Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-19
ENGLAND AT WARM.
by FREDERIC J. HASkIN

| LONDON. February IS.-All England
| looked skyward daily and nightly fur
! months b"for" oDportunity came TO
/ glimpse tn" approach Of either hawk
! or dragon OF the skies. the Taubc or
! the Zeppelin. However. London and
! the rest Of England never tired Of look
| ing M. II is even probable that il
| neither form OF the dying terror had
: appeared 10 drop it's explosive burdens
| here and there. the people of England
| would have been disappointed
TIL. at;itud. of the jewellers of In.
| cities has been different from that of
| tn" country people, from tho very be-
ginning of the war. and notably So TO-
ward the visiting airShip When some
centuries ago fear Smoic til" heart uf
I'll" islanders. or was supposed 10 Smito
| II. h"yauS" of the vision of Il dread
comet in the skies. III" city people
while scared. also were plea Surably cx-
cited. The country people. If III" old
chronicles ar" to lac believed. took tho
thing seriously. but manifested in II a
, most "Ntra"rdinary but entirely human
!ik" interest.
history I" "a certain extent has re-
r"aicd Itself in England since tho Icp-
r"ln raids began. III" superstition of
III" ""nri day. of course" has gone
1t was Il cold. UNDERSTANDABLE" reality
winch TIA" people were facing. There
mas h"'n u" hNSt"l'i.' even among III"
.."u"h of town ar country The Brit
"r IN London. is pretty hard L. S.arc
Zeppelin bombs did som" damage aud
took their toll az litc IN London They
took N" toll Of courage |, may NOT
IL" easy To- understand H. but tho IN
"Nlihhl" conclusion j. after Il min::l,mg
with III" pc"pl" from High Barnet to
WhitCchnp"l AMI beyond both districts
tn:'' n" Enrlishman. the English
woman and th" English child of The
az" "i intelligent apprC'ia; ION may he
bit disappointed If no Icprolin Shall
come lack I" add 10 TIA" excitement
Of life
IN" Icppcln has dropped it's bombs
on city ana country l'.v bomb. ana
far between tlcN w.rc. They took AZ.
ana did damage I" property. hu' ~"
harvest r""pri. from til" point uf viow
az the Gcrmans. was piiifully sinai,
when compared to 'h" preparations
made, tn" cost incurred aud the risks
run.
TIL" En.lishmnn has been known al.
Ways for his rhlogm Americans and
the French say that tn" EupliShman
has keen sense Of humcr aud bur
liuic sous" "f wit Perhaps hoth
Americans and Frcnchn"n are wrong
hut II Is admitted 10y many English
men that th"y ar" uuickcr to respond
:" TIA" dra wn-"ut huu"r Of e rickwicl.
than They ar" to The "instan, think
ing witli"Ism Of their brothers over
s"a aud channel
Found lunar In Irpp-Iins
l."nI"n"rs snw scr, of huin"r IN
tho long ORA wu-"u,. tu-b"-,uutinued-
iu-"ur- most. stories OF the coming Icp-
pclln- Ivcn tin" scattered tragedies
~ events when The play MAS on did
not rob tho situation Of its general
character ~ comedy
80 Tar fear rs concerned. ihc b,s,
proof az its absence rs thar when Lon
d"ncr- heard "r suspected thnt The
night ~ Il raid was at hand ,h.y gath
ID 81,
"h"r" II vas known that autiuircrar,
guns w"ro "mplnc"d !, WAS natural
/" >uppns" that tn" authorities Mad
stationed tn. gums a. command tu,
arrf"a"h"s I" buildings most ilsely To
b" attacked from ;h" Skies |ons.-
NU"n,lN til" assumption was that near
the S!,Y-SW".rinG artillery WAS ,H.
r"iu, 81 danger. London men women
and children gathered as close 10 III"
NHntar. places a. tho authorities
would permit. and this They ala after
several nightly bomb dropplnrS had
proved tho probable persistence. OF pcrli
l-pnhoncrS. however. do not make up
the whole or anything ilkc tn" who'll.
Of tn" English people" II Is necessary
10 80 into TN" country where Tho yco-
mon spirit still lives and where. gcn-
Grafton through generation. have been
preserved IN" characteristics OF tho
p"upl" who faced Tn. Armada peril
who rallied {" the standards oC Charles
't ''t rom N'll. ana VINO nave kept the
home fires OF the old English traditions
burning down to III" present hour.
ON" Zeppelin went over th. County
"f Kent y following 81 it's traii al
mos, n"fore IN" huge might bird had
taken its niEht eastward across tho
sea. gave full knowlcdc" al jus, how
tn" English p"opl" of Tho old country
side stock looked the visiting
raiders violation Of their privacy. their
comfort and their If" in h"m" and i,ld.
Naked Sleeping ,ilingc..
English villages ali through Tia"
County OF Kent We're reused from their
sleep Of centuries by - r"Ncili" Of BURST
ing bombs. The natural assumption -
that tho German far aloft with the
bomb in his hand desired 10 drop it on
fortified place. ON II nluniiion fac
tory or ON som" catnp where the rally
ing men Of britain were training them
selves for S"rNic" on tho hattl" line of
their country With the rarcst Of OK
ccptiouS tho I"npclin attempts on tho
p"acc and welfare 81 England have
been fruitlcss OF damage to military
positions.
In one 81 the most beautiful valleys
which Englrnd holds Is "a little village
allied BcarStcd in Kent. u has been
Slccpinp away ever since Tho SaNonS
set tho foundation stones Of Holy Cross