Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-12

guest and save Money for the pro-
prietur. 1t is forbidden to serve but
seven francs ineariy $500 n pound
the motel proprietors lind II very easy
TO- observe ihis law II is forbidden
client has TO bay his own sugar ac-
1ordiuG to card allowances. or half Il
pound u month, Continental break
faStS nave always been u dpriSiOn and
joke 10 the American traveller. 1t is
now reduce, to a pot of coffee aud
u hunk OF brcad--no butter. no eggs.
no sugar no Jam. and. after . in The
morning. no milk. CThcrc never was
amy vrcam.)
The cost OF meals in restaurants has
gone up even faster than hotel rates
|; is now Impossible TO get Il meal. let
alonc square one even in the most
modest bistro, or hackman's hang
The Minister Of FOOD Supply tried
10 set Il limit on tho cost OF a meal
by reducing the number OF dishes al
menus uniform. His DEGREES have had
~" "tsst: Ills proclaimed maximum
ONE joke. At, the request OF tho
American army. the Paris police now
rrluire each restaurant and hotel to
soldiers going inside to eat may know
beforehand what things cost But
usually the additions" bills have a
ltZzyinS effect Just the same, there are
so many extra items.
FOOD Is VERY SCARCE
AND ALSO EXPENSIVE
And the restaurant Keepers are not
atc not only dear but rare. You ~
misht go to twenty grocery stores
an egg or It pound of butter for sale
In certain places. il YOU are Il Gus
Toner here is certain regard for
clients" here that does not obtain
~ the United Statcs). the grocer
Will produce a quarter OF a pound
from under the counter The price
. ri Z
tSEs are even scarccr. In Il certain
i'aris suburban market there has not
been an egg for sale during the past
two months and half Yet. it is in
contcSinDic that some hens continue to
lay, while cows give milk. one explain
alton toEtood scarcely is that the gov
ernincnt attempt 10 fix maximum prices
without ASSURING the supply ia the
s;urest means of making a commodity
teaches that public control Of the
means OF distribution is II more urgent
matter IN the future state than the
Certain ii is that iivins 'H in u" Ta iG: is
very high. and perhaps that explains
why ii is not so gay. Everybody. cX-
capitalists. has TO work hard to make
both ends meet. The only conSola-
ton. 30 iar is that the quality OF the
the victory. 1t is supposed 10 be Amer
lear wheat on which we live.
BREAD 81 !, POUND
The other day heard in II train
a, woman declare that at Lille. where
she has a sister. bread costs over, 81
y. pound. and a leg of mutton ST..
There is much criticism of the Of
fcial lack OF dispatch in aiding the
rebound 6P,hers Of the North /,
Cross ought to intervene. The miser-
able condition Of the returning prs-
onerS is another fact which makes
the Parisiaas contentcd with their own
lot. Words cannot describe the suf-
feringS of the var prisoners. and the
Germans cannot ever hope to fully
cNDiatc their many cruelticS. The con-
trast between the skeletons returning
from Germany and the rosy-Gaccd. well
fed. warmly dressed young men ! saw
at close range in n German prisoners
train the other night, playing harmoni-
cas- and singing Justify. tells the story.
When Germany pleads for mercy the
allies in Europe will think OF their
prisoners OF war.
ELECTRIC ADS AGAIN
APPEAR IN PARIS
But. despite these many problems OF
peace, Paris is slowly changing out