The Washington times., 1914-09-22
CABLES GIVE NO NEWS.

know on the oath. l had to borrow
money from the consul to buy food
l know I am better. and have
enjoyed my trip. but | am scared
about getting home. Mr.. Keene. the
consul, has made a note of my case.
and If possible am going home on a
German boat from Genoa. The con-
sui advised me to stay here. but 1
am for getting out as soon as pos
sible
I am afraid to go back to Paris, as
conditions there are terrible. You
can hardly 60 from one corner to the
next without showing your passport,
the French consul. charges 81, and
then when / get to Paris the chief
of police has to sign It. then the
American and British consuls.
The women are running the buses
and autos. The lights are out at
o'clock.
1 think it is a shame. The latter
part of my trip has been spoiled by
the Emperor.
Hear the Cannon.
Cooks have not sent the receipt for
my trunk and ciavier yet. Goodness
knows whether / will ever receive
them or not. II takes fifty-eIght
hours to &c to Paris and you nave
to Carry along food and water for
eight meals.
Eggg are cents a piece Butter
SO cents q pound. and everything in
proportion. TIL. next time go away
II will be with 81 900 in my pocket
1t is pitiful to see the wives and
mothers whose husbands and sons
have been called
About every one is knitting wooden
socks for the soldiers. We tried to
take n walk last Sunday on the
- French side of the lake. We were
turned back on three different roads
by the sentinels and we could hear
the cannon. 1t was no joke, either
l hope to heaven that / get out of
here without being shot!
August 3.
ticket, and goodness knows what l
don't prefer doing to getting shot.
You should have wired Keene, the
consul, or had Bryan do il, to put
me on ship and send me back be-
fore it is too late. Conditions are
sleep or eat. There is a boat from
Marseille a week from Friday.
asked Mr.. Keene to secure me pas
sage. but he didn't know whether II
was full or not Hope / get out
before 1 have to stay all winter.
At last l have heard from YOU.
Letters written August /, and s
were received in very bad condition.
Malls are held up and opened, / be-
1eve am going to the consul
again this a. m. and see about sail
ing home on September 4. or from
Havre. the 5th or 18th. He has a
little typewriter note pinned up in
front of him on the door. stating
that want to go home on a Govern
ment boat and I do, as I read in the
Daily Mail that no boat is safe, as
the Germans had the mines every
where.
Two neutral boats carrying food
were blown up, and the crew Of one
entirely lost
Six Girls Deserted.
I can hear the troops going through
here all hours Of the day and night
with the roar of drums. I think one
woman went mad out here the other
night. She screamed until 1 thought
that / would go mad too. Goodness
knows what had happened I sup
posed that they had taken her son
or her husband
Well. I think l am pretty sensible
in having a cheap room instead Of
Siis M b'1c ioIei dii VI bne tllne.
j spend most OF my time on the lake.
II Is awful to be cooped UP here. but
| will get out as soon as the consul
can arrange for me. He has had to
give me money for food, as ] have
had none and | can't get any. Trav-
ellers and American Express Com
pany checks are cashed at a big per-
centase. In most places not at all.
In Cooks the other day a man was
raising Hail Columbia because ne had
paid for eight first-class tickets. and
had been assigned third-class places.
They told him that he had better be
thankful for anything. They showed
me my receipt for my trunks. but
refused to give II to me. The consul
Will fix them.
| heard of a party Of six girls