White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-11

As a land of striking contrasts P0-
without an equal today. On n hand
Is a display of wealth, midnight sup
pers and revelry: on the other hand
IL CALLING poverty. hunger and ENACT
ated arms held out imploring for aid.
There Is a great scarcity of milk and
the price of it Is exorbitant, but there
always is fresh whipped cream for
your coffee, while a lad, weak Of body
and hunger-pinched face and clogs so
worn that he slips IN the Ice covered
pavement. pushes q hendcart filled
with milk In bottles from house to
house seeking customers.
Fuel, too, is scarce and only the
wealthy can buy coal, but the hot
water In your apartment at a hotel
may run to waste all day and n n
will tell you to urn 1t Off. In florists
windows exotic plants bloom. while
outside the streets are slippery with
their covering Of Ice and snow Is
banked high.
Sell American Cigarettes.
Tobacco Is scarce, but In every no
tel lobby there are boys with pack.
ages of American Red Cross cigarettes,
which they offer for sale at Is shil-
lings for a package of twenty. @
Clothing Is scarce and expensive, !
but n sees many well dressed men
and handsomely gowned women. while
walters In cafes and restaurants have
abolished 'tips' and dress sNitS ~
savoring OF the bourgeois. and have
purchased lounge suits at f4O each.
And while men and women =
wealth dine and wine In these places
outside at the food relief stations
there stand long queues OF men. WON
en- and children In the cold and the
sleet and snow waiting for bread.
How do they do lit How do the
poor liver These are questions any
stranger here would ask. The answer
is not easy for a cabinet ministers
salary is only 600 a month; a clerk
gets "a a month. Bread costs two
shillings a loaf. a pair of boots EGO
a cup of chocolate As. 3d.. a sweater
and a knitted skirt, fS4: a table
d'hote luncheon of soup, entree and
an Ice. fl 2s., with a Ia carte prices
as follows: Hors d'oeuvres, los ;
soup, 81. 3d.: omelet, 9s.; outlet, los
slice of turkey, los. spinach, S.. COM.
pote of fruit, los. ; a bottle Of claret
7Os.
Mat. Worth Half a Penny.
The Polish mark, nominalty worth
is. 6d., now Is worth half 3 penny,
md the Pole can only earn Polish
marks. Therefore many Poles who re
turned here from America when the
new Poland arose now are trying tc
return to the United States.
Meanwhile, the Pole Is waiting for
something to happen. He knows that
present conditions cannot last always
that they cannot endure.
But while It lasts Warsaw presents
curious sights. striking contrasts-bit
ter frosts. radiant sun, biting wind
and dust storms; glorious sunsets and
snow. 1t is a busy, constantly NOV
ing city, with rooms almost unobtain-
able at the hotels: with street cars
packed ike the subway trdihS Ut uie
rush hours in New York with cafes
filled with brilliant crowds. dining and
winning. while the %orchestras play won
derful music. Today this is a city OF
men of all nations; Of handsome won
en- In rich gowns and furs. and sham
bling, pinched faced beggars who beg
a crumb OF bread.
And yet, with all its contrasts. War
saw. and all Poland, has a high con.
seriousness of freedom and pride Of pa.
triotism. Enormous possibilities are
here, and only a constructive states
manship is needed to develop them.
TO weld the scattered ends Of life to-
gether; to rehabIlitate Poland. to
make her a great productive unit of
world production and commerce, and,
II necessary, to make her an effective
barrier between bolshevism and well
ordered government.