El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-22
BEL6IH WOMEN
WARMLY RESENT
COMMON ENEMY
Garry Baskets on Arms 20
Force Germans From the
Sidewalks in Brussels.
OSTRACIZED BY
UPPER CLASSES
4 AMSTERDAM, Holland, May q

4 AMSTERDAM, Holland, May ~
u The women of Brussels carry
- baskets on their arms like mar
ket women when they 90 out IN the
streets, not for their purchases, but as
a buffer between themselves and pass
ing Germans When one makes Ger
man step off the walk, she regards 1t
as a personal triumph.
The silent boycott of the Germans BY
the Belgians Is even more openly main
tanned than ever, according to a traveller
who has lately lived IN the capital city.
If a German sits down at a table IN
cafe, the Belgians IN his vicinity move
away. If a number OF Germans enter,
all Of the Belgians pay their accounts
and stalk out. The traveller relates this
incident which he witnessed:
Retort Of a Waiter.
A German officer, evidently Of high
rank, entered a restaurant and, after
looking over the card, asked the waiter
diseOntentedly, "Haben Sic NIGHTS bes-
SER"
The waiter, IN a sarcastic tone, en-
planned they had nothing better because
the German government had seized most
Of the food and very little was coming
In except on the American relief ships
A group OF young Belgians nearby
laughed openly at the walters sarcasm,
wheTeupon the German, offended, gave
his card to the waiter to hand to them.
The card bore the name of a general.
But instead OF being silenced, one Of
the Belgians asked the waiter impudent-
II, @Haben Sic NIGHTS besser 3"
The German force IN Belgium has POSI-
tive orders not TO molest the population,
but on the contrary to try BY politeness
to -1N- ? .a.H- off Of h@.-4 .
the people. But instead OF yielding to
Establishments, the Belgians only become
the holder in manHesting their hatred
to the invaders.
Germans Not Received Socially.
The upepr classes In Brussels never
receive a German into their homes.
Should any one, man OF woman, make
this concession. he would thereafter be
ostracised by his fellows. Women are
more bitter and more daring that the
men, They show their feeling BY acting
as if they feared contamination bv
touching a German IN the street, in
street cars OF ether public places. The
business Of carrying baskets has become
a kind OF game, and women on meeting
compare notes as to how many Ger
mans they have made step into the gut
ter.
doubtful reputation have followed the
army, and if a German officer appears
on the street with a women, she nav
be Of this class, but never a Belgian.
The German government has taken
many war films In Belgium for exhibi-
ton IN Germany. One Of these films
represents an officers ball in Brussels,
with the idea of proving the bitterness
Of the war has passed away. But the
people of Brussels say the women shown
IN the film were the German habitues
Of the cafes and not Belgian women.
Saving Young Aristoerats.
Brussels is now filled with Young Ger
man aristOcrats occupying civil posts.
It IS said that they are often the only
sons left in their families as the result
Of the war. Consequently the governs
ment has spared them in order to per
petuate their titles. Since the German
army Is differed solely by aristocrats,
the upper classes would be otherwise N
danger Of dying out
Beigians report that the allies air
craft keep the railways on the German
side Of the front so badly torn up with
bombs that the civil population feel it
Is unsafe to travel by train. When tbey
can obtain passes, they 60 by horse.