The New York herald., 1922-11-26


energy and incentive and cooperative
effort must be bad.
When We come to consider the
standards Of living in dwelling houses
and apartments we find the same lew
cling movement going on. Facts on
this come from the tables of demands
for lodgings and dwellings, which come
into the Housing Bureau, as well as
from the tables of new buildings. Out
Of 100000 applications which came
into this bureau in Prussia for lodg-
ing and dwelling accommodation for
the year covering the last half Of 1920
and the first half Of 1921 IS per cent.
were for three rooms or fewer: half
were for two rooms. In the larger
cities there is a remarkable decline
in the demands for larger lodgings
and an increase in tho demand for
smaller ones. For one offering Of one
and two room apartments there were
demands from twenty applicants. The
tendency from the larger to the smaller
apartments Is marked in the applica-
tons Of tho succeeding quarters of
1920 and 1921.
This demand for smaller lodgings is
reflected in building statistics. The
number Of apartment buildings and
tenements built In thirty-five large
cities increased four times in 1921
over 1890: three times in the early
months Of 1922 Tho number OF DWELL
ings erected Increased only one-half.
Not only In the large cities but in
the smaller ones as we'll the tendency
is away from the large apartment and
private dwelling to the smaller units.
Along with this there is a tendency to
give UP servants.
The question OF Germany's replen-
ishment offers interesting scope for
speculation, and here. too. the most
recent figures contain some striking
features. By her own figures Ger
many lost 1,s24.o51 dead and 4.247, 900
wounded and missing. After the war
marriage rose to high figure. The
year 1920 saw the highest recorded
marriage rate throughout Germany:
tho year 1921 brought back the figure
nearer to the pre-war rate. Marriages
per thousand population in 1913 had
stood TT, In 1890 they had almost
doubled to 14.e; In 1871 marriages
stood at 11.s per thousand Of the
population.
Birth Rate for Last Two Years
Not Equal TO That In rors
How. thsn. about birthsY Strange
to say. the births neither in 1920 nor
1891 have equaled the births per thou
sand IN 1918. In this earlier year
births had stood is.5 per thousand; in
1890 this number was reduced 10 per
cont; in 1921 the reduction was Is per
cent Though they are marrying the
young couples Of Germany have not
yet begun to give children to the
fatherIand at q rate commensurate
with tho marriage rate.
When We como to consider the
status Of the children we obtain the
most impressive index Of tho situation
In Germany. Statistics are plentiful
showing the undernourishment of chill
drsn In German cities. comparing the
height and weight Of children born
during and after the war with the
standard of German children born be-
tore tho war. These figures find fre-
quent reproduction In America, and I
prefer not to repeat them here. One
usually notices that these statistical
tables are accompanied by comment
pointing 10 the blockade as the cause
Of oermany's Ills. Four years after
tho close Of hostilities one can still
nnd In statistics given out for foreign
consumption these undisguised at
tempts At propaganda.
As . matter Of fact the condition of
ocrmany's three-year-old children and
less cannot be connected with the
blockade. And undernourishment
among children Is by no means linn
tied TO Germany. Undernourishment
Is found as we'll among American and
English children. One does not need
to conflne himself to physical condi-
ton OF tho children TO decide that the
situation Of tho next generation In
Germany IL such as to give cause for
some disquiet.
That same disorganization of the
mental environment which has done
much to still the energy of German
Incentives. to introduce q factor Of
fakery and shoddy into German
manufacturing. n having its influence
on the lives ana minds of children.
From those homes which as a result
Of the war have suffered deterioration
OF standards there has been an exodus
Of boys and girls. leaving in tho midst
Of school days. to seep economic inde-
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