The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-15

war. WAS composed partially OF rye ana
potato flour. II was not ut all uhraIat-
able. especially when toasted ana whch
il was seen THAI the war would not DC is
short as the Germans had expected. the
bread cards were ISSUED. That is. every
Monday morning each person received il
card which had annexed IT, II number
of little perforated sections about the
size of uuHrtcr Of II postage stamp ana
cnch marked with Twenty-Five. NIFTY or
no The total nf these figures con-
Sttutcd the allowance of each person in
grams per week. The person desiring
tu buy bread either at bakers or In a
restaurant must turn III these little
stamped sections for an amount equiHa-
lent to tn" weight nf bread purchased.
Each huiirr received Il certain amount
Of meal at the commencement Of each
week, and be had To account for this
meal at tn" end Of tn" week by turning
in it's equivalent In bread cards.
Food-card System Applied to All
Staples.
As food became scarce the card SyS-
tenn WIS applied IL meat. pntnt"cs. milk
sugar. butter and soap. Green vcse-
tables and fruits were exempt from the
card system ms were inr - long time
chickens. ducks. geese. turkeys and gam2.
Because Of these exemptions the rich
usually managed 10 live we'll. although
the price Of Guo"c ruS" In ridiculous
heights. There was, nt course. much
underground traffic in cards and sales
Of Illicit or Struggled butter and so on.
The police Wcre very stern in their en-
fnrccment Of tho Inv: III" manager OF
one of the largest hut"ls in Berlin was
taken 10 prison because he had made the
servants give him their allowance Of
l,,,tt ,,.I,; ,,b b,. N sold 10 the rich
guests of the hotel
No one more than 6 years Of age at
the time | left could got milk without
doctors certificate. one result of this
was that the children nf the poor were
Surer Of obianing milk than before the
war, ne the women Or tho frlndnnlcnst
and social workers saw to it that each
child had It's share.
In tho third winter OF he war, nw-
ing to q breakdown Of means of lrhnS-
pnrtati0n and want nj lniOrcrs. coal he
came very scarce. All pnhiic places. Such
as theatrnS, picture galleries. museums
cinema togrnph shows and the like were
closed I'm Munich for want IF coal. In
Berlin the suffering was not a. great
hut even the elephants from Hagen
becl's show were pressed into service ID
draw the coal carts from the railway
stations.
Lights were economical. All The
APARTMENT houses rnnd all 1rrlin lives
in apartment huus"Sl were closed NJ
o'clock. Stores were forbidden tn liln-
inmate their show windows and all Thea
tres were closed nj IN. Only every 9th
or street electric light was lit; of the
three lights in each lamp. only one.
Women Become Employed In
Unusual Work
As moro and more men were called
10 tho 'front.' women We're employed IN
unusual work. Th" new underground
rnnd in Berlin is being built largely by
ruman labor This is moi SO difficult
n matter in Berlin rs in New YORK. he
cause Berlin is built upon he'd Of SAND
mud the difficulties of rock excavation
do not exist. Women are employed on
the railroads. working with nickaXes
on the roadhcd. Women drive the great
yellow post carts If Berlin. There
were women guards on til" underground
road. conductors on the tralnweys. and
women even became rnnlnrmcn on the
tramcars Banks. insurance companies
and other large business institutions
were filled with women workers. VIII" IN
vaded the sacred precincts of many
military md governmental offices.
Words Of Foreign Origin Banished
\ curious development Of tho hate OF
all things foreign was the hunt led ny
the police president ~ Berlin. Won Ia
gov { cousin Of the Foreign Minis
teri. for foreign words. Won Jagnw
and his fellow rrankS decided that all
words of foreign origin must be eH-
plunged from tn" German language. The
title of. the Hotel Bristol. on tho Inter
den Linden. disappeared. The Hotel
,t,,i,. tnr
came Iindcnh"r. There is a large
hotel called the Tumhrrland. with
pastry department over which ,h-rc
was sign. tn" French word. CON
liSeri"." The management was conf
prllrd Ia take This Sign down. hut the
hotel was allowed IT, retain III" name
Of "Cumh"rland." hrrnuS' ihr fathrr-in-
law Of IN" kaS"r':s only daughter is the
Duke uf Cuni" rlInh.
The word "rhauIf"ur' wn$ eliminated
and lhrr- wrr" many discussions as 10
what should h,' substituted. Many de-
rlar"d fer "krartwaI"nfuhr"r.' nr pow
~ wag"n driver" But finally tn" word
WAS Gcrmnnard as "srhaufi"'r." Dress
makers took down tn" sign ''cunfrk;inn.
But the climax came when III" general
in command IF the town of BrrSlau
wrnt" II rnni""linu"r telling him In stop
thu u.s.. uf tl.. word "hnninn" i'll selling
his candy. TIA" ,'unf"rtiUncr. with II
SruSr Of huIn"r and a merry" unusual IN
Germany. wrote h:,'l; tn tn" general that
h. would gladly discontinue tn" use ot
the word 'hnnhnn" when the general
ceased IL call himself general" and
called the attention "f this high mill
tnry authority I" he fact that "Ecncrar'
was as much It French word az "hun-
hon"
,I,, ~ Tar
To get all III" gold coins in til" country
into tho Imperial i:amk. Th"r" were
signs in every surface AMI underground
car which rrud that "whu"vcr keeps
back a gold coin injuries tho Fathrrland."
And Ir ~ soldier presented To his super
inrs a tw"nty-mark gold piece, he re-
ccircd in return twenty marks in paper
money and two days leave of absence.
In like manner Il Srhn"lhuy who turned
in ten marks in gold received ten marks
in paper and was given "A half holiday.
CincmatnErarh shows gave those pa
irons who paid in gold an extra ticket.
good for another day.
An American woman residing in Rcr-
lin WAS awakened ono morning nj 2
O'Clock 10y two police detectives. who
told her that they had hoard that Sh"
had some gold coins in her possession.
and that If she did not turn them in
for paper money they would wreck her
apartment in their search for them. She.
therefore. CAV" them tn" gold. which |
aftrrward succeeded in getting the Ger
man Government to return Ia her. Later
the export Of gold WAS forbidden: even
travellers arriving with gold were COM
PEELED 10 give it up In return for paper
money
Neutral Countries Feeding Germany
While. Of course. | cannot ascertain
tn" exact accounts. I found. nevertheless.
that great Quantities of food and other
supplies came into Germany from Hol-
I,hIlI inn ri.