The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-24

Ithis country Miss Curtis gave her trunk and effects to a needy woman before leaving.
 The strain upon all over the un-s Icertafnty of ever getting away from Paris was awful says Miss Curtis,
 besides there was constant espion- I age and investigation of every foreign person upon the streets. Passports had to be shown continually and ques- Itlons answered It required two days of constant walking on my part in l Paris before could get my papers vised and there was not cab to 1 Re had even if one had wished to lchance spending the little coin in their lpossession. for none knew when all supplies of coin would be stopped q arrived in Parts on Thursday might and left the following Thursday
 by train from Paris to Havre. sThe Journey, which only requires four hours under normal condition, took 1 over Il and had to sit up all night in a second class coachA We were leontfnua11y placed on side tracks to let the military trains pass
 The patriotism and enthusiasm of l the Trench people Is magnificent. Peo- iple think the French nation an exc5r- able race It was superb spectacle Ito see the way the French people actually steadied down and faced the situation in a quiet and dfgnified man ner when it arrived. Regiment after regiment began their march to the railroads upon the war declaration There was a, quiet about the proceed ings which augurede grim determfna- Ition to conquer.
 I On the day of mobilization all for Ieigners who had not obtained their passports were ordered out of the lc1ty It was a memorable sight to lsee even small vegetable carts carry ling household effects as their owners
 trudged along the roads beside After sd Ihe first few days none could get out.
 To stay, meant that one must get pa J pers from their consul and have them
 v1sed by the prefect of police. shall i never forget the scenes I witnessed as all day long the travellers waited in
 line, with women fainting and those i1r at front waving the later corners far down the streets to the ends of the lines The consulatess and officials were short handed and 1t seemed as Iif the line of waiting people could lnever get in thesbuildings.
 s T was cabled by my father to go to
 London. but there was no chance of sl getting there got accommodations on the Chicago and arrived in Havre to take the boat on Friday The
 on shore but was the following day
 permitted to go aboard ship. stay ed there for 9 week, while hundreds
 who had come to the ship with me
 "a King fright at the runors that the
 ship would never sail and was to be
 converted into hospital ship or an armored cruiser, lost heart and wen
 to London and elsewhere as oppor- tunity presented
 The ship seemed to be manned by little boys. but they were picked fol 5 bravery and did not fear capture. We were twice stopped by warships al Sea. The first time a French torpedo E boat circled about our bows until we
 hove to- After carefully examining the ships name and assuring them
 selves that the boat really sailed under French coIors, we were allowed tc
 proceed Within three hours we were again stopped by an er1orrnoli.
 British battleship accompanied by two fast cruisers. In this instance. ont
 of the cruisers came so close to U: hat the officers. faces could be seen (continued on Page Two9