The Washington herald., 1922-09-24

various gorgeous menials who, in
punctillous English. query their de-
mands. By languidly rolling in bed
and pressing these buttons they
summon that frock coated genii
who. shortly after their exceuencie,
have deigned TO awaken. wheel, in
to thtr bedsides, little breakfast Ia
oIes where, under huge nickeled
covers, repose their bacon and errs
sunny side up, their hot French
roIIs' their friend mushrooms. Cut
glass bowls hold their melons.
peaches and plums The genIi. after
Iishting their morning Cigarette a.
they lie abed. does mysterioust thinr,
with a silver mounted alcohoI lsmn
that Keeps their excellencies' break
fasts warm.
he then draws their morning
oatns' testing the temperature Of
the water with a little thermor,.-
Ter. He is most careful 70 have
the path at just sixty degrees. for
the boys are extremely liberal with
ups often giving him 500 marks or
2s cents a week.
Page . Menu.
What do these meals cost Bov.
page a menu. Here is casaba melon
AT IL cents. Creamy. lucious peacha.
cost 8 cents. Thick Juicy flet steak
mushrooms, salad and pomm. fit
on the side demands IS cents. Roast
goose with some sauce and thine,
costs 20 cents. Beer has risen 20
cents a bottle. but who drinks
peer when iced champagne fs %
Genus quart? Brandy that date.
rom 1880. SO precious that IL take,
nVe assembled walters and a coupl.
OF major domos TO pour il into car
tully iced glasses is IS cent,
throw But then. IL one want, %
.iNe cheaply. good Rhine win. is
cents quart. Have we neglect
ed 10 mention caviar7 One mus,
nave ones caviar. It is the highest
priced luxury Of Berlin, being %
cents portion.
Anything particular you would
IKE TO have the orchestra nIay7
Jimmy gave the orchestra leader
loo marks one night when 100 marks
were still worth 10 cents. and since
then Jimmy's arrival in the glitter
ing dining hall is the signal for IN.
orchestra to strike up 20. Yo1
Beautiful Doll" Jimmy likes n
IL reminds him of a fragrant. star
lit night on the Coney Island ~
cursion boat. The slap of water
against the bows, the tinkle OF .he
n'ckel-in-the-slot piano and Edna
II Edna Could See.
|. memories.
oh. boy. il Edna could only set
him now!
But let US follow Jimmy on a shop-
ping trip. He goes shoppins every
day, for every day the mark drons
and getting more marks for the
dollar, he hastens TO buy at yester
days prices before the price TAGS
jump to meet the new level. who
could resist full dress for SO? who
would pass up a Malsccs cane for IS
cents? Or a brushed camers hair
sport Jacket for "a cents? Who
would decline silk dressing gown
for s245 or leather kit bag for IS?
Not Jimmy, certainly. He has
even bought a fur-lined. leather
aviation helmet for 81 cents al
though he has no definite pIan fo,
hitting aviation into the scheme OF
life OF his Fifty-ninth street board :
ing house.
OF evenings Jimmy and his pal
taxi at cents a quarter mile. to
some theater, dance hall, or CAV
cabaret. 1t is always a box at the
theater; at the cabarets they reserve
a loge" where one can only pur-
chase champagne. Occasionally, in
these gilded "nscht lokals" they rub
shoulders with princes, counts or
barons of the old regime-when the
princes. counts, or barons can AFFORD
to come.
II Can't Last.
The sristocrats can not AFFORD to
reserve the champagne loees, but
the boys spend their money more
freely. Sometimes these rather hec-
tic parties cost them a dollar apiece.
1t ism going. to last forever.
There is no chance Of selling Ameri-
can goods here-for no one can af-
ford to buy-and the boys are mo-
mentarily expecting the cable that
will order them back to the Jersey
meadows. But while II lasts it's a
great life, and together with several
thousand other Americans IVA Berlin
the boys are maEing the most OF -.
You don't believe Il You say
there isn't any such place? Well,
for the price OF a new set of tires vr
a case of Gordon gin you can come
over and try IL fer few months for
yourself