Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1923, Page 18

' 18 THE SUNDAY .STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.. AUGUST 5, 1923—PART 1. . De The Judge OF The Values In Our Sensational & - Y UGUST FURNITURE SALE GERMANY S[]RR[]WS All Germany Exists as Fraud, ’ Even to Own, Declares Writer Out-of-Town Folks Can Tal‘ae‘v' Advantage of This Sale FOR HARDING LOS Nation Sympathizes With U. S. While Hunger Stalks With Sinister Steps. BY ANDRS TARDIEU. Former French High Commissioner to the United Statew. BY ANDRE TARDIEU, By Cable to The Star. PARIS, August 4—To a world surfeited with amazing and con- ‘fllcun‘ emotions comes, as a fresh has been exploded. That song was sung to us before the war, when in May, 1914, our advanced parties wen to Bern to fraternize with the self- styled representatives of one of those | two Germanies. But In the follow- | ing August the reichstag was unani- | mous in favor of aggressive war, and all Germany followed the reichstag.! After our victory at the Marne, to bs sure, a few protests were heard, but not before. Cult of Fraud. Conquered Germany seems to have We Deliver Anywhere Freight Paid to All Points Not Reached by Our Trucks shock, the news of the death of 5 | President Harding. France, ever be- BY MAXINILIAN HARDEN. holden to the United States, extends Germany's Foremost Publicist. By Wireless to The Star. BERLIN, August 4.—Sincere Sorrow is felt in Germany today over the death of Mr. Harding,' and while the emotions of the German people are blunted by misfortunes of their own, they nevertheless feel a keen sym- 1 realize a friendly, gentle as left the world. Trials and t ations come with such startling rapidity in this unhappy country that the sorrow of today gives way quickly hisfortune of the morrow. And, ¢, among Germany’s city dwellers, hunger stalks with stealthy and sin- ister steps. Women of the middle class and the protelariat, for nine years the coun- try's most Ditiful creatures, once more about for hours daily with empty bhaskets and stand for more hours be- fove provision shops in order to buy the barest necessities of life for their cir children. Despite fact that they are told dozens of times that everything has been sold out, they remain, waiting and hoping. Finally, if they do secure pitiful little portions of food, they hurry to their Tiomes, washing, mending and sewing until late in the night, worrying whether they will be able to buy any- thing on the morrow. Work Long for Bread. These families have no amusements The littlo wir! ave no dolls, the bovs are denicd the humblest play- things becau dreds and thousar milk. eggs and together with fre not merel but freque obtained at all. The a - German workman must toil ninety-five min- es in order to earn enough to buy 4 of bread—bread of much poorer quality than the average English workman gets for the money equiva Tent minute bor. Th the question of of marks. Meat, are tics. e food of the 130,000 marks a pound, e government assigned great quantities of potatoes to the distiller with the result that more. drunken people are seen than ever be 3 Th me was done with ma and sugar. Only the distilleries, the manufac- rs of liquors and chocolate and luxurious restaurants have as h as the: The most period for a blockaded or poverished land is time when the old harvest ap- s exhaustion and the new one aped. (Cold weather, rain and hail have delayed for nearly a month the new harvest. Since grass is good, farmers are putting their cattle out t0_pasture instead of selling them for paper marks which may become valueless overnight. ev of the best food £0 to the luxurio foreign r weeks par entirely, prevented th xchange, 1y, if not ortation of uffs, might have imported cheaply boring countries and thusy ers how impossib! it would be for them to dictate prices at will, but no attempt made to do this. But the favored persons have been able to import bales of Persian car- inconceivably foolish hope that the value of the mark could be in- v holding the dollar quota- lower than in New York nd by printing e h housand billion m has end- i e ks early stands 1,100,000 to 4 per cent of rimany’'s expenditures are covered by taxe: * rest must be met by printing which produced 11,581,000,000 marks in the period be- tween July 9 and 21. It iv improb- can be closed by t announced. Even a foreigner must admire the patience and discipline with which the much-abused urban population of Germany endure their hardships. The revolution, which was feared for the last Sunday in July, was feared without ground. It iv a fact that the communists have gained ground, because the socialis despite their embers in the reichstag, accom- thing, but are split into sects | and without big funds and weapons would not be able to stir the under- nourished, skeptical and apathetic workman to revolt overnight. Making Final Reductions of Burt Summer Footwear As you contemplate the present offered prices you'll keep in mind the recognized superiority of Burt Shoes. That gives Of course, sizes are broken—but out of the combined as- they would cost hun-! |ation. The on better than | a silent sympathy to the people of America in their hour of sorrow for their passing chlef. Another milestone in the gloomy progress of the times has been passed. Meantime the European situation grows more com- plex. It will not be long before Germany becomes as incomprehensible to her cotemporacies as soviet Russia. Al- {ready she has earned the paradoxical distinction of being a country with- out money. Who can say whether she still has national spirit? Some one will reply that the Ruhr occupa- tion has given her a new national spirit in the form of hate. But that reply is too easy and is not correct. Hate is no new thing to Germany. It was not born in the disappoint- ment of defeat. Germany did_ not hate us less after beating us in 187 Bismarck was merely the spoke man of the school of philosophy which from the beginning of the nineteenth century has taught the Germans to hate (heir neighbors. Normal State of Mind. The excuse was that Germany had suffered much in the course of cen- turies. But by whose fault? Ger- many hates us because we beat her. She would hate us if she had beaten us. It is her normal state of mind and does her present chology. or can the French say the new democratic tendency is_the dominant characteristic todz The provincial He is sive and docile as always. AS alw he obeys kovernmental functionaries. The workers would be less tractabi but they are not masters of the Sit Weimar republic has a utilized the socialisi and its forelgn polic: not explain ready ices, their direction has not been different from that of Cuno, the great busi- ness man. But the fallacy of “two Germanies™ adopted the cult of fraud with as much enthusiasm as conquering Ger- | many adopted that of force. The writer speaks not only of the repara- tions fraud of which France has the right to complain. All Germany practices fraud against herself and against Germans as well as foreigners. Thanks to the cleve: depreciation of the mark, no loan is repaid at its just value. Internal debts have gone up in smoke. The tax payment is nothing but specula- tion in exchange. Waste has become a state institution, and the governing law of private individuals. Statistics, Whether imports or exports, are doc- | tored. For this gigantic lie serv as a screen to hide the nation’s pro- duction from foreign eves, and that production, with unimpaired equip- Ipent, goes on with a steady rhythm. ‘The wonderful example of adminis trative order afforded by Hohenzol lern Germany is nothing but a mem- ory today. In no nation are the pub- lic servants so corrupt, and nowhere will men so readily betray thei neighbors for money. It is as if a moral spring were broken, There iv| a national technique but no national ethics. And that fs what will make all negotiation difficult with that misled people, Agreements will be made, signatures will be obtained, but when the time comes for execu- tion nobody will be there. That is what has happened in recent years, and that is what the writer fears’ will happen in the years to come. i Unacquainted With Locality. tha uth sir, beautiful star standing in the ern heavens—is that not Sir Second Stranger—You'll excuse me, I'm a stranger in town myself. have to this Planned for Convenience That is certainly true of these charming Apartments at 2530 Que Street N.W. They are most practical in their arrangement—and pleasing in their finish. Of practical size—three and four rooms—with bath and dining alcove—which you'll find a real delight. Rentals from $65.00 to $90.00. Inspect them at your earliest convenience—day or evening. Harry A. Kite (Incorporated) 1514 K Street Phone Main 4846 Al SQUARE DEAL FOR DOGS First step in a square deal is to rid him of his fleas. So easy to do and means so much to your dog. Washing with Ser= geant’s Skip-Flea Soap kills fleas and | 1 makes the coat soft and glossy. Strictly a high-grade soap, effective also for human use. 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For the Youngsters Boys’ Black Calf Oxfords—Sizes 9 to 6— reduced 0 ccccecccccccsenscmrcsonsecocanessn Children’s White Canvas Oxfords—Sizes 8% to 2— $2.00 reduced to ... certeees cotesmemmecagites soseeta White Buck—Sizes 8} to 2— TedUCed 10 .eecmmeseossssoovoscscotimmmaiismaiote s The buying of a Burt Shoe bargain is truly an investment. In the Hosiery Shop— Ladies’seees. Men's .. Children’s.. Arthur Burt Co. Caring for-feet is better than curing them. --+++-$7.50 and $Q 1343 F Street $300 $4.50 We Are Now Entering on the Second Week of Our GREAT AUGUST SALE The crowds have been large, the buying fast and furious. Why? Because the values are irresistible. The prices are unheard of for such fine quality furniture. Imagine what a real opportunity it is to buy vour furniture at Ys to Y3 off our former low prices. Bear in mind that this is not a sale of odds and ends, floor samples or shop- worn furniture, but a big, all-inclusive event that affords vou the opportunity to buy what vou need, and in buving get low prices on high-class guaranteed furniture. Liberal Credit Terms to All This 13-Piece Bedroom Suite $ A Bedroom Complete in Every Detail $15.00 Cash, Balance Weekly or Monthly The Four LargePieces —are exactly as pictured here, consisting of Dresser, Chiffo- rette, Semi-Van- ity and Bow-End Bed, beautifully finished in rich American Wal- nut and excep-¢ tionally well Let this one day of fast selling be vour opportunity to refur nish your living room at a splendid saving! Included is a luxurious davenport rocker, upholstered in velour with loose pring construction throughout and roll arms. = even at this low price. A Kitchen Complete In Every Detail 549.75 See What Is Included in This Outfit A Kitchen Cabinet, with sliding top and lots of jars, etc. A Kitchen Table, 2 Kitchen Chairs, 6 Nickel Knives, 6 Forks, 6 Nickel Teaspoons; 6 Nickel Tablespoons and 10 Square Yards of Floor Coveris $5.00 Cash—$1.00 Weekly All-Steel Bed, Guaranteed Spring and Felt Cotton Mattress. .. ....cuo.cuweee-.. Cash delivers this High-grade Three-pi T oo TNK DR M. A TWO.INCI POST BED, a 45-pound ALL-COTTON MATTRESS and a GC&\K&)T’&EP ALL METAL BED SPRING AT A PRICE AS LOW AS THIS $1.00 A WEEK—TERMS, TOO! With every purchase of $100 or over a beautiful 42-piece Dinner Set or a Rog- ers 26 -piece Silver Set. 0 $1.00 Cash Delivers This Davenport Table desigmed in the style and in mahog- this low price on convenient Beautifully Queen Anne pe attractively fin any. Even at vou can get it credit terms. $1.00 Delivers a Floor Lamp Prices Start at $14.75 Imagine buying such a. beauti- ful floor lamp as this at so low a price! It has a charming silk shade with deep silk fringe and a gracefully designed base fin- ished in rich mahogany. ]l‘E;!E).7TS $2.75 Cash, $1.00 Weekly Pays for It The Other Nine Pieces Consist of a Spring Mattress, Chair, Rocker, Bench, Two Pillows, Rug and Costumer All for $169.75 Chifforobes $29.75 This is a saving of the kind that con 1 once in : Handsome with roomy drawers and large compartments for hanging coats, wraps, At a3 saves you one-fourth ete. 1C¢ 2@y = 8 Handsome Piecs for the Dining Room Just think of mett dining room at such a picoes—a handsome obic genuine leather seats, a finished in walnut and d sensational value! Compare this astounding at less than you extraordinarily in many a diy value! A complete Compet' Dining Room uite ald ordinarily expect to pay for t lonia Buffet with a big atch aml four Ch and one of the m “Kroehler” Bed Davenport Suites The cane suite s flustrated here is of the very best quality 3plece 11vinx room suites. By night it makes a most comfor- table bed, with the well known “Way - Sagless’” Spriog, full size. The covering is of fine quality veloar. The price is now reduced Chie Jnvisible Cane and Mahogany or Overstuffed i o We have many KROEHLI}R:’&' Davenport “Bed p e by dn ite being best style room for with the s an added ure. Price “5179 FREE With every purchase of $100 or over a beautiful 42-piece Dinner Set or a Rog- ers 26 -piece Silver A o S A TN NORR D W TR SRR TS0 e 7 Tt 2T M3 TSR P e oy PR ——