The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-16
Half q Day In Berlin.

Hall Day In Berlin.
To begin with. This \n'"";ran woman
nut T., half "a day IN Rsrlir checking her
sole on, with Tho police. and Obtaining
putch visa. and Sh" had :" d" Nn'S
ra-sora'Iv n WAS not p">>lh(" :" has"
n commissioner from the hntei attend -
Ibasc formali,iCS Also she had !" de-
Law her 1c0ar.u-e for two days because
II was impossihl" - 60 sleeping a.
,cr,mod,tiorS a n1if 81" had taken
Hav ,~ain tho S'-ugCi" with customs and
rassnor, control would hay" been AZ
night. an ordeal which experience IN
Southern Europe had taught he" :" avoid
IL POSSIBLE.
4, Rs,.halr, ali he passengers wNr"
ordered cut - Tho train with tier luc-
gage and slowly altered through pass
rort control Then they submitted ths'r
hand luggage :" examiners AMI ""r'
r,ssed rre by enc through a closet
hrnth where inspectors asked them how
much money thHv had IN som" "aS"S
they made personal search al IN" pas
sen:SrS. Passengers then ""cn"d tN"''
..neck..i luggage wh;r'sw1s all unlnad"d
IN tho station. They w"re then passed
through another control :" make sure
that their hand ivEEaCs all Dor" 'nSre"-
tors stamps ard w"r" permitted :" en-
ter a crowded waiting room wh"r" ;hcr"
,ha travellers. After d"iar "f nearly
two hours. and lengthy discussions with
Arnr"r who wer" charged with having
vrrr h., sod new wearing aprar"l in ;er-
mnuv. all The passengers for IN" nn'"h
.ra'n ws~e admitted iT'o IN" selling
wa;tir.. room The doors We're then
,hr"wq open md tho passengers allowed
"a r"-anter the train
Fifteen minutes away. at this rli""
the performance wn~ rluCI tho same
Again AL the luggage and passengers
were uuloaGsd and queues moved SLOWLY
through he customs station. Dutch
passport Officials: examine passengers
papers IN ,hs trains and save much time
in that way. But Il took an hour -
get through the luggage
Three Hours In Blenhe'm.
Tire" hours in all elanScd between
the stop NJ Bleuhei,n and ~" reSumr-
ton Of tire trip. and most % N" nassen-
cers stood all that time. tn" search "f
mems luggage seemed tn no chiefly for
tobacco or cigarettes. ~ least shat was
- what IN" inspectors asked about Nar-
ti-ularlr. The luggaC" ri mon arrar-
entity Yielded littla c"ntrahand ard wHS
searched far loss diligently than that
90 The women.
Al, gowns. coats. evening wraps and
other wearing apparel which looked
new was taken ont of trunks and bags
and submitted 10 sNecia, Inspectors Nh"
questioned the owners minutely about
their purchases In mary cases duty
was charged when the owners could not
establish that their clothing was pur-
chased outside ~ Germany.
American tourists are very much AZ
moved by the $40 visa 70" which Euro
pean countries impose on Americans III
retaliation FOR the charge made by the
United States.
Tho weary American woman AZ Olden-
zaal mentioned this: The worst Of y
all Is that ono cant complain about th"
ridiculous passport charges. We know
that Americans aeserv" :" he given Il
dose OF our own medicine. Rnt there IS
one congressman In New jersey who
will get fine piece Of my mind when
reach home The high charges iHi;ia-
ted by the United States have mad" tn"
nassDort business so profitable In many
Of the SMALLER European countries that
a bureacraCv haS been built u3 about
passport offices which can't r" broken
down VERY easily. Md Ne American
tourists pay the hill and suffer -" 1T
convenience | should Ike 10 50" every
member 90 Congress who voted for his
$40 fee forced ~ <" through all I have
gone since May in this passport hus'-
ness.
II personally can afford IN" m"l"N,
but Their. are lot ot teachers ana
other working women wh" came oyer
here to see the Passion Play this year
who had to curtajl their trip be"auiH
NJ the heavy paSSrort fees. II is pretty
mean FOR our government 20 run the
state Department at ~" expense ot
women OF that sort. Fortunately they
all have a vote now and Congress will
hear from them"