The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-08-15

| consideration. When we got to Lon
don We found the British capital
fillod with Americans who were un-
able to get money. At one OF tho
American express ofyices there was n
crowd three blocks long trying to got
cash. General Manager Thornton OF
the Great EASTERN Railway and Sir
Albert Stanley, head Of Londons
underground roads, came to the
rescue. Mr.. Thornton collected $4,000
In gold as fund for cashing express
orders for Americans. Furthermore.
he sent $500 In gold to be distributed
among the big hotels. In order that
the Americans registered there could
get funds for immediate needs. Sir
Albert Stanley collected $500 and
similarly distributed It,"
4 NEW CURE FOR INDIGESTION
FOUND ov MISS 0WveR.
A new cure for nervous indigestion
was found by Miss Mary r. Dwyer Of
Jersey City. She said she left hero
on July Z on the Mauretania bound
for vichy, France, TO take the cure
for q general breakdown. She says
she returns cured. although she got
| no further than Dublin. whore she
was told TO return homo at once II
| she wished to got back at all. In
, Liverpool she was unable to get hotel
accommodation and was taken care
OF by the Y. w. c. A. She stood In
line two days trying to get ticket
Mt the White star line and was able
to get steerage passage only. She
told how Americans we're pswning
Ave dollar bills for two dollars In
London.
manufa cturer, who. with his wife and
his wife's sister. Miss Kendall. was
In Italy when the war started. told OF
their trouble In getting back TO Lon
don. He went from italy to Pasa,
where he said tho people were mad
with excitement. The hotels were de-
! serted BY all the help and people were
forced 10 wait on themselves. He said
his party. with several other Ameri-
cans. took a train for Dleppe and
| finally arrived In London. Hero nc
had to wait In line two days before
he could get passage back. succeeding
In getting steerage only. but later Sc
! curing second ciass when on the boat
Two actresses. Miss Norah May Of
Boston and Miss Ann Ford Of this
city. said they left Paris with several
hundred other Americans on such
short notice thay were forced, like
many others, TO take the train In their
evening clothes. They said It was a
common sight to see ladies In ball
gowns and men In evening clothes.
Advice to leave was given by the
American Consul. who put notices In
all the papers. They had eight min.
utes' notice and their train was the
last to leave on schedule time. ~
They aaid the boats taking them
across the Channel were SO crowded
that II was almost impossible 10 ait
down. nearly all were sick and things
were made almost unbearable, as the
boat was held up for over fourteen
hours before II could dock. They
were unable to got any money, but
had their passage bought on this end.
They said DR.. Rainey OF this city
offered them $1,000 for their tickets.
They said there were $50 doctors on
the trip back, 90 that all were soon
brought to . normal feeling.
Lawrence II. Gilman. q real es-
tate man. with party OF seven rela-
tives--all women--told OF the hard =
ships his party experienced in the
fii~ht from Paris to London. I'VE
were at the Belmont" he said. "Wher
went to pay my bill at s o'clock In
the morning, preparatory to starting
for London; ! found the proprietor
TO his regiment on the call to arms
He did not even wait to settle his
Affairs at the hotel. Most OF tbs
walters and porters had left with him
and the sendarmes we're called in "a
protect the place.
only by being at the depot early
and first in line was able to re-,
accommodations on the train. 7 saw
Thousands Of Americans in the crowd
that clamored for admission TO the
train in the two hours we were a,
, the station.
''Ths conditions on the Channe
boat were frishtful. The refu~ec,
were packed like sarCines and Their,
vas not room TO sit down. Many q
the passengers suffered from seasick
ness and the misery was tntenae."
n Martin ConrOy. who returned Will
. theatrical troupe which has jus
finished . tour OF the British Islex
} said the Tricea Of food and the necss.
siAies OF life have jumped sharply II
the last fortnight. Strictest econom,
10 practised by everybody. with tn,
result that most Of the theatres hsv'
either closed or have announced thei
intention o. doing 10 until the war 1
! over.
"Thsrs are scores ofAmsrsean ac
tors Aad stass Seik straaAsA on tn