Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-06-14
MEALS FOR five
$1.25 IN GERMANY
Fred j. Rosenthal Writes about Trip
to Germany. Five Enjoyed Fine
\ Dinner for Only SIPS
,. THROUGH PALACE
/ OF WILHELM 1ST
All the Re. I'D Luxuries in Pal
ace Exactly Now as When
the Kaiser Left it.
Gleiwitz, Germany,
May goth, 1922

Gleiwitz, Germany,
May goth, 1922
Public Opinion
Decorah, Iowa.
Dear Mr.. McAndrews:-
Well here we are at last at my
bro theirs home, stood the journey
pretty good with exception of being
seasick about three days. 1t was
little hard for US to leave our good
old home town but seeing so many
of our good old friends at the depot
to bid US goodbye helped US wonder
full to enjoy the farewell spirit.
AS soon as we reached Chicago we
had to get busy to get our passport
visas for France, Austria, Switzer-
land, Germany land Poland. This
could not be done in one day being
that the office hours of Consuls We're
only two or three hours day. AT
any rate we left for New York the
next day at p. m. This train GER
tainly made great speed and it was
shortly before we reached New York
that our train received signal not
to proceed of which we were delayed
about three hours. After awhile we
learned that a station was on fire
ahead of us. We reached New York
ra her late in the evening and found
my sister Eugene waiting at the
depot for US. We stayed in New
York Saturday, Sunday and Monday
and took in all we possibly could,
also tried to look up our Decorah
a.,
to Pier Sc to see the monster seam
er Resolute on which we were going
to sail, it certainly looked good to
US. One of the officers of the boat
was kind enough to show US all over
the ship.
We left shore at 1000 a. m. Tues
day and it surely was grand sight
to see the people waving farewell
to the passengers on board. For the
and we made good time, little cvei
!, 400 miles day. The sea was very
calm and in fact we did not know
that we were on the ocean. The
second day mail was distributed or
the boat and believe me there were
no happier people on board thar
; Fred ]. Rosenthal, Emil Rosenthal
, Will Kern and Mr.. West when we
, read all the good letters and mess
> ages from friends at home wishing
US bon voyage, happy journey anC
safe return. There were many other
heard us read the letters, some re
J marked, "you must have left some
very good and dear friends at home
Z to write you such wonderful letters
Believe me we did and shall never
forget it.
On the fourth day the sea becam,
: very rough and the weather cole
and windy so we couldn't be out OF
! deck Here and there we could SCI
men and women not feeling jus
= right (some feeding the ishes).
: felt very sorry for these people bu
. it wasn't long before | had the sans
sickness. | could not eat any hin:
for three days and one day though
surely | would die, they had to carr.
: me up on the deck. Then Emil ant
Will Kern commenced feeding tn
= fishes but they soon got over it. Tn
5 sixth day on the ocean we began {
: feel little better, still the weathe
{ was not favorable as it was wind,
; and cold and the sea was rough, bu
{ we could eat again and our appetit
c gradually came back again.
There happened to be leader o
a singing society on the steame
and he organized a singing societ
and after few rehearsals we CAV
a number of concerts, charged
small admission of which the none
was later distributed among the poo
on the steamer.
We arrived at Plymouth, England
and after stopping there six hour
we were headed for Boulogne, France
1t wasn't very long after leavin
here when the forts of Heligolan
were in sight. On Friday, May 12t
10 a. m. we arrived at Cuxhave
bu: we were not allowed to leave tn
boat until about 2 o'clock in the al
ternoon as our trunks and grip
were opened in search of goods O
which a duty had to be paid. Afte
this we left the boat and all tn
passengers We're transported by thre
special trains to Hamburg; it wa
here where Emil and had the grea
joy of meeting our brother whor
we had not seen for forty years. Tn
!. next day we left for Berlin wher
= we had the pleasure of seeing
great opera, and with an admissio
of five marks we went through tn
!, palace of Wilhelm 1st. We wer
II told that all the relics and luxurie
, in his palace are exactly the sam
- now as when he left. Of course thi
was very interesting.
American money surely Will buy
lot in this country, for instance, fiv
a of us went into a cafe, we all reall
+ had fine dinner. / tipped the POI
ter FIVE marks and in all / paid S1.2
A in our money, we'll we couldn't hel
but laugh. The hotels have learne
= of The great value of America
money and they have advanced the
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