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The New York herald., 1922-09-07
81, ,o68, 900 IN LOANS ON
MANHATTAN REALTY
Conditions Improved in Mort
gage Market

Proof OF better conditions in the
mortgage market is shown by the re-
port made public by Charles b. Van
Valen, Inc. who have recently nego-
tiated s7,96S.00 in mortgage loans.
Practically all were for large amounts.
Among those placed were: 100000
on the fourteen story loft, 242 West
Thirty-sixth street: s660,0o0 on the
thirteen story apartment, southeast
corner of Park avenue and Fifty
eighth street 100000 on the nine story
apartment. 70 East Sevcnty-seventh
street: s275.oo0 on the twelve story Of
flee building. 81 Maiden lane s45o,000
on the ten story elevator apartment
northeast corner of Madison avenue and
Sixty-sixth street The same brokers
placed $160.000. blanket mortgage. for
the Lorena Realty Company, $50 Third
avenue, 204' East Twenty-seventh street
and 209 East Twenty-sixth street :
$3.50. 900 on the thirteen story apartment.
northwest corner OF Broadway and
Eighty-fourth street; s205.000 on the
nine story Lido Hall Apartment"
northwest corner of Seventh avenue
and 10th street; 100000 on the four
teen story apartment. $4,000 Seventh
avenue: s550.000 on the twenty story
office building. 1919 East Twenty-sixth
street through to 1914 East Twenty
seventh street: 100000 on the five
story building. southwest corner OF
Fifth avenue and Forty-eighth street: :
$3.50. 900 on the fourteen story apart
ment. northeast corner of Park avenue
and Eightieth street: s325.000. blanket
mortgage, on the apartments and
dwellings at the northwest corner OF
Fifth avenue and Washington Square
north s102.0NA on the seven story loft.
1918 West Twenty-eighth street;
s135.0O0 on the nine story elevator
apartment, 100 West 123d street
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
News Of the Real Estate World
SALES IN MANHATTAN
REVEALED IN RECORDS

Ida c. Higgins sold to f. o. Boddie
the three story dwelling. IS West l32d
street. lS6x99.11.
Riterbilt Realty Corporation sold to
Samuel Miller the six story apartment
IA West Tooth street. 40x100u.
William Fichandler sold to Morich II.
Dlenstelheim the five story tenement.
with store, at 1o2 Monroe street.
Is 1ox93. 10.
Ida Kothe sold to Annie Schoenemann
the four story house. NS Lenox avenue.
near I22d street. 22x100.
George Ehret sold to Luca Lo Bello
the four story flat and store at 2494
Amsterdam avenue. near 1S4th street,
3011xf00
G.. Battista Ardizzone sold to Provi-
denza Impallomeni the five story flat,
with store. at $40 East Fourteenth
street. 25x1033.
John A. Schurer sold to Jacob Green
the five story flat. with store. at 229
East Ninety-fifth street. 25xl00.S.
Simon Wang sold to Sadie Oxman the
four story tenement at 2I5 East Seventh
street. 222x97.6.
Isadore Wizan sold to Philip J. Morris
the three story dwelling. 264 West 18th
street, 1sx100.11.
Alice Phelan sold to Lucille Hegamin
the three story dwelling. 231 West l29th
street. 16.sxS911.
Sinbrad Realty Corporation sold to
Theo NJ. Possatt the four story dwell
ing. 124 West Seventy-seventh street,
20x1022.
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
BUILDER WILL IMPROVE
VACANT BROOKLYN PLOT
Buys Site at 5th Avenue and
Sterling Place.

The, John Pullman Real Estate Com
pany sold 119 Fifth avenue, southwest
corner of Sterling place. vacant plot,
for William Chesebrough to a Manhat-
tan builder. who will improve 1t with
four story business building.
Samuel Galitzka sold for Harry Tut
man to Max Weiss, a three story house
with double garage, 40x100. on the south
east corner of Avenue r and East
Eighth street. Flatbush. The property
was held at s25.750.
Henry L. Nielsen Offices sold tho
three story dwelling. 2l4 Prince street.
for Gustave Levy and A. Coyne.
Charles Heymann, as broker. bought
for a client from Catherine Hallinan
1861 and 1863 East Twelfth street, near
Avenue r, consisting OF a one and two
family house. with five stone garages.
on plot 6Ox115.
J. Lacov sold for Mrs. Esther T..
Strong to Edith M. Robinson house.
1853 East Twenty-first street. with
garage.
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
Cotton yarn Trade Better.

Business in the cotton yarn market Is
picking up slowly and the Numerous in
quiries which have been received are
gradually being converted Into orders
A leading factor says: The raw ma
terial outlook has made spinners' ideas
of prices stiffen materially. but efforts
TO lift the general market level on yarns
have been only partly successful. Card
cd numbers have regained what they
lost a week or two ago. but each adj
vance In quotations has caused serious
hesitation on the part OF buyers.
Combed yarns have held steady and
firm The. railroad and coal strikes
have injected another element OF uncer-
tainty into the situation and caused re-
quests 10 delay some OF the yarn ship
nents. This can only be temporary.
however. and those who are using 1t as
an excuse to postpone purchases may
pay considerably higher prices for their
yarn later when matters are smoothed
out and every one comes into the mar
ket at once"
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
APARTMENT TRADING
TOPS BRONX MARKET
Many Small Multifon1ily Par
GELS Change Hands.

3. Bloch sold to DR.. A. Palermo for
the Denwood Realty Company. B. Benen-
son president, 2516 Grand Concourse. a
five story apartment. held at $4,000.
William Prayer sold to DR.. Lippman
Simmons OF Brooklyn 62e and GA East
169th street. fronting on Mckinley
square, five story apartment, 52.Sx
124.5. housing twenty families. The
property was held at $4,000. The
broker was David Pfeiffer.
J. Lemle sold for Henry s. Niewen-
hous the four story double flat sos East
163d street, 27.6x1O0, between Third and
Brook avenues. Mr.. Niewenhous re-
Gently sold the adjoining house, No. $40.
j. Clarence Davies. Inc, sold for Pat
rick Murphy to M. Aberbach SS7 Free
man street, near Intervale avenue, five
story apartment house. 42x121. The
teen families.
Louis Reuter- sold the two five story
apartments. 75x100. at 2043 to 2047
Webster avenue for the Purchase In
yestment Company to a Mr.. Quinlay.
The b. l.. w. Construction Company
sold the new apartment house 2076 Bry-
ant avenue. S0x100. The new owner is
Samuel Fallek, who takes the property
subject to a mortgage for sS2.500.
Otto j. Schwartzler sold TO Giuseppe
Negia the five story apartment at 539
and SAL Clapemont Parkway.
Max Badler sold to Megrdetch Hadjie
the four story house 4673 Park avenue.
northwest corner OF 18th street. 100.23.
Dina Dietz sold to Jacob Feinberg the
two story buildings. 50x100 at 1400 and
1402 Webster avenue, northeast corner
Of 10th street.
Adelina Mar,nucci sold to Giuseppe
Esposito the four story house 1884
Hughes avenue. 25xS7.6.
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
FOR BIG
APARTMENT HOTEL
Tall Structure for Park Ave.
Between 48th and 49th SITS.
on N. Y. Central Land.

Another apartment hotel is to rise on
the unused land north of the Grand Gen.
trail Terminal. 1t will be a thirteen
story structure facing Park avenue and
occupying the block between Forty
eighth and Forty-ninth streets. The site
is being leased from the New York Cen
tral Railroad by syndicate headed by
Major S. Fullerton Weaver. With
pyramided rentals and cost of construc-
ton the actual cost of the operation
will be in the neighborhood Of $1,000.
600.
The site fronts 2o0.1o feet on Park
avenue and extends back $50 feet along
each street. At the rear of the plot the
railroad intends to lay out so foot
thoroughfare extending from street to
street, thus giving the hotel site 'front.'
ages on four streets. Schultz & Weaver
architects. estimate that the actual cost
of the building will be about S3,250,000.
Every room. according TO plans. Will
have an outside frontage. The George
A. Fuller Company will erect the struc-
ture.
The lease is being arranged in three
twenty-one year periods. the rental Tor
the first term approxinlating close to
$3,500,000. and making the total rental
for the term of sixty-three years in
the neighborhood of s7.500,000. The
railroad figures In the financing Of the
operation. advancing S2.000.000 for the
undertaking.
Stoddard & Mark, attorneys. are
acting for the leasing syndicate. which
has been Incorporated under the title
of 299 Madison Avenue Inc, with
Weaver, Leonard, Schultz and j. Baird
as incorporators
The property Is dagonally opposite
the citys largest apartment, erected
by DR.. Charles w. Paterno. on the
entire block bounded by Madison and
Park avenues. Forty-seventh and Forty
eighth streets, on land also owned by
the railroad There are a trio of big
operations now going on on railroad land
to the south of the Weaver project.
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
Crude Drug Trade Active.

The crude drug trade shows signs OF
greater activity now that summer va
cations are practically over and buyers
are In the market for fall supplies, says
Drug and Chemical Markets. Heavy
chemicals are firmer, owing to the scar
city of many products. The volume OF
business in August was larger than ex-
pected. Imported chemicals arc scarcer,
and prices abroad are advancing. Pot
ash quotations have been doubled by the
German syndicate controlling the pro-
duction. but the advance Is believed to
be due to the decline of the mark Fine
chemical prices are rendering upward.
Quicksilver is rising steadily. The price
of phenol dropped to the level where 1t
was few weeks ago. the collapse being
due to reports of imported material
coming into the market Turpentine is
advancing. Linseed oil Is weak.
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
WILL BUILD FLATS ON
UNGER HOMESTEAD SITE

Two six story apartment houses will
be erected on the plot. 1oOx200 on the
north side of West 10th street. begin
ming 225 feet west of Broadway and ex-
tending through the block to Hist
street, where the frontage Is also 100
feet.
This property. including the unger
homestead. owned and occupied by
members of the family since 1891. has
been sold by John Unger to Rosenberg
Ss Glickln. builders, who will undertake
the operation.
The new building will be flankad on
10th street by the Dayton Af5ns and
the home and grounds of the Academy
OF the Holy Child and on 14ist street
by the Axton Court and Wiltshire apart
ment houses.
The brokers In the deal were f. II.
Ludlow & Co. and Charles Goldberg.
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
APARTMENT HOUSE TRADING.

Nehring Brothers sold TO Isaac
Nathanson 51 and 5O6 West 1Joth street
between Broadway and Amsterdam ave-
nue, six story twcrrty .our family
apartment house. 65xl0o containing
suites of four and five rooms.
The Mandel-Ehrich Corporation has
purchased through Theodore a. Kava-
naugh. the fivc story apartment house
at a East Eighty-oighth street 25xi0)
thrty-six feet east Of Madison avenue
IT, ". Ludlow & co. sold for q client
OF Ashforth a Co the six story apart
ment house. with stores. at 1S9 and isi
West Nnety-ninth street. near Amster-
dam avenue. 45xi0o. The property rents
for about si350o and was held at ss5 600.
The purchasers are Isaac Lowenfeld
and William Prayer.
sherman e. Kirschner sold for Harry
bernhard tho five story flat. 2sxioc, at
2o4 East 1oeth street.
The New York herald., 1922-09-07

TETBER. Irwin H.--v. NJ. Ludwig. 2263o
FAITELsoN. David-B. serber
GEIsLER. Carl H.-oi East Broad 0'''0
CHAR .NTEiED SERVICE CORP
Mail and Express Co, Inc. ...... 53s.o4
GILMAN. Benjamin-Wool Novelty
smith ""'.'op 525.55
HORN. Moritz--T. Mussbaum. $50. f,242.6 60
HAvERCHUR. Katie. and Joseph
Rosenthsl-pcople. &C. c............ 10000
HARDITE METALS. INc.-J. T.
JONES. Percivai SIR. oerrit, 80 !,
,Ss11N S@lis: Inc 1ysn con,noonvealtn oi'So
Hotel Construction Corp.......... 591.Tf
N Psnar co'' ~o'''s A-''''.pie '..'.. & 27c.72
Corp. Aymar Johnson, Chalmers
victor Victor 4. Byron"R. rom n. Casey. s.s72.11
stsrdem Casualty co.4People. &C. 100000
LAZOw. Abraham--H. Dolnick..., 22lI1
Surety cc.-People. &c. ........... 100000
MoDs UNDERGafsNlENT co.
INC. and Harry. .LIeberman.Peo- 600 a.
MEYERsON. Phillip. Adler. ...t.. 20I 40
'f1r Flower i; s;hop,@Reed 4 Keller. Inc. 4237s-
People. &s""' &c' 's............... 10000
PEOPLE Sc.. So, '.....s......s... 10000
QUINN. John An. Bonay ..... 4s7 90
', Travis'. ..u ,......... 4.ss7. 80
RUBANO. Saivatore--J. Mandei.. 1855
@ Rosols-peopie. &c............. 80 10000
zey's Sons d co.................. 4oTis
erick B.-J Orr. .................s. i.so7 on
TREACY. John vi. r. Brundage. s8s24
chasing Coz. ................. ssa1o
ULLMAN. Juiius-A. Lane q all. sc7s4
vIvANO. Thomas W, and Humoz-
rates or Nancy DO Como-w.
wM SIeafn's5 r. DAVIS MAciiiNE Toor. SS0S'
co, 1Nc,.-E: s. Estes & sons: i.c7s54
Mali Express Co. Inc. .......,. 1.osois
ware Warehouse Corr. -. ........,.. 215.oo
BRONX.
Ar.TIERr. Thomas A., and Thomas
bert ..................... 5.oo5.so
cAyo. Rafael p--J. Rabinowitz.. s57.e5
FORD. James w. and Joseph F.
National Cash Register Con-. 3s0.63
SATISFIED JUDGMENTS.
The first name Is that of the debtor. the
recond that Of tho creditor and date when
Judgment was filed
NEW YORK COUNTY.
KrssELER. Frederick u. II.
Miller et all. May ~. lelJ....... Sioo.oI
s,9sn?Sn :, al Nav 10. iaea.. ....., Il asi.7
''oHpGm a. June so 'i" iogs cyasated, g ~. 5ose5
LANART CUSTOM SHIRT CO,
iss2 .........s..."..... i.osc.57
sisln: iaen July T. is,s.o is92. 80. 1.s2s27
uFARN, John j.. and - East 30th
81. Corps. Roscnblum Aug. -.
l'12 .....s........ ...4. ....s ...s...-e E,of0.lV
'sy.ss'r ws.sys March q. ieSc. = Isaoes
NspT'as'is April q. iiess treieasedS .'.. .." iisa
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
IN THE DWELLING MARKET.

Charles p. McMorrow bought from
George Boyd the three story dwelling,
172 West Ninety-fourth street. 17x9s,
near Amsterdam avenue. James Boyd
4 Co. were the brokers.
j. Eisenbrand sold for s. Schwartz
the four story dwelling. 34S East Eighty
sixth street. TO $. Denis. who will
occupy.
shaw, Rockwell & Sanford sold for
the estate of Gregorio de Quesada
Varona, 30T West Twenty-eighth street,
a four story dwelling. 2ox99. This Is
the first sale of the property in thirty
three years.
j. Clarence Davies. Inc. sold for DR..
de Sola Mendes 269 West 13ith street.
a four story house, 15.6x10o.
Bauer, Milbank q Molloy. Inc. sold
for Nathan Silvcrblatt the three story
house. 131 West 122d street. to the NAL
kin Music School.
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
Business Troubles
PETITIONs IN BANKRUPTCY.

Petitions In bankruptcy filed yesterday In
ALPER n'pfa Dsi1'' AND SCHULTZ I COMPANY, NC.
cloaks and suits. 90 West Twenty-seventh
st.--Involuntary by Sylvia Miller. 81 900.
petitioner. second petition by Dorothy
hosnkoff. $500; Miriani Janowitz, s4oo:
iornsy s irGp; for petitioners John o'connor. re-
HARRY FRIED. furricrs supplies. asc we..
simmssi nsie'sa's sa1s H. saf ssss + peTlman
SO. Joseph Krinsky, attorney for petit
CHARLES COLOMBO. 81 u ach. st.-vol-
untary Liabilities. s2.626; assets. s2.34s.
LOUIS sftivERsTEkiN tsuver woolen Con-
IssSe cS T ,Is Ro,hsssd. s saoc Lens bernstein.
fend. attorney for petitioners.
SAUL AXEI.Rop (Beecker Pants Mfs.
reD Ge ,Sssse 1gI Beecksr sasc by
HcInASpER '.issA m eiiiSasf FisaMAN. NC. clothnr
Ida Forsmith. $500. Isaac steishAus,
attorney :, Cor se.ps, peti,!onsr .i.ns, ;.
RiIts. s2si; william wcik. si2o: Irving irving
Kasofsky. s24i. sobel & Brand. attorneys
J. nREsNER COMPANY. INC. stationery.
1876 Observation-Disclosures by Max
Benjamin Alper. s25. Lawrence l. Gerber.
attorney for petitioners.
KINGS COUNTY.
LATREA,TT tsI. ,. cosMPANx sSl G NC. Printing and
Voluntary. Liabilities. s3i .G73; assets,
s2o.45s. and unsecured claims. $4,000.
SCHEDULES IN BANKRUPTCY.
Schedules IN bankruptcy filed yesterday IN
nnitea nn ,. States District Court Court were; -
East Tsirtysthird r ys st..IiabIlities. s3o. .s7s
session Of contractors. "a. 900 debts due sys on
accounts. s5.l21 unliqudated claims and
scANnTSTT1As SCAN RGasz Il esrki sHnrr COMPANY INC
.Ie Third ay..LiahlIiiies. sa2sie; assets.
sssss ss o. scvac, which, sss rsprescnt. debts
RECORD TIRE 4 MFG: co. INC. c4o
ASSETS wsss Tsyssrs ssc ss ses,. ss,,dEsbtss das ~ sssi
u. g, DrsENnERRY. INC. os Gift ST.
rS,s IdSa,s,it.,ss Z, .oo W Assets. sa.soc. Of
$1,000 debts due on aceon,,s and' ssno 9g.
money In tho bank. s-SV
JUDGMENTS FILED.
The first name is that of tho debtor: the
second that OF the creditor and date when
NEW YORK COUNTY.
ARLIN CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
--E. c. Smith Co., Inc. ....... sara m
AYDELoTTE. william L.-Liberty
ANGIEy. Daniel and New An,ster. 2'''''
dam Casualty co:-People. &C.. $500. oc
AMERICAN MUSIFER CO.-potts,
Olmstead e. label. Inc. .......... 46f "a
BURGER. Jolin-A 1Iollander &
Son. Inc ....,..;... b53.3e
BAIRD a MARTIN. INC.--Jntcd
states Trucking Corp. p............. bas. II
BItfMENTIIAL. Charl,---H. owen. 500 ~
TARCUs. IIunkle--E Roderick... 800 70
COHEN, Jacob and Mayer tJ.
Cohen & Son)--R. Colin. ........... b3i &c
DoRFMAN, Irving-Mslt Diasiase
EopjrrxBLE MOTOR TRUCK CO. ''''
fFc.-Calaphone Go. OF New
York ...t.....s........ .........s slJ,rt
fwh.gIn: soh. inc. ..'.'a..'.....'.. eo"". ', - snoc
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
SUBURBAN TRANSACTIONS.

Payson Mel. Merrill Company sold
for Mrs. Percy w. Byron to Francis r.
johnson two and one-half acres In
Lleweliyn Park. West Orange. N. j.
Mr.. Johnson will improve the site with a
residence.
George Howe sold for Herkimer,
Inc. a large plot on VOLTS lane. Pelham
Knolls. Pelham, TO Robert l.. Ramsey Of
this city. Mr.. Ramsey has had plans
prepared by Philip Resnyk for a resi-
dence to be constructed by Joseph p.
Ryan.
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
BANKER BUYS RESIDENCE.
Former stiIlmnn Home on
East soth street.

Louis L. Kiesewetter. vice-prcsident
OF the Bank OF New York, has purchased
for his residence the four story dwelling
at 60 East Eightieth street. on lot
15.sx102.2, between Madison and Park
avenues.
The property was formerly owned by
e. A. StIllman. who was reported to have
given 1t IN part payment In July 70 the
estate Of Mary v. Bowman for n 100000
estate at Locust Valley. l.. ]. Mr..
Klcsewetter at present resides at II East
Seventy fifth street
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
roUR AsToR HOUSES SOLD.

Robert II. Rainey, Inc. sold for the
Farmers Loan and Trust Company.
trustee for william Waldorf Astor cs-
tate. the four four story houses 34s 10
$40 West Fourteenth street. 100x10s.3
The purchasers are preparing plans TO
build at the expiration OF the present
leases on Nav 4.
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
Reports Good Dry Good. Trade.
HIGHER Fur Prices Forecast.

The fur market has continued firm on
most articles and gives good evidence OF
continuing so, according to the Fur Mer-
chants Sales Company Of st. Louis. De-
mand for American staples. such as rae
coon. opossum, skunk and muskrat. has
been stronger and has caused further
reduction of light stocks Of these articles.
Manufacturers have entered the market
for beaver which is meeting with good
sale at advanced prices. and available
supplies of this article no doubt will be
very much reduced in the next few
weeks Since the sale Of beaver has be-
come active mink and some of the other
brown furs are expected to command
better prices. Prospects for the fall
auction sale, which begins on October 8,
are very encouraging.
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
SALE At JACKSON HEIGHTS.

John w. Branch, vice-president and
manager OF the National Home
Ind School Association. has purchased
IN elevator garden apartment In 155
twenty third street elm County. jack
ION Heights
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE.
New Jersey-Sale or Let.
10 ROOMS, 2 BATHS, GARAGE, $12,5OO
So, 500 SECURES TITLE

and occupancy. Balance of
$4,000 on easy payment mort
cages. Failure of the owner
to complete contract causes
sacrifice by builder. Plot look
$50 It. on fine street in beau
tiful exclusive residential sec
tion. Only s min. walk to
r. r. Eek. Sta. Quick. con-
venient committing to New
York City. Water rights on
chain of lakes runs with land.
500 feet elevation. Healthiest.
most beautiful suburban section
near N. Y. City.
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
IN THE AUCTION ROOM.
(ii vescv strceO
ny HENRY BRADY.

sherman ave, n =. $50 Dyckman 81,
soxi0o. vacant; Mrs. a Bowie agt Thos JEFF
due si2.oi2. 20; taxes. &C. $4,000; to the
plaintiff for 5000.
BY JOSEPH r. DAY.
Grand Concourse. N cor 1920 at. 225x
fOO.Gx irreg: vacant: Arrow Holding Corp
amt due. sac, ,s8s.5f: taxes, &C. ss7s. 40 prior
m,ee. soi 800; 20 the plaintiff for s3I.5oo
over prior liens.
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
BUSINESS NOTES
AND TRADE NEWS
Apparel Dealers Here for Con-
vention Next Week Attend
Luncheon at Waldorf.

The vanguard OF the National Asso-
ciation of Retail Clothiers. now in New
York for the ninth annual convention OF
that body. opening at Madison Square
Garden next week. enjoyed luncheon
given at the Waldorf yesterday by the
executive committee of the New York
Mems and Boys Apparel Industries. Inc.
More than 200 manufacturers or mems S
and boys apparel have taken booths to
display styles in the Garden every eve
ming next week. VIII II. Hays. former
Postmaster General: Herbert Hoover.
Secretary OF Commerce, and William
Goldman will be among the speakers at
the convention. Invitations to attend
the convention have been extended to
$4,000 mems clothing retailers.
Reports Good Dry Goods Trade.
Wholesale dry goods merchants are
of the opinion that an active fall season
is ahead. There is an optimistic feeling
in the Southern trade. according to mer-
chants in Alabama. THE wholesale dry
goods business" one writes, "is better
to-day than 1t has been in two or three
years. More buyers were in the city last
week than during any week in the en-
tire year and the volume Of trade was as
good as any week in 1921. Many Of the
old accounts are being lquidated rapidly
and country merchants are not reluctant
about placing ORDERS
The New York herald., 1922-09-07
Miscellaneous.

rutland BENJAMIN, REAL ESTATE,
:. IL East 4sth st. Vanderbilt 1888.
BUILDINGS. STORES. LOFTS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28
Ripping Rhymes
BY Walt Mason
GERMAN MONEN

A million Geman marks, | took, and
bought stick of gum; ITO such Il
pass" I said, "gadzook, has this grea.
nation come. Her coin was once as
good as wheat, single mark would
buy as much kraut as one could eat.
and exc liver pie. But now if |
would buy hardtack, three tons OF
wealth weigh; it takes as much as
can stock upon coalman's dray.s !
see the Germans clean the till to buy
can of peas, and then / think Uf
Kaiser Bill, who basks in gilded ease.
No luxury's to him denied, this first of
cast-off kings; he lately took himself a
bride, and brides are costly things. Nc
griefs financial spoil his days or make
his soul repine, he does not haul the
coin in drays when he would buy a
stein. If there is one who should en-
dure the penalties of war, who should
be hungry, sad and poor. it's this ex
emperor. But he's the only German
skate who is from woe afar; he doesn';
spend a hundred-weight of marks 70!
a cigar. His former subjects daily
burst in tears and anguished groans
it takes, to buy pound of wurst, 6
ton of German bones If they would
buy a quart of nails they must provide
two trucks, one on them pile, in bales
on bales, all kinds of German bucks.