The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-05-30

by which the interests Of German Fl
men, amounting to several millions
dollars, will be purchased by .Americs.
merchants and the money thus PAL
! turned into the treasury.
Before the war broke in Europe, a
cording to statement issued by tn
alien property custodian, the trade G
American furrierS was practically notl
ing but collecting and shippin
agency for the Germans. Almost ever
pelt taken by American trappers wen
to Leipzig before it could be sold. Al
though London was the worlds mar
ket, .three-Quarters of the fur shipped
to London from America, Russia, ant
even China, went to Leipzig for dress
ing and dyeing.
The Leipzig dressers and dyers were
| recognized as the best in the world
Each year after the fur was prepared
and German merchants had fixed the
price, Americans were allowed to pur-
| chase as much as three-fifths of the
years output for manufacture into
garments, but in so doing they were
forced to pay the original cost, ex-
pense of dressing and dyeing, big
profit to the Germans, and a 80 per
cent duty, before the furs were re-
turned to America.
The war deprived Germany of the
chance to purchase fur in London, and
limited the supply from America
now also entirely cut off.
According to the Leipzig correspond
ent of a Christiania newspaper, the
Leipzig spring fair showed exhibits of
many substitutes and surrogates which
have been placed on the market in
Germany. Descriptions of some of
these have been received by the Unit
ed States chamber of commerce:
A surrogate for pepper is offered for
sale which, judged only by it's appear
ance, seems almost the same as real
pepper. The color, odOr and taste
have been surprisingly we'll initiated.
A tea is shown to which the name of
German tea" has been given. 1t is
prepared from any one or a combina-
ton of great variety of plants, from
leaves to linden blossoms.
1t is said to taste very much like gen
uine tea, but even a half dozen cups |
by single cup of real tea.
There are any number of surrogates
for marmalades. Most Of them are
prepared from garden vegetables in
stead Of from fruits, with a minimum
amount of sugar.
Substitute soap is offered for sale,
which is said to have been prepared
from the oil in berries and from pum-
ce stone. 1t lacks, however the one
main characteristic of soap, that Of
working up into q rich, creamy lather;
it is very good. Substitutes
Ire also to be had for laundry blueing.
Substitute bicycle tires are some
lines made of two cOncentric iron
1ngs with small springs between them.
-hey are very Serviceable on asphalt
'aVements, but are not exactly as
oiSeless nor as easy riding as gen.
line rubber tires,
A large number Of articles offered
or sale had been prepared largely or
ntirely from paper-coarse working
lothes for men and women, blouses,
prons, and other fabrics. There were
aper belts which seemed capable of
Living uedVy 1OaQS.
Many artificial and substitute leath-
rs were noticed. Brass and copper 1
rucIes were not seen, and attempts
ere made to place substitutes on the /
larket in the form Of plated wares. Z
A committee on public information 8
preventative in London says:
London has novor ri ~ a hoco
all season before, but will get its p
lance this year when the American o
aseball league gets it's schedule Of
lmes well underway. There are eight
merican and Canadian teams re- e
u1ted from various organizations sta o
Oned In London, with games sched- e
ed for each Saturday during the q
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The thousands of American soldiers p
no may pass through London, or be n
val1ded or stationed here, are in a a
ir way to be made to feel that Eng W
nd is the next best place to home g
I'd that English hearts are kept warm OF
r them. A
snake England the Sammy's q
lightly" is the way the English b'
ess puts it In urging readers to en- 81
rtain the American troops. "Blighty'' til
the war word for everything the Ell
ldier wants in intervals of his fight al
g work; the place where friends, st
and homelike comfort
7aft him. fl
The Weekly Dispatch recently called be
: suggestions for a public entertain m
mt TO he offered American Soldiors or
d an instant response made thou or
ads Of dollars available for amuse-
ents and entertainments. The idea IF
At found greatest favor, however, W;
Is to throw open the homes of the su
ton to the Sammies. va
An officer commanding an American til
ladron operating with the British Sc
ct has renorted ON q late insnaction | co