Evening star., 1918-08-04

been able to Judge the huge theatre
cal poster has practically disappear
ed. New York Is, I believe. now be-
ginning to learn something concern
after sunset, but / don't think that it
is possible for any one who has not
expe rienced the gloom of a moonless
night In London to realize what an
unlighted city actually means. ! have
come COM; back to 1t, and l feel just a
Preservation of food for winter has
been absorbing the attention of a
number of cottagers in
Captains of the Berkshires. says the
Co New York Sun, who are
oinS. assisting the woman's
branch of the food conservation COM
mfttee. Mrs. William Il. 8. Griswold
is one of the leading members of the
committee. Mrs. Henry P. Jaques.
Mrs Gfiswold. Mrs. William b o.
Field. Mrs. W. Roscoe Bonsal and
Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes are cap
tains Of canning classes, and Mrs.
>RoseweH D. Curtis, chairman, is di-
recting the work among the children.
4
War gardening is rapidly turning
into war conservation at Chicago,
says the Her
Conservation Follows aid and Ex-
Gardening. am sm'nsr. s;..o,,a. an .
of Mrs. Augustus S. Peabody, in
charge of the work of children in
war gardens, woman's committee,
State Council of Defense.
As fast as children and their par
ents who are managing a war gar
den find their produce ready for the
table. they harvest it. and that which
Is left over is either preserved or
family In winter time.
While the guns are still roaring
on the battle fronts there are people
in Europe
American Tourists Not who think
Expected in Germany. NJ mes. after
the war. 1t is quite natural that the
Swiss should think of rebuilding
their fortunes after peace is declared,
for their best income producing 'fn-
dustry," the tourist business. has been
killed by the war. The question
whether it will revive is discussed
by the Swiss press. The Neue Zuer-
cher Zeitung thinks the federal gov
ernment will have to spend a great
deal of money IL Switzerland is to
recoup her loss. There is an undis-
guised tendency in all European
countries to discourage travelling and
spending money outside of their own
respective domains. says the New
In France the "omce National du
Tourisme" has been created to foster
the tourist business. Former Minister
Sembat is the director of this gov
ernment department. The French ex-
pect a mass incursion by Americans
after the war. They believe America
will more than recompense them for
losses caused. for instance, by the
Germans staying at home
Italy. too. is making strenuous ef-
forts to put her tourist industry
again on a sound footing. Italy is
Italian Riviera in addition to a share
spent by the localities for the same
purpose. Immense sums are ready to
be spent for advertising as soon as
peace Is declared. O1 course, the
Italians are also expecting a big rush
from America.
There is no doubt the Germans will
stay away for some time. although
nobody believes the boycott proposed
by DR.. .Dernburg. former colonial sec
retary, which was to last twenty
years, will ever come true. Before
the war it was a tradition in Ger
many that every refined person must
at least once in his life visit Italy.
This tradition, it is not doubted, will
reassert itself gradually.
Germany and Austria have formed
a union, political as we'll as economic.
This economic union includes the
tourist business The leading hotel
and transit organizations are CO.
operating with one another to boost
German and Austrian watering places,
baths and mountain resorts.
Commissions to study the tourist
problem have been appointed by the
state. - els that would be idle for
lack of Ordinary guests are being
utilized as stations for the recupera-
tion of soldiers. American tourists
are not-expected in Germany for some
time to come.
The northern countries. Norway es-
pecially. are bidding for foreign tour