Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-02
us. TOURISTS AGAIN
TR|CkLE INTO GERMANY
high Cost of Living I'm France and
Is Italy OvcrromcS Prejudice to
Former Enemy Country.
DIFFICULT TO GET BEER
Meals Proportionatciy Lower Than
In Many Other European Coun-
trics-f'cw Small Shops Put Up
Prices on Travellers From States.

q N'S'N'u t'VHaflE Is beg in y
to SLOWLY ;rickle into the country
again.
From the first tourist scouts who
Z furtiNcly slipped over the border with
one eye on the State Department in
Washington, wondering If their pass
port would be Cancelled for thcir
tcmerity, and the other eye lookin
Z Tor German assaults and Insults.
which to their surprise. ala not greet
them, the American travellers in Cor
many arc rapidly increasing 10 "A con-
siderable volume
The high cost OF living. the exor-
( bitant hotel and shop prices and gen
ernl disposition reported by Amcri-
cans coming from Switzerland.
France and Italy, TO do them" ana
relieve them Of the greatest numhcr
of good American dollars in tho short
est possible time. have contributed no
little to overcome American proju-
dice TO visi; Germany.
The holding up and cNDioitation OF
American tourists in other countries
is doing more To counter the anti
German propaganda INDUCED i'm by
tho tourist agencies in Switzerland
and France and 10 some extent in Lon
don. than the measures under CON
sidcration by German hotel Keepers
to meet that propaGauda
Americans coming 10 Germany have
two surprises First that hotel
prices. by no means cheap, and the
cost of living is often 80 per cont be-
low Paris. London and resorts IN
Switzerland. Second. that there is
J no Ill feeling against Americans and
that they are subject TO no annoy
anccs. insults or mistreatinent be-
cause OF the war and the strong anti
German sentiment still reported ac-
7 tive in America.
It is one OF tho things that the
average German cannot graSD-that If
he, the fellow who was licked" is
not sore about II, why tho victorious
American CmaGnaDimity additionally
the attribute of the victor> should
continue to have hard feelings. I'M
other thing which astonishcs Amcri-
cans no little is that there is not the
reported general disposition to charge
them eNorbitant prices.
In fact, many Americans foolishly
go about loudly expressing their
wondcrmcnt that Everything is SO
cheap here" which irritatcs part,ca-
larly the Americans residing in Ger
many for longer periods.
"SiEc Up" Americans.
Small shops occasionally size up"
an American. and where prices are
all large stores, put UP the figures
for foreigners. hut have found ;hat
to he far less the case IN Germany
than in Austria
1, In Paris there is a regular legal
tax OF 6 francs Il day on foreign
tourists. For that c francs the tour
list gets nothing except the pcrmis-
sion to be there and spend his money
there. There is az the prescu: time
i,
ers. There is 10 per cent tax on
hotel rooms. however, in Berlin, and
in Vienna the tax is 40 per cent.
Americans coming to Germany de-
clare that hotel rates arc far below
Paris, London and Swiss hotels and
resorts. The highest prices Of a front
suite OF two bedrooms, bath ana large
Z parlor for four people in the .idlon in
Berlin is 1000 marks day-approXi-
matcly SlA. 1t is the sO-callcd royal
suite" which the Queen OF sweden
i usually occupies when here, y draw
inG-room with alCovc bedroom for
(, two and bath, facing Inter den Lin
den, is 500 marks go a day, and others
somewhat larger. $50 marks Double
8 rooms with bath facing ono Of III"
y numerous large courts, are 200 marks
or about s4.25. Rooms as large and
+ similarly located in hotels OF the same
s class in. Paris London aud Switzcr-
land are declared by Americans TO
s be twice as high In price. The best
! hotels are all crowded. :;
Meals also are .gr@'r%rt
/ lower than in many other countries
!, visited by American tourists Table
! .d'hote lunchcoNs at the nrst-claas
hotels. OF four and FIVE courses. may
I lie had for $3.50. ana with that sou
\ can have bottle of good wine" Dim
ner with wine runs about 50. In
come OF the small restaurants which
: specialize for the opicurcans and
prehteers and foreigners, one can
\ sbfnd $50 and 50
sxBut there are also places where one
may eat fairly w,u for - cents. II
you Insist upon not violating the
Z. hmTcrican Constitution about drinks"
Champagne l. Ghrnp.
\, -Ohampagne is cheap. The best
german champagne. ton years old,
costs Sl.io in tho retail trade and
about s2..5 in the hotels and res
tsurants French champagne. acains:
g the consumption q which there is
nov strong patriotic agitation,
+ costs from 81 70 So Rhine and Mo-
~ sile wines are worry reasonable.
N Lobstcrs and caviar arc high. and tho
iatter practically unoatainahle. \
- SQDu, blS 4b'HN'I f.l. Cost dflNW mere
n from $50 10 $500 oysters are
Ssafce and dear y cocktail costs
fEom IL to - cents H,er varies u,-
tween ana cents according to
q bTand and quality.
1;Many Americans complain about
Ii tire, difficulty in getting heer as the
~ dining rooms in the hrsr-c,ass hotel.
q mi exclusive restaurants serve only
W1es. For those WHO hav. the price
4 there ~ plenty To cat and drink
II FdEeigDcrs are not charged NOR,
than Germans in restaurants ana d.u-
i tfgtrooms.
s .EiothinE. especially fu-s. Is when
oa3culatcd in American money waG
it chtapcr than in Paris or london
F,sThare is, however neither the siyi.
h6s. the selection.
az sssservants arc cheaper than trcy
Il ssytkre before the war-'hat is. cheap.
6rsin foreign money, not in German
T6e good servant. huw ever, 5 much
haTtler TO find My four servant 100.
Sliding the chauffeur. together -,
" 5ESS than S3I 4 month But rs I'M.