New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-31

succeeded in ascertaining the hiding place
of schmalz Qard) profteer. He was fined
100000 marks and given three months in
prison.
The populousness of the police profession,
Or business so it seemed, in Germany, was
enough to excite my keen interest and wonder.
Is the none too stable German government.
thought, sending so many spies among it's own
people to keep tabs on revolutionary out
breaks? Or is it willy Teuton scheme to
make up for the deficiency in numbers of the
German army reduced by the Allies to so
many men and no more? These policemen.
the great majority Of them trained soldiers
with vast experience both before and during
the war, were in reality part of the Ger
man army, ready for military service when
emergency would demand it. The youthful
ness and profuseness Of these policemen,
whom one bumped into on every corner. in
every theater. cabaret public library and
museum, gave me this strange thought. I
pass it over to the Allies for what it is worth.
The violinist-policeman who wanted to sell
me his police dog never showed up at our in
tended rendezvous. / presumed that he was
giving violin recital at an entertainment for
ponce captains. For three days ! tramped the
streets of Hamburg for police dog NV OBJ
session was such that | even stopped old
women taking their dogs out for an airing.
81 can't port Will
is so dear to me-" said one little old lady in
mourning | admired the long nose. the
pointed, inqrisitive ears and the graceful
lines of the stately animal she held in leash
AT night ne comes up to my bed and rubs
his cold nose against my cheeks, and ticks NV
hands and snugges his warm fur against NV
body. Ach He is so dear to me! But if
you want to buy a nice dog, my sister-in-law
has at home such a nice dog, Otto, his name,
dachshund"-
The poor dachshund. He is hardly to be
seen any more in Germany, that faithful
brown-eyed, waddling creature that we used
to see so often in story-bo pictures follow
ing its fat master with the meerschaun pine
and wooden shoes. 1t was sometime we nn,e
dlately thought Of along with sauerkraut and
beer when one mentioned Germany But that
breed is almost extinct now, because of the
wars popularization of the police dog-a pop
ularization that extended all the way over to
America when the A. E. F. got home for even
here the long collie and American
bull have been dethroned by the German police
dog. German Police Dog Favorite Dog in
America" read in Berlin newspaper. The
story was identicay the same that l sent all
over the United States last spring when I
was directing the publicity work for large
Eastern university l never knew that would
be able to write for German newspaper.
Do you want to go into the police dog bust
ness? You can buy these ferce-looking, up
standing, domesticated wolves all fine animals.
for thousand marks, more or less They will
give you a certificate from the Police Dog
Owners Association of Germany, stating the
pedigree Of the dog, with a list of antecedents
extending to XIII the First and his consort
the Princess Pretzel of Woofenburg The price
of the dog being approximately fifteen dollars,
add fifteen more for freghtage to the States