. Lion the war twenty-live million dol-
wss one hundred million.
‘, the big restaurants are unable to
j "2;.
U floors are closed and all clerks on
"I proud to beg.
little!
- ares the Starv-
,hg'are Committing
9- cide t 0 Escape
m 1032. Nov. 31.—Mrs. thh
- Colgate Harper (Mabel Herbert
). author at the “Helen and
"», stories. has juse returned
. Europe. At her home in Gram~
- "Pork she gave a vivid picture
- _ the tragic condiltons in Germany.
.“ltx hundred million for a. dinner
on! Not dollars—marks. Forty
tor a cake or toilet soap!
4 ‘~ launch for a short cab drivel
”not was what we paid in Ger-
‘ m a few weeks ago. For Ameri-
ue. with dollars. even these
» are cheap—but for the Gcr-
no people they are prohibitive.
f‘One hundred million marks. be-
?” and now le- than 60 cents. is
flimsy slip of paper printed only
on one side. '
“Al notes of all the smaller de-
- tiens are still in circulation.
ions needs a huge handbag to carry
e bulk of a single day‘s expenses.
‘Tho restaurants. unable to
change their prices to keep pace
with the tumbling mark. merely
' hangs the 'multipler' writter at the
p o! the menu.
Menu Prices.
a! "When we first went to the Hotel
. Esplanade in Berlin, the menu
prices were to be multiplied twenty
million. When we left the multiplier
Taxi-me-
ters. railroad fares. all article in
,r_the shops. everything. is raise by
“‘ if the multiplier.
“The food shortage is tragic. Even
feed their help,’ the waiters have
only what you leave on the plate.
"Kempinski's. the great Berlin
wine restaurant opened bythe Kais-
er. has closed 14 of their large din-
. ing rooms. '1‘-: Lap on their old
waiters. they employ them in shittl
0! three hours.
"At lNertheim's. the largest de-
partment store in Berlin. two whole
-" . half or one-third time.
The morning I went through that.
great shop, it was pathetically .
empty. No customers. only the clerks
standing patiently back or their
counters. Yet they do not lmportune
you to buy as they do in other for-
eign countries. They only look wist-
fully after you. happy it they make
a single sale a day.
“Such shone are kept open at a
great loss. But even the most hu-
mane employer. however anxious to'
keep his people in Work. cannot long
survive such losses. \Vhat will be
the outcome?
Streets Crowded with Half Starved.
"What it all the large restaurants
and shops should be forced to
close?—-as sec-mod inevitable when
we were there. “'hnt would be the
result of throwing thousands more
out of employment. when the streets
ore already crowded with halt-storm-
ed people vainly seeking work?
“Not only in Berlin. but in all the
German cities we visited—Munich.
Frankfort. Nuremberg. Leipsi, Dres-
den—conditions are just as desper-
ate.
"The poverty. hunger and want are
heart-breaking. In every doorway
huddles an old man or woman who
looks out at you with wistful haunt-
ing eyes.
"The German people are not beg-
gars. Before the war one never saw
a beggar there. Even last year.
though very poor, they were too
But now they are
starving!
“And they are so grateful for so
,_y My only regret is that we
73, did not give more. But it is hard
~ to think in millions. It was hard to
realize that it took so many millions
' to make live cents.
"For all reliet funds received from
'Arnerica, they are deeply grateful.
headache
nerveaches
brain fa
women's '
sleeplessness
Onewonld nitessreedl thinkof
planningsainner 1’
dress without re-
course to books of fashion as to fall
to consult the current style in sweaters
betore starting one's knitting.
Sweaters have become a definite part
oi:We wardrobe and the smartly
tdrnedoutwomaniscarcfultokeep
her sweeter: in vogue.
Otcoumtheonlywaytohsvesllthe
sweaters one covets. and of the style
and colors most becoming. is to become
adept with the needles, oneself. Lovely
Particularly eficctive l- stardom
Smtwshownstthehttorcornc
bination isoquctte-end-chsppie mug-
tratcd at the right. When one realises
that s‘ sweater of‘the latter type be-
comes. a charming overflow and will
convert a two-piece suit into the modlsh.
three-piece costume to small wonder
that instructions tori tting than are.
eagerly cousin.
The Quakers. both English and
American, have been particularly
generous. They have opened cloth-
ing distribution stations and soup
kitchens—saving many from starv-
ing or suicide.
Seek Suicide as a Way Out.
"Suicide! That is the gaunt spec-
tor hovering over Germany now.
Many are seeking death as the only
escape from their sufferings.
“As a collector. haunting the an-
tique shops for‘samplcrs and old
needlework. I saw much heart-
breaking cnses. Old women. who
have been wealthy. bringing in their
last silver spoon or bit of old jewel-
ry. for which they asked so little.
Often, when the shopkeeper could
not buy. I would—frequently, some-
thing I did not want.
“in, a little shop in Dresden a
feeble old woman brought in a black
lace shawl. Not a very tine one.
yet pathetically cheap for the 200,-
000,000 marks—then about 80 cents.
that she asked.
“When the shopkeeper shook her
head. and the woman was turning
hopelessly away, I said I would take
it. I still have a lump in my throat
when I think of her gratitude at the
little extra that I gave.
"In a shop in Lcipsic a scholarly
looking old man..raggcd and thin.
came in with a narrow mahogany
box. Just an empty box that had
held some instrument for which he
wanted only 30,900,000 marks—then
15 cents.
"The shopkepecr could not buy it.
She would have no sale for an
empty box.
the same hoplcssness' he turned
away and was out before I could
stop him. But I ran after him and
crushed in his hand the little he
asked. I did not want the box. but
with inherent honesty he insisted
that I take it. and ever since I have
regretted I did not give him more. I
have many such regrets. as I think
have all Americans who traveled i
Germany this'year. _ -
Once a Successful Architect;
"Afterwards the shopkeeper told
me that old man. once a successful
architect. had lost in the war his two
sons and, his fortune. One by one he
had sold his instruments—and now
he was selling the empty boxes.
\Vhat has become of him? A gentle.
scholarly, helpless old man—too
proud to beg.-
“I must not give the impression
that the antique dealers are hard.
They buy all they can. much they
do not want. But there is no sale
for antiques now. The German peo-
ple cannot buy food. much less lux-
uries. and there are so few tourists.
"in Munich a small shop. that last.
year- had been crowded with allur-
ing antiques. was this year almost
empty. The shopkeeper told me
she had no money to buy. She was
giving up her shop. hoping to get a
position as housemald.
“She did not complain, she did not
weep or seek sympathy. she told
this merely as an explanation for her
barren shop. It was the common
rate of all, and she accepted it with
He did not urge. With ‘
that hopeless resignation that is now
seen everywhere in Germany.
Plight at Once Wealthy Women.
“While I was in this shop an ems.-
clatcd. broken woman. once a cus-
tomon‘eame in to sell a. garnet pin.
Before the war she had a yearly in-
come ot 100.000 marks—then $25.-
000. Now she still has her yearly
income. but with it she cannot buy
a single roll.‘ For her 100.000 marks
are not but an infinitesimal traction
of a cent. -
"And that is the ruinous-result. of
inflation. It the American politicians
who favor inflation. could spend a.
week in Germany now! There is
nothing more insiduous. more do-
vesting. than» currency inflation. All
your savings. all your soundeot in-
vestments that now bring a comfort-
able income. would not buy a postage
stamp it inflation swept this country.
“Both Germany and Austria. to _
starve oi! revolution; were'torced to
inflation. The people out of work.
clamoring for breed. the government
could only give them‘more money
with which to Pay it.
"Austria. fortunately. through the
Allied loan. has now stabilised' the
kronen at 70,000 to the dollar. And
conditions in Vienna are much bet-
ter this year than last. There are
less unemployed.‘ The. shops . are
opening and business generally. has
improved.
SHENANDOAHIS
SIGHTED'HERE
Giant Dirigible Passes
Over C i t y , Flying
Low, While Thous-
ands Crane Necks
Thousands of Stamfordites craned
their necks last night. gazing at the
giant dirlgible Shenandoh, formerly
the‘ZR-l. as shepassed over the
city. The hum of her motors first
announced the coming or the huge
ship at 6:30 p. to. Cries of "There
she is"-—passed up and down the
streets and people crowded to get a
climpse of the dirlgible.
As she new low. her huge gray
form was clearly discernable. ‘Four
lights in the various cabins slung
beneath the cigar shaped gas bag
gleamed brightly. The upper part
of the bag shone with a silvery hue.
reflecting the beams cast by the
moon. The ship was traveling at a
slow pace. going west.-
The Shenandoah left ultehurst.
N. J.. yesterday morning. at 7 o'clock
en route to Boston.
many of the New England States on
her trip and reached Boston-yester-
day afternoon at 8 o'clock. '.
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STAMFORDV Conn., Nov. 31'.—
‘ B. .F.,Whitford, principal of
the Waterside and Woodland
Appointee
selection for the appointment or
llam E. Starla. met .with the in-
stant and unanimous approval of
the School Committee.
The appointment 0: Mr. Whit-
!ord will go into immediate eflect.
. The new asssitant superintendent
or schools has been connected with
the Stamtdrd school system for the
past twenty years, coming to this
city from Patterson. N. Y» in 190‘.
Mr. Whittord was saslgned.to teach-
ing at the old Henry Street School.
where he taught until 1911 when
ll.
so principal of the -nlght._schoo
ant to Supt. Stark is an alumnus o:
the same college trom‘ which the
late Mr. Burdick graduated. Alfred
University. .
Mr. Whitford is a member of the
class of 1900 and since‘obtalned
his Master’s Degree at Columbia
University in 1917. His'along-ex-
perience in . Stamford schools ' makes
him entirely auxiliar- with. the
situation.‘ , .. ,
Two other applications for the po-
sition were given consideration, by
the Committee.4 One was-from W.
B. Courtney. of Hackenaack; N. L.
tom. The- newly appointed essist~ ;
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