Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14
|TWO GIRLS, CUT OFF
|BY WAR IN FRANCE,
| REACH HOME SAFELY
isolated in Breton Village,
They Are Held Eighteen
DAYS, Then Make Their
Way to Paris.

no he stranded in a seaport town eight
hours from Paris, and cut OH from coln-
,,,,rtoatIon with the outside world Tor
-,uh,oo, davs during the mobilization of
the French army, was the experience OIL
two philadelphia girls, Miss Hortense
law. 1924 North Fifteenth street, and MISS
tte,en Abrahams, 3l19 Diamond street.
xho returned to this city yesterday aiter
series Of exciting experiences within the
rar zone. They were at small seaport
..,, named st. Jean du Doigt, in Brit
tany.
"ye were no worse off than the rest of
,he women of Europe and great deal
4 more fortunate than the majority, sald
Miss Levy yesterday In speaking oil her
.xperiences. Everywhere the men have
deserted the villages and the women are
taking over their labors.
ION August l was attracted to the
window of my room by the pitiful crying
nj a funeral which was being held In
i picturesdue cemetery across the street
& II was while In the midst of this dismal
scene that the tones of the tocsln bell
4 broke in, telling that war had been de-
clared. The proclamation calling for mo-
bilization, which was pasted before the
mayors office, was several yards long. 1t
was received at o'clock Sunday evening
i and at the o'clock church services the
next morning no men were present, all
were in the fields hastily harvesting their
crops or were on their way to the front.
During the period of mobilization we
were not allowed to leave The town. We
we're with little money and were cut off
from news and friends il the outside
world.
FRENCH WE'RE COURTEOUS.
"The French were very courteous to
us. Prices were not raised. In fact, The
prices on butter and eggs came down.
Butter could be bought for 10 cents
pound, because the usual sources of It's
outlet were cut off. Notices were nostcd
notifying the public that 1t was penal
effense to raise prices
while we were stranded we knew but
little Of what was going on on tho out
side. The men had all left, and all the
activity OF the town was carried on by
the women. We spent considerable of
our time sewing IOT tne te0 IrOSS.
ION August Is we were able to reach
Paris. after many passports and papers
had been signed. The trip took 25 hours,
while 1t usually takes but eight On the
trip to Paris we stopped at La Mons.
where the first trainloads of wounded
were being brought in.
"At Amiens We saw the arrival of the
5000 English troops. They displayed the
greatest good humor and were singing a
popular song, 'Tipperary,' which the ma
tves believed to be their national air.
The postage stamps of France. which
formerly cost two cents, are now selling
for three, the extra cent being used for
the Red Cross relief work.
Everywhere we found the widest ex-
element, The soldiers go on their way
singing. the women hang flowers from
their windows and even the wounded do
not lose their good humor."
Miss Levy and Miss Abrahams arrived
on the steamship Finland at New York
yesterday. They say that the congestion
OF tourists at London has been relieved
and praise the work of the American
committee. They had to work their own
way from the coast of Brittany to Paris.
but In the French capital they met
friends. who assisted them to reach Bon
don.
Trains from New York yesterday
brought home two Philadelphia families
VINO ma. come over on the steamship
Campania, landing at New York. Mr.
ana Mrs. C. Hartman Kuhn arrived yes
terday evening and are registered for a
rev days at the Bellevue-Stratford. The
other couple were Mr. and Mrs Morris
Dannenhaum. of 1901 Spring Garden
street
WAR NEWS IN LETTER.
An Interesting account of the war con-
nitons In Antwerp and the attack of
the German Zeppelins on the city is cen
tained in letter received by Max Hess.
OF =031 Arch street, from his brother
fhilippe, who has been attending school
In that city
schools. theatres and cafes have been
closed'' the letter says. "and have been
turned into hospitals. Automobiles and
motorcycles bear the insignia of the
army. Soldiers patrol the streets and all
business is suspended. All the soldiers
'af'hs Tor the front are loaded with |
mowers cigars, candy and luxuries. The |
I"siish allies receive ovations whenever |
they appear on the streets"
Inc attack of the Zeppelins occurred at |
CLOCK at night, according to the letter, |
we all had retired" he writes "and .
'"' people had heard no rumors of an /
enemy Tor some time, when suddenly the
CITY was shaken as If by an eartbouake
a series of explosions followed at short
intervals and people rushed into the
streets not knowing where the next
bomb would fall
INC King, who had moved with his
iAm'ly to Antwerp, is said to have rushed
INTO the street coatless and hatless. Ten
ooinos were dropped and eight people
,ha Nlllea and > wounded. The whirr OF
~ ~ pEopellers II the destrovers could be
Sei, SeHiu an the time that the bombs were
-oaIS1 uropped, and the only evidence the
F,Lop'e had OF the presence OF an enemy
80 a' hand was the low dronlng hum
~ me propeller blades, which preceded
Nj. "Iopplng Of bomb, after which the
=, sent me machine beyond the range
any possible attack.
All business must he s,,sDo,,s.z :.
s,,. USpcN and all lights must be- covered Al
ISL no" to prevent future ATTACK, by
49,. ar ueslroyers. Dark coyer@ugs are
@ Put over the lights and soldiers natrnI tbs
IT. ~ groups 10 ward off anv attack"
c,,t ~, teIter which had large portions of II
tba ~ oS lhe censor. also had a man OF
ne destroyed buildings taken from it he
iore being passed e" i'o'i u ~"
ward 'Snd Is described as war mad by Ed
davHh., name, who returned with his