The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-22
EVERYONE HUhGRY
IN BERLIN SAYS
kDEhT
BY EDWARD NJ. -THIERRY.

Berlin, Dec. 2o.I am hungry, eter-
nally hungry. here in Berlinl
Everybody Is hungry!
Living Is unpleasant. even In the
finest hotels. where the best food OBJ
tainable In Germany may be had
The food is not nutritious because>1t
is lacking in fats.
I have bought q pound OF goose
grease for 80 marks-better than ST.
for my use as substitute for butter.
It is expensive, but it is the only way
I can get nutrition.
In the streets crowds Of people may
be seen nightly munching apples and
staring into the shop windows at the
extraordinary display OF "erzat"-sub-
stitute food.
Beer If of inferior quality, but It Ii
the only drink obtainable.
Despite the high cost OF living. ono
can buy theater tickets only by ap-
plying days In advance.
I attended a production Of Carnival
Fairy" a musical comedy which has
been running for four months at the
Metropole theater. It was> witnessed
ming the song Of it's popular star,
FRITZ Massary, a Hungarian actress.
Evidence of the for Iner popularity Of
the German kaiser are being removed
and covered up throughout the city.
In F'reidrichstrasse a huge cafe sign
read, "Kaiserkeller." The first half
Of the name has been blotted out. A
Iifesize statue Of William Hohenzol-
lern over the doorway is now canvas
covered.
Actual restitution among the Ger
man people is observable only under
the surface. have learned by making
a tour of the poorer districts. s.
On the Alexanderplatz and Jacob
strasse the stores. large and small. are
but scantily stocked. The windows
are filled with priced. shoddy
goods, but inside the shelves and
counters are nearly empty.
Nevertheless the crowds are pre-
pairing to do their Christmas buying.
Christmas Cliffs High in Germany.
And here are some OF the prices
they will have to pay to stock their
Christmas trees and to make their
Christmas dinner. The prices are
given in marks. = :"
A mark is just under "a cents
Toys, 2 marks.
= Candy Is marks pound.
Chicken, 10 marks a pound.
Coffee, 80 marks obtained by
Cotton handkerchief, marks
Collars, marks.
Cotton socks, 8 marks.
Cotton underwear, 100 marks.
A mans hat, 100 marks.
woman's hat, so marks.
The working classes which use the
subways in the morning show p1ai0B
their impoverishment. For most Of
them breakfast consists OF acron cof-
fee and a slice Of sour bread.
It is impossible to obtain soap, ex-
cept such as is rendered from fish
bones.
I saw a horse fall on Unter-dsn-
Linden and its leg broken. It's throat
was Immediately cut by the authorf-
ties and It was conveyed to the BUTCH
er shop to be prepared for food.
Steel Springs Instead Of Rubber Tires.
Gasoline is scarce and there are
only $50 taxicabs IN all Berlin.
Most Of the autos are without rub
Der tires. AS a substitute they use a
four-inch iron band with spiral springs
between 1t and the wheel.
There is plenty OF brass and other
metals.
Machine gun bullets have marked
the royal stables. But the only d1s-
quieting factor is the growing power
of the 1000 soldier deserters, who are
holding meetings OF discomfort.
have been surprised at the effic-
cient operation Of the machinery for
displacing the women in the factories
with soldiers as rapidly as they ake
demobilized and finding other work
for the women.
A woman tramcar conductor told
me she came from the country and
was eager to return to her country
home, where there was more food than
in Berlin.