WELL FED BERLIN.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3422, 28 February 1920, Page 6

WELL FED BERLIN.

BY AN ENGLISH VISITOR . V BERLIN, December 11. ’ Berlin to-day to one WllO New the city in pro-war tinl._9 is not ‘My Go?‘Spicuously changed‘ frun the Berllné of ten years aBO- ; The city has, it is true, 10S\. its: old “Spit and polish.” Houses and streets have a rather neglected look, but for ‘ the rest, in the words of a once popular song: “Berlin remains Berlin.” Perhaps the most noteworthy change I observe is the disappearance splendid motor cars which were e’-ce such a feature of Unter der Linden and the Leipzigerstrasse. The cars one sees in Berlin to-day arefor the most P2117:-> wnfully shabby, some with iron ty‘.'’'%, and all burning -some filthy petrol —;-=.:bstitute. ' ~ Food is silrpriSingrl_v plentiful in the quarter of Berlin in which I live. I get 11 wvy meals of bcefsteak. ~orl:. or veal. not only in the t'a'llion:lble hotel whore I am staying, but also in several 2-es‘-.'alu-ants of all classes. At one of the newest and most fashionable cafes delicious whipped cream-—the famous “Schlagsahnef’ which has ever been the German flapapers’ joy—was served with chocoltae. pastry. The cream cost, it is true, 61‘ marks a. portion, a ridiculously high price according to German ideas, but I only about 9d according to the rate of the mark in England. l Though I understand it is made of‘ Itinnedmilk, the fact that it could be‘ sold openly to the fat German pro-'. fiters who crowdede all. the res- I taurant is an interesting commentary | on -the German campaign"’against the surrender of milch cows: to France on the ground of the milk shortage in Germany. The hotels are Well heated and very comfortable. They are packed with the most objectionable type of Prussian “boundei-,”'whose attitude of suppressed hostility to Englishmen is quite noticeable. The Germans are working hard because it is their inbred ‘instinct to work, but I do not -think there are any industrial leaders directing‘ the country’s efforts. But there is a general air of discouragement. over the country, which is probably a natural reaction from its crushing defeat in the War.—Daily Mail. I