Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-24

knew great deal more about 1t than I
do, so / came away with n hat and a
black-and-whte dress chic enough to
ruin my reputation in Berlin.
The volume is full Of such touches which
throw more light on conditions in Berlin in
war time than can be obtained from reading
columns of ordinary news dispatches. She
was continually meeting the suggestion
That II II were not for American munitions
the Entente Allies would have been defeated
long ago. For example, when she went with
her husband to n Government office to ar
range about going to Belgium, she says:
The first thing that the Herr Major
did was to hand me n she'll made by the
Bethlehem Steel Company. ] made n
dreadful face, which might have meant
ether why didn't the wretched thing
explode?" or What a wicked shame for
Americans to have made It"
Don't blame me for that now"
said II come from Bethlehem, but my
father is only harmless college presi-
dent and not in the steel company"
'Oh! cried Herr Gresel. THAT
grant university Lehigh haf cousin
wot is married NIT a professor there.
They haf sent me putiful pictures of
Lehigh."
So I was saved from scorn.
Another entry on the same day deals with
Prince Bluecher, who had dropped dead
that day. His son was TO have been a guest
at luncheon In honor of Prince Christian
of IIesse and his wife which she attended
The prince she writes must have been
a charming old man"
Most of his life is spent trying TO
evade his German taxes. He had an
island or the coast of England on which
ne kept a great many kangaroos Per-
maps ne thought they added n touch of
British atmosphere to his estate He
wished to know if he couldn't come to
america and live there about n week
IN order to become an American citizen.
as ne found his island didn't get him
out Oh paying his German taxes; but
wneh told that it would take even
ionser than week to become an Amer
icah citizen he gave up that idea He
mds t, ,luch interested in America but
"'u ne thought 1t must be dangerous
70 nave so many buffa loes around And
Mneh ne heard of the lynchings our
| pe'ce,loVing citizens occasionally like
10 indulge in he suggested we let orr
/ viz ~, ,huidhs out to subdue the lynchers.
That would soon put a stop TO such
r'ots' said the old gent tleman
But Mrs. Bulltt does not conf1ne he,
en'ries 10 this whimsical sort of revelation
OF the German point of view. She made 2
| careful study of what the women are doinr
W take the place of the men at the front
| .,- 'i'e "luOWS ana orphans Ol
.he war. her credentials gave her acces,
| TO the highest sources Of information. and
she mas recorded primarily for the informa
tion or the great grandchildren yet TO be
ana incidentally for the instruction of those
VINO now nave an opportunity to read he,
diary. many important facts about the wa,
the German women have arisen to the oc
| caslon and how they are proving that the,
| nave great organizing and executive ability
She tells OF the pensions paid to mothers
pt the care of dependent families and hoy
| the poor are fed She summarizes tn
terms on which Rathenau, the greatest com
merclal genius OF Germany, told her tina
| peace could be made. She puts down th
| interesting remarks of Max Warburg. tn
Hamburg banker, that American banker
are surprisingly ignorant of nternationa
affairs and know so little about their ow
country that 1t is easy for Paul Warburl
OF the family. to seem to be a great ma