Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-19
A BLACK SHAPE HOVERS; GUNS ROAR. i
DREAD ZEPPELIN HAS RAIDED PAp1o
Whirr of Ponderous Machinery Gives First Warninp
Danger -Searchlight Flashes Play Across Sky,
People Throng Streets
BY ELLEN ADAIR
RtnH Corrcspondcnt Euenin0 Lcd0er

| 7 WAS sleeping peacefully when the
| 4 Zeppelins came to Paris. The loud
whirring of the machinery and the noise
| of firing soon woke me up however. For
| the 2eppelins were quite close to my hotel
| and almost overhead. My hotel was IN
| the Champs Elysees, near L'Arc de Tri-
omphe. and the latter seemed to be the
goal OF tine zeppeins.
It was about midnight when heard the
terrible whirring. I rushed to the win,
dow and gazed out into a clear, splen-
did night Two wounded soldiers In the
private hospital across the courtyard
were hanging out of their windows, and
they called cheerfully across: Look UP,
look up and you will see the zeppelinsl
The Germans have comeH'
l looked up, but as the houses are high
and narrow, saw nothing in the small
space of sky except the glare Of search
lights. The noise of the Zeppelins was
very loud, and then the firing broke out
Every moment 1 expected that we would
be blown to pieces. Yet that post at the
window was so fascinating that nothing
could have induced me to quit 1t ana
seek refuge IN the cellar.
PEOPLE SWARM TO STREETS.
The firing became more insistent. The
sky was one blaze of lights. Although
the courtyard below was deserted, ex-
cept for the concierge, who was out in
a weird and wonderful garment Ito see
what he could see" the streets soon
filled with people running.
A baby in the next room woke up and
howled dsmally Its nurse was appar-
emily too alarmed to soothe 1t, for Its
howls continued.
Every now and then there was roar
like that of cannon, and then the steady
sound Of firing The whirrlng of the ma
close FIhinug went
on like this for some time, then all at
once 1 had a glimpse of a great black
body shooting over the blue space over
my hotel. Its whirring was like thunder.
A sudden retreat was in progress! The
firing grew fainter then died away alto-
gether-and the Zeppelin raid was over.
The damage done had not been great,
although the inhabitants got scare. The
thrill of witnessing an affair of this sort
is well worth the rislS-for only once In
L lifetime do we have the chance of being
under Zeppelin fire!
The Carlton Hotel in the Champs
Elysee, opposite my abode, had been
turned into a Russian Hospital when L
was in the city. The patients, of course,
were French, but the pretty nurses were
all Russian, and looked charming in their
white uniforms. The wide French WIN
dows were only foot above the street,
and passersby could witness all the
dressings and methods employed by the
Russian surgeons for the cure Of the
wounded.
Every morning I talked with the SOL
diers through the windows, and some OF
the crippled men show great agility IN
hopping out of the window to the street
below.
The French soldiers are extraordinarily
polite There is nothing they will not do
to render assistance" They are much
less shy than the English soldiers and
much more talkative. There is COM
plete lack of self-consciousness about
them, and an artless air of camaraderie
that is very attractive
One man, who had sacrificed one of his
legs, said to me. with a smiling face
and he is only %. with all his life before
him-"it is indeed lucky that / have re-
covered at all! As l suffer no more pain,
what reason is there to grumble? l con-
slider that / am fortunate. Look you at
Eticnne here-he has lost the two eyes and
will never see the so charming ladies
again! Here indeed rs a garcon TO be
pitied!'
But Etienne was distinctly annoyed at
any such accusation. ME, am joyous