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Show iraem ! OP PLENTY M : II Tip WHO People Not Restricted as to Food and Drink, and Freedom Is Not Curtailed Cur-tailed as in England. 'SQUARE' MEALS ARE SERVED IN HOTELS Americans Struck by Large Portions Served at Half Price Charged Across the Channel. HASK OK AM KlilTAN II.OTlLLA IN' HKITIS11 WATKKS, u.-t. ". ('ot- m's; od.I.mu-p of t he Assnri:itM Press.) Whon .in Ann'riemi naval man who has viitt-'l Irrhniil in 111110 of pviuo is asked v.im' li:is i'liprosnoil him inot about Ireland Ire-land in war, the ine italde answer is, " Ireland proporitv and freedom from the w;ir time re! r-u-t ions of other I'oun-ni-. -1 Hundreds of the Americans in the navnl for.o- have visited KnlanJ, S.otlund and oven Krnm-e. All flLiroc ihat there is more freedom in Ireland, par: ienlarlv i. ss war time i-urt ailment it" per-onnl liliorty, as for instance rc-ariiini; rc-ariiini; rest nations in catiiijj ana tiriiiK-in tiriiiK-in t. There is no conscription there, no d fen-e of the realm act, few war si.uns. ( ertaiulv when it conies to Tood and drink. Ireland is a land of plenty in comparison with Kuland. There is not only more food and drink than in England, Eng-land, bur it i3 of better quality. Food Is Cheaper. And in most parts of Ireland it is iheaper. Meatless and potatoless days are unknown there. Potatoes were never so plentiful. That they are j cheaper even than in the United States j was shown to the eorninir-sary depart- 1 nient of the American navy, which re- J eeittly shipped to the flotilla about' 10nM) bushels, but which were never unloaded. After discharging its cargo of other food-tuffs the naval supply ship was sent to another port where the , potatoes were sold to the British government. gov-ernment. Freh meat also is cheaper in Ireland than in Kiifjland or the f'nited 8tate?. The Americans buy a large part of their meat ashore. Porterhouse steak? are from . to 7 rents a pound cheaper than in the United States. Good Meals Served? The A m erica ns a re struck by the i lame portions served in Ireland as com-j pared with the lean ones they get in K.ngland. For three shillings they get a meal which includes soup, fish or lob- t s;er and some times bot h, hot or cold ' meat, de-err, cheese and biscuits and tea or coffee. The same meal in a hotel ' of corresponding grade in England j would cost at iwi-t six shillings. l'rink. too. is not only more plentiful, but of better quality. Th drinkinL' ; !a'-es in Ireland are open all day ami 1 until 1 1 o ' lock at niht. whereas in j England and S-otiand they are only j op-'n for two hour in the afternoon and three hour i ;i the evening. In England today it is considered in-!' in-!' irate in a si; a friend for a match. In France matches are well nigh nnob-;ai!ial. nnob-;ai!ial. All the continent ' countries are vtffrrinL' from a match famine. Not -o in Irelaii'l. Hotels, bar rooms ami -ii:ar stores all have ma t h1? in abun - , dani-e and rhev are n-M-d with tiie r-ame j freedom as in time of peace. j |