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which / later made to Warsaw to join
my husband I'm his Russian observa-
tions. The steamship line which car
ried me from Folkstone to Stockholm
was blown up three days after i had
reached my destination.
Il was impressed by the Russian
ranks. The soldiers are better fed than
any other of the allied troops. and al
though they are lazy, they are i'm good
condition. Any one can go to the Rus
sian front who has motor car: prac-
tically nothing Is censored.
To my opinion" declared Mrs. For
tescue. the prohibition of the sale Of
vodka viii mean more to Russian civil
iZation than any gains they may make
in this war. II has certainly increased
military efficiency. Heretofore. the of
fcers could come in from the front to
Warsaw IN the evenings and get drunk
and go back and lie about camp all
day. good for nothing.
I'm England. which I have Just left
one scarcely knows the war is going
People go TO the Carlton for tea
every afternoon and discuss what is OF
at the theaters and how they like their
neighbors' hats. one afternoon had
an officer to tea with us who had just
come over from the trenches that morn
ing. Nobody had an ear for his stories
81 asked a friend of mine why the
recruiting figures were so small, and
she told me that she and other Eng
lishwomen were helping to make them
so. She had been down to the wharf
urging the men not to send their sons
to war. This was the argument she
used: King George was not sending
his sons to war. Prince Albert
taken off his ship the day after they
put TO sea with an attack of append
citis. which had lasted for the last
eight months. Why should they send
their sons7
England is certainly not war mad,
The mortality among her officers is
alarminRly high. The English officer
goes before his men and literally puts
himself up for target. To my mind
this is not exactly bravery. Perhaps
one would say that the Belgian officers
who tore off their epaulets when they
knew they would be captured by the
Germans were cowardly. 1 don't think
SO. There Is such thing as foolhardy
bravery.
"Anent the Belgian atrocities. IL is
Interesting to know that an immense
reward was offered for any child with
its hands cut off at Liege. Louvain or
Namur. No one has claimed this re-
ward. 1t Is true that such children
would hardly live. l was told by an
English physician. but the belief seems
to be prevalent that these atrocities
are much overdrawn.
How will II end2" answered Mrs.
Fortescue, as the interviewer asked
the inevitable question. Il do not think
it can end in any other way than in
draw Trench fighting. such as is In
progress now, is difficult to reason
about | remember at Ostend I asked
a German officer why on earth Germany
had gone to war There was nothing To
gain, l said. We have already gained
Belgium he replied And there are
many OF the Finnish ports that j am
positive they will not give up."
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il was reported that the Germans were
making for Ostend. Therefore, many
of the people were pouring into Eng
land. ] and two men were the only
passengers going across, booked for
Ostend- When we arrived I caught
my first glimpse of the distraught Bel
GUM.
Every boat at Ostend packed
people crowded to the gunwales | was
told that they pushed and jafnmed so
hard 70 get aboard that those on the
forward deck were showed into the wa
ter and fifteen or more drowned.
1t was early evening when ] arrived.
Ny husband did not meet me. being ig-
norant that | was coming. but a porter
found fiacre and sat in il waiting
FOR HIM TO arrange with some one to
carry my luggage. AS ! sat there a
man up to me and asked to carry
my luggage down 10 tho boat when |
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they saw them to be ordinary huma n
beings they went peaceably away. back
to their tasks. AT O'Clock IN the an
ernoon shutters We're taken down from
resumed Later they might be seen
talking to the Germans In Flemish, as
though they were old acauaintances
Il approached the German officer ~
command and asked II | might take
some pictures He told me that it was
against their orders, but one ofhcer
volunteered and said II would be al
right; so I snapped him. Later he came
TO me and said that another omcer
wanted his picture taken. | took them
all gathered together on the digue. !
like that photograph. They are gaz-
ing out toward the sea and realizing
probably that they have accomplished
the first step in their campaign.
"One singular thing impressed me at
Ostend that night and l found it true
all over Belgium. We were told at the
hotel that no food could be gotten; but
when the Germans sat down they had
champagne and all varieties of food.
I don't know where the hotelkeeper had
these things. but surely the Germans
dined on the fat of the land. They tod
me that they paid for their FOOD ano
for their accommodations also
Meantime, my husband had brought
q motor car and we set out for Bruges
We Travelled on the highroads. Tor
was anxious to see the German Cyclists
clists, who were sitting on the road
side waiting. as they said. for others to
join them before they entered the city.
We went on into Bruges and met a
horseman who was dashing among the
frightened people crying, Run for your
lives. the Germans are coming. After
ward about fifty cyclists came into
Bruges and went Immediately to the
municipal hall. where they quietly took
the English and French flags from the
tower.
German sentries were placed at all
of the highroads leading out Of Bruges,
and when we started to leave they held
US up, but as soon as they learned we
were Americans they allowed US to
pass. Their aim was to prevent any
Belgfans from leaving the city 60
spread the news of the size OF their
ranks.
I'VE latterly made a trip to Ant
werp." Mrs. Fortescue continued. and
arrived there day or so before the
bombardment. Areoplanes were drop
ping bombs the day that we were there.
After that we went down to the
French frontier and had the exciting
experience of being taken as spies.
1T would doubtless be interesting to
mention here that the relief work in
Europe has been very fne. Our own
consuls have done wonders toward re-
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lieving the Beleians. one organization
that We hear little about on this side
the Double White Cross--has been par
ticularly efficient 1t is an English or
yanization and the idea of an English
woman 1t cares for the civilian popu
lation and is now working in Belgium.
where distress among the citizens is
most pressing.
.On our way down to France we
pa ssed through Furnes, the Belgian
headquarters. and my husband had an
interview with King Albert. but !
waited for him to come out until ! was
tired so | had to give it up
"On the road to Middlekirk and Dun
kirk before we came to the Belgian
camp, we chanced to meet n Belgian
outpost After we had shown him our
passports we offered to take him in the
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POWERFUL MeSEAPCMIGHTS SURROUND
THE. CITY AND KEEP WATCH AGAINST
T[ARAODING ZEPPELINS

sihle consideration was overlooked.
But nothing is more inrorrigible than
a Partisan who ronceives Il wish to do
something foolhirdy. The Zeppelin
alarm on the night of the clst inspired
about two and half million Paristans
with that wish. In spite of all warn
ingS and commands to the contrary.
the whole city climbed out Of bed AT
the first sound of the fire patrols ana
the bugles, turned on lights to dress
hy and hurried into the streets or.
worse yet mounted to the roofs to see
the fun. Parisians wanted to watch
real. live Zeppelin 90 INTO action. and
no petty consideration of safety could
weigh fdr one instant with them
against their strong desire.
In view of this careless attitude
adopted by the people of Paris toward
the Zeppelin danger. the government
would have done well t" have allowed
IFS charges to sleep undiSturhed But
the fremen had their orders. and they
obeyed efficiently No sooner had the
word Of the coming raiders reached
Paris than, in the twinkiinG OF an eye,
every frehouse flung wide its doors.
ana the snorting patrols. with bright
helmeted crews clinEing to them py
the eyelashes. commenced their rounds
through the dim streets. where one by
one the gas lamps blinked and disap-
peared.
Paris was bound TO waken then. Tor
in all the world there is nothing capa-
BILE Of creating more gllastly uproar
in the dead of night than a French fire
engine In London they manage
things with dismal siren. in New
York with shrieking whistles and
changing bells. but in Paris with
hair-raising horn that emits sound
like nothing earthly. unless it be de-
moniac mule out of breath.
Strident fearsome. unntterably dis
cordant il sweeps beneath the
window Of the unsuspectinG sleeper.
hee-hawing and gasping. whereupon
the slumbering one is Immediately i'm
pelled 10 arise unceremoniously and
spifY for smoke.
This was the sound that brought all
Paris out of bed with thump when
the wires from the north burnt with
the message of the coming Leppelins.
over the city rose the terrifying
sound. punctuated with the crisp stac-
cato notes of the busles playing
.tiarde NOuS. Ihe moment was III :
tensely dramatic.
Frowsy heads appeared at windows
Friends called to one another across
darkened courtWays and narrow streets
Minutes elapsed, and the city harkened
10 the alarm The darkened thorough
fares buZzed with sdbdued voices.
Then lights commenced blinking in a
million windows as men, women and
children hurried into their clothes.
Fra mite policemen shouted vain orders
10 turn out the lights Sometimes they
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car with us back to his comrades But
he refused to go: he said he had been
ordered to stay to give the signal when
the Germans were in sight We in
sisted that he could do no good out
there, for we could tell him how far
away the Germans were. but he Sun
would not come with U.S. | gave him
cigar and we went on. 1t was an ex-
ample of the Belgian's sacred attitude
toward duty-his dogged persistency
in holding out until the end. could
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Zeppelin attacks with the utmost nom
chalance. After taking stock of the
events of March 2l and the absence OF
events March % the populace univer-
sally voted the hitherto dreaded Yep
pelins serious nuisance. but not a
serious danger. Supporting the Yep
pelin episodes as they usually do all
other annoyances. Parisians generally
managed to draw amusement, rather
than fear. from the situation created
by the raids, even though it tumbled
them from their warm beds and robbed
them of their sleep.
In their insouciance and their deter
mination to make humorous capital out
of what French officialuom would nave
had them regard very grave dan
ger, they forgot or disregarded every
rule of prudence laid down for them
by a careful and far-s sighted military
government.
Every precaution had been taken for
their benefit The government of the
city, besides providing aerial fortifica :
tions, searchlights and lookouts. had
arranged that motor -driven fire patrols
should go through the streets sounding
the alarm to the population and that
Oh each fire patrol military bugler
should play the '.garde vous" in order
that folk might realize that Zeppelins.
not fire were abroad in the night.
Instructions were given. through the
columns of the daily press. that on the
sounding of the Zeppelin signal all
lights were to he Immediately extin-
guished in the houses. 1t was recon-
mended that no one remain about the
ground floor of his residence and that
pedestrians in the streets seek shelter
at once Provision was made for the
extinguishing of the street nights by
the policemen on their beats. NO pos
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couple of hours later. an officer came
to US and apologized for our inconve-
nience. explaining that he couldn't un-
derstand how the mistake had been
made. He begged that We accept his
apologies. They brought the car
around for us and we went off, shatter-
ing the cream of the ambitious pri-
Yates who coveted the corporals'
stripes
That marked the end of my Euro
pean experiences outside of trip
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fold him. in French that ! had just
come from the boat, he looked at me
though ! might be crazy and repeated
his words in English. thinking perhaps
that my French not all that II
should be. When I said again that
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At the restaurant in question a
portly. middle ged burgher sat en
ioying his after dinner cup of coffee
while he ran through the news Of the
day as set forth in La Liberte. He WIS
very comforta BILE. his coffee was of the
best and his newspaper was enthrall-
ing He paid no heed when the door
of the restaurant opened quickly and
the head of ciean-shaven Paris po-
liceman was poked inside long enough
to give the proprietor of the estab.
lishment a peremptory order in which
the single ominous word "Zeppelins"
detached itself from the melange Of
quick fire French.
The proprietor shrugged his shoul-
ders, pouted. rolled his eyes ceiling
ward, flung his arms outward and up
ward with the universal gesture which
all France uses when il wants to say
Well it's all over but the shouting"
and advanced resolutely upon the com
Portable French burgher. The proprie-
tor appeared not to care two straws
for the Zeppelfns. but II cut him to the
quick to ruffle the feelings of his Gus
toner.
Monsieur. commenced the proprie-
tor '.one moment, please"
The burgher emerged from his news
paper and eyed him acdly through his
heavy gold-rimmed spectacles. Helm"
he nterrogated. sourly.
"A thousand pardons. monsieur. but
the policeman informs me that those
beastly Zeppelins are coming again and
commands me to close my establish
ment and put out all lights. 1t is surely
annoying, but what am to dor
so" rasped the burgher. they re
back at it again. are they? Last time
they robbed me of my sleep. now they
interrupt my dinner and send me out
into the dark. Sacred name OF a pig
how mannerless are these Germans
They might at least have the decency
to call at a respectful BILE hour. Here. how
much is my bill? This is too exasper
ating!"
He laid some silver pieces on the
table, hunched himself into his over
coat, jammed his hat on his head and
shuff1ed out into the dimming street
His parting shot to the proprietor. as
his shadow fell through the doorway.
voiced the sentiment Of all Paris at
that moment.
1t ran something like this: And IL l
in your shoes, my old one, I
should assurediy tell that policeman
that his vigilance. while commendable.
is exaggerated"'
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Relates Incidents Beum-When the
War Cloud Days
Before the Belgian French English Ger
Troops Inpessn Of the Russian
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60 jlW\jl
first intimation of the
seriousness of the war
explained Mrs. Granville


SVS Fortescue. wife of Capt.
Granville Fortescue. formerly OF the
United States Army and more recently
war correspondent of American news
papers and magazines and London
newspapers, came to me at Ostend
late last spring. when ] was comfort
ably settled for "A rest with my hus-
band and two-week old baby
My first war experience was very
humble one. My laundry failed to be
delivered t. me at the usual time ana
when ! called UP to ask about the de
I.y was told that the German officers
LAD beer recalled and IL was necessary
TO get out their laundry first l said
mat this would he all right. but after
had waited for number of days aud
sI,ll was without my laundry. l called
Up again. This time they told me that
the French officers had been recalled.
shortly atterward Nc heard of Liege
and Louva!u Thereafter we were
threatened with an incursion of the
Germans. so ] packed everything and
went over TO Paris. there hoping TO
fes, in seclusion until the hostilites
were adjusted.
This preface TO my later exciting ex-
periences may seem unnecessary" said
Mrs. Fortescue. who Is Washington
oman and "A niece of Alexander era
ham Bell. but | am telling il 10 show
how totally unprepared everybody was
for this European war. Never was there
@ bolt out OF d clearer sky, Nor was
there ever such unsuspecting popu-
lace
In Paris everything seemed stricken
The cafes were closed. the shops were
closed the hotels We're Offering little
To eat the people We're amazingly sub
dued for Paris. usually 50 enervescent
Trains were coming in with the wound
"a - VIy.,, iFS n
the dark cars must be seen TO be under
stood. The wounded men were travel
ing at the rate OF thirty miles in a
day and half before they came to the
hospitals
The war stories were fearful; con-
fusion seemed TO reign at the front as
well everywhere in France. French
soldiers were killing English soldiers.
rnistakiug them for German. nothing
was prepared with which to care for
the wounded II was all really very.
very dreadful.
Il left Paris and went over to London.
After short tiIne---it was October, IN
fact-my husband sent d telegram
asking me 20 send his newly made Eng
lsh uniform, which lie was TO wear
following the custom among CORE
spondentS Of wearing the uniform OF
me stan whose activities they were
reporting Az this time nv husband
was reporting for London newspaper
and teiephoutug his material 10 Eng
land iH This WAY he s"ooped the others.
V no v Nt sending every thing cy wire
h!rh had 10 be censored
When ! GOT ms message. Mrs.
Torte~ctIr said n d.Cidc, 70 take the
Uniform oNet uay Y.jf - this tim. the
ls.al.s we4s EeeinS their country. for
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received good -natured insults from
above: sometimes the lights went out.
until the guardian of the peace turned
his back. then came on again as in
terrupted toilets were completed al
ease when everybody was dressed
the lights went out and thousands of
folk poured from doorways and port
cocheres TO enjoy the novel situation
Searchlights swept the sky North
east south. west their glowing beams
cut broad white swaths through the
semi darkness OF the starlight \ mil
lion straining eyes followed them e.
their quest. Here and there. round
about the fortifcations OF Paris sigma
fires sprang into life. 1T up 4 small
area of blackness. and died away rap
idly.
An hour passed
Nothing happened
Paris waxed facetious Men jokea
about false alarms Lights beran 10
show in windows folks prepared TO
resume their nights rest Suddenly the
guns spoke. Parts stopped talking ami
waited.
Then those stationed on points ~
vantage were treated to a dramati'
spectacle A single searchlight caught
one OF the two attacking Ieppelins
Where a moment before all had bees
blue black sky. the great bulk leaped
into brilliant form.
Lean and evil. like huge aerial
torpedo. its outline was Silhouette
clearly against the stars. Nainly II
sought to evade the flaming eye turned
so mercilessiy on II from below, while
the voices of the laundering French
seventy barked their challenR.
10 It, daring il to descend within ef
fectIve range Those who watched the
stranG. drama told of seeing the shells
rising toward the fleeing target, burst
ing just short of the mark and sending
a shower of sparks curving downward
like the spray of a Fourth of July
rocket
AT the end of four minutes the hard
pressed ship made good its escape. and.
rejoining its consort which kept out OF
range OF the searchiiRhts. veered
northward and sped back across the
French ard German lines to its base.
Zeppelins departed also any suspicion
the German aircraft. When the second
alarm of approa ching Zeppelins came
March 80. Paris merely remarked To
Itself "Ah we'll such is war and
turned out the lights. Exactly what a e.
titude the city had adopted in this
matter. which at one time doomed SO
gravely on the horizon of war. was
amply demonstrated by significant
incident in little cafe near the Care
Montparnasse tMontparnasse railroad
stationl. on the night of the second
alarm.
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Likewise II is sure that nothing so in
spired the patriotic German with hope
as the supposed powers attributed by
his mounting imagination to his coun-
trys aerial fleet. After the declaration
O. the present war the world at large
waited with brtathless interest during
eight months for practical demonstra-
ton OF the value of the Zeppelin. ON
March II the demonstration was finally
maze, and now large portion or the
world has proof that the Zeppelin is
failure, another portentous illusion eN-
ploded and relegated to the realm of
things that might have been.
March II. shortly after midnight a
squadron of four Zeppelins was sighted
on the air road to Paris. They had
chosen time for their voyage of de
struction which offered not single
natural difficulty. The night was clear
NO breath of wind disturbed the atmos-
phere. Every possible condition favor
ed their purpose. Then, if ever, was
their chance to show their worth And
yet they failed dismally in their mis-
sion.
Two of them. for reasons unknown,
never reached their goal. but turned
their backs on France and sped north
ward again while Paris slept, as yet
unnlenaced. far 20 the south Two
others barely achieved the outskirts of
the city, but. having won their way
robbed them completely of the laurels
they had set forth TO gain.
In sum these latter two affected little
more than convincing demonstration
Of their useiessness. They dropped a
handful of bombs. destroyed a single
unimportant building. slightly wounded
half dozen citizens and furnished
Paris with two hours entertainment
~ the price, TO each Partisan. Of two
hours loss of sleep. The whole amount
OF damage inflicted represented so in
hnitesimal a SUM. in comparison with
the amount risked by Germany in un-
dertakinG the raid. to make the
wisdom of the attempt very question
able.
Even supposing." said one French
military authority. in discussing the
raid. that numbers of citizen lives had
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Special Correspondence Of The star.

q MONG the hundred a nd one
IN other bubbles of offensive
N sa,a,s warfare = which ,s. a; aspiring in
pared 10 launch against the enemies of
their various lands and peoples. but
which the actualities of real war have
pricked. the far-famed and much moot
ed Zeppelin must now be counted.
Certainly no other untried danger
doomed so large iii the popular imagi-
pation Of European peoples at the out
set of the present conflict the great
dreadnaught of the air. held in leash
by the pcWeyS-th be in the imperial
palace at Potsdam. Aud no other dan
ger flfed with such dread the peaceful
populations OF England. France and
Russia
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Even supposing." said one French
military authority. in discussing the
raid. that numbers of citizen lives had
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Story in Detail Of the
German Air Raid on
the French Capital.
Zeppelins Declared In
effeotual- Fighting Off
the Aerial Invader.
Parisians Now Draw
Anus sement Rather
Than Fear From a
Threatened Invasion
From the Skies.
The Hope pioneer., 1915-12-23
Burn Christmas Candles.

An effort is being made to re.
vive the old custom of burning a
candle in the window of each
home on Christmas Eve, and it
has been suggested that the peo.
Pile of our city take up this pref
ty custom. A group of children
will be gathered together and
will go about the town singing
Christmas carols wherever the
candle is found burning. DC
your share end let your candle
throw its CHEEKY beams of vel
come to the singers when they
come to your home.
The Hope pioneer., 1915-12-23
Fanle.

What is less enduring than the
fame of the popular" man. The
world moves so quickly these
days. that it is only the truly
great that can survive. A few
years ago-even a few months
ago-Lord Kitchener was the
idol of the English People. To.
day he is almo>t a daily target
for their wrath The world
rang with the fame of Grand
Duke Nicholas of Russia. To.
day his name is not On the lips
Of any nation. Recently John
Paul Jones and Alexander
Hamilton we've denied a place in
the Hall Of Fame, although q
niche was found for Charlotte
Cushman, the actress. Who are
our own heroes of today and
where will they be ten years
hence?