Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, March 21, 1918, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextTironsPAT. 3i aii en 31, 101s. - - ' ra OREG0XIA . . a.a...lA xLrara and V1 1 - r aiorr war inuwir .. . . - - lager and towmpmpU in the fat food- 1 -' ruuu urn producing provinces. If ran nuit b a German you win nukt no mlstak to get Into any one of these categories, and there IUU GERMAN THEORY to cboow bfiwMii thero in a. iim Poorest fed and underfed ara those middle classes whom pears-tline pros perity haa been ruined, whose purchas ing power Is broken by the war: small merchant, tradesmen and shopkeepers, small olfi.-tal. teachers, clerk and. In general, all those forced to live on fixed salaries or Income, which hsve remained stationary, while the- coat of living has been doubling: further, the masses of lndotrll laborer and met ropolitan workers, not speclallr pro vided for under the favored categories of heavy and heaviest workers; and lastly, the war widows and wives and families of soldiers In the field, forced to exist mainly on their pittances of pension or stata allowance. Amonc these, too. there U little to choose from: theirs Is the minimum Practically, in the Land of the Hohenzcllern, the Rich Can Have What They Want. A'.': AGRARIAN CLASS FAVORED nnn nrm DGRAGY 1 Tood Question Likened to Old Classic Problem of Making blo tto rUakel Ctrtcr Doable Hcd. Man In Middle Is Warm. bt crnrL. nr.owx fp-r?bt. fiv re tae rre Pn lahlr.g t orasasr. Ixi.i"ftd by arreaaamaai na ta .Nw Tea Warid. STOCKHOLM. February !- Spe rUL There Is no such thins; as a democracy of food In Germany except In theory. lTaet-ally a'l mn are not free and eiual nor equally ratlon- beuaL Human nature and the old liar of supply and demand, though hamstrung anj bound around with several thousand red-tape food regu blwiK. still b a kirk left In It. and money stttl talks Its old persuasive rhetoric In Oermanv. There are. ac cordingly, no heroic about the rl. h to.n without fancy food, and plenty of It. In order that the deserving; poor may have more There l. In fact, no aun thin: as voluntary rationing. War conditions have engendered a certain honest prinaltlvenesa In con temporary ticnan: a "back-to-the-lnstnct-of-self-pr-ervatlon"' spirit. It H not considered bad form or poor patriotism, eaeepi bv some of the cranks wno get left In the shuifl". It I the rule rather, for every one to scramble for ail the food the law al lows him and as much more a he can lay bands on and pay for. There la consequently a constant merry f-r-d tusc of war for the prise of erraany's email marginal surplus, a kind of Incessant battle royal be tween the various social cla and Interest, both Individually and col-Ix-trvely. to get next to and cling to the surplus food trough, accompanied bv a chorus of mutual abu and re crimination through the medium of the party press. Train Lira lie twee a r.mlrvwer. Ton blame Socialism If you are a jnnker. aad Junkeriero If you are a t'ialiat; and If you are either or r -mr. yon blame the head f the Imperial food department for the bad frud nMli'kni and loudly prophesy an tne-vltabi catastrophe unices rad ical cbana-ee are made In the Interest of your particular class or category. For this reason the press of Ger many Is no reliable medium for gaug ing actual food conditions In Germany, not is It possible to note changes for better or for wor by reading between the lines, sines the editorial and news attitude of every newspaper In Ger trany Is distorted and colored by party politics or special Interest or both. All discussion of food conditions la Germany bv flerman t-ubll-ists. ama teur or professional. must areorumaiy be discounted and diceeted with large aalitJn of salt, whether they paint fog conditions bfarhest buck or In Tft baa. of optimism. Toe truth Ilea be i ween these extreme. flermaay-e food problem la essen tially toe old classic problem of making a single blanh-t eoer a double bed. A.-oidngv. a rr e-iion of the U-rman state in the fourth war Winter shews that It Is compo-d of a warm ar.d weii-f-d boJy of citlsrns In ttie middle, whose food requirement are at all times adequately covered. sur ri.Bnded by a deep fringe of mil-laa-ous middle, lower and lowest class rttiaeorv. a. I m-re or less out In the coll. their requirements hardly ever Suite covered by the s:ant food blan ket scantlnees varying with ths sea sen's and with new food regulations that See, to -stretch" the single blan ket first to one aide and then the "'"The amply fed an, t adequately f.d. however, are In the majority. The aederfed comprising all those finan cially or physically forced to subsist wholly, or aimoet entirely, on the scant minimum rations, average conserva tory around I V. .. their number trrreastng during the Winter and r-a-hing the crltual maximum In the S, ring. -eif.rrwvtder Sorf Hungry. Rest fed and well fed are the mllt tiry. the so-called "self-providers- Hn clu.iing large land owners and peas anl. the Idle rich, the war profiteers. wei;-to-d buslneM and professional claasea. favored groups of specially p'ed aed rarrned imm'iflunn and MTW MTKM iti ani;E IV .11UK It.l K I IM- ! 1 'A " as. . . I trte---ee-ej a--.e- - - Hose Vrroea-. There t a new Pantage star In the firmament of vaudeville artists. It Is none other thsn Hop Vernon, who la amonc the features at ranlagea thl week. Mlsa Vernon looka forward to a most successful career, for h Is following in the footsteps of !aphn Tollard. Marilyn Miller. Wanda l.yon. Sophie Tucker and many other International favor ites. These first made their ap pearance under the direction of Alexander l"antagc. who Is cred ited with developing- more atara on hi rii4-ult than any other on vaudevlllo figure la the United Stales. Simple Way to E-id Dandruff There la ona ur way that has never failed to remove dandruff at once, and that la to dissolve It. then you destroy It entirely. To do this, just get about four ounces of plain, common liquid arron from any drug store tthla la all oa will need), apply It at night when retiring: osa enough to moisten the scalp and rub 11 In gently with ths fin gar tip. By morning most. If not alt. of your dandruff will be con, and three or four mora applications will completely dla solve and entirely destroy every single sign and trace of it. no matter how muck dandruff you may have. Ton will find all Itching and d'sglng of ths scalp will -top Instantly, and your hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glos sy, silky and sort, and look an J 1 1 a hundred times better. Adv. STUMEZE PUT THIS MAX BACK TO WORK TV CfT T W'f r Ai M. Ia t'" ! pur. -,a..i thr bort' t fiTlilZZkL Xr wEo lht hm !T4-a WaVa r' Lf , sniMh 'rU n was una).! 10 worsi a,t tnc la.lnc fcTt' M K2 C k ta niir!- IStaBfa) i II as MV-- fcTi. v e es... run lt-r. CU Wi w t - rh t virm joa art .c. a! rrni- ta i-fc oue. ln t rum lfc -arvevf s.n-1 ft of Tt wF.ZE. lh in4i-m fr i.MMk lie, it oar- Diseased Skin r I at ease) frees rheageayat akta gwsase. The esethm wssh fila. Try fX tx C s dimevaL , ess aadsvsa. HD. B. HD. aavinwoK. nitio tu. ration anfl the conitant struggle to buy even the small quantities of food which the atate uinm " Idlers Well Cared For. Germany's .000.000-odd men tinder arms. Including old Landsturra and young recruits, constitute a specially favored food class. I n irum wuiuici - .. . ...ii , j A .... .J vA m r I J. " OICI IS SIMI rvnJ"iu-vM both quantitatively and qualitatively OIS IUWI WIMWH 1 ' ' of the common run of civilian. He gets . ... .1 . I . M..ka .lAd ' irom two IS l ll I rr: uiiira - more dally bread, more dally potatoes, meat six times a wek. most real . - Iwti.p mmrmalade. im, hiwis . k. -. . - an.t nih.r I.Il and. above III. 'T tU- " v..-- . alt. an allowance of such rarefies as rheee. rice, leu ann ouirr iii'i foods reserved almost entirely for the army. Manv rases have come to my knowl edge of soldiers, and even officer on k.. Kav Mmnlalnril to their wives about the borne cooking and home table and drawn Invidious com parisons with the grub at the front. n. too. many soldiers, grown accus tomed to the better fare of the trenches .n.l rr.i ouarters. when on homo fur lough and slender home diet, grow Irritable, peevish ara) betray an eager ness to get back to lb food food fit the I r n i- Those who are about to die at the west front are In general fed better than their loafing, fraternising com rades In th east; and the front soldier . . -, kuilar than the ss a " ' " " " " Landsturm garrisons of th conquered countries: nni inese in --. better off than the troopa In home training barrack. Agrarian Privileged C lass. An officially privileged class too are the agrarians, large and smau. juna srs and peasants. Their food lot Is a particularly liappy ono and they are accordingly an object of envy to the i.j...i.nl m-nrlters and the metropoli tan masses: and also an object of ...i..i rfiuf roversv. Cn the aver -- . r--: .. are at least 10 per cent oetier on than the tightly ranoneo sny uwcuns. Krom what they themselves raise the urii - . . . 1 1 b . r ormltted to keep lust twice aa much wheat and rye a th ordinary non-prouurma . i allowed In bread ration: by the Tt ara thus twlc a well off .1..H..1. In fh. enstler of bread quinuiaiMcu in addition to th element of eecurlty of having ineir j"ri breadstuffs actually on hand until the ... Th tr food rule that Germany- 11 bread must be stretched oy la u"11'"' - ' flour I wavea in i - " - . , i t i.i .r. m ho may thus enjoy pure white wheat bread or any formula accoraing to mm - . . 1 .- m lha self- wnat tney iiiiih"- ---- providers ar alo permitted to retain potatoes equivsieni to v weekly ration of ten pounds, whereas the fixed potato ration for th average run of citlxers is seven - J ' i .iva lha sourer, these self-producers naturally have the first go at milk, outier. . nd oiher products of the.r raiaing. the city dwellers running ,r,d getting only what the agrarian interests, the wellfed -aclf-producers, chose to glvs up at heavy prices. Well-to-D Also PriUleged. Vor all prartical purposes, ths rich and the well-to-do also constitute a privileged food class, thanks to the extensive and Illegal clandestine traf fic In every thinkable kind of food com modity. It Is literally true that money can tilll buy everything In Germany todav. And If you don't car how you spend your money and have th right COnnecnone, " " " - - - pne ' ' " ; - - plenty of flour, potatoes and other rationed looos. - i n ... . . i . j n ... 1 r to small rations. If l or nvmint - - - - - one ha the purchasing power to com mand th unarrgrounu i- v....... Hut even keeping well within th law th well-to-do can still b amply well fed. supplementing their meet rationa for Instance, with fancy poultry and game which are not rationed but far above the reach of the masses. Not only in Iterlln. but all over Ger many, money will carry you far. Th nritraB little business menui t dinners have been known to make even neutral mouths watsr: one sucn raeD thst recently cam to light consisted of eight courses snd conld not have been improved on In peace times. Put any oa wUaiog to fpad from ; a J up We guarantee that our clothes will be all wool because that wears the best and lasts the longest; that the tailoring will be careful and enduring; that the dyes will be fast and lasting. We guarantee that clothes made by us will not need to be replaced soon; that they will be completely satisfactory to you in every re spect; and that they will be economical of the country's resources of materials and labor Our label in a suit is a pledge of this a small thing to look for, a big thing to find Hart Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes Makers M We distribute Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes guaranteed to be all wool and to satisfy you. Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. Fifth and Alder Streets . a a ht rill In Berlin, and I I U- ft,swa - - I do It somewhat more cheaply in other large cltle. and at bargain price in th provinces. Gewd Dinner rests aa. The pleasing- prospect for the pros perous who can afford to patronise th better class hotels and restaurants Is Indicated by th following typical ma... being served at the Adlon: Table d'hoto dinner, on a meat day. costing 13 marks or at iu. -"- tlrne rata or exchange: Cream of Celery Soup. Holland oysters Rklne Salmon WHh Truffle Eauc. Salt . Potatoea fen'.y srainrt Potato Coupons). Roan Toung Turkey. Cbsmpatne Ice or Stewed Fruits. On the samo day the gourmand could also eat. a la carte, priced at the normal peace tlm rat of exchange: Oyster cocktail. 2S cents: chicken salad. il.TT smoked salmon. -; ewadiaa bora a'oeuvres. S2.S0. c:airv iaud. an eenta V1Z -S butter. ILSd: BMne salmon w,,S Jrlffli -uce. :.&; carp 13 Port win-. II: frogs' lets with mushrooms. ... ' Rusk of lamb with young vese.shlea. roo liver pasty with trulfle. Cauliflower, tl cants: mushrooms. 7J ceats: Brussels sprouts. U cants; spinach. ti cents; celery. j cant. ti..a aalail. S5 CSOtS. Champa sne lea. SO cent. Etaaed irulta. io csots. Th popu'r-"r,cd w,ne " restaurants of Berlin still offer a fair range of cholc In dishes running from 1 cents to 7 cents per portion. Includ ing two kinds of meat on meat days against meat coupons, also a ltmited number of fish, and generally one can also obtain certain meats that are card free, such as venison, game. duck, tur . .-a . - t haia however, owing to ths reat demand for meat-cardles meats, being exoeeaini porUoa ot goos, tor laaUace. not b inr obtainable ss a rule under $3 at . . . . Th. nantral. however.. inc t iica j.- . can live high at comparative bargain I figures in .Benin, anu m out Germany, owing to the deprecia tion or tne mar. Maalrtoaa 'Workers Favored. tv. emmiiniilnn workers constitute the last privileged food class, and their a a - lu-lm. Minnaraa not unfa- stanuuru ui 1 1 " - vorably with that of the idle rich and the Junkers. The contraoiciory cnai.c- .a . m rpo-j rrtr food COn- ler oi i ii c i . vj . ... - c r. ditlons among Germany s working pop- . , j ..nn.l.r n falliirat to UlStlOn 1 HUD .1.4". ...... a.aa ..i.t. .harniv hetween the or dinary laborers, who get only the. legal minimum rations; ino workers." who receive additional ra tions. maVlns; them about 60 per cent better oil man tne " w man. and the most favored class, the so-called "heaviest workers." While there is- a reasonaDie aouoi . .a. .ilHttiAnal rations en- wneiner i.i . - Joyed by the "heavy workers- are ade quate and no aouoi i"i " reeular rations received by the ordi nary workingman are not adequate, the favored "neaviesi ciaes anc.-..j ... . . w .. f . t r,f iha land, and much n ins on ma ac. . . -. . of its cheese, milk. pork, coffee, beet sugar ana uia . . .. l.ina eomnetltlon among the mushroom-like fast-growing war Industries, particularly nii Hlndenburg programme went into ef fect, to attract and then hold these rare aves "heaviest" ammunition workers, able-bodied men. freed from military services the latter have been able virtually to dictate their own food terms on which they are willing to woI.k- th wsr In- J ne nronscai -- - -in dustries can offer to obtain new help and hold their old is plenty of food of the highest class ana . . . . i na Mwprfu war enter- ana tne iirw i nrUes have In consequence Installed separats food departments, carrying limmeoM slocks pa band tin tuuam s tra foods to the ammunition workers at cost price and in many cases oeiow cost price. In order to make work: at tractive, , These "heaviest" boys, by a singular turn of fortune's wheel, placed In a novel position of being petted and pam pered bv capital, are living today on a high food plane they never dreamed of In peace time, meir lucay lot um not, however, be confounded with the drab and lean existence of the masses of German workingmen, particularly In the large cities and the densely popu lated Industrial sections. (Continued tomorrow.) TALK ON FORESTRY GIVEN Students at Girls' i-oiytccnnic School Hear A. G. Jackson. w.. . i i ; .la ..J vpnmen. situ- a a. ah. rlrln' PolvtfiChniC ScllOOl. yesterday enjoyed an interesting illus trated lecture Dy a- i. .hmwu, ot Forestry Department, who told the stu j . .Ka. ah rovernment is dolns to conserve timber and explained the im portance of the jrorestry imjiai uhciiu Mr. Jackson's address was one of a ' - - -a ..11.. i r-r i r trA hv the Tirin- cipal. Miss Anna Arnold, who wishes the girls to keep in toucn wim mc larger affairs, of the day and to aug ment their regular courses with knowl edge gained In this manner. Walrllle Mill Resumes Operation. rrvTP A T.T A . Wash.. March 20. (Special.) Following a recent shut down caused by snow, the Walville in i u'..iam Twia Pnnnlv has re sumed operations. During the period of idleness a new and longer log car riage was Installed in the plant, per mitting the handling of timbers 120 feet In length, required by the Gov- , ernmaati - Relieve Your Indigestion With A Laxative Dygpepfie. know that mEgest U aeeompaiued by constipation, and that until the bowel, can be reflated so thery win ct freely and naturally every day at a stated tune. svaBowinc dyspepsia tablets is of little use. 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