Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-25

food iuyontionS aud food prosprc,
are all the gossip one meets one =
friends 10 discuss with them food sub
s,ltutr5 and the ways and means o.
ones personal experience for scttiuu
'.n acceptable table. despite one cgg :.
Scci; aud ono pound Of butter q
month. Many Of the tales OF cMpc-
dents that arc told in these family
conferences are as filled with .uIycu-
iurous human interest ~ that OF "iioi,-
imson crusoc." Tho telling OF thcsn
tale" of clover maicshiG'a forms one
"f the principal reflects from the on
forced spartan endurance.
Rich Girls NUrk IInrJ.
Many OF III" daughter Of Germany,
wealthy manufacturers h:,y, put h.,
al! their costly nlaythinSS ana cNpcr,-
siv. hobbies. and HAY" taken M tasLs
IL their fathers factories that the c,.,-
ployccs drafted into thc amy have re-
iinruiHhcd. These girls arc nlins tn
places 81 TIA" bookk c.pcrs, In" stc-
n"prarhcrs, the heads of departments
ANA factory managers Moreover. thcs.
are Milling these places well. and many
81 them Viii refuse 10 return to tho
routin" of balls and th"ater parti.s
after tho war.
TN. secret OF putting aside anxictic.
and Of forgetting sorrows i. occupa-
ton. Thus. ii comes that Il great
many IouhS tciinin ~ women ana OLD
men have. Of their own free Will ia
no Way ia need OF tn" wages earned.
worked upon III" farms in harvest
time. helping the farmers ov.rcom.
the laclS Of farm labor. The adNcn-
lures OF citN-brcd young women or
the farms have largely Supplanted tho
muther-in- law Jokes in the comic pa
pcis The society miss places the tin
bucket before tho cow and advises that
4.
come 10 tho aid OF hcr country. or she
feeds tcaspoonfuis Of city tonic 10 tlt.
wondering pigs IN order that they may
fattcn IN" quicker. Whatever the
value az h"r in experienced services.
she comes back 10 tho citN In the fall.
firm Of neTh. tanned. with the rose.
back in her checks, and with much o,
TIA. somhcr depression gone from her
eyes
Sport, outdoor sport, is thc MOS, in
por,aut clement IN warring Gcimany'a
social life Men ana women. young
and old. whom rest from their ardu-
Gus lhbors becomes necessary, throw
themselves into tho various outdoor
games aud sports with cost ucvc~
before known in Germany. The yuung
nurses organize skiing parties mud ="
To tho mountains for :, few days -
soothing quiet TcuuiS alI golf hay"
Try ramblcrs hav" boon organized. and
their :lvow"d purpose is {" Keep Ger
,aau muscles hard and German "ons,i.
tuIions rugged that ihoy may v" abi,
10 endure whatever hardshi1s the -
'urr has ia store,
Ii-r" cut HAS Gr"vn N.
Tn.rc Is much discussion arou, t.-
rcylval OF a,iilctIc spurts that h'1
swout through TIA" country w ca
mary ,hcy call IL Il return ~ t'"
highly strung ucrolitau. cTo .,
rros"ut-day German u tho simrI..
rugged. tribal. yir,uuua German - Inc.
drrs "f ra~i'us. There has grown NJ
hero worshiplug cult for those primal
Gormaus VIII" cam" out ~ Tho wr,'lr
half-nuEod :" humbl. tho power ~
Rome Tic uurmnl state of afrairs for
The old Germans w;,. ucrpctli.i .'s,ic
of war THEY regarded years 81 uta,"
as wasted ti'uc. and pretended 81 least.
COMBINATIONS feeling FOR case .,uL
iuyur, 'Incy farcd lHrgCiy on roots
berries. GS' and rein". ANA hrol.c th,
river i.o an Tho winter 20 battle. Ih"-.
Of tn" ire"eu,-'t! cult 81 odd Cor
mans" recall these facts w.lli sparkiiu.
eyes, and tails" ~ sports ana IT," t,""'
ms OF hardships 'nthuaiasticnilv
War times have hc"i boom times ~
thc lhca'crs aud the mo, ing pj,jur'
houses and concert halls tho fcl, :o-
maiunG mculs for Uual'"tcd ,iuu-"
mcut Tic OFFERINGS i'm him. and ,urf~-
dies have hc"n tempered TO III" pro-
rrioiles ~ suffering, hUt good bill ar"
given. amt instead ~ ,leatcrr .lneiur
tH".- doors, new ones arc ccntinnallv
b"ini: opcrci IN ;his city l.s; sum
NOR twenty -eiy theatcrs. fourteen W.
rjctirS. ami thirty-fN" concert h..1l,
we're crowded for every program Tn"
Gcrrnuns have not allowed their na-
,rioliSm 10 destroy their carhollcitv
a. taste. as tho of"riuSs of tin" Royal
op"ra AZ Ecriiu. announced for tho
coming season. SHOW. Including. as thCv
do. "t'arnlcn.' "EiEaro's Marriage AMI
"NiaII"n Hamlet" Macbeth aud
Romeo lud Juliet ar" on tho bill a.
the DoUrs"hcs Thcatcr. Willie uun1. e
Eolt Murgcr. Marcel Provost. Dickens
ami SCOT, sell ~ We'll to-day rs Ncfpre
the war.
Ecrlu followed tho ronics las, So.
son much q In Nca"" times. rhc "plv
difference hcinr that daring -tyiss
"er" loss ~ evidence around tho staudS
tn" famous caruivaIS arc. Of course
10 longer h"l! The sea baths and
sumner resorts and health springs
were well patronized this wear. though
i was mostly women aud children tina
ono saw along tho nromenHdcs Fresi
air. good foods and music were abou
the only attractions 81 the summer re
sorts. Their International navor arl
their spice o: luxury are gone
Briefly, tho war has squeezed 81
much Of rr;voiitv out OF social lf,
that II is dull, and brought so ,nu,h
Of solemn purpos" into il that II -
hurd"nsoInc.