Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-29
bERl|N'S GATES OPEN
TO YANKEE VISITORS
Travellers From Here With Big
Purse Will Notice Difference
In Welcome These Days.

NV'hnetH ~ Out Ct tnelf WAY 10 nc
negotiating and agreeable To all Ameri
ean and English visitors. says the New
York World. While In Berlin for q
stsy Of n few weeks. New York
woman stopped at the Adlon Hotel.
inter den Linden. which IL constant
~ ovcrcrowdcd with foreign visitors.
While IN Paris before coming here she
found u necessary TO have an imita-
ton pearl necklace rcstrung She
took tho necklace 90 smart shop on
tho Rue de Ia raix. where the pro-
rric,or declined tho sob. but another
chop did the work and she was round
~ charged for II. In Berlin the string
broke because Of n nav. and the
woman went 10 a hish class iewelry
s'ore TO have tho work done over
ssain She asked when she might
call for the pearls
Return IN an hour madame. and
tho work will he finished" the polite
attendant assured her. She was as
tonishcd. because for the same work
IN Paris she had 60 wait three days.
When tho customer returned for her
necklace she inquired the amount due.
Nothing az all. madam" replied the
attendant. There Is no charge FOR
euch simple hit ~ work"
Tho customer" protested. bu, the
house would not accept a pfennig nor
permit her to tip the young woman
who restruns the necklace.
The woman left Nowing Co herself
that II she had any iewelry purchases
to make she would patronize that par
ticular shop. which she did later. This
had. Of course, hecn discounted by tn,
jewcler. She broke watch crystal
one day and dropped into the first
iewelrN store she saw. The proprie-
tor put In new crystal but declined
To take hts pay except In thsnks--it
wss such a trifins matter The visit
or began 10 feel quite at home In Rer-
I'm icwelry shops-they were so much
like those back home In New York.
There are many lively Caharets aud
restaurants 81 tho ultra-Ne Yorkese
iNnc in Berlin that are we'll ratroniz.
.d, and IN which tho food, coffee. bccr
and wine have vastly improved in
iho last twelvemonth But dozens of
we old.time and once popular rcstau-
rants of Inter den Linden have fallen
on larEclN IN patronage and service
ana fare. They are not "snappy"
enough fur the postwar crop uf folk
ahou, town In Berlin.
For those who have the wherewithal
io ratronlge them. the Riizy idea ~
restaurant and place to drink and
dance has caught on. and tho pro-
rrietors ~ places ~ public entertain
ment have taken leaf out of the book
or New York and Paris The German
IN quest of proft has never been &c.
,uscd ~ not giving a customer what
he wants
Tho better hotels are filed with
foreign business mon and by a small
~ vanguard ~ tourists because Of
the comparatively low cost Of high
class accommodations The hotels are
manned largely by ox-soldiers and or.
ncers. Tho room waiter who for sey.
oral weeks served The World cor
respondents breakfast was a lieu
tenant 81 artillery throughout The var
and was wounded three times. He ex-
rlsincd one day that soldering Is an
expiring profession IN Germany and
WAT he took walters sob because il,
PAID better than anything else he could
90 Ne said his captain Is now driv-
ms milk wagon. and that. seated on
his delivery vehicle early one morn,nr
near the entrance TO the Friedrich.
.trasse railway station. the captain
suddenly saw his old general descend.
ms the stairs. The general. In UNI.
FORM CHANGED IN turn 20 look up a,
the eA-captain, who came Instant,
Go stan salute.
Tho general could scarcely heliev,
rs EYES and stared ~ him blankly
e. Herr General. IL Is none othe,
than ], your Adjutant." exclaimed IN,
mllkman.
Hundreds 81 taxis. droshkies and
ether horse drawn vehicles IN Gerrnar
cities have been driven BY forme,
commissioned officer ever since IN,
war Departed are their swashbucl.
hng and CuCkineSs
common soldiers who were in IN.
ranks Jared better. materially sneak.
ms, after rehabilitation. than ais
thsir officers. who had made a caree,
on the army and who had no othe
fainlns 10 make a livelihood. Il,
hundreds OF thousands the soldier
turned 20 trades and agriculture. TAX
ihs any occupation that yielded a liv
ms one % these occupations 500.
Became that 90 marrying war widow
or some little substance. women VII,
owned farm or patch Of groun,
Tor market gardening or a shop a
other small business
Except for tts parks houle,,ra
ana newer residential districts Berli,
Tor most foreigners Ia a. best a ratb.
tombr.-looking city. but for tho 70
sears preceding tho war. whom -
army was the main issue and eare =
"a
oi uniforms. nars and imperial ban
ners' mounted men and innumerabl
reviews and psrsdcs, gave the capita
stirring air.
This lively martial appearance q
rr'.war days has disappeared A uni
form u a novelty and makes the visi,
or today turn and stare No long.
do overboaring officers order civilia
patrons, whether countrymen
foreigners, out % the best seats an
tables tn tho beer gardens and re,
Aurants. One can walk the stree,
without being clbowed out of the wa,
The municipal police Of Berlin.
tame and cowed looking lot. have 10,
Their smsrtncss. Old-time visitors ,
Berlin Will recall the stringent poll,
REGISTRATION rules for foreigners.
ono stopped either at a hotel or a per
sion Tor more than few days. he wa
notihsd To- register at the district poll,
station his name and pedigree an
his business or profession.
a large number Of such rogistrs
tons, ON arrival or upon leaving Be
I'm. wcr. received al a police static
near the friodrichstrssse zahnholf.
the heart OF the city. Thousands ,