The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-20
EUROPEAN PRESS

From the Philadelphia Evening Tele-
graph.
The hotels in Paris are comparatively
empty. Many of them have been turned
into hospitals. At one famous establish
nent nothing is charged for bedrooms so
long as the occupiers either dine or lunch
az the hotel. In Paris, as in London in
the old days, a large proportion of the
hotel porters were Germans. These have
al gone. and their places are either I'M
occupied or have been taken by polyglot
INateh and Swiss
The picture may appear depressing. AS
a matter of fact Paris in the throes of
war is magnificently inspiring. The
glories of the past: of Richelieu, Henry
w, Louis XIV and Napoleon; of the
revolution and the great struggle for
the establishment of freedom of Danton
and Desmoulins; of the great romantl-
clsts, Victor Hugo, and the immortal
Dumas. are hard to find in the patchoul-
led atmosphere of Ciro's. But they all
live again wildly and inspiringly in this
great city that has found its soul again.
Miss Mary Garden, who is to make her
reappea rance in London after a long abb
sence, at the first of Isdore de Lara s
orchestral concerts of British compost
items on the afternoon of April q deliv-
cred herself of some CHARACTERISTIC re-
marks before sailing for Europe on the
Adrietic. To cheerful friend who
warned her that the steamship was due
to pass through the danger zone two
days before the Hateful February Is,
she made reply: Il carry a British pass
port and don't give whoop out of Osh-
kosh whether submarine lnterferes
with us or not. | know if I'm caught
old dot Inn.
camp somewhere, I'll make that camp
the liveliest one in Europe. With
whoops out of Oshkosh presumably.
The Athenaeum seems to be the only
club in London which has so far engaged
women to take the place of men servants.
Other clubs are managing with reduced
stats, or with an unusually large number
of boy servants but the idea of engaging
mattresses finds no general favor. Club
secretaries find a difficulty in having men
and women serving together in the same
room. Meanwhile a good many members
of clubs are still grumbling at the serv-
ice, but they will not hear of the intro
duction of women servants.
1t has generally been found necessary
to engage two boys TO take the place of
one man servant, and the clubs are
unanimous in declining to engage men
of fighting age The number of club
walters who have enlisted is very great:
two clubs alone have lost about $50
servants between them in this way.
Newspapers from Holland and Luxem-
burg comment favorably upon the re-
viyal of Belgium's industries and well
come particularly the many employment
opportunities for the workmen.
These papers state that the coal mines
of Mons, Liege and Charleroit have been
put into operation, employing 10000 men
with daily wage of two marks
The majority of coal mines are now
fairly busy and working on full time.
The re-establishment of railway and
transportation service has caused the
quick disposal of all supplies of coal.
Since the demand on coal, particularly in
Brussels and adjoining cities, is steadily
increa sing, coal mines are running to
their full extent.
The large Franco Belgium manuiactur-
ing concern La Croyere is fully occupied,
while the work of La Constructor, at
Manage, are provided with orders for the
next five months, employing 800 men.
Other industries, such as steel WORKS,
furnaces and glass mills, have not been
able to resume their full operation for the
lack OF raw material
The olarries of Soignies and Ecausslnes
have received extensive orders Tor Dulid-
ing operat tons in Brussels.