The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-27
British Soldiers in Streets Always Followed About
 by Admiring ThrOngs
CAPITAL ENTIRELY
 CHANGED IN ASPECT
Birmingham Man Writes Interesting Impressions of the First Week in September in French
 Metropolis
By OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD, ,n.

l Paris. September 9.--(Special Corre- 1 spondence )-If one of our American tourists. who loves this city so well on account of it's customary saiety and light heartedness. should come
 back to Paris now, keeping still green the memories of his former visit, 1 fear he should be greatly disappointed. l The light heartedness and gaiety are no longer apparent. True. the terrasses of some of the cafes on the grand boa- levards still hold a throng of people in the afternoons, taking their aperitif;
 but after 9:30 at night all such places are dark and untenanted, for the mli- tary governor of Paris has decreed that they shall close at that hour and his word Is law.
 Maxims. the Cafe de Paris, the Cafe de la Paix. the Cafe Riche have all become uninterestins places where one may dine if one dimes early. The Tour ld'Argent with it's historic roast duck and rAvenue's with it's long-haired en- thuslasts of the Latin quarter are now rearjy more than pleasant memories. The Place Pisalle. with it's famous or rather infamous Rat Mort. Monlco E. Royale and Abbeys. where famous lAmcrioans, armed with fat rolls, and d tnstc for high life used to ''see paiisH at so many hundred francs per see Is not offending it's otherwise quiet community for perhaps the first time in score of years. The Louvre is closed. and the Venue de Milo. the Mona Lisa. and its other priceless gems of art are speeding south far from the reach of the German invader.
 Private Homes Given Up
 Many of the most prominent private homes in the city have been given over to fhe Red Cross. garages and stores have been cleared out and hundreds of women can be seen there now, making tandages and clothes for the soldiers Tine streets are full of soldiers from the front, many walking around with arms or heads bandaged. The new corners are pathetic sight when they reach Paris. For month they have been marching. fighting, retreating, charsing-going without sufficient sleep---carrying their campaign outfit of GO pounds. and now their fatigue has reached, in many cases. the point or nervous exhaustion.
 Several evenings ago l went into a Cafe on the rue Royale. Four sol diers were seated in corner too tired tc speak The waiter was serving them with great beefsteak, French fried potatoes and large bottles of red wine, but the poor fellows seemed to be too exhausted to eat what must have been 8 wonderful banquet to them. The vestiare told me that a man had found them walking aimlessly along the street and had invited them in to dinner, for which he had paid and quietly disap- peared One of the soldiers was wounded. all were stunned with the terrible exhaustion. Their uniforms wcre covered with dust and grime and their faces smeared with powder smoke. They were Iuddled over their plates making painful movements with their knives and forks. unconscious or the spectators clustered around them to ask for the latest news of the bat tlefield.
 Bringing in the Wounded
 Several days ago I went to the Care St. Lazare to see the wounded sol diers come in. There were all Kinds of them-French. English. Belgian Turcos and Senegalis. At that time they were not bringing in the desper- ateIy wounded. as they are now, since the fighting has drawn close to the
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