Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-22

NNfAAtAN VI NMk Af.fAN'"f AAF'iAtk - hff'
roadside, and wan blue aud white
statues OF the VIRGIN, With a child IN
her arms. Sometimes the snow has
drifted over the naked body of the
child IN her arms. making @ piteous
eovprlet for the body. and an over
The scene hlackbirds wheeling ln
rlsufeiy circles They seek The car
fi0n ~ war
We shall see ruin. Crime, and
WretehrdneSs among The native pop
citation 81 this duubly stricken region
stricken by war aud stricken hy igs
n0lanre- and We shall SEQ enormous
activity on the part of the Invader
Towns Shot to Picccs
~ the time we have got little more
chan half the way Co LowicE We SHAH
find every town more or less shot 10
pieces. sometimes only on its out
skirts. sometimes the very vit0ls OF IL
torn asunder hy bombardment-
churches unroufcd. Inns with only
t@o Wnlls standing houses With only
the four mouthed center chimney
marking the place where families
used 10 gather round the IRE some
what before kloduwn this begins. and
after KlodaWn every town ana village
straight on 10 holim0w b. this way
dozens 81 them, / should say And
set In none Ia the destruction by any
means total Always something ana
often much has survived lombard
uent and street lighting ana amid
thr wfookngc life resumes, and The
people 10 about their tuskF and dark
eyed children play ahrllly in thc
snow.
Thousands of Prisoners.
flffsHNUFf4Ia -
cOntsd prisoners, being marched into
Germany five abreast In columns Il
mile long sallow, nserutablo look
lng men, no sorrow IN their faces, no
signs ~ the wfctehednea they must
just faces. unwashcd ana pa
tent
The weary column passes "a church
yard. Amid the graves rises "a huge
cross Of timber garlandcd with oak
leaves and the leaves flccked here
and there with roaettes OF bright col
ured paper. Around the cross "a hum
dfed peasant men and women are
hnselng IN the snow AS The column
approaches they lit their eyes ana
peer through the phlInRs Of the
Churrhyard, then resume their pray
efH II you pause ana listen sharply
you can hear the murmdt Of their
voices The scun Hcun of the passing
column makes background for the
voices, and Il seemed to me. Az
stood there, that in that tired mono
tone OF sound history WAS IN some
manner trying 90 make Itself VOCAL
TO me-telllng me what an this trou-
bic and travail meant Then gut
tural command. uttered IN German,
rang out, the column swung n little
more to one side OF the high road 60
make way for a stream Of German
motor wagons. and the voice of his
tory rose from murmuring to AL
sharp challenge. a shudder--not OF
coid~atruck me, and | passed on. I
was afraid
Providing Ratlons
Such things we shall see and hear |
On the ride To Lowicz I call il Il ride I
worth taking
Are you ready, then?
And have you remembered 20 ask /
the head walter at the Hotel de Rome I
o. wrap half pound Of Sliced saus- .
$500 5000 thifd OF loaf Of black /
fral lAutRHurod) In napkin for
your
While Re is doing that. nip half a I
dozen Jumps Of sugar from the table. /
black bread. sugar. II does /
not sound appetizing at In the |
and you cannot imagine |
how good II Is going TO taste five |
hours later--eapcciall the sugar (
which IL warming, aud takes the |
moaty taste out OF the mouth after I
you have eaten quarter OF pound |
Of sausage makes quite a dessert /
Ia fact, and teaches you why soldiers /
80 love sugar
Cigarettes Essential.
stun these supplies into an over |
coat pocket that IS easy TO get at.
and into another pocket put flask /
81 port wine
PLENTY OF cigarettea2"
Yes, but remember the patcnt .
lighter that works with benzine or
alth a disk OF emery Otherwise the /
cigarettes VIII be no good 20 YOU ok /
'ept as thank offerings Cliobesga
ben" The Germans call them) for
lbliglng soldiers, They cnn do you
many good turn, and VIII, too The
more | see OF soldiers IN the field the
more ! am convinced that the heart
IF man Is essentially Kind. And that.
perhaps. is the largest abHurdlty, con-
irony. or whatever it may
b. that war has brought home 20
me.
SO. all rcady2
The German soldier az the auto
ghcel leans forward ana throws
verifying wide Tho other German
.oldler by his side plays "a warning
ur-a-loo on his horn The German
lieutenant on the back seat with you
Ihfts his body deeper into tho sack
Ike fur rug which comes up to his
irmpits
Busy scenes NJ poscn.
EARLY na II is frosty Posen is al
.eady helching forth. wagon trains,
and occasional detnchs
nonta OF troops All are bound for
Russia Lod1. Lowicz. Bolimow,
Viva, and q dozen other towns that
ire only names TO the American
eader They stream Through the
great Warsaw gate out over tho wide.
White. intrcnehed plains lying 10 the
asst of the city The fog envelopes
hem and they are lost to Wow. Al IA
he auto headlights are blazing /,
throwing yellow glare far along
he narrow streets Of the black town
ma the hooting of motor horns is IN
reused
We glide INTO the white log. and IN
he fog lies the secret of the cold. "a
ur.ous and most damnahle cold that h
ttrikps to the vinla Every tree on
he wide plain Is etched in frost
against the sad sky Fifteen minutes
after the start YOU look az your coat
,ud discover that the frost has turned
{ white The cold is as clammy as
Ieath IN America 1 never tclt amy {
h'ng iust like a. II makes klome- !
efs seem leagues. ana the strange s