LIFE IN BELGIUM.

Bruce Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 42, 31 May 1917, Page 5

LIFE IN BELGIUM.

TU AT PM POUND, A glimpse of what life is like in ( the city of Brussels under German tioft is revealed in a letter ill spite of all enemy restriction, hat* reached- London. "All Ihe gaiety of this little Jfoi-ui lift* guile long ugo, if says tile writer. ,r Our first considera* tion is how to get enough to cat, I have seen no white bread for two years." Theprices of necessaries are stated to be:-" Butter, 8s per lb, Coffee, ISs per lb, Tea, 10a par lb, Eggs, 4d each, Soap, 2s a email tablet, "Cheese, lard, flour, and potatoes are Hot procurable. Coal,has become ft veritable black diamond, we have' mm soup kitchens tev the pyw in every public! sguui'e. New orders are being continually issued by the Germans, and n» Belgian is allowed out of doors after 7.30 at night,"