Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22
LONDON HAS AMAZING
VARIETY OF BADGES
Every Man Who Belongs to One of
Innumerable Organizations
Wears Its Insignia,
EMBLEM MANIA IS W!DEspREAD
Women Of France Are Proving Glory
and Salvation of Their Country.
Writers Pronounce Them Most
Glorious Examples OF Their Sex.

i'oNDON, August ol.-One of tho do
vclopments of the war craze i'm Belgium
Is the amazing number and variety Of
badges, buttons and medallions to be
seen as one walks through the streets.
a stranger arriving in London for the
first time would imagine that nc,rl,,
every second man and woman had been
decorated for some act of valor on the
field of action. The truth is that every
organization, however trivial and un-
once starts distinctive badge, AMI
It's members parade the streets proudly
crying aloud. as it were, please note
! am member of A new brigade" Thus
we have members of the belgian Relief
Committee wearing one sind of badge.
interpreters who are out to aid dis
tresscd Belgian and Flemish refugees.
ignorant OF the language, another: and
any number of strange and fantastic
devices. such as hares fleeing from Ger
man "frightfulness." stays with antlcrs
proudly spread to depict God knows
what. and a collection of military
medals and insignia to show the fitness
or unfitncss of mon who may be gath
cred into the net OF the ubiquitous en-
listment sergeant
There is great deal that is very
confusing and unbusinesslike in this
widespread mania for cmblems OF some
form of service. real and imaginary. AS
an American now in London put it TO
the writer. Guess YOU arc ovcrdoiuS
your patriotism over here just little.
III You had two badges. one for men
who are fit to enlist. and the othe: FOR
men who are not. recognized by gov
crnment, YOU could throw the rest into
the rubbish heap, and nobody would be
the loser
WOMEN OF FRANCE
MOST WONDERFUL
Every one who knows his France is
perfectly aware that tho women OF
France arc the most wonderful in the
world. They have been said with truth
to be at once the glory and the saliva
ton OF their country.
Whenever occasion has demanded,
the women Of France have thrown
themselves into the breach. We have
a striking example of their coura &C
and independence in tho situation to-
day. While British narrow mindcdness
is holding back the women Of this
country. as in n leash, the French wo-
men are forging ahead In the manu-
facturc OF munitions and Il thousand
Iand one other useful works In order to
release their male kind for lighting at
the front.
Rev. Hugh Il. Chapman. Of the Royal
Chapel OF the Savoy. has just returned
from France, and has been work ed UP
TO pitch of enthusiasm by what he
has seen Of the spirit and go displayed
Ivy tho women OF Fra.cc, and the use
TO which they had been put In all direc-
tons. He says: There is n wave OF
female enthusiasm and of consecrated
passion which the state recognizes as
well nigh It's chief asset In the termi-
nation OF tho war Their sacrifice and
their courage are beyond all praise,
and they constitute a driving force
which sends men to the trenches with
n song upon their lips and smile
upon their face pour Ia patre.'
without moments hesitation they
Continued on Sixth Pago.)