Show Berlin Rampant With Vice T 1 1 eJ 4 C r 10 1 J. J Shabbiness On Big Increase By II 11 J. J 1 Green wall SInH Correspondent of nt th the hi- Interim Interim- lonal 11 o C Neti s It Service SerIe and the tilt London I rc Berlin When night falls faUs in in- Berlin it hides the scars cars dirt and general tie de- of or tho the German c capital Once upon a time tho the Germans were t rightfully right right- fully tully proud of ot their capital it was Indeed a elt city that went by clockwork clock clock- work True the to word verboten was often before ones one's CC eyes and in ones one's ears cars but everything c worked so 60 well wel that one could forgive the municipal drill sergeant who made Berliners obe obey his will Time was when the tramways overhead over over- head railways the this underground and the streets formed a Mecca visited b by foreign municipalities In search of or perfection They found tho the nearest approach to It in Berlin Life was earnest r but exceedingly l I I wL men Lilen 4 ow ow I sive shoe The telephone and telegraphic I service ser were ere splendid Now ow one hangs up tho the receiver in disgust and If Ir a I cab is 18 hired It Is at an exorbitant rat rate for tor a short I journey journe To Send end a wire ono one must not be In an any hurr hurry The once efficient service ser has fallen to bits One Ono stands In front of ot a n littie little lit lit- tie lle glass window and waits walts and waits waH Presently it will open and there will will bo be a n discussion about change Berlin is badly scarred by b- rifle and machine gun Kun bullets but the awful condition of or the cSt city Is not due to the tho i fighting which s took tool place during the tho revolutions re and ancI counter revolutions Like Like- a 1 house abandoned aba by y tho the tenants tenants ten ten- I. I ants and ne neglected b by the landlord Berlin has fallen on evil il days The streets once so EO c clean and well swept I are now Uttered littered with paper Aeroplanes Aero Acre planes are nrc constantly flying over o tho the city dropping thousands of oC lea leaflets lets Issued is issued issued Is- Is sued by br the government urging the people to do this or that Carts drive through the streets the occupants throw out more mor leaflets leaflets- People scramble for tor them glance at them and ad then contemptuously throw them a away awa 30 And so tho the streets are ankle deep I in paper The ails valls in Unter den en Linden and other principal streets are ue covered with printed appeals to the population The They become dirt dirty and torn and add to tho to general unkempt condition of the this elt city The only interests of or the people are gambling and dancing Th There re Is extraordinary interest in I French racing There Thore are arc many places where one can bet on tho the results at atI Maisons Laffitte Auteuil anI u Long Long- ng- ng I champs champa Tho The interest is sustained b by newspaper shops selling envelopes containing tips for lor the tho French Fi-ench races I I Always known as ns one ono of or the most I Immoral cities of oC Europe Berlin ha harot has rot lot changed since its decline Religion is IR rapidly 1 losin losing Its hold on the people peo peo- pie and the marriage tie Is no longer respected But It Is when night falls that Berlin Berlin nerlIn Ber Ber- lin really lets itself go All over ner th the center of the city a as well as further out in Charlottenburg there are Innumerable in innumerable In- In I numerable dancing dancing- and drinking ln places These places are arc supposed t to close at 11 II o'clock but only th the fc feb few fe b conducted better lt r ones think of ot Ins hag Instructions Close Close-c curtained Close windows s 's hide scenes scene of or extraordinary depravity German champagne flows lows like 1110 water Berlin Berlin- I ers will tell you ou that they drib l I dance danco in order to forget torget Like night nis-ht prowling prowling- i and women haunt the thc approach eh the well known hotels and off oft conduct strangers to these o ha haun vice If It one speaks English Uta Ut th tin tina a n tremendous rush of or these 1 pa par 1 They crowd round one ono and l itt fight for the right to 10 lead leado you o dancing dancIng- place Come come they call in English Americans are also Included In l' Invitation In for both English Jeans leans are respected but not eve eve desire to earn marks marl s will Ill temp pests pest to speak to a Frenchman hatred for tor th the French In Get Geri passes paRses all belief I It is ani only when the sun be u creep up the sk sky that the rev stagger ger out into the streets tOt IOA the pinched faced poor k for or potato peelings s and andra andr r cabbage stalks |