Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1917 — GERMANY SHORT ON LINEN [ARTICLE]

GERMANY SHORT ON LINEN

All Hotels and Restaurants Are Forbidden to Use Table Cloths and Napkins. Berlin. —The lack of linen and cotton fabrics caused by the war is making itself felt more disagreeably from week to week and threatens the cleanliness of the German nation. All hotels and restaurants have now been forbidden to use table cloths and napkins, ,or to furnish more than one towel per day to any guest. Bed sheets, pillow cases, etc., must be used at least seven days before they are changed and washed, even if''the bed during this period is used by different guests. The Vossische Zeitung announces that after October 15 no permits for the purchase of underclothing will be issued to persons who own more than three shirts and two sets of underwear. The manufacture and sale of night shirts and pajamas are to be stopped entirely.