The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-28
PARIS IS CALM
IN FACE OF WAR
NO AMERICAN HYSTERIA o RGER-
MAN BRAvADo OR ENGLISH
STOClSM ABOUT 1T.

Carolyn Wilson in Chicago Tribune.)
Paris, Aug. 2.-On the eve of the
most tremendous war the world has
ever known, France is radiantly, stead
tasty calm. She is like mystic in
whose eyes there is the strange, holy
light of faith; her face glows with a
mysterious joy.
can't explain it-this atmosphere
of France. 1t is totally opposed to the
hysteria of Americans in ma
tional crisis it has no elements Of
the German bravado and husky cour-
age; nor is 1.-THE stocial, almost sullen,
loyalty of the English. 1t is something
almost spiritual-very delicate, very
sincere.
We are accustomed to thinking of
the French as a nervous, high strung,
badly balanced race, who at the first
moment of excitement lose their heads
completely, and the result of riots,
mobs, and defeated energy.
a. 10 T"SSSIuSiy
Paris has been the most awesomely
tranquil place have ever seen during
these terrible tense days of suspense.
Each night the boulevards were full of
people, who moved with order and low
pitched voices up and down the streets,
discussing the latest news and buying
each extra as it came wet from the
press. have not seen sign of a riot
or any need for police interference.
And can you realize what it means
Every man you see on the street.-the
chauffeur who drives you, the clerk
who waits on you, the man who is
fondling that little boys curly head,
the dude who fixes his monocle care
fully before looking at the glazing
headlines; every one without choice
or avoritism-knows exactly on which
day he will go. There is no hope as
there is with us, even in the last ex-
tremity of drafting. 1t is final and &C.
cepted.
And there will not be a man left in
Paris who is over Is or under 40. The
effect Of this on business is stupendous.
Already with the first installment of
exits most of the trans and buses
have stopped-their drivers have gone.
The gas and electricity will be turned
off tonight. There is no one to attend
to the power houses. Milk will be de.
livered at the Marie only to those reg
istering for sick persons or children.
All the green produce of the mar
kets, which comes from the suburbs
is already shut off. In front of the big
stores for days there has been line
of half a mile in length. All the shut
tiers are up, all the doors are locked
but one, and they let in ten people
at a time and limit their buying
Money is scarcer than the proverbia
hens teeth. Men and women witt
hundred franc notes in their pocket:
are literally starving. No one will &C
cept or change the money.
Subway Trains Are All.
All the taxis have been either put il
the garage or requisitioned for tn
war, and no more petrol can be bough
except by the government. Excep
for the half hourly trains on the sui
ways there is no mode of transport;
ton in Paris, unless one includes tn
infrequent cabs, which are chargin
scandalous prices.
| On the whole, though, prices hay
remained remarkably steady. A sligl
increase, not more, on an averag
thaa five per cent, is noticeable, b
think what America would do in
similar case!
III Tbe case Of the Americans now