New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24

That night We had dinner at Mann
helm in the Rose Garden. A group OF
business men entertained Us. | felt !
could not drink to another unknown
toast. so raised my glass and tired
nv hand: Here's 20 6 just peace.
Instantly every glass went up In joyfu.
assent. The man next 70 me had tears
in. his eyes. Later he saw me 20 the
hotel entrance. and as he stopped 70
kiss my hand he said: Thank you for
that toast"
Next day we went 70 Stuttgart ~
the station no citi1ens greeted US.
Other cite, had feted US. but here two
unknown men were our escort. VIC
uent 10 the best hotel and ate our
lunch unhsrslded. | managed TO SNUG
gle out the menu. This is a sample OF
What the best hotel furnishes.
81 for a Poor Meal
The following is sn exact reproduc-
ton. Across the top, in large rcd let
tiers, were the words:
Flcischloscr Tag
fMeatless day
Hotel Msrquardt
Stuttgart
II DienstsS
Msismebl Suppc
Soup
Rhcinsalm 10. Crevettentunke
Fish With sauce
Spinatbratlinge
(Spinsch)
Endivien- salat n. rotten Ruben
Salad
Thdringer Aepfel
Cooked spple)
Das Gedeck NJ. 4
(s1.0O)
There was 10 bread. butter or sugar.
IL YOU had bread card you received
one piece Of bread Such meal has
no substance.
In the afternoon We visited piano
factory. II occupied half block. There
were perhaps two dozen workers, near
IN all old men. Il was a pitiful affair
The manager said he had ten times
as many orders as he could MI.
Citizens in neutral countries who
have made fortunes want Injuries, but
the piano manufacturer could get
neither workers nor wood The white
mahogany needed comes from America.
Germany is not piling up goods. Many
factories are closed.
Barred from Prison Camps
That evening we journalists had 20
again be content with our own society.
The Prussisn press was not looked on
with favor bv the Duchy Of Nurttem-
berg. Permission had been given by
the Prussian civil suthorities 20 viE;
4 Russian prison camp 81 Stuttgart,
but the Wurttemberg military author
ties fatty refused sdmittsnce. A re-
~ srI MI
the little he had seen and at being
barred from the Russian prison camp,
left in wrath.
The next day the rest OF US meekly
inspected the Bosch munition fac
tories. These factories formerly made
magnetos. Now they turn out great
quantities Of munitions. Before the
war there were 5000 workers. There
was still that number. But formerly
only zoo women we're employed, now
there are 1000. Women arc handling
dig machines. They manage their cleo
tricallv run engines swiftly and well.
A member Of the Bosch family was
my guide. To my inquiries he replied:
''Thc women work as well as men, but
they can't repair their machines, and
they get i'll. Five times as many
women as men have 20 be laid OF each
week
No Time for Thought
Perhaps. suggested. they get think
inp about their men az the front? mo,
hat can't be-" was tho answer. I'VE
speed Up the machines and there -
no time for thought" OF the 1000
women 1900 were mothers. The best
pay for the women was 30 +. OF IL
cents an hour, though for the same
work a man received 80 T. or 10 cents
The Bosch factories run night and
DAY in eight-hour shifts. Sometimes
The same lsborcrs work through two
lifts. | asked about the home life OF
The women. The social worker at the