pot-bellied as the statue of Boss Shepherd in front of the "unicipal 
building in ashington. Sr. Schneider said he wished the Allies had 
sent an airplane and dropped a "bomb on them. He expressed the same 
wish concerning a very ornate church built a few years ago by William 
the last. The old palace, built by the father of Frederick the Great 
(if I have it straight) is almost austere in its simplicity. The dig- 
nity and beauty of these older buildings, the lational Galerie, Staats 
theater and others at this end of Unter den linden are so different from 
what 1 expected German architecture to be. And except for this ornate 
church the newer buildings are simple and beautiful also. These old 
buildings are based on the Greek, like our treasury and patent office, 
but the newerr buildings, apartment houses and theaters are quite dif- 
ferent in style but beautifully proportioned, dignified and handsome — 
with no fus iness at all. And I, supposed German architecture was rep- 
resented by Santl emann 1 s awful house hesn where I live. I found that 
style at -otsdam where Praulein Schneider and I went Monday. Se went 
to a suburb and then took a little boat and were about two hours set* 
ting to Potsdam, running through a winding river and little lakes. 
Being a holiday the Berliners were out in millions. The water was 
swarming with them.— Again 1 have to laugh at the way we are always 
being told that American girls with their unconventionality must shock 
Europeans. Annette lellerman bathing suits are frowned upon in America 
—it is the kind they all wear here, and they seemed to be having an 
awfully good time in them too. A we k a&o last Sunday there was a 
Marathon race in Berlin. They started from Bismarchstrasse not far 
from here. I had seen the young men in their running trunks standing 
around; the street. Some I noted had close caps on— well when I went 
into the street I saw these caps were on girls , *^ko were dressed just 
as the boys were. I admired their vitality as well as their lack of 
self consciousness, for I was chilly with all my clothes and a light 
