El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-05

have taken with me from m- small
travel IN Germany is the memory of
this suffering vet determined face"
Thus writes NJ .NiGgo CavliuG- the
editoriuchief of the Copenhagen news
paper "Poltikeu, i'm giving some of
his impressions Of daily life in Der
lin during recent visit TO the capital
The "POlitikeuT has never been am
tI-Germau in its views, so that the
conditions described by the editor
are not by any means exaggerated
His article follows.
BY N. VIGGO CAVLING.
CEditorinchief. The %Poliuken,' Co
penhaEen.b
Our train arrived i'm Berlin at night
and fairly well up TO time The
streets were shr0uded In darkness
You could scarcely see any JaNis or
motors, and the horses OF the cabs
looked terribly uuderfed- The lack
OF motor cars is occasiOued by the
scarcity Of rubber. Of you carry @
pair OF Eoloshes with you. take good
care of them, and do not for example
hand them in 10 the attendant OF the
/ theater anteroOU, or you VIII never
see them again.
The darkness Of the streets is 20
be asrribed 10 the lack OF lighting
material Indeed. theaters must close
at ten o'clock. and the restaurants 1T
half past eleven. The heating o.
private houses was forbidden up 70
the 10Th Of October.
Small Meat RatiOns.
You can understand, how hard il is
70 live in Berlin at present when you
hear that most households have TO
he carried on without supplies OF but
ter fat, white bread, sugar, coffee,
tea or chocolate. The meat ratiOns
are small, and on meatless days the
slightest portion of meat is forbid zen.
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there is great scarcity OF cigars I
Cigar shops shut four hours q day,
and no more than five cigars may be
sold TO one customer.
a common sight in Berlin IS the
long queues of waiting people; in
the Friedrichstrass we saw long
row before a bakers shop. and lit
lie further on several hundreds Of
people were patiently standing in
front of green grOCers' VINO was
said TO have received a supply OF
cabbages that morning
In the large beer halls Of Inter F
Den Linden nothing but war beer is I
served IL is a bitter yellow drink 7
and tastes like ships beer. and al .
most moves one 10 tears when one
emembers the f0aming Munich beer
OF former years
Masters I'm Substitution.
It is well known that the Ger
vidinE substitutes Their coffee
substitute is not bad, while the Ger .
man tea, mae Of different plants, .
tastes rather like China tea
The waitress places on the coffee .
table q small bottle OF sweet stuff" j
saccharine, and supposed TO take the !
Ilace Of sugar French wines are
stIl o5taiua1le, and q bottle of BOr-
deaux costs ten marks. sherry is I
also still 20 be had, but no whisky, I
Madeira, OF liquor
Since soap and starch are out Of I
the question, we only receive paper /
serviertes- Even in the most wealthy J
private houses no table linen is used I
Everyone dimes off waNclOth. our
first breakfast in the dining room OF T
the hotel was composed Of a cup Of I
tea substitute. two pieces Of dry war
bread. literally, q drop Of marmalade,
which had been prepared without
sugar There was no butter yet for
such meal you are asked TO pay 4
two marks
This Sparjau-Iike fare has rather
q strange effect when served IN this
magnificent hall with its Persian
carpets, its silk tapestry, and gleam-
ing chandeliers.
Women Workers Not Liked.
You see nothing but women as
messengers. car drivers. railway
aAaaA 81 HAeaH anu 1lAN 'aaaaaH'A say AlAaal
the Berliuers are satisfied with this
new order of things. The feminine
officials are said 20 be either too
strict or too lenieur and very much
given 20 hysterla- The quiet authOri-
Il o. the men is greatly missed
AT all street corners there are large
placards and posters strictly admJn-
ishiug Germans that silence is their
first duty TO their Fatherlaud. vet I'm .
spite Of that some people speak more .
than they did in peace times.
They don't pay so much attention
to this government OriUr as they do .
10 the latest restrictions in the food .
rati0ns The prOverbizI laxative
ness of the Berliners has not disap-
peared. On the contrary inside the .
huge grey buildings where hundreds I
Of officials and commissions sit it I
thrives particularly. They talk there .
from morning till evening
Germans who formerly were proud .
OF their genius for organization. now
complain OF organization mania in
Vulnerable orders are sent out. often {
coutradicting each other. thus max /
ing life a burden TO the Berliners. I
OutspOken Press
The press has also suffered because .
OF the scarcity Of paper. The news .
papers appear in smaller bulk. they
are printed with ink substitute, .
which has g truly terrible odor; but .
the war has not robbed them Of their .
sense of humOr. In spite Of the strict .
censorship they have q stronger /
speech than ever.
Sometimes they disappear for a
day or two when the high command F.
finds that they have gone rather too .
far, but when they bob up again their /.
tone is not any more subdued
A number Of German newspaper ed I
itors have been sent TO Constantinople r
10 ian the waning pr0-German feel Z
ing in Turkey.
Difficulties are not so much at the .
front, but at home incres sed prices. {
the stoppage OF trade, ana the scar I
city OF food paralyse social life.
The German Housewife.
The poor citizen who is dependent F
only on the government ration of food /.
is in a very bad way. but most OF .
the Germans understand how TO pro I
cure extra supplies sub rosa. a I
country landowner in Mecklenburg 4
told me with a meaning smile Of all I
his town relations who had suddenly .
remembered his existence since the ]
outbreak Of the war CHers the writer
adds his tribute 20 the housewife.
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