Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28
j. S, APPLES GO
over BIG With
GERMAN NATION

BERLIN, Dec 81 R - German.
Christmas shoppers were happy this
year to find so many "Amerikaner'
in the stores and at the street corners.
"Amerikaner" in this connection
means to the German the bright
red Jonathans and other brands of
red checked apples imported from the
United States. The standard price
is 10 cents the pound. and every fruit
stand has them for sale over the
holidays.
"Amerikaner" have become a fa-
yorite table delicacy This is largely
due to the efforts of the European
offices of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, especially the
Berlin office, which pointed out to
the American apple growers what
opportunities Europe offered for the
sale of their fruit, and which care
fully compiled the data necessary for
adjusting the shipments to the de-
mand.
In Germany, for instance, the
"Amerikaner" do not arrive until late
in the fall, after the native product
the keeping qualities of which are
limited to about three months, has
disappeared from the market.
Germany's busy foreign minister
Gustav Stresemann, is probably the
most cartooned man in Germany these
days, and however poor the drawing
may be no one need mistake who
it is the artist is undertaking to
caricature. For there is always the
celebrated Steresemann cigar holder
to identify it, as nowadays the
monocle Identifies Sir Austen. vCham
berlain and the pipe British Premier
Baldwin in the international carl
looming field.
DIR. Stresemann declares he doesn't
mind in the least being cartooned.
In fact he rather enjoys seeing the
latest essays of the artists in manip
ulating his distinctive features and
the pictorial use made of the longish
holder he always uses in taking his
smoke.
The foreign minister's wife also
takes a keen interest in the cartoons
in which her husband appears, and
one of them, her favorite, occupies
a place in her boudoir. 1t appeared1
last SUMMER and shows him with the
cigar holder, as ever, between his
lips and Frau Stresemann addressing
him with the plea: Nov, Gustav,
don't start any crisis while the sum
mer garden parties are on
The "Kaiserhof," Berlin's aristo-
cratic hotel which the federal gov
ernment intended to convert into an
office building for the ministry of
finance, will not be sold to thel
government after all. There was suchi
a storm of protest from all sides
that the government failed to exer-
else it's option, expiring this month.
It was evident from the attitude of
the different parties that a majority
would not be found in the Reichstag
to authorize the purchase. The old
landmark, which witnessed so many
of the brilliant functions of the i'm 1
perial regime, will thus continue to
be a hotel. 4
The American film, Ben Hur," is!
having such a successful run here
that the 100000 mark in attendance
figures is rapidly approaching. Thel
management is preparing to ce1e-
brate the event by handing out a,
present of $50 marks to the 1O0,O00th
person who passes through the doors.
Lesser but still considerable amounts
will be presented to the two persons
who Immediately precede him (or
herr and 10 the two directly following.
Frau Lisbeth Schleider. of Dresden,
is the first woman to win the Ger
man gold band awarded for excel
lence in athletic proficiency The
golden band is the highest athletic
award given, and can be won only
by persons above 40 years of age
who have kept up for long period
of years record for faithful train
ing and successful participation IN
contests. Frau Schleider is a mem
Der of the Dresden Womens SWIM
ming club, 'Dresdensia."
Jean Baptist Chauvency, Berlin's
oldest barber, is firm against bobbed
hair On the occasion of his recent
99th birthday he was asked what he
thought of short hair for women, and
blurted out angrily:
sfWhat lugubrious fashion, The