The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 31, 1923, Image 7
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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
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patriotic German spirit. 1 urn told
that similar patriotic plays arc bein<
shown in France.
? It iw tho invariable* rule in Ham
burg to close all places of business
from 1 'to 15:30 o'clock. 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.
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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.
Wheeler says Ilouser tore the box
from the boy's bands and made u!V
with it.
l'itcher lireaks Arm.
LeatUl Hnnvii, pit olie-J' of the Kjv
worth Orphanage baseball team,
broke his arm Saturday afternoon
while pitching fur', his team against
LugotV, lh?> game being called' at the
cud til' tin* ninth inning, on account
of darkness with neither side having
scored,
Brown had been pitching . ' a tine
ffflmc, In the fourth inning, the acci
dent hapbned, lie was in the act of
throwing: an outcuive when hi# arm
cracked. He was given immediate at
tention by l>r. Sanders, who was at
the nana;, and was taken to the hoe
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The jraine was one of the best of the
season. Perkins, who relieved Urovvn,
continued the work of pitching in
superb form. The Logoff pitcher was
also in_Jlrst class shape. ? Sunday's
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