LIFE IN BERLIN.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 243, 27 September 1922, Page 7

LIFE IN BERLIN.

PENNY SHAVES AND PENNY CIGARS. Adelaide, September Mr. H. Janetzki, a well-known Australian wheat merchant, writing to a friend in Adelaide from Berlin towards the.end of July, stated that the German capital was a wonderful place that would beat any city he had been in. There were 1.500.000 poor and middle-class French in Germany taking advantage of the exchange to secure cheap food. There were also 4,000,(AX) tourists, mostly, from America. Japan, and Russia More civility and courtesy had been received by the writer in the former enemy country than in any other place' Most of the people were very poor, but their pride made them hide their poverty. “The shops.” he adds. “aie glorious and things are very cheap. 1 am buving for a penny cigars which cost 1/- in Australia. Breakfast costs 9d : mid-dav lunch, including poultry and beer and Wine, such as one would net for 5/- in South Australia. 16 to 2/ . You can get two pairs of boots blacked for a farthing; a shave for a penny ; and a haircut for l|d.’’ Mr. Janetzki says that ladies’ good shoes cost 9/- a pair and the best silk stockings from 1 6 to 2/-. Dresses marked £6 in Australia are £1 10/- in Germany.