have such things in Germany!), and rest as- 
sured that, including the tips, he will not 
have exceeded $5 or $6, American money. In 
smaller towns the advantage to the holder of 
American travelers’ checks is even more 
marked. One who is so inclined can live like 
a prince on a very few dollars a day. 
From quite another standpoint: The atti- 
tude manifested toward Americans in Ger- 
many is a matter of interest. There seems 
to be no animosity, but only kindly feeling. 
This cannot be accounted for by the fact that 
foreign money is welcome, for it was shown 
in various ways by those who had personally 
no advantage to gain thereby; small courte- 
sies by street car conductors, persons from 
whom one inquired the way, and the like. 
One small shopkeeper for instance, from 
whom I had bought only a few picture post- 
cards, accompanied me half way down the 
block to point out the way to the post office. 
sons and by personal observation. It is cer- 
tainly true of the Black forest and is borne 
out by what one sees from the car window in 
crossing Prussia and in passing through other 
forested sections. The German army helped 
itself to the French forests on the west front, 
and to those of Poland on the east. The Ger- 
man forests came through the war essentially 
intact. And, contrary to newspaper stories 
current at that time, it is said there were no 
serious forest fires anywhere in Germany dur- 
ing the war. 
' The payment in forest products of a part 
of the reparations account is at the present 
time one of the subjects under active discus- 
sion, but so far the representatives of the 
French and the German governments have 
not been able to agree as to terms. Much 
lumber is going out of the Black forest. Of 
this considerable amounts, it is said, are be- 
ing bought by French wood merchants, who 
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A STAND 
OF SPRUCE 
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FIR IN THE 
SCHIFFER- 
SCHAFTWALD— 
TREES ARE 
140 YEARS 
OLD 
In explanation, one German gentleman who is 
in a position to know of what he'speaks, said 
that this good feeling was due in part to the 
fact that after all the American army killed 
but comparatively few German soldiers, that 
those who were captured were treated better 
in our prison camps than in those of the other 
allies, and in general that the Germans have 
no ill feeling whatsoever toward the United 
States. This may be taken for what it is 
worth. Possibly it may not be as true in 
Prussia as in southern Germany, and perhaps 
also it may not hold with those who belonged 
to the military party under the Empire. But 
the facts do seem to bear out the assertion 
that there is no animosity among the rank 
and file of the people. 
GERMAN FORESTS 
UNTOUCHED BY THE WAR 
As regards the forests of Germany, the 
outstanding point is that they were practically 
untouched by the war. I was able to check 
this statement both by inquiry of various per- 
in turn sell to their government. This is in- 
teresting and a rather curious anomoly in 
view of the official situation. 
MEETING WITH DR. SCHENCK 
FORMERLY OF BILTMORE, N. C. 
The writer has been unusually fortunate in 
seeing European forests under favorable aus- 
pices. On his. visits to certain typical Ger- 
man forests he had the great good luck to 
have as his guide a German forester formerly 
well known in the United States, Forstmeister 
Dr. Carl Alwin Schenck, ex-director of the 
Forest Academy at Biltmore, N. C. Dr. 
Schenck is so well known throughout the 
United States that he needs no introduction to 
American lumbermen. He was much interested 
in hearing late news of what was happening in 
forestry in America, and particularly of the 
better understanding that has developed in re- © 
cent years between lumbermen and foresters. 
To those who knew him in earlier days he 
would send friendly greetings. 
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