Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-04-26

stomach Us llcdNy aS Slice Oh III
weighs in your hant:s. The taste is
sourish and as you masticate it, it be-
comes larger and larger in your mouth
until you feel compelled to remove it,
the very next mouthful will behave
similarly, consequently you swallow it
with a bitter feeling. The war bread
cannot be eaten without the accompani-
ment Of some liquid matter, like soup,
or hot drinks, which masquerade under
many names. but which are in reality
colored hot water My first experience
with the war bread was pitiful, indeed.
On breaking a portion from the slice
before me / became Mortified to see a
thousand strings clinging to the two
parts that | had just separated. They
chung until my hands had parted
nearly the width of the plate before me.
| can describe ii better if / say that the
object before me had the appearance of
two telephone poles loaded with in
Vulnerable wires in miniature.
have seen people break the bread, and
holding the smaller portion, twist the
oOzing substance around the other I'M
til they have disconnected the parts.
What Became of the Dogs?
While in Switzerland had heard
the frequent remarks about the won
derful German substitutes. In truth,
/ found there are very few real substi-
tutes in Germany. They should have
been styled Food Frauds 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-called
food substitutes, much real material Of
food value has been wasted.
The German authorities have jeal-
Ously guarded the news from filtering
from the fatherland, but it is already
known even in Switzerland, that today
in Berlin there are not more than 500
dogs. | was told that these 500, or a
few more dogs have been entrusted to
the care OF their owners and their
owners are bonded, guaranteeing that
their wards would not be disposed Of.
Beside this about 1900 other dogs
have been Communicated by the auth
critics, and are being taken care of by
the Government for the perpetuation
and safekeeping of different breeds
Out of nearly 10000 Of registered dogs
in the Berlin district, in 1914, so 1 was
told, the authorities were able to save
only 1000 dogs. Nearly 5000 others
have died of starvation and neglect by
their owners, while the remaining num-
bers could not be accounted for.
Another by-tragedy of the war is the
frightful condition of the social out
casts that flock the streets of large in
dustrial cities in every part of Ger
many, and especially in the North. !
was Informed that Berlin alone had a
10000 population of such Outcasts
registered before the war; These I'M
fortunates suddenly found themselves
deprived of their livelihood. They are
women unfit for any useful occupation
i'll 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
mcnt. They are tried in munition 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 it's social
effect was found to be disastrous Un-
pleasant incidents occurred when peO-
pie learned the origin Of these women.
In the new Bear a Child for the
Fatherland' propaganda, they too,
have been tried and the experiment has
proven very unsatisfactory. While the
humane and prudent members of the
Government are now straining every
effort to solve this, one of the greatest
war problems in Germany, the ignor-
ant and cruel police of Berlin have
made it their principal occupation to
haunt these unfOrtunates from street
to street. Several times / witnessed
cruel scenes when a police officer beat
such an unfortunate cruelty on his way
with her to a station The authorities
were compelled to provide these crea-
lures with bread cards and whenever
they are found fit for certain employ
ment they are forced to work. In
every case they are employed in
segregated departments as their pres
ence at certain workshop has always
threatened it with the shortage of other
women workers. So it is This prob
lem is the most serious problem that
every German Municipality must deal
with.
The large German industrial centers
are today reelling with petty crime,
committed by these women. Like the
Apaches of Paris of pre-war days, these
women band together sometimes in
threes and tours; but usually in cou-
pies, and even in broad daylight com
NIT robbery. At night they break into
food or clothing shops, and when
found or caught, the magistrates must