HAS "A HOMELY AIR"

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 84, 6 October 1938, Page 19

HAS "A HOMELY AIR"

HITLER'S MOUNTAIN HOME

Outwardly, the Berghof Wachenfeld, where momentous discussions for world peace took place between Herr Hitler and the Prime Minister, is just another of those rambling Bavarian mountain farms that seem, with their flat roofs and carved balconies, to blend into the landscape, states Marianne Mayfayre in the London "Daily Telegraph." The Berghof consists of three separate chalets thrown into one. There is the guest haus with its 100 bedrooms, where visitors are accommodated —each room designed, with tiled stove, wall bench, corner table, and so on, to bear out the character of a Bavarian peasant farm. There is also the assembly haus, with its big salon, a symphony in Pompeiian red and: cream, where the guests assemble on company occasions', and there is the least pretentious haus of all, where Herr Hitler has his private quarters, and where he meditates and works on the days he elects to be alone. Herr Hitler's private rooms have a homely air—and none more so than the sun lounge, where he takes his morning coffee and studies the day's news. The lounge is actually a covered porch, glazed on three sides. It is simply furnished. The floor is stained a bright olive green, and a hair* carpet in a brown and beige plaid pattern almost entirely covers it. Along one end is a row of white enamelled lockers with sliding doors, the top of which forms a handy shelf for pots of cacti, ferns, and other exotic plants, and cage of the tropical birds which are Herr Hitler's favourite pets. MASSES OF CUT FLOWERS. In the corner is an ornamental stand with a swinging parrot cage; behind it, on the floor, stands a bright redlacquered flower pot containing a passion flower plant which climbs up the wall. A couple of Dresden china figurines occupy conspicuous places on the window shelf, and there are more plants and masses of cut flowers on every available piece of furniture —on the wheeled tray, on the wireless cabinet, on occasional tables, and so on. A bowl-shaped lamp hangs from the ceiling, and there is also a white enamelled standard lamp with an amber parchment slfade. A single armchair (all chairs in the Hitler haus are armchairs, by the way) indicates that this is a room in which the Fuhrer likes to be alone. Embroidered cushions, mats, hangings, and tablecloths abound. They are relics of the days when Herr Hitler's sister kept house for him before her marriage. .--«__---_---_---_____«____________. EGGS CHEAP. Eggs are now at their cheapest price. Don't make the mistake many people made last year by failing to preserve for winter. Eggs will undoubtedly be very dear again next winter. Buy a jar of Ovoline now from your grocer and preserve 400 eggs. Ovoline preserved eggs keep as fresh as newlaid for months and months. —Advt. i