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Show EVERYBODY HUNGRY IN FORMER GAY HUNCAPITAL Beer of Inferior Quality Is Only Drink Now Obtainable. By Edward M. Thierry N. E. A. Staff Cerreapondent. BKRLIN, Germany. Iec. 17. I am hungry, eternally hungry, hers In Berlin! j Ej'fjYtMHbLJa-buiitrx j Living la unpleasant, even In the flneat hotela, where the beat food Ob- ' talnable In Germany may he had. The food la not nutrltloua becauae It ! la larking In fata. " I hava bought a pound of gooee grease for io marks better than $7 j fur my own use aa a euhatltuta for butter. It la expensive, but It la the I only way 1 can ct nutrition. In the atreeta crowda of people may j be aeen nightly munching applea and j staring Into the shop windows at the ! HirJOrainiHT UI'lil'S .T "c rial" -tub- j atltuta food. Beer la of inferior quality, but It la 1 fhe only drink obtainable. i I Despite the high cost of living, one can buy theatre ticket only by apply- I ing days in advance. I I attended a production of "Carnival ' Fairy,"' a musical comody w hich has been running for four months at the ; Metrepole theatre. It was witnessed i by a packed house. All Berlin Is hum- I ming the sons; of Its popular star. Frits! Maasary, a Hungarian actress. j Kvldetice of the former popularity of ! the tier in an kaiser la being removed i and covered up throughout the city, lu t Freidrtrhstrasse a huge cafe sign read, "Kaiaerkeller." The first half of the name has been blotted out. A life-sue , i statue of William Hohensollern over the doorway Is now canvas covered. ' I Actual destitution among the tier- j man people is ohaervable only under , the surface, 1 have learned by maklt j a tour of the poorer districts. j On the Alexanderplai and Jacob-strasse Jacob-strasse the storea, large and small, are J but scantily stocked. The windows are filled with high priced, shoddy goods. but inside the shelves and counters are nearly empty. j Nevertheless the crowds ara prepar- i Ing to do their Christmas buying. CHRISTMAS GIFTS HIGH. And here are some of the prices they j will have to pay to stock their Christ- - mat! Irygfl ylwl " iha-li- t 'h w mi mm m t "d"jiinr. The prices are given In marks. (A mark la Just under t cents): Toys, t marks. Candy, 11 marks pouna. Chicken. 10 marks a pound. j Coffee, u marks t obtained by j Stealth). ' Cotton handkerchiefs, 4 marks. j Collars. 6 marks. Cotton socks, I marks. I Cotton underwear, 100 marks. j A man's hat. 61 marks. j Women' fell hat, 10 marks. The working classes which use the j subways to the morning show plainly their impoverishment. For moat of, them breakfast constats oi: Acorn coffee ! A atlce of sour bread. It is Impossible to obtain soap, ex- j cept such a is rendered from fish bones. 1 saw a horse fall on Unter-den- i Mnden. and lu -leg wa broken. - Its ' throat was lmmedlalfily cut by the u-J thorlties and it was conveyed to the , plaughter house to be prepared for; I food. 1 1 STEEL 8PRINGS INSTEAD. I Oasollne Is scarce and there ara only I U0 taxliMbs Jn all Berlin. I Must of the autoa ara without rubber 1 tires. As a substitute they use a four-inch four-inch iron band with spiral springs between be-tween it and the wheel. There is plenty of braas and other . I nisuis. j Machine gun bullets have marked the ' royal staiiWe. Jfut the only disquieting I factor is the growing power of the 40UU j soldier deserters who are holding meetings meet-ings of discontent. 1 have been surprised at tha efficient, operation of the machinery fur displacing displac-ing the women in the factories with soldiers as rapid ry as they are demobl-lised demobl-lised and finding other work, for women. wo-men. A woman tramcar conductor told me she cam from the country and was eager to return toa her country home, where there wa "more food than in Berlin. |