New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26

run-likc caps floating in the wind. We
thread through gray painted autOmo-
bile ambulances by the hundreds. II
II has been a busy" time on the line
these ambulances may be running back
and forth loaded to capacity with the
wounded. taking ship for England.
Irge hardors one. We who have lived
long among them scarcely spare
glance. now, 20 the passing wounded.
The Rush for the Newspapers.
Then the boat backs in, is dashed
alongside, unloads its passengers. A
rc~sbov hooks one leg TO the rail, and
there is pushing and clamor as we
reach porilousIy from The edge OF the
dock % snatch the newspapers. lie who
captures the first prize tnds himself
surrounded by crowd while he reads
ON, the news. Some Of II is old we
usually know ahead OF London some
thing Of what is happening In our own
corner OF Armagcddon but the eastern
frontier, Italy. Zeppelin raids on Eng
land. the Balkan situation, the Ameri-
can crisis those are new. And we
scatter, debating.
Meanwhile. the French town goes on
with its own sober lie IN these gray
DAYS. The influx of the British has. OF
conr.e. helped and saved local trade
Scarcely an establishment here is
closed "A cause de la guerre.' Madame
ii is always madame in these days
has found help from the old men, from
GIRLS who could he trained IN SHOP
methods and from "rcformcs soldiers
too badly injured TO be useful in war.
but still available for civilian work.
The only closed establishment | nave
discovered is music store no one
seems to want pianos or sheet music
now. The sporting goods eataonsh-
ments, which existed By virtue OF the
summer colony in old years, have been
doing very well. Soldiers resting from
the lines are their chief patrons. only
Yesterday some one came down ana
houcht M the whole stock OF. tennis
rackets and balls. They have laid out
tennis courts in the rest-camps. one
of these stores displays in the centre
of its window full equipment OF
baseball goods This is for the Ca
nedians. of course, but it looks odd in
France.
The town, in short, has struggled
hack to existence new existence, but
then humanity is adaptable. In the
oarlv DAYS Of the war they had no
newspapers in this reEion-one must
depend solely upon London and Parls'
But the "TGlGgramme" is going again
II consists OF four pages OF print
sprinkled with . few Advertisements
among which rcspirators against Yep
pclin gas attacks and various other
safeguards of war hold promlnent
place. There is the daily communlqne
from Paris; there are interesting eH-
I ri G.
papers of Yesterday; there are rev
notriotic views on the war. The rest
consists of notes from outlying VII
lagos. Ike. and yet unlike, the small
town notes in our country press. NJ.
Jacoues Fevricr. of Calais, young Char
bonier. found n pearl necklace on the
street He handed il over TO the prefet
of police. The "Tel6gramme' telicl-
fates him on his honesty. THESE towns
include some which lie under shell hre'
hut the notes make no reference 10
that. However, most of the items now
adays are funeral notices. NJ. So-and-
So aged twcnty-one, Of this-or-that
regiment of infantry, is dead on me
field of honor 4 memorial mass VIII
be held in the Eglise St. Marie Ihurs-
day at s. The "TeleEramme' condoles
with his parents, but congr,atulates
them that they have given MN Ior
France. Those town notes are melan.
cboIv reading. with their reiteratlon OF
tho phrase dead on the field of honor"
Warneford Gave the Editor Beat.
Yet must pass bouquet TO my con-
fr6re Of France; ! am going up to-day
ia prcscnt him my congratulations. ne
American public must still remember
snitc of the many incidents Of tins war,
brought down a Zeppelin with bomo;
Lou, Iicu.cnant-Aviator Warnetord
Wv, Il baDpcncd that Warncford, max
ING his way back, alightcd near TINS
CITY. We correspondents OF the Lon
don. Paris and New York newspapers
never learned that; but the editor OF
the "Teltgramme" did. He went up
and interviewed the hero. DOUBT II
Warneford was quoted literally; !
doubt if any British oiflcer ever salu'
as the "Teltgramme' made MN say
"Nly last bomb plunged deep INTO Ihe
holly of the monster But never mlhu;
!. ,,:oe a cIean beat" | felicitated our
confrGre. ot
last sunday we had a chance to look
for moment into the glorious; inc
sadlv-tried. the mourning soul Oh
France, heroine among nations u,
I. wac the DAY OF the "tcte Dheu,
that religious festival observed all over
France and characterized everywhere
bv nrocessions Of the Sacrament. All
anniversaries are trying in these days
and will be until August 2, when an
riversaries cease to recall happ'er
times zone year ago. $3.50,
II happened that had my own recol-
lections, my own contrast. Three years
AGO. was motoring on the Fete Dieu
from Chateuneuf 10 Clermont- eraud,
in Central France. We must have
nasscd that day through parts OF a
half q dozen religious professions IN
various towns. And il was all so gay
with an innocent, French Joy IN lie
and sociabil!ty and the drama OF COM
mon things that one nearly forgot that
this was en- act of faith. when they
followed the Sacrament in procession,
/ they were solemn enough, | remember:
. That fitted their artistic conception or
the proper setting for the ceremony.
But the societies marching TO church
behind the banners-you couldn't hold
4 them. They were ready 10 break INTO
smiles and laughter on the slightest
occasion. as when ! photographed them:
The little girls walked in groups OF
twos and .hrecs, arms about waists;
. every one smiled and TeSt!culatcd and
chartered: and it WAS good 20 be out Of
doors and alive and in France, Of the
green fields. and the soft, yet dancing
light. That afternoon every one was
fcasting or enjoying the green fields
in wayside cafes or groves. There were
pretty episodes along the road, too; as
when a crowd Of little girls in First
Communion robes invaded our machine
and were photographed beside Walter
. Hale. who was driving. | still remem-
Der the pleasant, sociable, laxative
mothers and Qrandmothers who had
them in charge how they carried the