The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-27
THEATRE MAN HERE
TELLS OF HORRORS
HE SAW IN EUROPE

Fat. fair and forty. and regular
42-centlmcier Teller. that is g. L.
Bray Of New York, assistant man
ager OF the Orpheum circuit. who
lie In Seattle fresh from the battle
fields OF Europe.
For two months this summer
Bray and Mira. Bray toured France.
Belgium. Switzerland and Germany.
Bray was on his vacation. and. as n
past.me and because he couldn't
help Il. being an old newspaper
man. acted ms the accredited cor
respondent for the New Orleans
TimesPicayune.
Tells Of tho Disease
The horrors OF war" he said. sit
ting in the managers office at the
Orpheum, ARE not In the trenches.
Many OF the boys there are enjoy
ing better conditions than they did
at home during times OF peace.
But the real horrors you will find
back OF the battle line. where the
diseases from tho front sweep back
over the defonseless non-combat-
ants. I'm the hospitals and In the
homes and cities that have felt the
soaring hand OF the enemy"
Along the Marne. where some Of
the fiercest fighting between the
French and Germans took place. he
said. the battlefields are vast. dec
ISOLATE cemeteries, stretching as far
as the eye can reach.
Thousands Of Graves
Along the roadsides, on the hills,
back OF each ruined house and out.
building" he said. you can see
grouped together little mounds. four
or five in n place, and surrounded
by four posts and barbed wire. sur
mounted by crosses, some white.
some black.
Under the white cross lies the
body OF a French soldier. under the
black is a German. On the cross.
arm Is written the number found on
the wristband OF the dead man by
the burial party. When the war Is
over the dead viii be taken home,
the body identified and given a
more decent burial.
Give Fruit 10 Wounded
I'm the bombarded cities one may
see whole blocks OF buildings fur.
rowed thru by shells. half torn
away. the other half standing. From
the streets you can still see pictures
hanging on the walls OF rooms once
occupied by those who will never
return.
I'VE stopped off the train at one
railway station In France, where the
wounded we're being placed aboard.
bound for the hospitals. We had a
basket OF fruit.
Mrs. Bray went among the poor
wrecks OF men. some OF them with
arms shot away. some with a leG
missing, giving them each a portion
OF the Juicy fruit.
Cheered for Americans
1T was pitiful TO see them biting
huge chunks out OF an apple or an
orange. and then the miserable
fever-stricken fellows would rise up
in their cots and cry. Vive In
Americana My wife gave away all
the fruit we had. and more that we
purchased near by. and | rushed
into the train and brought out halt
gripful OF cigarets.
When we pulled away from the
station Mrs. Bray sank into the
seat of our compartment and cried
I'VE could do so little. she said. =
Bray declared the impression that
food is becoming scarce in Germany
is fallacy: that even the tourists
are able 20 get the best of delicacles
at any place In Europe.
Canadians Are Toughest
THE Germans say the hardest
men they have had TO meet are the
Canadians" he said But even the
Canadians. armed only with light
rifles. cannot hofe to fight against
the big guns of the Germans.
German soldiers draw marked
! distinction between the English
and the Canadians. They have re
ceived the greatest opposition from
the latter. thousands of whom have
fallen In the front ranks. where they
were placed by the English com
manders.
1T Ia the horror OF the ages. Thru
II all We should remember that tn,