Evening star., 1916-09-17
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
PARIS, September Z, 1916,
F1HE Parisienne next door to US
went shopping.
III She took two old fox boas to
the fur dealer to have ono new
fox boa pieced out of them Obviously,
the two worn ones were not of quite the
same tint. '.Helas." the dealer said.
while turning them over, they ought to
be re-dyed and we are not able to do 1t.
our fur dyes came from Germany"
She went to the perfumers to buy
curling irons to undulate her hair. .Oh.
madame" said the girl. "our curling
irons are all sold out. They came from
Germany"
She stopped to buy pins at a famous
english shop. because, though French,
sne . says that English pins are best
But these are not the pins you used to
seli"' she Queried to the manager, who
happened to be passing, and because she
knew him No." he answered conf
oenuaHy' must confess to you that
our pins came from Dresden"
Never mind" she said, I'll buy a
oriquet Tor my husband in the trenches.
one OF those mechanical silver briuuets
~nich lights itself when it opens"
Madame" replied the manager "w.
have no more. They came from Vienn. !"
L
Paris is full of these stories.
Inc french are consternated. ashamed
ana angry to wake up to the dependence
on Germany to which. they had arrived
unwittinsly. before the war, even in the
little daily needs of life
Drug specialties lack-they came
from Germany. Red and blue pencils
are scare. bottles are scarcer, kitchen
Utensils are dear, cheap optical good.
are oearer. Do you know why fashion
able feminine. handbags now shut with a
u,a"n rpoon instead Of with a HINGE
ne nlnge frames came from GERMANY
anu why the smartest perfumer Of the
unapproachabIe Partisan, sells his Iotinn
win common glass stopper? The
metal sprinkiers came from GERMANY.
won't be 80 after the war" threat
But how was 1t done? How did sucb
oIsers German products push French
prooucts out Of their home market7
ologa here Ia a good story. We
nave Deen told that Germany won her
trade success by underselIinR ara -
was true. very much SO. But. ionr s.n
oeiore the war. German drugs. MAJ
iasceutical specialties. clinical ther-
inometers, hypodermic 1yringes and
even packed surgical dresatn1. dAd
what they pleased in France st RI
p,onts. How did they keep their vogue
while raising prices?
nave this glimpse from a French
army doctor. During the Morocco cam
pAisn OF lslZ. when French Medi.er-
fahean liner was embark!ng a rather
large contingent OF sick and wound.a
troopers. the captain OF a German hoa,
IN haroor came on board and offered
his French colleague all the medicine.
dlsinfectants and dressings which he
must certainly need for such an unex-
pected lot of patients He arrived ar ,bs
fiSht moment. the army doctor.
we're not content with the liners thar
macy The German captains OFFER was
accepted with real gratitude and IN.
ok and wounded.
Naturally. the French liners home of
nee got into communication with the
herman captains owners to settle for
lls price. while repeating thanks and
compliments. But instead of the bill
which they expected. they received the
visit of one who introduced himself "a
general agent in France Of well
known German pharmaceutical house,
ana declared that his nrm had offered
the goods merely as samples, only too
happy to be Of service to the brave
French army" Yet the value of the
samples" ran into the thousands of
francs.
"Ali the same, he left his price list.
out OF natural patriotic PRIDE" con-
ciuded my informant And what could
the French management do? They gave
a considerable order, out Of common
decency. And. by routine. the order was
repeated. The German drug nrm had
one more big customer"
Now put that story with the follow
q ing. have 1t from . Belgian business
/ man who travels much.
In an African port, the agent Of q
! French trading line received the visit