The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-09-09
PEOPLE WEEPING EVERYWHERE
A Horrible Nightmare Of Az.
prehension That Besets
People OF the City.
wAys or HYsrErucAL NATION

E3T WAS being rumOTeo, aDc ram
ggben war came. He writes:
Tie fourteenth OF July ] arrived
- Pari. II vas a national holiday
Singing. dancing on the streets. Lit
De boys with nddles. girls viii
skirts slit higher than ever, tbs
crowd on the boulevard testing
Jusiiing. laughing and gambling al
roulette and TO- se-etnoir upon the
sidewalks And not for one night
only. either. this year the eyer-blithe
Partisan gala had lasted for three
hilarious days Never had seen
Paris 80 gay. Electric lights every
Nsnere- arches. hands and flags. TO-
licking soldiers. students. tourists
girs and beggars, Other cities have
had their carnival moods. but IN
J'sFis gayety is an art. Nowhere IN
tbs world are such enthusiastic
demonstrations Of youth and song.
OF love and kisses. That night.
along tie Seine. laughter exploded
with the fireworks until the dawn
zane up
But to-day-thcre is no dancing
~ the streets RI Paris. On. thee
are still kisses, but they are differ
mt nOw-they are drowned with
tears, Yes. there is still youth. but
a. j. ebbing. ebbing away, draining
paris down to the women and old
ric:. Songs? There Is but one Dg
Ieft-"La Marseillaise. Cest la
Eaerre, II is war-war. War in
every corner. a Berlin. Hou, Hou.
4 Berlin, Hou, Hou!" In the cafe
everyone jumps to his feet. In
s;Antly the place Is emptied. From
sjueerly bearded students. from girls
standing on chairs. from aprOned
walters yes. even from the fat
throat Of madame. the patronne, at
her desk. the yell goes up. "Viye la
France" And the blue white and
red banner, with a thousand boys in
its wake. marches. shouting, down
the Boulevard IAN Michel: - Bei-
lin, Hon. Hon! Berlin. HOu,
Hou," leaving seething wake Of
patriotism behind.
For fifteen days clouds hung over
ave city. drizzlinP a little every day.
alternate sunshine and rain, threat
ening all the time. For fifteen days
also the mental tension frightened.
tightencd, AZ il someone were screw
ing mp a spring. What will Seryia
.usWorg" the chasscur OF my hotel
asked me. az he brought in my pa
Der Three days later friendly po-
fireman was asking do you think
Russia will stand by the Slavs?"
Another week and +, was my calm,
Intelligent laundress:. That Ger
man Kaiser he is truly mad" Next
same the question: viii France
mobilize? VIII Germany declare
war;" And lastly: 'Ah. If Eng
land will only keep faith There
ar. wless hope COR peace. Blacker
ana blacker grew the chance of es-
..ape At every cafe the converse
ZION became more and more serious
Nj every doorway the concierge COS
ssiped. while the cordonnier and the
Tacteur dejectedly shook their heads.
Groups formed and grew larger,
mere, there. everywhere; behind
that tree, in front OF the bakery. IN
side the charCuterie. chattering ex-
aritedly over the news. TWO words
jumped out like rifle shots from ev-
cry discussion; one heard them
again and again. Allemagne'
and LA guerre," Down the streets.
racing from the Grands bouleyards,
che camolots came running every ar
ternoOn, shouting LA Patrie'' and
LA Preset" The papers were
snatched and fought for on every
corner: the first editions barely last
ed 10 the Pantheon.
By y o'clock the evening of the
mobilization order, at every door
way, laundry milk depot nd pas
try shop stood woHen, staring out
blankly into the street, or weeping
silently, or whispering two and two.
Loanisg against lamp post saw
"a Young girl, painted and powdered
like clown. with dyed hair, ear
rings aud nesh-colored stockings. a
creature dressed for musical come
dy. crying bitterly, crying and mop
ping her face TN her handkerchief
was red and black with melted cos
metie. There was no attempt at pri-
Nacy anywhere: Il was the abandon
inent OF sorrow. Women with
nsonth-old babies passed. sobbing;