The Washington times., 1922-10-01
COURTESY is FIRST
IMPRESSION GAINED
BY ALL TOURISTS
The Second impression is HOW Wealthy the
Visitor Has Suddenly Become by the Ex-
change of His Money-FiVe Cents for a Good
Seat at the ''MovieS," Program, and a
Little Tip Besides.


Strasse, after his lunch there.
NEW SCHOOL ARTIST.
1t is a picture Of father, mother.
and little daughter in friendly chat,
the small girl busy with a picture
book which her mother is showing
her. young. strong, modern Ger
man types, excellent portraits.
Here in this private collection. now
on exhibition in Berlin. Flambeau
found some Of the best painting
Of Berlin, and several Of the pic
lures he would like very much to
see exhibited in Washington.
It was Flambeau's wish 20 In.
vite the artists Of Germany to con-
tribute to the exposition Of modern
art now being planned for our Cap
ital City. through the invitation
of The Washington Times and the
Art and Archaeology League Of
Washington, and again Flambear
was fortunate in finding some one
in Berlin interested and able 20 be
of great assistance in developing
careful plans.
Here it may take a little longer
to arrange matters, and to insur.
sales of German paintings. but
Flambeau Is convinced that q
very splendid exposition Of great
value will be contributed.
DIR. Bertling, who was in Amer
lea during the war, interned in
fact for his sympathies. is a Har-
ward man. with many American
connections and a deep fondness
for the United States.
"This is not a police court" he
exclaimed grandly, as he waved
aside Flambeau's letters of intro
duction in their interview, and ac-
cepted without question the art
plans and purpose Of the visit.
The Amerika Institute OF which
DIR. Bertling is director, in the
State Library Building, Berlin.
Universitaet Strasse s. is peculiar.
ly American in its purpose, for II
was founded in 1901 from
money left for general educational
purposes by the late Jacob Schiff
Of New York City and James
Speyer, esq, the aim being the
promotion Of scientific interests
Of America and Germany.
TO PROMOTE RESEARCH.
It's functions are to promote re:
search, to exchange publications.
and to serve Intermediary in such
matters as copyright and trans
lation. 1t possesses a library Of
$4,000 volumes, relating to eco.
nomic. social and political condi-
tions in the United States. In CO.
operation with the Smithsonian In
stitution Of Washington, D. c., a
total of 34,591 packages was
handled during the year 1912, and
during the few years Of its exis-
tence more than $500 German
books have been copyrighted in
the United States.
1t has been Of great assistance
to the exchange students, whose
researches have been detailed in
U. S. Government publications.
1t has no state appropriation, but
Is dependent upon private contri-
buttons for its current expenses.
To Flambeau. u his quest in Ger
many. 1t was Of great service.
But Flambeau must see the peo-
pie at close range. and he sailed
forth during his first evening in
Berlin to find a Cinema, "Kino,"
they called 1t there, in the Passage
Theater, Unter-den.Linden 1928,
where for about four cents he OBJ
tanned a good seat, with a pro-
gram at l Mark so, and a little
tip Of so Pfennig. AS F'lambeau
looks now at one of those light.
weight tin 5o.Pfennig pieces, 1922,
he finds on 1t a motto, of which
the Germans are fond.
The device is a sheaf Of wheat,
and across II the little verse:
"Sich regen
Bringt Gegen."
To rule ones self brings gain.
These notices may be read In
many places, sometimes on the
little table trays for beer mugs,
and often as well inscriptions
They are a sort OF proverb. :re.
quently, too, quotations from their
best authors, like Goethe.
But now I'm the ''Klno," T1am.
beau gave his attention to the
movie pictures, offered as an
Original Americanisches Sensa-
tionelles schsuspeil," title, Die
Stemme aus dem Jenseits."
NOT LIKE THE GOLEM."
He had hoped to find one OF
those sensational German porduo-
tions. like Tho Golem," which
thrilled Washington q year or 30