TironsPAT. 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 -
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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.
A treat and powing number of sufferer, from tMe
tnwble find immediate and then permanent relief by th. use
of a combination of simple laxative herb, with pepsin sold by
druggurt. under th name of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin.
Th. laxative herb, act on the bowels and the pepsin and ex
tract, on the digestive tract, forming an excaptKjnally effective
laxativo-tonic
It U a combination fiat has been found wonderfully
helpful in itidigestion. constipation, biliousness, headaches,
bad breath, belching and gas on th. stomach. A amaJl doM
is aS that is required.
The drugiitt wiXT refund joar moner if t mij3
to do at. proadeed,
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