Evening journal., 1920-01-23

oh,laren reyoar, opary plots and hoiu-
ms It was depicted as a place 70 sOay
ont or not one to venture into.
saw the nrst Germans at Benlhelm' I'm
7bev anpeared TO be presty well leu
Al least they were spry on loot, WorA-
ad f,st and efficiently and were coul-
,eons Almost Instantly these feeilhss
y, do,,bf and wonder were dispelleu.
psrhans folk in the interior might De
diferent hut they acted Just Ike orai-
nary people here
Germany IS not starving. But Ger
many IS hungry specially Tor a
change In diet. Lack Of sugar e,i" ,ii
fats \ scarcity OF wheat and milk,
Mods me average German TO a diet OF
hea,v darl-colored bread, coffee maue
ont Of almost anything but coniee'
and vegetables.
Good food is at premium. But @ose
WIN have plentv OF money can pur-
chase almost anything they want. food
cards are issued for bread potatoes
and meat Sugar and butter are ra-
toned. MIX Is unoblain'ble except
FOR children under six and FOR SICK
Will the well-off may eat their MI
in restaurants. sometimes as many as
five meals a day common folk subslsl
on foods which the ordinary Amer
Jean Family would regard as starvation
rations
visited The homes Of the workers
and called at the smaller milk ana
meat stations TO get an inkllng OF the
system Of distribution. The average
worker. who is paid about 2 i-2 marks
an hour, or % marks a day feels the
problem OF supplying food for family
diNcult. 10 say nothing Of clothing and
medicines.
Ciothina Commands Fabulous Prices.
Clothing OF all kinds commands fabu-
lous prices. shoes are almost unpurch-
ascsble The cost OF medicines is sky
high New clothes are not TO be though
of. Amusements belong TO the past.
visited the family OF a worker IN
the Invalidenstrasse In Berlin Ihis
streets in the moor distruct mother
and two small children were eating
their MONDAY meal. IL consisted OF
boiled potatoes, a few onions, conee.
made out Of roasted barley and some
heavy. dark-colored bread. For the
evening meal the potatoes. remaining
over from noon. were 10 be warmed M
the coffee was TO be warmed over and
soup prepared from water. cabbage
carrots and a small slice OF sausage
Meat was 10 De on the bill OF fare
FAR the next day They were saving Tor
hit Of goose 10 eat on Sunday.
For breakfast this family had bar
lev coffee. bread with Jam and Dit
~ butter. AT 10 O'Clock there was the
morning lunch Of bread and a little
sausage.
That was the day-ln and day-out
menu OF the workers family. When
he was "nushr he added bit OF choc-
olate on chocolate days The moiher or
one OF the children Joined the long
line before a confectionery shop.
And then comes goose day. The goose
d. me German national bird. There
was a time when this well-fed Oird,'
stuffed with food until he nearly burst
,,as the pride OF Germany. Now ih'
goose comes TO The butchers win
shallow covering OF fat. Ihe goose
grease which an Germany spreads up
on us bread and devours with great
smacklng Of lips. Is as scarce as olner
FATS. And the worker, instead OF De-
ing able to purchase a whole goose
hnvs cut. Just as In America we Duy
"a cut OF beef or pork.
Goose meat costs what in Germany
il considered a fabulous sum. one
pound costs 70 marks.
Each German over six Is permitted
.o purchase weekly a piece OF meat
ahoilf the size OF a mans hst FOR
children under six. an allowance OF
balf mound IS made. Until children
become year old they are permitted
"a have a little more than pint OF
milk day. Between and i-2 years
! little less than a pint and between
. 10 and z years. about half a pint
children between 4 and > years drink
condensed milk.
The butter allowance per person
weekly measures about the size OF a
hen egg. A somewhat larger allowance
j made for "margerine." Butter ranges
IN nrice from 20 10 30 marks a pound.
coal SHORTAGE Hits Everybody.
Ana Then there Is the coal shortage
This affects everybody TO a greater eX-
tent than any OF the other shortages.
cannot say that I ever was really
warm IN Germany except in taking a
bath And from the baihtub generally
lsaped into an atmosphere which chill
ed me 10 the bone. This condition mas
made the weekly bath unpopular IN
many German homes.
The coal allowance has been cut 70
abouf one-slxth OF what Is was In nor
MAJ times. Rooms in many good no
tels are never heated. Rooms In others
are made iuke-warm. Hotels save their
heat for the Hobbies dining rooms and