We  had  heard  at  intervals  during  our  tour  that  the  press
at  home  had  stated  that  we  had  been  taken  round  to  see  special
places,  that  what  we  had  seen  was  specially  selected  for  our
benefit,  and  it  struck  me  that  if  newspapers  would  go  so  far
and  make  statements  which  they  must  know  Mere  absolutely
incorrect,  they  would  also  say  that  the  photos  we  took  were
faked,  or  that  Me  never  took  them  at  all.  To  make  doubly
sure  that  there  should  be  no  mistake  or  dispute  about  it,  while
Dr.  Coates  M^ent  into  the  shops  and  made  the  purchases  and
received  the  bills  for  the  same  I  stood  outside  the  shop  Mobile
the  idiotographs  Mere  being  taken,  and  when  the  photographs
are  developed  and  arrive  in  England  it  will  be  seen  that  I  have
been  included,  in  the  picture  with  the  note-book  in  hand,  taking
doM^n  the  prices  of  goods  in  the  window.  When  we  had  finished
getting  prices  we  Went  back  to  the  hotel  to  await  the  train  for
home.
Some  vivid  impressions  were  gained  from  our  visit  to
Germany.  Everything  down  to  the  smallest  detail  seems  to
have  been  considered  and  planned  out  for  the  benefit  of  the
community  as  a  whole.  Organisation  must  have  almost  reached
the  limit  in  this  great  country.  In  a  large  country  Me  found
everything  on  a  large  scale,  nothing  seemed  petty.  The  con-
temptuous tone  hitherto  adopted  in  England  against  everything
"  Made  in  Germany  "  cannot  now  be  applied.  Whereas  a  few
years  ago  some  small  works  were  only  to  be  found  here  and
there,  now  there  are  gigantic  factories  in  nearly  every  town.
