Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-20

,tpre June B.-1eSterday IN London
dav given up to passport and pack
The photographer helped me In
,oeh the first and Bea through the
.,,oud. My clothes went through
.s Of elimination, thing they had
y ,.s W 10 90 on Friday night and sailed
= Saturday.
~ little glimpse of France in Eng
IN at the Consulate cheeEed me, as
e ace always does. love the bon
',e the humanness, the unofflcious
ho,,, ,,,, Of officials, and the politess de
.ar as distinguished from Nset Of
-r.rs that is hand -me-down" and un-
sdlustable.
u. oficial at the Consulate and / be-
verv intimate. He discovered that
hoth belonged to the same profession,
thaf fact captured his fancy. We
..,,ised each Other to exchange visits
..r respective cities-he and his wife
III upon me in New York and I to
n, them In r., we even became con
fslnllal. I told him of my impression
" Numbering and mlsmanagement IN
rndand He more than agreed "They
IN they bluster, they boast-but they
IA hold 30 kilometres on the line. The
t.snch and Germans are holding sue
.iF,ai English soldier is brave enough
,abo5y more so-but they have no man
.ssment, no mind to guide them. Their
,aeers are manly and courageous, but
n.v are (and he used a French term
Mon corresponds to STUFFED shlrts'O.
must say his descriptions seemed to
!. ant, as looked them over this morn
~ Al Victoria station. Distinguished
snd handsome men they were-these Eng
c,b o6icers--but theirs were not the faces
Z ,diciency. In reference to some of them
fheard 1t whispered: There go the off,
,rs Of the General STAFF. They spend
nsIr time travelling back and forth from
rance to England. Much of the hard
vark they seel Ornaments they are"
pea waved us q last good-by and we
wsm Off For the first time 1 felt a
sfirk of excitement We were really in
na zone of war. The number of officers
"a nurses on the train made me aware
n n There were very few civilian pas
aaxsrs. Among us. however, was Prince
Louis of Battenberg, CONSPICUOUS in his
naitl England, you remember, had re-
masted his resignation from the navy
,i.,r the war broke out because of his
etrrnan afflliations-his wife, believe, is
ctrfnan. A far-fetched action, 1t would
nsni, considering that most of the Eng
sh royal family including the King, have
snllar affiliations. But-logic, thy habi-
al Is certainly not England
The channel was calm and very smiling,
mich to my relief. The scene was excit-
hk, II not gay. No, gay ii certainly
vas not; there was certain air of stern
ness and sobriety about every one-here
and there hint of tragedy. grande
dame OF Rome, who had lost herself in
love ENHANCEMENT, was refused per-
mission to embark, because her passport
tore the stamp of Vienna. The unhappy
hdy. who. was alone and in need of the
utmost care, was despairing, but the Off
eals were inheNdble. :
NETS TO CATCH SUBMARINES.
The harbor to the north was trimmed
With submarine nets. They looked like
hshnets In the water, their buoys just
about as far apart, only hundred times
larger. England, l am told, has spent
more than e10OO,OOO in such submarine
protection, and already Germany has
built submarines carrying one torpedo
zach, SO tiny that they penetrate the nets.
Beyond them lay smoky black torpedo
ta, a,destroyers-on guard and very much
R % Judge by their numbers. So you
h the passage from England to France
mt mucn of danger after ALL From
~ point of view, the passage was the
oily nice one 1 have ever known, but
ny point of view with regard to Channel
asslngs is local one, so to speak.
viii Twins blithe face was the first
ping l saw on Boulogne pier. Again.
ming to the Serenas' management, we
HEe able to disembark early, so that
V had time for conversation as well
5 greeting. Before 1 left the boat
hard the order: RED Cross nurses
aase stand aside until the officers dis
.nAarkp
I wondered whether 1t was the char
issr OF the service that gave prece-
isncs to the one above the other;
hether the one who destroys is con-
i1ared OF more importance than the one
yAo reeonstructs; or whether 1t was just
inather illustration of the fact that in the
sakaday world the woman is sub
adnate For, remember, here we were
q1 IN active service. On the field doubt
a' the nurses take orders from the OFF,
is as they do from the doctor. But we
stia not on the field. We were fellow
piaengers.
IuRBULENCE AND THRoB OF WAR.
The town was turbulent; Red Cross
alns dispatch officers, motor am
MAnees, eomlngs and goings of all sorts. |
osed the throb OF it and 1 felt my blood |
'lnting with excitement-until 1 saw
"a was letting myself get in the grip |
q spirit whose present manifestation |
aa1est-a spirit begotten by the Joy OF |
nps active and colorful things in |
Nsas, An admirable spirit really turned |
Aeominable use. A spirit made use OF |
ne point OF exploitation by the mill
minded; tor the impoverished millions |
'e lives are lived in grayness and |
'onous want, who are cheated of |
.s or hfes color, are likely to accept |
eagerness the one opportunity for
sqlafe and comradeship presented in
afeaFy lives. Multiply their oppor-
sa Tor joyfulness, brotherhood and
uaeIiYe action and you minimize
issponse to an appeal to action that
ructiye and bloody.
3ubllanee OF collective activities,
w as often TO the rich as 10 the
ior life as We live It is a pallid
ne are no longer pioneers with
afe at our very doors and our
tuned to meet II. We are huddled
nunities that keep us safe, 10
but In which we have not yet
-9is 70 ma red-blooded action which
normal human Graves and which
peAaa 10 the YentuFesOme life OF
neef Our anemie living, with It's
oas necessity OF keeping decor
g business IN order to survive,
egportunlty for adventure very
Renee our hunger for events
lpi even, and scandal for morbid
moody tales-and hence the quick
our blood at the sound and
war. In this connection we call
III OF life In Us patriotism and
country We do not know the
tiil may be evoked by other for
humanity for instance land ]