Arizona republican., 1916-03-05
LONDON TOWN
 BLINDS DRAWN
Engiishwoman, Lately Ar rived, Speaks of War Con ditions-Thc Conflict, She Says, Must End in Allied Success

! Relating many incidents If life i in London today, Mrs. Frank Hum phrey yesterday discussed conditions across the sea.
 Without the slightest trace of emotion, save an occasional lower | note in her tones she talked of 1 the war There was no bitterness
 in her remarks. Even when she 1 told how her brother had died on
 the Luaitania and two of her cousins were killed at the front she showed no trace of emotion. It WAS only when she said "You know
 that We believe the world is divided ! in two classes Germans and human 1 bei'es-that her eyes flashed and | her hatred for the enemy was ap-
 parent.
 l No, was not the least bit ncr- vous about crossing. There were
 no submarine dangers in January when l left London and then you | know realized that one takes one $
 chances at the present time. AS [
 said | left London in January on
 the twenty third. From the time We left Bristol until We reached
 Jamaica We had no news of the outside world That Was a drcary fortnight For nineteen days We had 1 the Atlantic to ourselves and during l the voyage We only passed two 1 steamers
 Tt is Q vastly different London
 today" continued Mrs. >Humphrey 1 Everyone is at war A man of
 military age is ashamed to be seen
 out of Khaki. The men who have
 duties to perform at home, such as men connected with the railways
 wear the Khaki armlets. We do not say how long the war will last,
 We do not know, hut it must go on until the allies succeed. The col onies are coming forward masnifi- cientiy and do you realize that Rus
 sia has hardly touched the reserve | forces?
 The German idea of tenorizing of affecting Us as they thought eX-
 cited us into sightseeing expeditions.
 We were not frightened We went ou; on tine roofs ad in taXis t0 see what had been done. Many
 of the bombs dropped in the fields tearing up the earth and leaving spaces quite as large as motor car Since the raids the city has been practically dark. We even have
 to keep our homes as dark as possi- hle and the police come around tn see if We are obeying this order. The search lights are flashed over
 London all night long. The streets are 50 dark that the edges of the lcurbst6nes are painted white to pre-
 vent accidents IL has changed the life naturally. The theaters give six
 matinees and two evening perform
 ances during the week
 Yes. indeed. we have the heart ito go to the play. We must have. The man who comes home with
 four days leave from the trenches
 wants to he amused. To take from their minds the horrors of war. they fare given theater parties and en- joy other down town gayety but
 there is little entertaining in the
 homes As q matter of fact there are no women left in the homes
 Those who have not joined the Red
 Cross are serving in other ways Women who have never done any
 thing in their lives are washing dishes acting as pantry maids, mak- ing beds. sewing or working in tho
 munitions plants You have mo idea
 how quickly they grasped the fine
 mechanical work in the plants. Those who are not directly helping tho | .l.l;
 carry on the war by taking thcii places in the world"
 Mrs Humphrey has been one oi those who for months and months have toiled in the kensinGton Wal hospital She has sewed for the cause of her country with thou sands of other EngIishwomen of al classes.
 She paid a glowing tribute to th, Americans who have generously for warded the relief work And il discussing the people of this natior her mind turned to the question O preparedness.
 Tt is the wise plan," she de clared. If England had been wei prepared there might not have beer war. Belgium might have beer saved. War has demonstrated th' havoc that can be wrought by on' aggressive power"
 Mrs. Humphrey has not been ac tive in the suffrage movement some few have kept up the agita tion, but it is> generally recognize that q truce exists until the en( of war They tell me that in Aus tralia so few women vote that vot ing may be made compulsory. Les than twenty five per cent of th women of sydney voted at the las election
 Mrs. Humphrey plans to he i Phoenix for several months and i |, the guest of her son and daughter in-law, MT. and Mrs. Fred Hum