Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-08

would collapse. Many of the women
do break down, anyway
The working women there all wear
overalls and caps just like men. Some
of them cut their hair short and
others simply pull it back as plain as
they can. They wear no corsets for
two reasons. One is. of course, they
can work better. and the other is that
corsets are so terribly expensive.
Wear Wooden Shoes.
The working women wear wooden
shoes as do the children. The women's
shoes are like sabots. shaped like n
shoe. But the children wear flat
boards. hinged in the center and fitted
with straps to hold them on their
feet. The children go without stock
ings except in the very cold weather.
Last winter the schools were closed
for six weeks in Berlin because of
lack of fuel. No language except Ger
man is taught in the schools now.
German people who can speak Eng
lish never do so. In school all refer
ence TO other countries, except what
is absolutely necessary. are omitted.
/ have read with interest. since my
return, of the argument in Chicago as
10 whether the spelling book contain
ing the eulogy of the kaiser would be
permitted to remain intact. II makes
me laugh when | think Just how long
any book would be allowed to remain
undestroyed in the German empire
which contained the slightest compli-
Imentary reference TO President wa
son, King George or President Poin-
caire.
The universities still are open, but
the students are getting a much in
ferior grade of education, under
stood. The best professors all have
gone TO the war. Their substitutes.
who are doing their best, have not
the learning nor the experience.
Only Skinned Milk.
I cannot understand what Germany
means. She Is permitting herself 10
be drained of everything worth while,
as her education. the health of her
people, their vitality, everything.
When l say that the babies in Ger
many are given all the milk there is
there, that is true, but II Is not milk
such as we buy. II is what we call
skinned milk. There Is only about
half the nourishment necessary to
keep the babies alive.
All babies. whether their mothers
nurse them. or not. are allowed milk
until 3 months old. This is because
the strongest mothers now have not
sufficient nourishment for their babies.
1t is terrible thing when you think
that in all Germany, probably. there is
hardly mother strong enough to give
her infant all the nourishment IL
needs.
More than ever now German
mother wishes TO bear seven sons, for
she knows that the seventh, at least
will be well taken care OF.
The kaiser always is godfather 20
the seventh son Of any woman In Ger
many. He sees that that boy-is well
taken care Of brought up well. well
educated, and well placed in life.
haven't any idea how many such boys
the kaiser now is interested In, but
there must be n host of them.
Heavy Taxes. TOO.
In addition 10 the cost OF living bc-
ing so high. the Germans are being
heavily taxed in other wave. Postal
cards. for instance, which formerly
took a b-pfennig stamp a pfcnnigs
about equal one OF our cents) now
takes 7is pfennig stamp. The 10
pfennig stamps have been raised to
l5-pfennigs. Train fares all over the
empire have been raised about 10 per
cent. omnibus fares have been raised
but not street car fares.
But no person rides on street cars
now any more than he can help be-
cause of the many accidents. The