The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-10
STEINER TALKSON
 CONDITIONS FOUND ON EUROPEAN TRIP
Birmingham Banker Most Im- pressed by CheapneSS of Living in Various
 Capitals

Leo K. Steiner, head or Steller Brothers, bankers. accompanied by Mrs. Steiner and their two sons. who has returned from several months spent in Europe, says it was enjoy able but that home never looked so good and he was glad to see America again.
 There is probably the worst com plication in Europe in the worlds history" said MT. Steiner and only time will tell whether they are going to produce men big enough to solve their tremendous problems. The Tur- kish victory has added to an already delicate situation. cannot help feel ing that final solution Is going to depend on England, for after all England is a wonderful nation. sec- ond only to the, United States, and their understanding of world fi- nance and the handling of world problems is phenomenal.
 Like So many others I was disap- pointed at the attitude being taken by France. There Is & feeling that France Is aspiring to make great military nation of herself and she Is so apt to pursue the same course that Germany pursued after she de- feated France In 1871. The Napoleo- nic idea seems to permeate every thing. It was amazing to me how the spirit of Napoleon so largely per- meates all Europe. In the art galler- ies you find scores of pictures of the great conQueror; guides point out roads he built, streets he laid, out, monuments he erected, museums. stadiums, public bulldings-they> all take pride in telling visitors what the great Napoleon did. This spirit is bound to have had it's influence on the people. It no doubt had much to do with the kaiser's attitude. He had probably heard so much of it that he wanted to go him one better.
 Tt is very cheap to live in Germany and Austria. The first dinner we ate in Vienna, four of us, was a won derful spread. We had duck, salads. fine desserts, in fact We made 1t a point to pick out the finest things on the bill of fare and the variety was wonderful. The bill for this dln- ncT WAS 1UsUVu u hStiiCh enormous and yet when I figured 1t out in dollars I found the whole thing had cost less that SIPS. In New York the dinner could not have been bought for s25. Furthermore 1t was prepared and served in a way that could not be secured in New York.
 For the finest suite In the lead .l Al all four of us the bill was tremendous In German marks but less than $6 in real money. To show how rapidly the German money has deprecfated, when we first entered the country we got 4s0 marks for a dollar; before we left we were getting more that 1900 for dollar. They seem to get along all right themselves with their money because everyone accepts it.
 Berlin is beautiful--the most beautiful city we saw in all Europe. There Is nothing to compare any where with Berlin's parks and the way they are kept Is joy forever. The Tiergarten which extends for miles and miles looks like a series of wonderful pictures and in all the distance there did not seem to be a blade of grass or sprig of shrubbery which was not as carefully trimmed and arranged as a mans haircut. The food is excellent and the variety all that anyone could wish. Cham pagne in American money ranges from 40 cents quart to so cents for the very finest qualities. Every thing is In proportion. A man with a few hundred dollars can easily imagine he Is millionaire over there.
 we saw no American newspapers, but it is wonderful how well Birm- ingham people can keep up with the news just by exchange of items among each other. No matter where you go you find people from Birming- ham and all have something to add to the general store of information. For instance my boy came across MT. Frank P. Class son In the lobby of a hotel in Venice Through them we saw Mir. Glass and his family and it was from them that we first learned of MT. Barrett's death. When we were in Munich and at the Oberam- mergau plays we found whole parties of Birmingham people. But 1t was the same way in all the points we visited.
 By the way travelling in Europe by train is a dirty pastime except in England. Italy is worst of all and I don't believe the railway cars on their lines have ever been cleaned since they were first built You must be careful not to move your feet about on the carpets of the cars or you are enveloped in clouds of dust. It was an interesting trip but how glad we all were to get glimpse of the Statue of Liberty again as we approached New York harbor"