The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13
Music Fills the Air and
Only a Stately Zeppe
I'M Overhead and the
Wounded Hint of
Tragedy.
brilliant night in Berlin was
followed by n perfect day.
i Shortly after dawn the N

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Shortly after dawn the sun
struck through the half open
curtains with a rosy shaft so com
pelling, so inviting that one must have
been over.ired or singularly unappre-
ciative to neglect its call. II was too
early for the breakfast room and |
passed on through the broad Railways
Of the hotel to the boulevard.
II was not deserted. as one might
have expected. for besides the laborers.
who begin early in Germany. the goods
vans and the large white milk wagons
with the red checked delivery girls in
sailor caps and pinafores swinging their
heels from the two little seats behind
there were several others clearly
abroad for the pure enjoyment of the
glorious weather. All Germany was
responding to spring in full beauty and
summer was coming on apace.
Suddenly down the soft morning
breeze there hooms an all encircling
whirring sound as of tremendous
motors loosed and thrown into power
ful opposition. All eyes instinctively
turn upward toward the Tiergarten
and there I'VE the trees just a little
distance floats a Zeppelin majestic and
fascinating. all vermilion in tints
borrowed from the early sun. II Is
coming from the direction OF Ruhle-
ben. whore some forty-fve hundred
British civilians are concentrated.
II rises slowly, one can see the rud-
Der move and witness the splendid
control as 1t turns and sails northward
with increasing speed. The upper
hat( - fhA Grant Sfrt.fttrA u darEnr
|, which throws the four propellers and
che car into holder relief. The whir-
ring dimin'shes and people resume
their walk with looks Of hopeful
pride, for they yet expect great things
Of these wonderful aircraft.
Thus into the beauty and joyous
ness OF the lovely morning is injected
the shadow Of the war. The Zeppelin
excites awe. admiration in the for
eigner, but also ii stands for horror.
q symbol OF the slaughter raging
along some seven Or eight hundred
miles of the best Of Europe. one is
inclined to resent its intrusion de-
spite It's spectacular fascination.
Not so with the German. A fair
day In Berlin means to him better
conditions FOR his fellows in the
trenches. less hardship for his COM
rades and, allies in the Carpathians,
drier footing for the rain soaked west.
where the French, English and Bel
gians are battering a three hundred
mile front, and a little promise Of i'm
provement Tor the lot Of the men who
are with Hindenburg in the east. To
him the Zeppelin Is q welcome sight.
Q sign of strength.
=. sound of music Is heard and as
the visitor approaches the Friedrich-
etrasse station a burst Of song greets
him. Male voices full and lusty. 1--WE
Hundred at ieast. perhaps 4 thousand
strong. are chanting patriotic airs not
riotously but all in harmony n
under control. Three long rains oc-
cupy the station and a regiment, prob
ably reserves. is starting for the front.
Most Of the cars are filled, the open
windows frame young clear eyed.
eager faces. Every one IL singing.
There is no sadness ever on the plat
form and outside where relatives and
friends are assembled. Every soldier
has flowers In the muzzle Of his gun,
many have flowers tucked in their
belts or tiny blossoms pinned over
their hearts.
1t looks like a picnic. but now as
the train begins to move n the
waving and cheering starts afrcsh, the
passenger cars pass quickly and are
followed by the impedimenta-fiat cars
with field era automobiles marked
with a shield and numbers, machine
guns and ammunition boxes, sanitary
carts n kitchen wagons, In fact
everything necessary for a complete
unit. AS the last trucks dash by they
are seen to bear many small carts con-
%spicuously marked with a red cross,
lightly built vehicles suitable for
rough ground which go out on the
field and pick up the wounded at night
when found by searching parties from
the hospital corps with their trained