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Prices are no
higher than they used to be--at least I have not found them high.
After the German fashion the diners will eat slowly and heavily; and
afterward they will sit in clusters of three or four, drinking mugs of
Munich or Pilsner, and talking deliberately. At the Crown Prince there
will be dancing, and at two or three other places there will be music
and maybe singing; but at the Kaiserhof, where I shall dine, there is
nothing more exciting than beer and conversation. It was there, two
nights ago, I met at the same time three Germans representing three
dominant classes in the life of their country, and had from each of them
the viewpoint of his class toward the war. They were, respectively, a
business man, a scientist, and a soldier. The business man belongs to a
firm of brothers which ranks almost with the Krupps in commercial
importance. It has branches in many cities and agencies and plants in
half a dozen countries. He said:
"We had not our daily victory to-day, eh? Well, so it goes; we must not
expect to win always.


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