Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-11-22
PORTER WRITES ANOTHER


August 6LFourth day in Berlin. Paid
rent another day. Landlord makes out
bill every time. Here it is: Room $50
NIX, Is percent tax 22.50; koffee 80,
2 biscuit 4, serviz 81. Total 232.50.
Ordered biscuits instead of and he
brought pats of nice butter; bill
24.50 extra. 1t shows how close they
figure and all it costs is 80 cents.
Fine dinner in Vegetable Restaurant;
met Indian student here to study cleo
trio science. British government does
not encourage natives learning such
sciences in India. Today did the
Schloss Museum in Kaiser Bills Pal
ace. 1t is as beautiful q royal palace
as have seen. Then saw Bills CATH
edral and was shown over it. Then
the Alte and Neue Museums. What a
wealth of Statuary there is at both
ends of the Inter den Linden. Went
thru the War Museum.
August Went through great De-
partment store. At restaurant at ia
bic woman of 35 spoke English. Had
come from Breslan. Could get no
work. Husband was killed in war. In
vited her to supper at 2 gave her zoo
mix. Said she was good cook but could
get no work of any kind. There is a
lot Of suffering among the poor OF
Germany. 1t falls on the women most
heavily. All over Germany the women
are seen in the fields, often barefooted
cutting the grain and binding it OF
doing other hard work. Got So OF
marks at Cooks today. Had pack
age of 100 thick so mark notes. Fill
8 wallets and then have coat pocket
full. Got 760 mix. for dollar. Bought
some German porcelain money.
August S-Berlin to Erfut ITO miles
I'd class PAS NIX. 36 cents in fine up.
holstered cars, and a half hours
Rode with B. B. Blakeney and wife
and boys of Oklahoma City. Had fine
chat with them. Room in Erfut 10(
NIX. IA cents, supper cents, tips q
cents. Erfut is center of flower seec
industry of world.
August 9-To Gotha, fine old col
lege city, and on to Eisenach; it raineC
and rode to Cassel with young Dutcl
lady who speaks good English. Had
fine supper in Bahnhof dining room
for both only AZ cents. Postman her,
gets 1000 NIX. a month. Gotha teach
ers 5000 NIX. or less than 81. Railroad
men to 1000 mix. month
August 10-In Cassel Art Gallery
rich one; 81 Rembrants in one room
Lot artists copying paintings. On,
lady will paint small copy for 1000 INK
or Sc. 1t takes days. Went to Cab
LEM. Had hard work to find room
At $3.50 landlady prepared lounge il
vacant room for me, was very kind
Gave husband 60 NIX for her in morn
ing for her kindness.
August Invent to u. S. barrack
and talked with soldiers. Saw fin
teams of Missouri mules. Boys dom
care to come home. On to Cologn
at noon and got 113 fir for So Il
cathedral for third time. Took cal
over Rhine from cathedral to cas-
bahnhof $50 NIX, 81 cents. Evening
train Cologne to Kehl near Strassbure
So cents I'd XII. In Karlsruhe in morn
ing of 18th.
August 12-Strassburg to Nancy, 8
miles Sd class $7.17 French rail now
Room in Nancy fir. 60 cents. Had
time passing German customs ha
bought some SIS worth of Germa
goods and had not gotten export orde
at place of purchase. Expected to pa
tax at border but never read of expor
1 order. They could not receive tax q
had no order. They let me pass al
ter time, and then I crossed the lon
bridge over the Rhine to the Frenc
customs off. A woman examined ey
erything in my grip. had collect
ion of money in a nickel teapot an
she opened that up. Pearl beads fror
Bethlehem in a box with paper owe
them and tablets on top. She got mt
and never saw beads. The man cam
and I said Tourist Chicago, n. Y
Paris, Rome, Alexandria, Jerusalez
Brindisi, Milano, Berlin, London, Nev
York n transit" and he said Ego on
and I went through Strassburg an
never saw the famous clock.
August 13-Sunday. Attended Pas
sion play at Nauncy as they call il
Same text as used in Oberaumeagat
700 actors, in great theatre seatin
1000; beautiful costumes, play as finel
acted as the Bavarian one except it
an hour shorter. Singing beautifu
but there is something lacking. Not
tear dimmed eye, nor handkerchie
used nor a sob heard as at Obera
mergau. This play, as Anton Lam
told us at the tea table Of the one q
Munich last year, 'slacks the SOUL"
August 14-Rode to St.Mihiel, 5
milse 65 cents. Hotel terminus 8 acre
from station. Visited cathedral. Wa
much interested in Memorial tablet i
memory of soldiers and others kille
in the war. The part to me of interes
| is the tablet with the names of tn
| dead soldiers placed upon it in letter
of red paint ] inch high on whit
marble. Vernon county lost some 5
men and women in the war and n
memorial yet. A white marble slal
40 inches broad and SO inches higl
with the names in red capitals an incl
high, and date of death in figures a
right of name, as A. PAPIN 10 4 1911
would look beautiful at entrance Il
Court House or inside the building
1t looks better than bronze. A candl
was burning in front of this memorial
In European cathedrals many candle
are burned in memory of relatives
lost in the war.
August 15-Rainy. On to Verdun
hotels full and got room over restau
rant 6 fir a day. Rained all day ant
/ write. Doubt If / can visit the Ar
gonne field leisurely as l wish to
About 80 touring cars were lined VI
at the station today. This is Frencl
holiday; banks closed.
August 16-Got 121 FIR for $40 a
Credit Lyonnaise. Take train to Dul
Doulcan, and auto fir to Romagne
Had coffee, jam, bread, butter, wine
fir. in village and walked out to Host
ess House of Y. NJ. c. A. opposit
cemetery and gotroom and nice break
fast. and tips 2 fir, all for 9 fr. Their