The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30

\ uOlu EOOuS VI JIuIuTpuS OF t1HIt1lllPS
Mon aud women plod silently through
| the waters, wearily dragging their few
belongings to safer sections.
Together in AnIiction.
| All are brothers and sisters In atflic
ton. The arlstocrat brushes elbow,
with the worllingmans blouse, and tlit
| grande dame and factory girl chat
I'nnd watch the whirling hoods. and thr
| widest stories of the havoc find ready
| believers.
Paris breads the aftcrmatli--tf pes-
thence. Doctors have posted warm
ings wherever possible to boil all
drinking water. and all are reading
these instructions.
Photographers. mounted on boxes,
arc selling postal card pictures and
photographs OF the floods At night
the flooded districts resemble the ca
nails of Venice. Boats, lighted with
lanterns. fit here and there. But the
gaiety of the Italian city is lacking.
Every unemployed man in tho city
has been put to work building bikes,
some of which crumble as fast as they
are erected. The soil is SO saturated
with water that 1t offers no foundation
for any heavy weight.
Soldiers are everywhere. They tramp
up and down, guarding the deserted
districts and those where danger
threatens. At night their camp fires
resemble those of a battlefield.
Minister of Public Works Millerand
tonight issued a statement saying that
$4,000 persons arc starving and home
less In the cnvirons of Paris.
The distress of those who lived in
the poorer districts near the river is
greatest. Throughout the day they
wander disconsolately through the city
begging for food. At night they sleep
upon the bare floors of municipal build
ings that have been thrown open by
the authorities. Mothers with little
children in their arms line UP with
the men at relief stations waiting for
their share of rations. Everything pos
sions to those who remain i'll their
sible is being done to forward provi-
homes.
American Ambassador Bacon whom
seen this afternoon said:
my small troubles arc of no nc
count in tho face of the terrible dis
aster that has fallen upon Paris. OF
course. / was Inconvenience, but that
is nothing. All my thoughts are With
the unhappy poor of Paris.
Sobs Interrupt Speech.
The ambassadors eyes were full Of
tears as he spoke. Indeed, when he
made q speech this afternoon in the
Chamber of Commerce he broke down
and sobs interrupted his speech. He
said this afternoon that he had re-
ceived cables from Americans anxious
about their friends in Paris, telling
him to investigate their situation and
give them money If necessary. He is
fulfilling all requests. AS yet he has
received no appeals from the Latin
Quarter. where the American Students.
many of them mere boys and girls.
reside. The ambassador expects that
the most help for Americans in Paris
viii be needed there In other flooded
districts reside many rich Americans.
who can take cure OF themselves.
Among the Americans who moved
to-day arc Baroness Graffenried, for
merry Mrs. Hamilton, of New York,
who was flooded out of her magnifi-
cent home in the Rue Elysee. She,
with her daughter, Gertrude, and son
went to the highlands of Saint Ger
main. Mrs Stanford IIoffmann. Of
New York, who lived in the same
quarter, WAS flooded out and took her
family to Brussels. Mrs. Charles a.
Bristol. of LennoN. who is here super
intending the education of her chill
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sells this morning, the school being
inundated.
Mrs. Archibald Kennedy Mackay, OF
New York, was driven out of her
apartments at No. Place. Palais de
Bourbon, and has gone TO the Hotel
Majestic. she visits her Hooded apart
ments daily In boat, hoping TO save
the pictures and rare furniture
One of the most extraordinary cases
of devotion is that of the wife of Ma
Tor Frederick II. Mahan, who is occu-
pying her house at 81 Avenue Mon
taigne until cher husbands return by
boat from Potsdam. He went to Anne
RIGA with the body of the late Colonel
Dodge. Although the lower portions
of the house are flooded and there is
no electricity or gas, she Is remaining
in order that her husband may IND
her at home when lie returns. Major
Mahan is a brother of the famous au-
thor and naval critic.
Mrs. w. H. Gebhard. mother of Fred
crick Gebbard. the New York club
man, has moved to the Hotel Majes-
tic with her daughter. There she gives
splendid entertainments, dining the
French aristocracy. Mrs. Key, Wire
of Commander Key, u. S. N, was res.
cued from the Hotel Marlborough by
United states Naval Attachc Chapman,
who sent her to Brussels for SAFETY.
Frederick Lockwood. the well-knoWn
society man of Boston, is isolated IN
his apartment in the Rue de Grentelie'
and is getting provisions by boat.
Fails to Reach Paris.
Princess Jean Ghika. who was MISS
Hazel Singer, of Chicago, daughter OF
Charles j. Singer, tried to-day to reacn
Paris by special train to sec what rum
had been caused in her stately house
on the DUAL Debility, facing Alma
Bridge. She was unable to reach Paris,
as all train service was stopped to-day.
Meanwhile, what Is REGARDED 1, VIM the
american colony is that the entire
central part Of Paris is being deserved { "a
The big hotels are cmptying tast. ana a
the guests going north to Belgium and
Germany. The foods at Bordeaux and
along the Riviera make people rear rear
the Seine shore. Only GEES and coid
meat are being served in the hotels tel,
in the centre of Paris. The restau-
rants and Kitchens are flooded, -,
In the basement of one hotei le,oo'