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

distinct DdCllluS, anu IIONu'NN4
vent il. Fortunately, it is not seVe
Of mortality. Fortunately, again, 1t
does not grip an army like true ty-
phoid: it has not the same virulentrus
Of infection. A new type Of para mas
appeared this spring. 1t comes from the
Orient, brought hithcr by the Indian
troops. The psychologists in the hos
pitfalls distinguish. the two diseases by
calling them para A" and para b.
Four or five men have died here OF
para" since last autumn; and that
with the one who died Of true typhoid
is the total score of a disease which was
the scourge Of old armies, which caused
more deaths in our Spanish war than
did Spanish bullets. incubation for
typhoid fever appears TO have proved
fully as successful as vaccination for
smallpox.
Mumps-and Measles, Too.
Mumps, curiously, made great deal
Of trouble in the cold, wet weather Of
this bad spring. Then, for a time
there was a deal Of measles. The
most disguised man l have seen in the
British army was a colonel OF fifty
invalided back with measles. 81 went
out to face bullets he said, land |
got q baby's disease Fortunately,
both Of these epidemics are long UNI
der control The situation required
some kind of q pesthouse for mice
tious cases-some kind OF building re-
mote and easily dostructible mat
was not so easily found. The. adapt
able British medical authorities pc
thought them selves OF the lnnumeraDle
wheeled lighthouses which lined the
beaches here in happier times; these
were commandeered and were hned up
in rows on an easily sanitated sand
lo+ in the far suburbs. Whitewashed in
side and heated with portable stoves
eocb became a small hospital ward.
There 90 the mumps and measles
cases. Typhoid being non-infectious
under reasonable precaution, the ~
phoid cases are handled in one OF the
great casinos, which have been turned
into gigantic hospitals
Now that things are quiet Tor me
time. we have had leisure to look ABOUT
over city whose present situation mas
no parallel in history. This Is an ora
town-a very old town grown up abort
z small harbor. dominated by a NIL
On that hill julius Cesar set ana Tor
fitted his field headquarters when ne
invaded Britain and Cleaned up west
srn Gaul. 1t became q permanent
Roman camp; the Notifications "''ch
Cesar set IN grew in time TO 80.
wall. with bastions. loopholcs "a
citadel. These Western scapor, .-.."s
~ France preserve, generally, but .c"
az their old monuments. Gereraucn
sfter generation, from Caesar the Great
10 Wilhelm the GraHdiose, they nave
been battle-felds. But, strangely, time
has spared the city wall. II remains
intact. unbreachcd, setting OF the Ola
CITY from the new. Its greatest helght
is perhaps thirty feet About II no"
runs d broad park. and IN these DAYS
of luxuriant June y IS tuiteC WIN Ieu
and white valerian. On one sIde Is
public lawn tennis court, Whcre oHhCcIS
on leave, Red Cross men and we CORE
spondents keep ourselves mt IN theSe
comparatively dull days. Our pachS'op
on one side is that antique wall
Stout, stubby, Black Trawlers'
In the latest century or so Of its ex-
istence this town has existed partly by
fishing and partly as SEASIDE resort
The fsher-people are class by them
selves. Mostly, the men are gone WIN
the army or the navy The stout, STUB
by. black trawlers. with their red-tan
sails, come in manned by old fellows
bent. thickset, but still sturdy. who!e
feet Of those trawlers lie IN dock le-
fore the hotel as ! write. Half Of them
have their masts tipped with gilt spear.
heads by way Of decoration, and h&Ii
by gilt crosses, which vaunt the plety
OF their shippers. Though the men are
mostly gone. the fisherwomen are every
where about the port, drying nets,
carving and vending fish, and digging
for mussels. Their working costume
consists Of a belted blouse, which re-.
sembles an old-fsshioned basque,
short skirts. with many petticoats, and
tight-ftting woollcn drawers, which run
10 the ankles. They always 90 about
their work bare-footed, though some
times when they have TO negotiate the
hard cobblestones OF the city they put
on wooden clogs. Their feet and ankles,
which from childhood have known shoes
only on Sundays and holidays, have
usually the perfect beauty Of Gre
clan statue. On Sundays, besides the
regular short skirt and basque, these
fsberwomen wear either black plush
hoods or the cap Of the country fare
Of stiff, starched lace. like q halo. They
are people apart, very shy Of
strangers, and with their own customs,
superstitions and obscvances. On
Thursdays and Fridays there is a gem
eral FISH sale in the municipal market.
Even in these depressing times this
market is very picturesque and gay.
The rest Of the town has subsisted,
frankly, this generation long, from the
summer visitor and the tourist. There
are broad fine beaches; there is a gem
tie violet-tinted sea, and il iJ only a
little journey across from England. Ex-
cept in spots and splsshes, this has not
been, in this generation, Fashionable
resort. Il has overlooked on Bank
Holidays with London trippers. The
regular summer boarders have been
largely German and English, ! believe,
and for their accommodation there have
arisen a score Of hotels and two great
casinos. On these hotels and casinos
the town has grown great. Some OF
the hotels are still running for the ac-
commodation Of officers The rest, to-
gether with the casinos, some Of the
schoOlhouses, an abandoned monastery