The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-14
;0RGET DEFEAT
IN GAMING DEN
oorlin Once More the Gay
City, Where All
Woo Fortune.
L,NSATIONAL RAIDS
sfjcers of the Law Ignore
0 Clubs When Hands
Are "Oiled."
nv ARTHUR DAVID.

BERLIN Dec. l3.-While Ger
nv /. struggling to avoid bank .
n ,sy and thousands OF people In
,1,,Io are on the verge OF starvation
ala time night life OF the capital
.a.. on With the maddest extrava-
gince.
ry.ry place OF entertainment is
,.nn,Iled officially. 10 close at
LID Mos, OF them make a pre-
! .,.s OF doing so; some OF the.more
A,i.,,outshlc do not trouble to 20
sroneh an such farcical proceed
These p!accs are crowded nightly
xar profiteers, "Schie bers" the
,,n,t who wtl buy and sell any
,,ns from cigarets by the million TO
,.nrss hy Corot--the foreigners are
n. principal patrons In the heavy.
lose atmosphere. ungraceful Teu-
on, take liberties with the fox trot
md cut quaint capers to rastIme.
Occasionally the police are COM
,.lsd TO make raids. Curiously
,noosh on these nights the usual
,us,orers are generally absent on
"a, occasion, when the police entered
Notorious haunt they found every
hing in darkness. the chairs piled on
,he liable and general air OF in
noc.rt repose They departed,
.npty handed, quarter OF an hour
a,er stream OF laughing guests
merged from the cellar, whittier
hey had retired to continue their
mprer by candle light, on receiving
sell timed advice OF the impend"
Ing raid,
4 sensatiun was created BY the
.ounalnr up OF one OF the largest
raining and supper clubs" recently.
pollre surrounded the building at 3
o'clock In the morning and effected
an .ntrance They found the PLACE
hacked champagne on nearly every
y bic lotteries In progress. the prizes
ysing geese, life-sizcd baby dolls and
,o1es of cigars, hhCcarst In a side
room and roulette upstairs. Every
body who could not produce his or
her IDENTITY papers was arrested and
Al 1 o'clock a procession or police
motor lotries passed through the
streets carrying loads Of persons In
evening dress, pho made the best OF
things by blowing trumpets and fly
ng large colored air balloons.
Still more remarkable was the
,lub carried on IN the Tiergarten. in
house belonging to the prince Of
wed This was the nightly haunt OF
the most highly-gilded section OF
pleasure seekers. Invitations were
even sent 10 foreigners here on Of
fetal business, and 1t was as result
Of protest 10y one OF these who
failed 10 see how such extravaganza
was compatible with n Germany un-
able TO pay her way that a raid was
Effected. A detachment OF military
police lscherhei spolizeD numbering
50 men with three officers, and with
four lorries In attendance, visited the
club The foreigners were bowed
out with a hint TO avoid such places
in future, and 1870 persons who could
not satisfy the police as to their iden-
tity were driven to the police sta
ton.
Nevertheless. on the following
night In another main thoroughfare
here was the usual line OF cars out
side another well-known night re-
sort Everyone In Berlin knows 1t
iOr what II Is.
What's on there" someone asked
policeman innocently. I'm sure
don't know" came the reply with a
mile" | haven't asked"
\ And the inquirer passed in through
| he side door. while the guardian OF
'ht peace complacently stuffed a
currency note into his pockat