Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-16
ON $1,000,
TOURED BAVARIA De
LUXE; $1,000 LEFT
American Makes Coup d. Etat
in Juggling Marks; Has
Good Time, Also.
BY GRANT GORDON.
spseIaI Correspondent Of Great Falls Tribune
Convrfrhf 1000 hY The Great FAILS Tribune

Copyright, 1879. by inc Great rahs iiiouhe
Cherbourg, France, Oct. 15.-An
American who arrived here today has
had a vacation in Germany which, far
from costing him money, has left him
with more than he had when he
! started.
When he got off the boat he heard
that the mark was quoted at Z,ZOu 10
the dollar. This was about twice as
much as when he left New York. de
made haste, in his delirious JOY, TO
convert S $1,000 into marks. Losing no
time, he set out the same night for
Bavaria.
When he arrived in Rothenburg,
that charming old Bavarian city with
it's glorious medieval architecture, he
began to wonder what he would do
with over two million marks. His
hotel informed him that the charge
would be 1000 marks per day, with
board included. He spent an evening
wandering among the picturesque little
crooked streets of the ancient city, try
ing to think up a scheme for spending
his money in the time at his disposal.
Rothenburg is not a town of luxuri-
GUS cafes and all night dancing palaces.
The town closes up tighter than a
fashionable shoe at $50 p. IN.
Shortly after our friend had turned
in. he heard the rumble of a high
powered motor, and looking out the
window saw a party of Americans
in q Mercedes racing car, with q Ger
man chauffeur. 4 hired car, obviously.
Here was the idea. Automobiles are
a luxury, even in Germany.
A Royal Chauffeur
Next morning early he saw the hotel
porter. That pompous whiskered in
dividual with his gold trimmed spec
tacles and gold trimmed uniform, was
quick to respond to the suggestion.
He knew precisely what our Amerl-
can friend wanted. It just happened
Wurttemberg, Herr Frey, was in town
with the 80 b. p. car that the king
had left behind. Herr Frey was sent
for and was happy to meet our Ameri-
can friend, and speaking through the
porter as interpreter, was ready to
pilot him all over Bavaria for 2O,0OO
marks q day and board and lodging
After lunch next day they started
They whizzed along the Germany high
ways, stopping only for. meals. Nue.
remberg, Ingelstadt and intermediate
points were visited and each made to
bring forth the best it possessed for
| LuC dC4CNk1oh VI LhO $500
eler. Munich was reached and two
days spent in exploring the best 1t hac
to offer. Then Augsburg. Here ar
alteration with some of the natives
resulted in a warning from the police
that our d~ispendous American had bet.
ter leave Bavaria and the ooner the
better for his health. Stepping OF
the gas, the ex-king of W~ruttemberg's
chauffeur brought him to the Bavariar
frontier at Uln in an incredibly shorr
time.
Don't forget" said the American
by now respectful of Bavarian law
that we must stop at the police head
quarters in Ulm and get our papers
put in order"
Saving the American
The chauffeur looked at him pity
ingly and said nothing. When the!
reached Ulm, the watchful Bavariai
police were on the job. The otheI
cars. which seemed all to be full o
\ Americans, were lined up and off
GERS were examining passports. Th'
ex-king of Wurttemberg's chauffeur,
looked at them contemptuously. AS
group of police officers approached, h
shouted something that the American
did not understand and they saluted
The gas was again stepped on and tn
car shot forward.
At Stuttgart our American dis
charged the chauffeur, paid him TO
six days travel, with a stiff tip
gathered up his suitcases full of knick
knacks that he had bought for hi
| friends and relatives back home, an
entrained for Paris. Arriving there h
discovered that he still had 1,500,0O'
marks in his pocket, He had spen
exactly 100000 marks in his week
journey in Germany. And as the re
manning marks were of no further us
to him, he carried them to a banl
and received precisely $1,000, or jus
$50 more than he had paid for tn,
100000 marks with which he starte'
change rate.
And today he is wondering who II
the world it is that has paid him So
for eniOYing q motor rid througl