Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-27
HUN FOOD SPECTATORS
RIDE ABOUT IN STYLE
Beautiful Equipage Causes Alfred
Andersen to Marvel and
Ask Questions.
SECRETLY SELL THEIR WARES
Law Prcscribes ,'enitcntiary Sen.
fences, but Majority Operate So
Clcvcrly Very Few Arc Called
Upon to Pay the Penalty.
ny ALFRED G. ANDERSEN.

Upon to Pay the Penalty.
nN ALFRED G. ANDERSEN.
on 6s sMons siS by S,aE f1nr
rival in Berlin my attention was at
1racted TO maEnticsnt turn out OF
sleek and well fed. and carried thei,
heads high. All trappings were of rea
Elistcned.
In a street fun of tattercd vehicles
drawn by bony animals the whole bust
ness resembled a wcl-drsssed gentle
man in crowd of raEamui!lns.
roI,c was SO impressed ,br MAT asked
10 a member OF the royal family.
Ne" he grinned.,"i belongs to one
Of the. best known 'hamstcrinEer in
And what is hamstcrinScr""
Germany" retorted the policeman. lie
Il l"0h nddad rtns SiS ,s !. in
The. Illicit sale OF food by hoardcr-
a, %t9ri9 ,ha prices is SO eStsnS i've
tain many kinds of supplies at ordi-
Bsriiners call such prohteering ham
STEERING" and the word is common in
their every day vocabulary as "camou-
=. - ''llams,erinr is made possible by
the ciandestine transfer of unrcported
dSac G aer SECRETLY ses ns
wares to wel-to-do customers at ten
- times tho legal charge.
+. sentences and excessive fines for ham
:, sterins.' but this apparsntly has not
- know their customers and the latter
have learned by four years experience
=, volvcd are TOO foxey to be caught
These latter observations were made
whose home had luncheon with my
neutral newspaper friend.
That our SWISS host himself was not
- ri -ns 1nt
by the large dish Of fresh butter on
r. the table.
'aHont -! 4 pound"
Highly paid ammunition workers. and
mechanics also resort to this illegal
means Of stocking their larders. Toll
crs Of the ammunition factories earn
anywhere from 600 To loo marks a
G m@n'n oi and Ir, he 1SG poor mechanc who
LABORING CLASS KEEPS
THE ADJUSTMENTS busy
Incidentally, this large laborinG class
keeps the wheels OF amusement turn
r told me that ammunition workers oc-
cuny two-thirds of the choice seats
s5 at ser ,bsy IeIang hEatsrs A. the
made fortunes on war contrat,s) and
The real sufferers are the vast army
Of men and women, with small salaries.
cess of 1000 marks "a year. Households
with such incomes have enough trouble
lions dssisna,sd on 1 the food cards. let
alone dealing in the sneak trade.
some little relief is accorded people
OF this class government loans In
United 70 go as h ih as ;O 1000 ana marks psF
Year, payable in installments beginning
five years after the war. But even at
.-r- that the, most rigid economy must be
practiced TO keep The wolf from the
door
Some vivid contrasts were painted
for me by my friend. the newspaper
While the prosperous shell and car.
fridge worker enjoys an occasional
the ammunition plant tackles his daily
task on two slices of black bread but
tered with war marmaiade. aud bowl
OF substitute. tea. sweetcned with a
nauseating liquid 'suss,of," made
from Saccharine.
Lard is one article that rich and poor
alike obtain only after the greatest
difficulty The little to be had is OF
poor quality untaintcd by association
with hogs.
The Swiss physicians housewife took
me into her kitchen and showed me
small zinc. garbage receptacle.
You will ind one OF these in every
home IN Berlin" she said
HOUSEWIVES SEND CARRIAGE
To GOVERNMENT STATION
Every, day the ''hausmuttcr" sends
w her her garbage to a go,vernnenti recev-
r hiS tank Al night the collection is
carried 10 Il central plant and boiled.
!. Marrow cooked out OF the bones and
The fat from the leaving becomes lard
TN remaindTr. OF The Ersase is tahen
So TO the peoples kitchens" and served
as soup. tnpa!a,able as such soup"
may he; IL has saved thousands OF lives
Each household is allowed one
=. ip?,.5. can Of ,n,~. var lard per fort
- mAlad" as Il substitute for butter.
-. Bones ana other solids remaining in
The SOUP, after ,hc. lard is extracted
are ground into pos der and distributed
among the farmers hog feed.
MI it fn. iGod ration system is RESPONSE
pero'-- ciass OF peoplc in Herin, the
snal store keeper.
Wh3n IL. German g9vernment as
every "duil In The realm recorded his
PAM! PAM a. r.. The stores h" desired to Pal
procedure Identified him as "A regular
customer and The dealer was not per
had not registered with him. The pur-
pose Was to forestall boarding.
ARBITRARY PRICE rIAING
sri:LFD ALL COMPETITION
Zig stores had :, great advantage
= over lheir small competitors They were
cHulphed for the extra bookkeeping
%hil" tns one .horse" shops did not
Keep books at ali.
Furthermore. arbitrary hxiuE Of
RlrlGss comp!eteiy siifsd competition.
& bottom prices. ia big stores Il bigger
volume OF trade compensated in d
!n1ea4!1r@ for Tower rate OF proh,. but
the little stores could not endure
-, one ~ one TIM. mt oul OF bust
-. Measured by American standards ,
= FOUND rents ridiCulouSly low asked
"a landlord In good ucighhorhood to
SNOW me through vacant Nat on the
pFttensc thrt might want to rc,.t /
-" took nc through four large beau
~ t!tui rooms with kitchen and basement
could have the whole business for
nifty marks Il month
ACCOMAC