Yet the lower middleclass seems to be inordinately in evidence.
This was the
famous Adlon,situated on Berlins main avenue, Unter den Linden.
So, under our
present policy, we can make no legitimate kick.
One thing those clothes did
lack, however, and that was style.
In the freight-yards, switch-lights were
paintedblack except for small cross-slits.
Here it was interesting to note
thequantity of captured Polish rolling-stock.
Every few miles I noted a
combined restaurant and filling-stationtastefully built. Let me illustrate: You
want to buy somemeat.
The averageattendance runs between fifty and seventy,
including several womenjournalists.
An attendant went up and down the aisle
pouring drinksinto paper cups. One of the things you quickly learn inGermany is
to eat whenever eatables come your way. The broad avenue of Unter denLinden was
a maw of blackness.
Generally popular, he does not hesitate to speakplainly
when he needs to. Being Sunday, the usualweek-day crowd was lacking in the
dining room.
Now and then we passed a sawmill,apparently at work, since smoke
and steam rose from the chimneys. Furthermore, those despatches go through
uncensored.
The others gave the stiff-armed Nazi greeting.
Here, as
elsewhere,objections seemed to have been rarely made except for reasons
alreadyexplained. So, under our present policy, we can make no legitimate kick.
I said as much to one of our official guides.
Those Thuringian forests grow in
rows as regularas cornfields. Itsarchitecture is monotonous, and the drab
effect is heightened by itsmisty northern climate. I protested that I could
find my way from her directions, but shewould have none of it.
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