people turn to Il
ancient simplicity of life which distii
suished their forefathers, they wi
weaken and unnerve the men at u
front and SOW the seeds Of disaster.
FOR TRANSMISSION OF BLOOD.