Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-04
WOMAN
REVEALS GERMAN
WAR CONDITIONS
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"A card system 10 employed by the
government to regulate the food con-
sumption" said Mrs. Wight in telling
of the food situation In Germany.
the government has control over al!
food and each person is allotted 80
much oy different colored cards which
they obtain from the government Of
fices al different times. r = ... =
when ] was there we were given
these cards for the foods essential to
life. For instance, we were given diff.
ferent coiored cards for potatoes,
beans, meat, or whatever foods might
be on the program for the time. We
watched the government bulletin
boards, which told as at regular per.
iods what was allotted : to JUS, and
after getting our tickets, we could go
to the markets and purchase .opr food
with them. teF -,
Six Potatoes pay sa lsg -
Each person was allowed six pota
toes day just before we left and In
our household Of three we were allow
ed q total Of Is potatoes. Potatoes dur.
ing the winter before were selling at
what corresponds to so cents in our
money per hundred pounds delivered
TO the fourth floor Of our house.
We were allowed three-quarters of a
pound Of meat per week, which proved
quite enough to gel along on. Many
people saved their cards for the week
and obtained one especially good cut,
but we found 1t more satisfactory TO
get the allotted amount each day In
this country, people often do not under:
stand that the German pound Is a 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. Other foods are not 80
abundant, but there is generally
enough to get along on. go
when we left Germany there was
enough food In store for two years,
and that Is 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-
vionsly went to Turkey. This will
undoubtedly help matters consider.
ably -: t Fl
No Discomfort Apparent 80. -.. J..
Upon being asked what she thought
the possibilities Of q revolt in Germany
were, Mrs. Wight declared that she
had found no discomfort with the gov
eminent among the people Of Ger
many, 80. & -5..~ =. f.:
heard Of riot in Leipsig while
we were in Berlin" said Mrs. Wight,
put after all, believe that the riots
which took place in New York at
about that time were even worse.
There is not much gaiety In Ger.
many" said Mrs. Wight. you don't
see any dancing or like social actiy-
fly. 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." ess%
Just before leaving Germany, Mrs.
Wight had been actively engaged in
the work Of kitchen for the poor,
which was maintained by the Ameri-
cans of Berlin. Here 200 people were
being fed each day. 8 - ..s..
Actual fighting is so far away from
Berlin that Mrs. Wight came into
contact with It 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 250. 900 men are ready
to take the places of the men who
have fallen out" said Mrs. Wight
"and the men go willingly. When
war was declared $4,000 young men
under age volunteered in Berlin. alone.
At the time many we're taken into
the ranks, but IL later proved a mis-
take, and now every man Is chosen for
the army by government draft"
Conserving 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
ated by the German people. She said
that women IN Serbia Eho had fled