The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-28

derful German substitutes, In truth, found there are very few real substi- tutes in Germany. They should have been styled Food Frauds.n Most of these frauds have been found highly dangerous to health, and have already been forbidden, and in the process of preparing these thousands of so-call- 'ed food substitutes, much real mater ial of food value is wasted.
 The German authorities have jeal- ously guarded the news from Altering from the fatherland, but it is already known even in Switzerland, that to- day in Berlin there are not more than 500 dogs. I was told that these 500, or a few more, dogs have been en- trusted to the care of their owners, and their owners are bonded, guar anteeing that their wards would not be disposed of. Beside this, about r. 500 other dogs have been comman- deered by the authorities, and are be- ing taken care of by the government for the perpetuation and safekeeping of different breeds. Out of nearly 30, 900 of registered dogs in the Der lin district, in 1914, so I was told, the authorities were able to save only D. 900 dogs. Nearly 5000 others have died of starvation and neglect by their owners, while the remaining numbers could not be accounted for.
 Another by-tragedy of the war is the frightful condition of the social outcases that flock the streets of large industrial cities in every part of Ger many, and especially in the North. l was informed that Berlin alone had a 15,OO0 population Of such outcasts registered before the war. These un- fortunates suddenly found themselves deprived of their livelihood. They are women unfit for any useful occupation in life. Many serious attempts have been made to employ them as house. maids, but no one could be found to take them to their homes. Physically they are not fit for industrial employ ment. They are tried in intuition fac tories, and found utterly unfit from social and physical standpoints.
 Those of their number who made serious attempts to fit themselves to the new life, have been transported to other places, and employed in families as domestics. They were then tried as street railroad employees, but its so- cial effect was found to be disastrous
 Unpleasant incidents occurred when people learned the origin of these wo-
 men. In the new Bear a child foI the Fatherland" propaganda they, too
 have been tried and the experiment has proven very unsatisfactory. While
 the humane and prudent members o1 In ;-,s,
 cry effort to solve this one of the great
 est war problems of Germany, the ig' norant and cruel police of Berlin have
 made it their principal occupation tC haunt these unfortunates from stree
 to street. Several times I witnessed
 cruel scenes when a police officer bea
 such an unfortunate cruelty on his wa! with her to a station. The authoritie;
 were compelled to provide these crea lures with bread cards and Wheneve hey are found fit for certain employ
 ment, they are forced to work. In ev
 cry case they are employed in segre
 gated departments, as their presence at a certain workshop has alway
 threatened it with the shortage of oth
 CT women workers. So it is. Thi
 problem is the most serious problem
 that every German municipality has t
 deal with.
 The large German industrial centre are today rocking with petty crime
 committed by these women. Like tn Apaches of Paris of pre-war days these women band together sometime , in threes and fours; but usually il
 couples, and even in broad dayligh
 commit robbery. At night they breal
 into food or clothing stores, and whel found or caught, the magistrates mus listen to the most pitiful tales that cal be related. They seldom attempt t deny their guilt They always adn1i their guilt defiantly, and ask the tria F magistrate what he would have don l if he was hungry. I was told by : friend at a fraternity gathering tha l he personally knew 16 magistrates t 7 resign, being unwilling to condem such offenders under the circumstan l ces.. However, if the war continues, 2
 this rate, these social outcases wi . soon be exterminated, as the deat rate amongst them is, they told m
 nearly 100 per every thousand.
 Disease, hunger, and hardships ( Q occupations to which they are not if
 ted, are carrying them off wholesal f Riots and food disturbances ofte 1 undertaken in front of foodshops aT 5 many times led by these. They al
 most reckless, and fors sthat reason th : authorities are very apprehensive { = these outcasts.
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