Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-27

to spot a crowd was bombarded with
hard chocolates wrapped in heavy
foil from an altitude of about 100
feet The aerial gifts We're particu
Iarly Objectionable to the bald head
whose custom it is to stroll with
heads uncovered on the theory that
the suns rays stimulates the growth
of hair Mothers complained that
children fighting for the prizes ruinel
their Sunday clothes.
corps of beer and whiskey
''snifflcrs" has been turned loose
in Berlin by the tax collectors office
to discover whether Intoxicating
liquors are being hauled through for
hidden streets. Newspaper wits have
been quick to see that these modern
snoopers closely resembled Frederick
the Greats famous coffee smcllers
who used to walk the streets with
noses tilted high into the air to find
out whether citizens were roasting
their own coffee in violation of the
law. The liquor shoppers, always
men who have keen sense of smell,
have been appointed to see to it
that liquor is brought into the city
and to customers only through cer-
tain officially designated streets along
which officers are posted to collect
the municipal tax.
When jackies of the American
cruiser Memphis visited Berlin they
were handed a program Of which one
event was listed as "besichtigung des
Wedding" They shined up their
shoes. shaved with particular care,
put on their Sunday best and waited
with bated breath TO see what a
German wedding was like. Their
dsmay was great when they were
taken to Il working class section of
greater Berlin called wedding and
resolved then and there to look up
all foreign words i'm the dictionary
even if they appeared familiar.
The blue jackets were particularly
impressed by rack in the cloak
room of the city council. The rack
is used for laying aside partly smoked
cigars before the city fathers enter
the council chamber 'Look here
said one of the sailors, what fine
idea for parking cigars. If a fellow
, leaves early he's got the pick OF
all the stubs"
Movie fans and critics are getting
worried about the exodus of German
film stars and directors to the United
States "If the pace keeps up" said
one reviewer, "Tho German film in
ha Orin will
! be so many new nd unknown faces
on the screen that movies will lose
their drawing power" Eight directors
| of note have gone or have contracted
! to go to the States, including EWaid
! Adre Dupont, the first movie critic
in Germany and now regarded as
/ one of the three greatest film di'
! rectors in the world. Of the stars
! Germany has lost at least tempor-
ariiy Emil Jannings, Conrad Veldt
J Paul Wegener and Goasta Eckmnn
! Elizabeth Bergner has gone on the
, legitimate stage for this season. Abou'
/ the only popular star left is Mad!
| Christians, who is considering sign
ing an American contract.
I
| at Brosku, is showing the world tha
; one can still play the piano at the
! age of 100 Though he gave up reg
j ular teaching 27 years ago, he con
| tinucs to play for an hour or NOR
every day and the Interpretation Of
the classics like Bach, Beethoven ant
| Mozart is said to be an inspiration
| to the students who come to heal
! him at his home.
Even the cost of an education il
going up in Berlin. To meet a de
ficit in the public instruction bulge
the board of aldermen has raised tn
fees FOR students from $37 to $48 ;
| year in schools which correspond
to the American junior high schools
| The fees are payable monthly and d.
/ not include expenses for books an(
| sundrieS.
MRS JOSEPH BAILEY DIES
1 nATTAS Tnyac (H0 = Mrs