New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-23
PARIS WANTS Us TO
BUY HER FASHIONS
Tribune Correspondent IS
Told of Appeal for
Help in Crisis.
ELSIE DE WOLFE'S
VILLA NOW a CAMP
Commissary Soldiers Bivouac
on James Gordon Benefits
Shooting Preserves.
IBy cable 10 m, Tribune ]

IBy cable 70 The Tribune
Paris, Aug. %. David Mcnnct. prcsi-
dent Of the French Chamber of Com
merce, to-day made a statement to The
Tribune concerning the resumption of
retail trade in Paris, especially with
regard 10 drcssmaking and millinery
which furnish the means Of earning
bread 20 thousands of sewing girls and
ether employee
This is always the dull season so
far a. the fashion industry, which sup
ports hundreds Of thousands of work
Ing people of both sexes, IS concerned
said VI. Nennct. "In September there
j., generally q revival of activity. Our
collections for the coming fashions OF
womeus wearing apparel arc now all
ready, but some important firms are
obliged for the moment TO close be-
cause al their men are called to war
These viii now be opened, the work
being carried ON by women and girls.
"A syndicate Of couturiers has aided
Certain firms 90 continue to pay all
their female employees. Other leading
houses have agreed 20 make two gowns
Tor the price hitherto asked for one.
Want Americas support.
"Thc couturicrs make All earnest APP
neal for American customers not 10
abandon them iU this crisis
"The coming fashions will have OK
IRENE elegance and distinction in line,
with somewhat more ample material
tine colors being subdued. pearl grays,
pastel hlues, Nile greens. also novel
combinations, blacks and whites pre-
yaiIug.'
During flying motor trip 20 Yer,
saillts to-day your correspondent found
tie place transformed into "a vast store
house. Wheat, food products of all
kinds and forage arc stored there IN
great quantities. Forty thousand cattle
are ncrdtd there. Vast focks OF sheep,
innumerablc ducks. geese and chickens
are 20 be found on the pastures and
waterways
The superb park is the collecting
point foI rcquisItioucd motor vans.
Soldiers OF the cOmmissariat, with
wagons. horses and motor lorrics, are
bivouacked on the grounds or OF the
shooting preserves OF Prince Nurat and
o. james Gordon Bennett The charm
ing lutte country seat of Miss Elsie De
Wolfe and Miss Elizabeth Marbury il
occupied by officers OF supply trains.
The bulk Of tie mobilization of the
southwest of France has been accom-.
plished through the medium Of YER
sailles as the centre Of assembly and
of forwarding Of men, horses, mate
nal and provisions.
Prisoners Well Treated.
Conveys Of German prisoners con-
t.uUe 20 reach Versailles and are dis
patched TO the southwest. Many prIs.
cucrs Who are wounded receive ado
cuate surgical attendance and arc made
quite comfortable.
Most Of the German wounded cav
alrymen have severe lance wounds in
their backs. They all seem quite
pleased 10 be safely cared for, even II
prisoner.
Three ambulance hospitals besides
the regular municipal hospital are be
ing organized at Versailles under the
direction Of the Red Cross.
Oddly enough. meat sold in Paris TO-
day at the lowest prices known in
twenty years. Vegetables are album
daut.
Paris, Aug. -. Rural France is max
ing q valiant struggle 20 DO the har-
vestiug. Only old or crippled men, with
women, youths and children, are work
ing I'm the fields The wonderfully
sunny and richly cultivated country
sides wear curious. vacant look. The
men have gone and the horses have dis
appeared, part of the cattle have been
driven of and the inns are closed.
At Etrctat, the watering place on the
Normandy coast, out of a population Of
! 800 only "a men are left, and there Is
not a horse in the place except d few
old animals. Americans have a large
number Of villas there, and instead Of
eolhng and playing tennis these people
are working i'm the fields and orchards,
cheering up the peasants. Horse riding
and driving was one OF the popular
daily pastimes of the visitors.
TricoIor Evrywhere.
No home IT, too remote 10 ny the
French Aag. Every bridge, crossroads
and culvert Is guarded by reserves who
viii be drafted for the front to fill the
gaps and take their places IN the field
Is Che armies move forward.
Already the question OF the food
supply. should Paris become be
lcagucrcd. which however, is regarded
as most improbable. is occupying the
attention of the Academy Of Sciences
a committee on hygiene is arranging
for the supply of quantities Of pre-
served beef. milk, etc. The objection
20 keeping within the city large herds
of cattle with the possibility Of bovine
disease, such as was experienced IN
1870. is pointed out "a against the ad-
yautagcs Of preserved food supply.
Donald Harper. Of the American re
lief committee IN Paris, is going 10
Washington 10 suggest 10 President
Wilson that he recommend am interua-
tiOnal measure of agreement 10 keep
mp the parity Of the money Of the great
nations.
Money Discounted
90 have seen American dollars" said
Mr.. Harper, Selling iu Paris for As
low a. 20 cents. For ten days 81 was
not worth at the bankers more than 90
cents. Money changer and tourist
agencies were buying English sover-
cigns az 23 francs apiece and selling
them az - francs. An American dol
lar is now al 3 and { per cent discount
in Paris. IL would be service TO all
countries 20 agree 20 a means for Icep-
ing money at relative value whatever
may happen
Eric Wood, uttachc Of tho American
Embassy, will visit, on behalf Of the
embassy. twelve concentration local.
ties ~ Central and Southern France
where Germans and Austrisns urc be
ing detained. lie viii distribute the
remainder Of the small funds left With
the Austrian and German ambassadors
for this purpose The prisoners are
being cared for by the French govern