Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-04
HONOLULU WOMAN
REVEALS GERMAN
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"A card system IL employed by the
sumption" said Mrs. Wight in telling
Of the food situation In Germany.
The government has control over al!
food and each person is allotted SO
much oy different colered cards which
they obtain from the government Of
fees at different times.
When ] was there we were given
these cards for the foods essential to
life. For instance, we were given Diff
ferent colored cards for potatoes,
beans, meat, or whatever foods might
be on the program for the time. We
watched the government bulletin
boards, which told Us at regular per
iods what was allotted to as, and
after getting our tickets. we could go
10 the markets and purchase our food
with them.lsa sssstE4ss +
Six Potatoes 1 Day * u
Each person was allowed six pota-
toes a day Just before we left and In
our household Of three we were allow
ed total Of is potatoes. Potatoes dur
ing the winter before we're selling at
what corresponds to so cents In our.
money per hundred pounds delivered
TO the fourth floor of our house.
I'VE were allowed three-quarters Of a
pound Of meat per week, which proved
quite enough to get along on, Many
people saved their cards for the week
and obtained one especially good cut,
but we found il more satisfactory to
get the allotted amount each day. In
this country, people often do not under
stand that the German pound is q lit
tie heavier than the American pound,
so the meat given to each person is
more than most people judge.
There Is lots OF fish in Germany
with which the people are generally
well supplied. otEer foods are not so
abundant but there Is generally
enough to get along on. 81.
When We left Germany there was
enough food IN store for two years,
and that 10 not counting the food that
Is harvested each year on the fields.
During the coming year Germany will
also receive the produce of the fertile
wheat fields OF Rumania which pre-
yiously went to Turkey. This will
undoubtedly help matters consider.
ably =
No plscontent Apparent -. II
Upon being asked what she thought
the possibilities or q revolt In Germany
were, Mrs. Wight declared that she
had found no discomfort with the gov
eminent among the people Of Ger
many.
We heard Of riot in Leipsig while
revere in Berlin, . said Mrs. Wight,
-Dut after all, believe that tife riots
which took place ina New York at
about that time were even worse. S
There Is not much gaiety In Ger
many" said Mrs. Wight you don't
see any dancing or like social activ-
ity. But the theaters are not closed.
The streets are not darkened and
people 60 out at night and the the
aters were never better nor grand
opera more pleasing. Incidentally,
the German Interpretation Of Shakes
peare is wonderful. The German
people are great admirers Of Shakes
peare.
Just before leaving Germany, Mrs.
Wight had been actively engaged In
the work Of q kitchen for the poor,
which was maintained by the Ameri-
cans Of Berlin. Here 200 people were
being fed each day. - -
Actual fighting Is so far away from
Berlin that Mrs. Wight came into
contact with il only through the fresh |
troops who left the city In which she
was staying and the wounded soldiers
who returned. Germany has lots of |
men left, according to Mrs. Wight.
"A new lot Of $50. 900 men are ready
to take the places OF the men who
have fallen out" said Mrs. Wight
'sand the men 60 willingly. When |
war was declared $4,000 young men
under age volunteered In Berlin alone.
At the time many were taken into
the, ranks, but Il later proved q mis-
take, and now every man is chosen for
the army by government draft"
Concerning the reported atrocities
during the first part of the war, Mrs.
Wight said that she had seen nothing
nor had she seen any pictures of
bodies of people who had been multi
3ted by the German people. She said
that 1n5nr,6nxl IN sCarffn wrhn had fIoH