The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-11
CONDITION IN THE
GERMAN EMPIRE.
oskALoosA GIRL TELLS OF HER
EXPERIENCES.
WAS THERE THROUGH WAR
While Food Is Limited, People Are
Not Suffering and Working Men
Are Well To Do-Money
Is Plentiful. o." FL"

NV wen ~ SO-"OIlSJ
Is Plentiful. g." "
Miss June Adele SHELTON, who is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. M. Shelton, at their home, 625
North Market street, and who has
! just recently returned from Berlin,
Germany. granted an interesting in
terview to Herald reporter last ev.
ening, in which she told hundreds of
| intensely interesting facts concerning
F., the effect which the war has had up
on Germany, and her people in gen
! eral.
Miss Shelton has been in Germany
i for the past six years and has been
I studying under the old music, mas.
tiers there. She comes in contact
with the public life in this way, and
of course was thrown directly in
touch with the lives of those who
rule and make the country, as well
as with those who are giving their
all in defence Of their beloved Faith.
erland, in the present almost unbe-
lievable murderous war. When the
war first broke out, Miss Shelton was
compelled to cancel a concert tour
of fifteen signed contracts in Rus STA
Among those fifteen concerts were
three Royal ones, and one very prof
liable opera engagement. During
! the first ten months of the. war ev-
erything was at standstill in the
concert and musical line. But the
concerts which were given were very
well attended, the people never los.
ing their interest in the education
and in their musical lives. In vi
emma, the second year as well as in
Germany, things started out just as
though there was no war in pro
gress. This spring Miss Shelton is
invited to take part in very
large concert in Constantinople, Tur.
key, and she will go there upon her
return to the old country. Miss
SHELTON has taken active parts,
and signed with several royalty sol
rec, or parties. These are certainly
the most interesting of parties, where
there are from seventy to one hun
,dred guests and where they are serv
ed with forty courses, and each guest
has from four to five bottles of cham
! payne.
Food Is Limited.
Each person in Germany is given
a food card at the first of each
month, upon which is written their
name, address, age, etc1 A card for
fats, meats, eggs, milk, vegetables
etc, is iven to each person over the
age of three years. They are allow
ed four eggs each month, 2 pounds OF
meat each month, 10 pounds of pc
tatoes, and everything else in proper
ton. If one eats an omelet at the
/ beginning of the month, using their
four eggs, they. cannot get another
egg until the next month. Eggs sell
for sixty cents each. Miss SHELTON
paid $3.50 for a jelly glass full OF
goose grease. Miss Shelton states
that while there is plenty for every
one, and no one goes hungry there is
a strict organization, and discipline
which is run by the royalty and
which they cannot overcome in any
way. Such a perfect organization is
the. giving out of the food supplies,
that even the poorest can get their
food supply just the same as the
most wealthy. The working class
in Germany at the present time is
the one which has the money. Their
wages are five times as much as they
have ever been before, they are much
more wealthy than the middle class.
! Germany never had so much money.
She has billions that she cannot use.
For she is keeping it all at home and
there is no chance for an outlet.
Miss SHELTON states that the only
things which they cannot get now.
are the oils, and the lards and butter
which they want to cook with. There
has. been no butter lard or cooking
oils for months, for these were all
imported, and cannot be purchased.
There is no milk now for the older
persons. This is all given to the ba.
bies and children. The children are
only given half the amount of the old
er people upon their food cards.
There had been no white -four for
months until the wheat crop was har-
vested a few wees ago.
Tourists Closely Examined.
Miss Shelton experienced very lit
tie trouble in getting away from Ger
many. Although she had to have
royalty signed papers, which were
her only salvation. Had she not
had these papers. she would never
have been permitted to leave Ger
many. They are suspicious of ev-
eryone and they think that no one
should be travelling while the war
lasts. They are submitted to rigid
examinations while enroute; even
the space between their toes is ex-
amined to see if there might be a
hidden message. They are bathed,
and examined In every particular