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

~. no stranded in q seaport town eight
tonrs from Paris, and cut of from com.
,,,nication with the outside world for
q ,uhtoon days during the mobilization OF
49, Frencb army, was the experience OF
,.o Philadelphia girls, Miss Hortense
,,,,. tioI North Fifteenth street, and Miss
Itoten Abrahams, 3li9 Diamond street,
.ho returned to this city yesterday after
serles of exciting experiences within the
NOR zone They were at a small seaport
.o,yr named ST. Jean du Doigt, in Brit
tany.
awe were no worse off than the rest OF
tbs women of Europe and great deal
mira fortunate than the majority" said
Miss Levy yesterday in speaking of her
sxnerences. Everywhere the men have
asserted tho villages and the women are
taking over their labors.
"On August I was attracted to the
rIndow of my room by the pltlful crying
ot funeral which was being held IN q
peturesque cemetery across the street.
II was while in the midst of this dismal
scene that the tones of the tocsin bell
broke in, telling that war had been de-
ciared. The proclamation calling for mo-
billzation, which was pasted before the
MAYORS office, was several yards long, 1t
was received at o'clock Sunday evening
and at the o'clock church services the
next morning no men were present, all
we're in the fields hastily harvesting their
crops or were on their way to the front.
"Durng the period of mobilization we
were not allowed TO leave The town. We
were with little money and wore cut off
from news and friends III the outside
world
FRENCH WERE COURTEOUS.
1.-THE French were very courteous to
us. Prices were not raised. In fact, ihe
prices on butter and eggs came down.
Butter could be bought for 10 cents n
pound, because the usual sources OF its
outlet were cut off. Notices were postcd
notifying the public that 1t was penal
offense to raise prices.
"Whe we were stranded we knew but
little OF what was going on on the 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 for the Red Cross.
"On August IS we were able to reach
Paris after many passports and papers
had been signed The trip took % hours,
while it usually takes but eight. On the
trip to Paris we stopped at La Mons
where the first tralnloads OF wounded
were being brought in.
S"At Amiens we saw the arrival of the
1900 English troops. They displayed the
greatest good humor and were singing a
popular song, 'ripperary,' 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 Lon
DON
Trains from New York yesterday
brought home two Philadelphia families
who had come over on the steamship
Campania, landing at New York. Mr..
ana Mrs, c. Hartman Kuhn arrived yes
lerday evening and are registered for a
few 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-
ditions In Antwerp and the attack of
Inc German Zeppelins on the city is con-
laihed In letter received by Max Hess.
OF -V5o Arch street, from his brother |
philippe, 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 |
starting Tor the front are loaded with |
mowers cigars, candy and luxurles. The
LhsIlsh allies receive ovatlons whenever |
uey appear on the streets"
N' % 'lIt EeppellnS occurred at |
oc'oek at night. according TO the letter
we all had retired" he writes, "and |
'He people had heard no rumors Of an
eneiny Tor some time, when suddenly the
.i'y was shaken as If by an earthquake.
series Of explosions followed at short
intervals and people rushed into the
streets not knowing where the next
pom6 would fan.
Inc King, who had moved with his
,1''''y 10 Antwerp, is said to have rushed
'ne street coatless and hatless. Ten
Donos We're dropped and eight people
,hI %s'e Killed ana % wounded. The wbirr OF
bs..p' p'oIeiIrFs Cf the destroyers could be
bsGau an the time that the bombs were
neor1 "topprd and the only evidence the
eloy Nau oi the presence of an enemy
of =. at hand was the low droning hum
tbs propeller blades, which preceded
Nh u'oppinE Of a bomb, after which the
Of am, ths machine beyond the range
asi,y any possible attack
ociart business must be suspended at
bIsE. ana all lights must be covered at
~ 10" 70 prevent future attacks by
mn az ttSuoycrs. Dark coverings are |
stra..', IN" lights and soldiers patrol the
m ~ groups TO ward on any attack"
eIt o,, yer which had large portions of Il
tbs H. "E the censor also had a map Of |
foso 1tssttFoyed buildings taken from IL be-
ne.ns passed
wsrs ana 3i IS described as war mad by Ed