a little at a time. I paid ray "board in Vienna and in Berlin in 

 American money "because both Fran and I'raulein Schneider wanted 

 money that would keep over night. They are all only too glad 

 to get American paper money- -quite naturally, because they can 

 save it, while their own money deteriorates in value. They can 

 cash it at any bank any time, at a very small charge (about i$ 

 I think it was). I even cashed my Cook checks (drawn in Am- 

 erican dollars) in both Vienna and Berlin for American dollars. 

 It is not the money that goes into the country that they sieze 

 but the money that goes out. It is safe to send American money 

 by registered rno.il — that is the way I send it to Prof, ^ackel 

 and to a few I have sent to in Vienna, and also to an aged bot- 

 anist in Berlin that I learned was in great need. There is no 

 tax on gifts of money, but j?raulein Schneider told me that the 

 tax collector comes with the registered letter to see if any- 

 thing is received for sold articles. Hence it is advisable to 

 state in the letter that it is a liebesgabe. It certainly 

 seems most unfair that one cay receive a gift free of tax but 

 if he gives value received for it he must pay a tax- -but is there 

 any system of taxes any where that dies not work xmfairly in 

 some cases? The tax is, also, cruelly high, but are not we, as 

 one of the Allies, expecting Germany to tax her people to the 

 limit of their power? (Hot that we signed the treaty of Ver- 

 sailles. ) 'iVe are all learning that war is not paid for in war 

 time, the bill comes later. (I have forgatten which of our 

 wise men said that) I learned why Americans are ''discriminated 

 against'' in buying German per&odiaals — as we are frequently told 

 we are. According to the reparations arrangements 6Q$ of the 

 amount paid in America for German works goes to the Reparations 

 Commission to pay for damage done by submarines to American ship- 



