The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-02-07

b,g sxssae VI yA@ war prx&se~Fs M Rcxs.
ee&l tA~ s1ssai ut tAeSr gstns and ess
cape laxaslun Was 10 iayess ttssas aar-
ptws earsAr.,s In works Of art and osAeF
expensive iuxRrses. ~ shs raE asssrss-
na~nss w~re based principally nRaa tAa
individually h&nk si~sssstfs ssyi the TAI.
colss<tang nsaeii4nsry was very ss1tA
cot Ut gear " wns epsnpatastyrly easy
~ svade the law b. ear~fua mAnipals'
ssca Of 0nss hank aecpunf. and BY dis.
karstnx profits rsextved wffheas kav-
Ina them 10 thruasA ths bank A Ger
aAan whom knew tcaa ase that he hxa
Disposed ef an Oh p&snting shseA had
cost him Es00 far ne iess ,han tsd.osA
ne psse~ III works OF arr mnd aathsuss
Aavtnx Increased 10 a remarkable sx-
tent b~eass~ OF thw demand for them
frem tar 6exixerA
Cnd~r the ssress of the chEns~Si
foisd coalitions the hnhgry Geruaa
soon replaced the h0asss G~FRsa Ger
saxns h#d always had q repatatson tar
honasty. but their essI@s 10 such dis
tincfiea disappeared with the feed sup
ply. Necessity soaas hrrashf eGt NIL
that was worst In the Gertaan char.
actes.
Although the government tocr~ed q
high tine and imprisonment as pas
isl1nent for bayins or segltag snythinE
which had beea cosnfaaadcer~d speru
la,ors sprans up on every side and
people Dragged oEseniy q What they
had stirred away.
The worst deprivation wns 10 the
lack VI fats Thn psaple showed 1t
very plalnly, One seldom saw fat
aan or fat womaa. although before
the war fatness was almost character
tgtie Uf the German rhy-ser~ laaessis
| saw = rather stout WOMAN being fol
lowed by ~ least twsasy boys ~ho
were jrertng at her and making slnr'
ring rvfnarks about the manner To
which she had retained her avoirtu'
pols. A fat person Ia Germany to-day
Is regarded with suspicion.
Naturally the weakened eonfttlon Of
the people makes them aii easily sus.
eeptihle to disease. Epldcsnlcs spread
'raptt,y ard I sna 'iTe4tn~d to- bxlse~e
that little care was taken by the au-
ihari,ies to frotr-t th~ elder people
srum infection. | know that my see~
retarys mother fell and broke both
her lsgs last sufaiavr .tlQiTl and was
taken to the accident ward Of hos
pg,al where her fellow patients were
sill crippled, T-n of the inmates of
thar ward died In single day from
dyseu,ery. and the following day the
death list was Increased by twelve,
the old lady With the broken legs he.
Ing one Of them Twenty iWo islure
bread cards saved al the expense Of
twenty two useless womcn In cite hos,
pifal aione-~a fair record for two
days. have no proof that these nn.
fortunate victims Of disease were de-
ithemtely Infected by the hospital an
thorities but the mere fact that TWEEN
y,wo ra.ien.s In an accident ward
died from dssen;ery In two days Is
certainly evidence Of gross careless
ness II nothIng worse,
To buy new clothes II Is necessary
TO secure certinssts from the gov
ernnsnt To the effect that yon are alb.
salutsiy In need Of clothing. and. even
then. you are compelled TO give up the
ssit you are discarding.
Rranch otsic~s for investigating the
necessity of repienishinx ones ward
robe have been established all over
the cities and they are always crowd
I'd. women are In charge and they
seemed thoroughly 10 enjoy their au-
.hqritx and their power to deny ma
application for new clothing '''''
When | LEI, Perrin che law permit
ts,i man JUST two shirts, two collars.
two pairs If socks etc. q year since
soap had disappeared from the mar
krt 50 many tHadequa'e substitutes
had been tried that ones lsuntiry 10
yariahly came home full al holes
In November. iatT, paid 500 foe a
suit ~ clothes shtch II il had been
made out II cloth ~ geoi quality
would have heea worth about SSa A.
IL WAS, the taller frankly sdmi,tsa
that the aooeis uas made ~ ~, wcrssi
yarn and because Of tho lack uf cotton
thread. the S.raus were worked with u
material which looked like paper
string
This paper strius was In generai use
ut that time. the department stores all
displaying notices warning customers
not to carry their parcels by the string
Many purchases we're no Longer
wrapped. 10 save paper, and 10 pur
chase amounting 10 leSs than 81 vas
delivered
Before | left Berlin. artificial silk
was he principal fabric ohtalnahle for
ladies wearing apparel. Almost every
woman In the land, priaceSs or maid.
was agtired In arr tnrc'a. II sold for
$40 q yard. In normal times II would
have been worth from n cents 70 81.
In TIE fali ~ 1917. a cloth SOFT was IN.
as,alaahle for levs than 600 II would
have been worth 81 In rnrlnai tines.
Al, sur SKINS werp needed Ter $50
Stere wcar aud tbs few that wrre stiil
ot,a.nahse fer ncsne use in the f0rT1
az fur sets sai4 for flo01 np,
Throush spectators we obtained
snaae initiation soft seap at - per
ps7nd People said II WIS made fsuEa