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Nevertheless the ^[[hatless]] students [[strikethrough]] one [[/strikethrough]] one sees in the streets, bear as many cuts in their face as before the war, so that student duelling seems not to have died out. The present policemen make a much better impression than those before the war and there are not so many fat men among them. I noticed quite a number of people limping or bearing other traces of the war. Very few decorations or order insignia are worn. Nor is there that indiscriminating smoking anywhere and everywhere as is such a nuisance in America and in England. In the dining room of the Adlon nobody but an American smoked. The people look serious but are polite and agreeable and seem to have at present quite a good feeling towards Americans and British. [[underlined in red]] All in all they make a better impression than in 1913 [[/underlined in red]] when they were being led into the war by their pretentious and loudly [[excited?]] arrogance. - Even it were not for [[strikethrough]] frequent [[/strikethrough]] frequently recurred [[underlined in red]] begging for "a few pfennigs [[/underlined in red]] to buy a meal", around the hotel Unter den Linden frequented by Americans one would not even notice that there is such an intense business depression and that millions are unemployed. -- Even then the
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requests are made in a mild and polite way, mostly by young men out of a job and even a few pfennigs are gratefully acknowledged and one mark brings forth outbursts of gratitude. -- In fact the situation is not much worse than what occurs around Park Ave in New York [[underlined in red]] during these times of world distress. [[/underlined in red]]
Altho there are less extremely fat men [[strikethrough]] than before the w [[/strikethrough]] and women than before the war there are still quite a number left.  Altho' generally speaking the population looks healthier than in 1913. -- There is also [[underlined in red]] much less drinking [[/underlined in red]] and in all the time I was in Germany I have not seen one single drunken person or one even showing symptoms.
Soft drinks, non alcoholic or weak beer has become popular since the vogue of sport and athletics.  I note however as I did later on in Belgium and in England [[underlined in red]] many defform people. [[/underlined in red]] In [[strikethrough]] Ger [[/strikethrough]] Germany bow-legs seem rather preponderent but one sees also an unexpected number of [[underlined in red]] dwarfs [[/underlined in red]] hunch-backs and other [[strikethrough]] def [[/strikethrough]] natal defformations -- out of all proportion with the situation in the U.S.  The people are also less noisy in their behavior.  The loud yelling in cafés and restaurants which was so prevalent in former times