New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-22

r charged with the commands OF troop
Is fhey felt themselves young and act
| i've. and the Emperor out Of -pecial
favor consented.
A, whole one look lr vain for
/ friend they do NOT exist any more
among tho inhabitsnt. Of the oity.
/ Thoy arc far away The troops arc
/ being .cnt according 10 special
scheme 90 different parts m accordance
with their nationalties.
81. letters are delivered. and nobody
knows whether q son or brother VINO
suddenly became q older Is silI alive
or if hc died the death Of honor on
tho battlefield.
One morning I was reused from
,loop az midnight be- q knock - my
door. PRAY" J heard the voice OF a
lady say. "opeu immediately am
unhappy and want TO speak 20 YOU.
] opeued and beheld before me my
next door neighbor. Listen. listen
She stammered. OF had d horrible
dream. Fly husband was on the line
crossing the Servisu frontier. ] "a"
distinctly No doubt he has been capt
ured by the enemy and
she fell Insensible INTO my arm
After awhile she sobbngly said: he
was mutilated. You know how furious
this enemy is. Ny poor, good Jonn.
Please give me advice what ] shall do
70 ascertain the fate Of my husband.
You know ] love him so much that ]
would die with him
advised her 10 become nurse OF
tho Red Cross. She WAS happy 90 do
so. and before leaving she embraced
me. thanking me with All her heart
for my advice.
The Red Cross is collecting clothes
and .boes for the poor soldiers There
arc many who have given large sums
for them.
Banks ere closed. money IS scarce
and peonle are selling everything for
estsbles. CinematoGrsph are produc-
ING nicturcs from the battlefield, but
we'll censored. All is aiming ~ the
announcement Of the people and to
keen the fame OF patriotism burning.
Old teachers are working as municl-
nal clerks. Newspapers say that Italy
will keep herself neutral as long Is
Austria and Germany do not want her
hclp. Vet the frontiers against Italy
arc strongly fortified and not one
soldier has been recalled from the
Italian border.
Children arc playing war m the
streets. We see a group OF children
armed with rifles and swords made Of
wood. and 10 IS only With the help OF
uolcemcr that they arc separated and
prevented from wounding one another.
No autobus nor tsNicsb IS 10 be seen
IN the streets any more the trarhc
o. tramcars ,s reduced % minimum.
Instead Of five minute intervals. car
are running now only every half hour.
No payments arc being obtained for
debts.
From time 20 time = .upply OF bread
is brought on large wagon and loaf
is given 20 every poor man, supplied
| BY some rich person.
There are many meetings Of women
Who are trying 20 do their utmost 10
relieve the soldiers from distress and
want.
Promenading along, ] observe some
other women holding UP typical Ser
Wan dummy and hanging n UP on n
lampposi. They have agreed 20 form
Am Amazon corps. They wanted 20
| buy rifles and 10 90 and meet their
husbands on the battlefield, saying
they would be- still more courageous
f with their wives ~ their sides.
4 policeman explained that there
I was still time for them, and they would
/ help their husbands more 30 mendinC
-tocEing, and preparing cotton for the
wounded
There comes another extra issue Of
newspaper. and hurry 20 get this let
/ ter finished, 20 follow 10 up by further
news