Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-22
FRENCH MIND CALM IN STORM;
NATION ONE BIG WORKSHOP
Women Engaged in Manufacturing Shells and Supplies
for Army-Collecton of Souvenirs" by Civilians
Strictly Prohibited by Order of Government
BY ELLEN ADAIR
written Specially for Evening Ledser.

Madame Defarge at the guillotlne," I
answered. counting the heads Of the
enemy as they fall into the basket"
The inspector laughed heartily. zone Of
those shells is sufficiently powerful to do
| capitate a hundred enemies" he said,
| But ] see what you mean about Madame
| Y. There's something relentless about her
work and she's quite untIrng"
| In another big shed were black-bloused
girls working over what looked like chess
| boards placed on long tables. They were
| cartridge racks 1T is pleasant work =
said a smiling, dark-eyed girl of about 1e.
'and does not tire the back like standing
| at the big machines See, lost two fingers
working at those machines. have
| grudge against them. But now am happy,
| cartridge making
| SOUVENIR COLLECTING FORBIDDEN.
Unless one is a soldier, one is no longer
permitted to bring "souvenrs' from the bat,
tlefelds | encountered n most disconsolate
gentleman in Paris the other day who had
been on a trip over the Marne and who
had collected a German helmet and
couple of bayonets wherewith to delight his
children and descendants Unfortunately,
a gendarme on the route TO Paris gently
but firmly removed these trophies from
him. The disappointed one sought to argue.
MY orders are to shoot all those who are
found pillaging the battlehelds," said the
Eendarme Jerking his rifle in way that
struck chill to the heart OF the would-ba
collector of spoils ut were better for
monsieur to go while there is yet time"
And monsieur ignomlniouslv went"
Some friends accompanied me to the re-
Ception rooms of the Echo de Paris, at the
corner of the Place de rOpera, where re-
markable display of war trophies may be
seen. There many helmets of German
officers, and some of them badly battered,
as though the fighting had been of the
fercest hand-to.hand variety. Shell baskets,
rifles and bayonets of all sorts are on view,
and one curious thing is a playing card
the five of Clubs-found among the cinders
of an enemy bivouac fire. There are also
many German uniforms and trenching tools,
and l noticed several Bavarian pioneer
picks and spades. One wonders what the
tales attaching to those captures could have
been, and If in Germany there are exhibits
of French, British, Russian or even Hlndoo
make?
Souvenirs can be bought here in Paris,
but prices are pretty high. The magnih-
cent silver-and-gold helmet of German
staff general is marked at $500, while the
helmet and breastplate of a major in the
Kaisers bodyguard Is valued at $3.50.
saw a pennant of the famous Deaths Head
Hussars offered at $50, and a Uhlan officers
parade uniform at the same price, The he'll
met of Hessan staff officer adorned with
a magnificent white plume is valued at $50,
while a broken lance belonging to a Uhlan
is $50, and even fragments of shells cost
as much as SO each.
One Of the most curious exhibits of the
place is a half-burnt black leather belt be- :
longing to a Prussian soldier, its brass
clasp stamped with the motto: "Gott nit
uns." It's owner was wounded in battle
and when the French captured his COM
pany they took him into Rheims Cathedral
to give him first aid. Immediately after.
the cathedral was heavily shelled by the
Germans and the unfortunate Prussian
soldier killed outright by a flying piece of
shrapnel sent by his own regiment.