Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-17
ROMANCE, TRAGEDY AND COMEDY
IN THE THEATRE OF WAR

ment. Andre snatched a sabre from the
German nearest him and Killed two men
with It, BY this time he saw that his
companions were dead or captured. He
grabbed the flag from a German, and
putting 1t under his arm he raced through
the village street as though attempting
a try in Rugby football, a number of
Germans following at his heels. After
sprinting a quarter Of a mile he left his
pursuers behind, and later he rejoined
his regiment with the flag. Some days
previously he wrote to a sportsman
friend: This Is hell. We are lying in
trenches under the German artillery fire,
but are not allowed to reply. This is
the only time l find to write my cor
respondence.'
The following from brigadier of dra-
goons Is a specimen of a certain class
of letters that have begun to arrive In
Paris:
MY Dear Parents-If you receive this
letter 1t will be because | have been
killed, but don't weep for me, since my
fate will have been the noblest n French-
man can dream of, to die for his country
on the eve of victory. We shall be the
victors because we have right and conf
dence on our side. | shall have done my
duty to the end, and I hope my death
will have been useful to my country. My
last thoughts will be for you"
With this letter there came another
from the cure of little Belgian village
giving the details of the death of the
son.
During an animated discussion among
several Englshmen in London as to the
possibilities of whipping Germany, one
man sat quietly for some time. He finally
said "I suppose we'll give them Home
Rule, the same as we did the Beers"
There are now FIVE beds for wounded
soldiers in the room Of the Belgian Royal
Palace usually occupied by the Kaiser
on his visits to King Albert
A story Is told in Brussels of bit Of
Yankee" genius. When the Germans
reached there they entered the cattle
market to buy UP everything in sight
and found the entire market had been
bought up, not by the energetic burgo-
master, but $50 the story goes) by the
American Ambassador
The corner in beef was complete and
the officers went away empty
Cardinal Annette, archbishop of Paris,
at the special prayer services yesterday
In the Cathedral of Notre, Dame, an
nounced that he proposed to raise a
temple in Paris in honor Of Joan of Arc.
He said that to her was due, for the
second time, her countfys deliVcrance
from foreign foe.
| story Is published to the effect that
on the very day when the Germans
reached Compegne, those who had the
selection of .he French soldiers pass
word. chose the words Jeanne d'Arc."
On the following day the Germans left
the place.
An Amsterdam dispatch says that the
Berliner Tageblatt complains bitterly that
the size of the rye loaf which usually
costs IL cents Is growing smaller and
that bakers all over Germany are re-
ducing the weight of the indispensable
white roll. The ordinary rye bread of
he working classes is now more than
I cents a pound and the tendency is ever
| upward.
Harry LADDERS songs have been heard
on European battlefelds. The Black
Watch. the famous regiment of High
landers, sang them as the German shells
burst over their heads and bullets
whistled about their ears. A corporal
and two privates arriving here wounded
told of the fighting and singing.
THE Germans were as thick as the
Hielan heather" said the corporal. I'VE
stuck there poppin off the Germans, an
in the thick OF "a we were singin' Harry
LADDERS latest. 1t was gran A aboot
us were the dead an deein,' an every moo
and then German shells burst. AS we
peppered away we sang 'Roamin' in the
Gloamin' an The Lass of KillIccrankie,
Many sang aboot the lassies we sang"