South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25

mitted less than one-dfh OF a pound a vsess In
person got one loaf OF bread week Bread Is tuu
marks 90 pfenniss- cents-a Loaf, LOAF Weigh
ing little over two pounds The bread d aIrnoA
black, and hard They say in Germany Il hs
made partly OF sa'Vdust I know it neither is goo6
tasting satisfying
Ice is very scarce Ioamsn VIII nOt carry toe @Ao--
the thrd floors. II you live on the fourth floor
did. you have 10 and buy IL II IL about IS
cents pound To keep food would put q
in water.
There coffee all Germany a euassStzst. zzsa
to be made from roasted barley. beirg used instead
could drink il Also there was no tea : s,bssftnsa
being made Of apple leaves. I could drink that
Birdseed Is 81 pound. Dogs taxed SIS a year.
At that few dogs n cats.
The most appetztng thing had months tefrsrs
left was a soup we made Of -four and
tie bit of butter. unappetzing can De i'm
NO CANDY AND ZOE CREAM
We had no milk whatever 1t was useless TO trT
sick people.
We use saochartne instead OF sugar and tlas
is hard the system that stopped using II pre-
ferring TO go without Saccharine used the
people using it now in such quantities any
constitution
CANDY forgot what It looked like. Chocolates
we're not 20 be gotten at any price Chewing gum of
not heard of Germany. Ice cream is an
American dish and could not be mentioned There is
pie
We paid SO pound for peas and from Is
cents to 30 cents each for eggs Each person is allow
is almost impossible TO get beans
did not jest when said I hungry for the con
tents of garbage home. knew at the very
time that / going hungry, there was enough lefY
oyer from every meal at NV home tabIe =, -o -
feed me have learned a lesson against waste
could not throw away crust now. I would
stop to think of how I wanted when did not have
II. Had / not had a supply OF money with
simply would have But many an extra
and portion Of butter have managed to get by
paying for it what would have bought 20 times az
much in the United States
DOYAL THOUGH HUNGRY
You see the hunger in the faces OF the people on
the They gaunt haggard. Beggars
a OF bread They
dream OF asking for money. Children watrh
you wisfuly when you are carrying home your por-
It is heartbreaking TO see the hungry little faces and
eyes Old and women, feeble TO work too
feeble to stand in line for hours as those who
it must do totter along the streets fairly fainting
in their tracks The suffering because OF hunger IS
Yet through it ALL though they mur1nur againss The
kaiser, though they speak wsfuy for the days when
days when plenty lay upon their land like blanket Of
comfort and protection. yet the German people are
united in their loyalty 10 the fatherland
Not only food is restricted high in price but
clothes are as well When I leaving Berlin I
wanted new suit as I had only 20 the
office where had to get permit 70 buy every article
of clothing needed and asked permission to buy
suit The woman in charge asked me how long 1
had had the one was wearing. told her 1T looks
good yet" she said, and you do with it
But am leaving Berlin" told her. and I
'wfl you take oatr that this is the only suit you
have?" she asked said and then she gave sae
permit
When I bought the suit paid 500 marks over 500
for it-that is what il would our money,
and here ] could have bought IL for s25 or less
Bouses which SIS there could be bought he-p
for So. hat which I paid SIS for could be gotfen
here IS.
treated differently than the German Won
en- in the matter Of permission to buy clothes
PAPER VERY SCARCE
allowed two pairs OF shoes a wear three pairs
stockings; nightgowns suits OF underwear
and limited number OF handkerchief and .foves
paid $40 for pair Of shoes once they were not
style that had furnish my own bod linen
and towels in the boarding houses where stopped
a short time. And 7 had 90 wash them-snd that
sometimes without either hot vat soap
II a wants white linen skirt she mues --rf
special permission 10 buy under condition
she purchase than her allotment OF nee
essary wearing apparel
Here, in America we have n idea u the scarcity o.
things there. For instance, there fs practically
paper. We got things wrapped up. would
dared ask paper and string
baskets with 70 the stores and carried the
articles purchased in them. Bread put
basket without wrapping.
When I away I could not get tissue paper N
pack my trunk. 7 not permitted bring with
any paper soap metal Of any kind had N leave
even my electric there, well perfume med
icines rubber OF any kind clothes that 7 not
already
There are only four big newspapers IN Berlin now
and instead Of a regular paper used get. the
newspapers now only two sheets and indnereutrv
printed Al that supply OF ink and what
they do have is o inferior quality
one reason for the strict censorship Of newspapers
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