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K<()M>IT10N$ IX GERMANY. 1,1, ('jirtiliiwi Kditor Writes Inter I, : I cttcr From Central Kurope. ft |; . i i . , , i . . i ) , editor of the I > i i U? ? I K.' sprnd-ng spin e turn England and Gerthany and ? : w I itinjv j ???ir.i- wonderfully ? ? ,i. %$ tii.s paper. Tlic ; KwUUf app*-"1 ?n tlu' 1 ic ;ald of. ft ! ? tu ? HarnluMfeV Germany; July *2H, vr:t AfiK i u an finds the cost of liv- : ?'.iil Gt'rPHMiy very low, l?ll t to tlu*. ?man it 0 VS ?>' high. TM# i.J dim n. I |,,u \ 1 uc of the mark. Alnio-; ? same conditions exist here today j ?t Existed in the south during the ljIH! fallowing; the close <St t hi? Civil; 1 Except that food is plentifu1. livlnniy is talking about the mark. I I, and "cussed" on every l'1-.tn the hotel lobbies, on the Ins and trains and in ewiy public lie. lu;. yyu to bear ill m in 1 ihe pre of tlu- mark. Hefore the war I i! had a stable value it was the ?ivnliiit of about 2f> cents in Atner ? rv. Yesterday you could buy marks with an American dol I It falling" every day ami he ft- tlu: ^changes closed I uiis told It an 'American dollar would buy I marks. People are spec ping in it wildly. Well d?es.sed men ?roach yotJ on the streets and beg ft to exchange the A*mcrican dollar 1 I huil'kft. That is their business, Ipotirsc. and they in linage to make tonmi&don out of the transaction, fthy. ?)Vst day J was in Hamburg I Bv a .surface car and rode about n ?t.s. 1 got. a transfer to the eleva IfO.'ui and rotle about 10 miles, then J ftu'k tiie .subway and rode abofcit 5 Bps, niaking a total of something, ft twenty miles which practically Icrcri the entire city. The total cost ?he ii ney was 0,000 marks or one I ont half cents in. American nion ftHt!*. 1 shall tell you more about | mark laU r. Hamburg is a very interesting city, ftas a population of about 1,000,000. ftas no tall buildings like our Amer I cities. Nearly all the buildings, iudiiiK the stores and apartment ftses, are practically of the same kht? about live stories. It is more lerican than any of the other Ger ?i cities and quite frequently you Ir English spoken in the cafes and ler public places. I attribute that to I fact that Hamburg is in close Ich with the English speaking world lough its large import and export lie. Long before the fall of the Isc: Hamburg was soYnething of an Impendent unit in Germany's politi I system. It had its own govern ment, practically made its own com mercial laws and seemed to stand apart from the i i ?.* ?? m a n e-m pi re . it w:t.s <?jf courxe, subject to Ok* general laws of the Km pile, but the emperor seem ed to be satisfied to let Hamburg ruh bur affairs to suit heiftelf, Wednesday I took a stroll through the chopping district and studiel Hamburg through its shop windows. You tiiul here on display almost the same w. :\yu</ apparel that \mu wUI find in the average American city, The women 'a hats were, so far as I could tell, 'of the same shapes and styles. The men's clothing, shoes and hats wore built on the sumo general lines as those of the American. There we re t be same familiar cards offering goods at reduced prices, but it did seem strange to see a pair of shoes worth probably $5 in American money marked "down" to ^.'>0,01)0 marks. Although beer is a national drink you do not find bar-rooms in Ciyrnianv. There are beer gardens everywhere in which you tin. I mou, women and ch>!: da-n di\nl;::i,; beer, 'but the obi- time Ame.ri.ejm bar-room with its long pol ished counter, large mirror, polished hraS^ railings and while-aproned bar tender would be U curiokity he v.. Small tables at which people sit and sip beer extend out on the stress and sometimes it is necessary to walk around them in passing. The grocery stores or "delicatessens" as they are ; called here all cany a full supply of j wines, brandies and whiskies and it is i a common sight to see a customer buy a bottle of brandy and put it in a| handbasket along with his groceries, j it seems- so funny to an American who' knows how rigid the prohibition laws! are in our country. When you tell j German about our prohibition laws he; cannot understand it Me thinks it is preposterous that one should have to | go to jail or pay a fine for transport- j iUg or manufacturing beers or whis - ( key. ' Hamburg, like our American cities# has its amusement places. The city has its theatre district and great crowds flock there in the afternoons and night. Tuesday night we went to The Circus, the largest playhouse in Hamburg. It is something like the Hippodrome in New York. Our party of five occupied box seats, the best in the theatre, fpr which we paid 50.000 marks per seat or 11 cents in Ameri can money. To show you how rapidly the mark is falling, if we should, go to the same theatre today (five days later) and occupy the same boxes the prices would be 80,000 marks or just 6 cents in American money! That gives you an idea of the distressing conditions under which the German is living at the present time. Printed in a prominent place on the program whs an offer from the management of the theatre to exchange tickets for oats, from 6 up to 15 pounds, accord' ing to the location of the scat. There was (UK* talent in the cast ami the play was very interesting, although 1 coujd not understand mtit'l) of the German spoken by the actor* and ac tios^os. I; was very dramatic. The scene was east in 1NUG, during the reign of l^uecn Louise, when Napoleon i invaded Germany. The sdage was very large and thou* was considerable lighting and sword duelling. Morses, dragging artillery would dash up in-, c lines representing hi Us and the can non would fire with a terrif'e roar. The infantry would ineet in hand to hand conflicts, and the bayonetting and sword play were fit rilling. Sol diers would fall in great numbers and the whole scene was a faithful des eiiption of a minature war. The flight p1.' ?jjueen Louise was ver> touching j;nd dramatic. Shi- escaped to a poor peasant's home where she was most cordially received. The carriage in wtneh she made her escape whs the original carriage in which the real Louise escaped, Before the war it was one of the kairer's most valued relics, bur after his fall was ho Id -nt auction and bought in by the manager of the U:/'.r; tie at a nominal sum. in appear ance it resembles the' Carriage used by Americans before the Civil war. ' The whole, east was composed of talented actors and actresses hut there wore lapwes in the play which 1 could not fail to notice. They wer<> no* apparent to the German spectator because 1 am told that the German i<r:;mas do not move. along as smooth iv as thu.se in America. There are no lapses in the professional American diiima. Each one knows his part so thoroughly that the whole play is car ried out without a pause. For in stance. at one of the most thrilling and dramatic m'onumts in the. play four horses dashed on the stage drag ging a cannon. The chains came loose /and the cannon turned upside down in the Cv iiter of the stage, 'blocking the way of the other horses that were to follow. There was a long and em harassing pause while the overturned cannon was moved out of the way., llefore the curtain falls- the property man begins to change the stage scen ery which destroys to a certain extent the dramatic effect of the closing scene. Taken as a whole, however, it was a very thrilling and dramatic presentation of one of the most im portant events in the history of Ger many and 1 enjoyed it thoroughly. The feeling that still exists betw.een France and Germany was very appa rent in the long and loud applause that followed every time something was said or done that appealed to the BUY YOUR TIRES from regular dealers ? and set tires o? reputation for quality and service OLDFIELD Tires are listed among the highest quality manu factured. You can get them from us ami be sure of real mileage, satisfaction and dealer-service. 30x3 30x31 30 x 31 31 x4 32x4 33x4 34 x 4 33 x 44 34 x 41 36 x 41 33x5 35x5 37x5 36 x 6 38x7 40*8 "999" Fabric "999" Fabric Cord . . . Cord Cord . Cord Cord Cord Cord Cord Cord Cord Cord . 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This is the rest peiiod dui-'ing this day in which the people either ko to their homes or to tho 1 ?iVt; for beer ami lunch. You cannot oven got ? shave during these hours. And hy t ho way. 1 will till you something about the German liiiibc' 'shop. There jue tVol many but bershops. You do not find thorn in hotels. They a re small shops of front oik' to three chairs and haircutting in stead of shaving is their* specialty. Most Germans shave themselves. They do not use the heavy plush chairs bir small cane chairs and when yon got in position for a shave your hepd roats at an angle of about 20 degrees or is almost stiaight up. Hot water and towels at e .not used much. When '1 got my first shav.e the. barber began to dress my, face without using it towel and when 1 called for one he ! seemed surprised. Those 1 have found however, know .how to uuso the razor 'well and 1 have had Some very good shaves. . *? Tobacco is very high and for that rea: en many pn.plc -smoke cigarettes instead of cigars. Quite fre.cju0nt.1v you see the long stem German pipe. Cigarettes are sold in broken pack ages of from one up. It is astonishing to see a single cigarette priced at 1,000 marks, but in America the price is almost negligible. Cigars are priced at from 1-0,000 to 50,000 marks. On many of tho cigarette boxes you see the advert isement . "Virginia Tobacco,*' hut there is very little Virginia tobac co in either the cigars or cigarettes, i fancy that the most of the so-called Virginia tobacco in the cigarettes comes from tho bright leaf belt of the Pee Dee section. Coffee is also very high ? in fact so high that, most families use chocolato and cocoa.. On the cards in the win dows green coffee is priced at 1 1K, 000 marks per pound, black coffee at 200,000 marks per pound and tea at 00,000 marks per pound. This oY course does not amount to much in American money, but in Germany it is so high that it is almost a luxury and if you call for it in the cafes the waiters open their eyes in astonish ment and there seems to be consider able of a flurry in the whole estab lishment while the "delicacy" is being prepared. * Rooms and apartments in Hamburg are very scarce. Rents and taxes are so high that among the poorer classes from 8 to 10 people live in one room. How. they manage it I am unable to tell. Such conditions are bound to have a demoralizing effect on the social life of a country. There are many refugees from the Ruhr district ? people so I am told, driven out of their homes by the French. 1 shall not j>ass an ojjinion on this until 1 get into the Ruhr district and study the situation for myself. Any opinion | would get of the Ruhr either in France or Germany would be partisan. If you knew conditions here as I have been able to observe them for the past few days you would agree with me. Following the German characteristic for efficiency and details in every thing, invalids are given the prefer ence in comfortable homes. So pro found is tho German patriotism that refugees from the Ruhr are also given the jjreference in the allotment of living quarters. Before the* war people who possess ed 100,00i) marks or its equivalent in property were considered very wealthy. They had an income that would provide for them during the remainder of their days. Now the condition of-these old people, who had toiled and slaved and economized to lay-by something for a rainy day io distressing. A hundred thousand marks are worth about 15 cents in American money. Before the war they returned about $1,200 a year in interest at five per cent. These people are too old to work and in many cases their relatives are too j>oor to take care <>f them. They have become objects of charity and are fed at soup kitchens provided by the government or given a meal ticket which entitles them to so much food per week. Many of these people represent what is known a:; the better classes. They are intelligent, cultured and refined and their fall to such a low estate is one of the mo.->t distressing and harrow ing aftermaths of the war. J have gathered considerable data Hamburg and shall write more about it upon my return to America. My next article will be written from Berlin. Mr. Johnson has hero two brothers and two .sisters. They have received me with open arms and are making my stay in Hamburg one of the pleas nntert experiences of my lift*. Th+\v cannot do enough for me. "(Juti" of course, is at homo and is enjoying it immensely. One of Mr. Johnson's brothers speaks English well and I cart tatfr ?r tfrtfp * frttg-flsti "wtrtr-'trrr^ other members of the family. He has a charming nephew just 20, a student at the University, who speaks English fluently, and whom I hav< very muck. . ^ . Ai B. Jordan. * ? 'm ?? . Hurled Trtiu.Muriv Found. Hajfoistown, .Mil., Auk. .?-*'? Wirn the assertion today of bee House, i 28-year old farmer living near hyre, (hut the box ho duK up las<t week oil t hi* Upowns^illo Weaver ton toad con tainted between $11)0,000 and $110,01)0 in bills, bolides apprpximately $10, ~ 000* in tfold coin,, speculation grow to .lay as to w hot- hi't' the money is thai buried by (i'rowr C. HcrKdoti, draft dodger. before bis flight t<> (Jermany. ('0nvpi.ic9t.inK the situation, was tin* assertion of ( S. Wfetor, a fai mov, that be would lay claim to tbe for tone. Wheeler said bis ten year obi son, lloward, is entitled to the money Since be was the first to find it. Whee ler said bis son was seated on a bank beside tbe road when Hoilser's pick exposed the box containing the money. 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