New Britain herald., 1917-08-02

ANIMALS IN ZOO
 AT BERLIN EATEN
American Singer Tells of Eating
 Elephant Hamburger

New York, Aug 2.-Meat had be- come so scarce in Germany three weeks ago that the animals in park Elephants, lions and tigers were sold by the municipal authorities to butchers for the use of the civilian population.
 That was the statement yesterday of Miss Marie Brown of Pittsburgh, as American singer who arrived at an American port on a Norwegian liner. She told of her own experience i'll eating zoo meat in Leipzig, and as- serted that she understood the prac- tice had been adopted in other large cities where there were zoologlcai gardens.
 ''In Leipzig there was no beef or lamb to be had, and the only meat procurable was that of the an1mals in the famous zoo there," she sa1o. "The lions and tigers were eaten nrs'' Then the elephants were killed 1o. market. I ate some of the elephan' meat myself It was not any too pai- atable, but it was filling. It was 50 tough it had to be ground up to eat: When left Leipzig the monkeys ana birds were about the only nVlns things left in the Zoo. The people were fully expecting to try the mon- key meat next"
 Miss Brown left Berlin on July i4. Although an American, sne Hiandsc" to get out of the country through the influence of Han Tauscher, huspanu of Mime. Gadski, the singer. Iauscher went back to Germany from nere with Count Won Bernstorff after be- 2 charge of conspiring to blow up the Welland Canal.
 When this country broke off diplo- matic relations with Germany Miss Brown considered leaving the coun- trv. but the friends she had made in Berlin persuaded her to stay and as- sured her she would be well treated there. But when war was declared she found that living in Germany was unbearable for an American, and on May 29 she started trying to get to this country.
 InsuIted for Speaking English.
 "A hatred of Americans far worse than of the English suddenly mani fested itself among the Germans of all classes" she said. 'If any one spoke English on the street it occa- stoned open insult. One afternoon I met a friend on the Unter den Linden and in my delight at seeing her forgot myself for a moment and told her in English how glad I was to see her. A German woman who was passing happened to hear me and she slapped me across the back With her umbrella. When I turned in surprise and looked at her. she evidently saw at once l was an American and exclaimed, "Gott strafe die Vereinigten Staten!' Then she added in German, They have oe- trayed us.'
 "I went to Kommandant Tour to get permission to enter Denmark or Holland so that I could catch a steamer home but he refused to grant me a passport, and said no American would be permitted to leave Germany in any circumstances.
 By this time living in Berlin had become so expensive that I decided to go to Leipzig, and there I found food scarcer than in Berlin, but some what cheaper. There I met MT. Tau scher, who, through his influence With Count von Bernstorff, procured per mission for me to go to Denmark.
 .The food situation in Germany is the most serious problem. How long she can hold out on the present rations is a matter probably only the hlgnest officials really know, as they carefully conceal the real truth.
 "I can also say that the reserves they are talking about in Germany are weddings. The German army Is losing its strength all the time. As its best men fall, those ewho take their places cannot compare with them.'
 The day before the liner reached Halifax, where she stopped for British inspection, Helga Steffansen, three year-old Norwegian girl who was com ing to this country with her parents died of scarlet fever. Her body was buried at sea-
 Between the Grand Banks and Hali- fax the liner picked up dory with a fisherman in it. He was Louis Max, one of the crew of the fishing schooner Russell of Gloucester. Mass. fog and had been without food or He drifted away from the schooner in water for three days.