South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-29
THE TRUTH ABOUT GERMANY
Loyalty to Kaiser Not
Exuberant or Enthusiastic

comes 10 me.
Shopkeepers Get the Money.
Speaking Of the amusements in
Germany they are all going along,
not brightly and gayly, of course,
but still going along. They still
have the big horse races at Hoppe
garden. just outside of Berlin. Of
course the horses are heavy. slow
animals, as they say there are no
more English horses in Germany, no
good race horses at all. But the
people go to see them.
They do not dress for the events
as they would in England or Amer
lea. In fact they do not dress for
any events. I have not seen decoI-
lette gown in Berlin for two years.
Neither have I seen much jewelry
among the former wealthy class.
Women who are shOpkeepers. now
have more money than the society
women.
There is a lot Of graft in shop
keeping and in Germany as in every
other country. there always are those
who make of others misfortunes
their own profits.
L attended grand opera several
times in Berlin and saw practically
no jewelry and no rich dressing.
Hundreds of women wore shirt
waists and skirts and even those who
dressed the best, wore what would
have been considered simple after
noon dresses before the war.
When 1 left Germany, the women
OF the wealthy class were trying 10
institute a reform" dress. It was
one-piece. falling from the shoulders.
with a belt which tied and had
neither hooks nor eyes, buttons or
clasps. 1t was made medium length
and of scant width. 1t was designed
TO use up as little material as posi-
BILE
\ Theater Incident.
There is no style" in Berlin any
more. The short skirts which are
being worn in America are not seen
there. Everybody is wearing all
their old clothes. and trying desper-
ately 10 make them do.
There is small danger Of thieves
stealing money in Germany these
DAYS. But neither clothes nor food
are safe. A pair of stockings would
not be safe, where 100 marks would.
Everything is conservation. con-
servation. In Leipzig, the biggest
concert hall was closed because of
no fuel TO heat ii. In Berlin many
/ of the cafes closed because of lack
of light enough to redeem them from
darkness.
In the thcaters all the plays are of
war and incidents Connected with
war. / remember in one theatcr
one night, the play was a war story
and. during its action, a cannon was
fired. \ soldier i'm the audience
\ sprang To his feet as the cannon went
( of and screamed at the top of his
voice. then promptly went into as
/ pretty a fit of histories as ever saw
n woman 60 into. The sounds of
/ the cannon simply broke his nerves.
I The condition of the soldiers coming
back from the trenches il pitiful be-
cause of the nerve shocks they have
endured. They will scream like wOm-
! en- if they are startled.
The graft among the shopkeepers
/ is one thing that is hurting Ger
many with all the German eftic-
iency. it seems that this cannot be
overcome. one incident I remem-
/ her when I was very glad that this
was SO
Buying a Can of Corn.
/ I'm some stores are shelves of
! canned goods. but no person can
buy them
/ "Verboten" is all the answer you
get when you ask for them.
81 went I'm a store one day and
saw can of corn on the shelf.
NO, said the man, That is YER
boten'"
/ When he said this. Of course I
wanted it all the more.
( 81 will give YOU 10 marks ($2.50)
{ for IT," 7 said.
He looked at me a minute. Come
back later" ne told me
I went back later in the day and
he let me have it. Imagine $2.5O
for an ordinary can of corn. but oh,
it did taste good
7 gladly paid % cents each for
tomatoes more than once.
Last year we heard, and il was
said to be true. that 10000 tons Of
herring rotted in a port in Germany