GERMANY: Glorious Garrisons

German dwellers in the Rhineland, ever proud of their flower-scented golden wines and their square-headed, hobnailed soldiers, have been chafing for 17 long years under Prohibition—of German soldiers.

At first they had plenty of U. S., British and French soldiers. Definitely the apple-cheeked wenches of the Rhineland are open-armed to soldiers. One day last week they could be seen giggling from thousands of windows in such great cities as Cologne, Aachen, Frankfort and Düsseldorf as wild, electric rumors sped that Prohibition of German soldiers was almost over.

The wenches' joy did...

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