New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
PARIS IN THE DARK
By ANNE UELAND TAYLOR

By ANNE UELAND TAYLOR
Paris. Jan. Sunday night about :
o'clock, we went to the Hotel Crillon to cal
for come friends with whom we were going
out to dinner. But what was The matter
with the place? The Crillon. Usually 50
richly SPLENDID, mad the air OF MIR
hostelry. It looked very dark ms Do as We
pushed through the revolving doors On
either side the entrance there was a his''
en- chair. and on the chair kitchen
saucer. and in the saucer a candle. There
were other candles here and there gutter
ing feebly.
Out in the Rue Royale II was backer thar
usual. with only one or two gas lamps
aickering between the Place de Ia Concord'
and the Madeleine. There were feeble
pickering lights behind the red curtains o.
Maxim's When we entered Webers, whe"
we were dining, we were perfectly charmed
There were candles on a hundred tables
stuck in Vichy bottles, and no other lgne
1t was fun. It was exciting. IL was Ike
Christmas. 1t was War. Every one was
charmed It was the most varlhe dinner
we had had since one night almost two
years ago. when all the lights went OUT 81
once, leaving us in blackness. over our de''
sert. while the "pompiers" ciattered BY oav'
side bugling the alarm. It had been leppe'
Inns that night. This time 1t was C0aA
Everything comes back 10 Coal these days
You can't get away from IT,
The lights had gone out because the els'
trio plant in a certain secto, Of ParH ha'
stopped running. It had stopped rnna"s
because it had run out Of coal. There was
not enough coal because there we're no COS
to carry it from the docks and from VIZ
mines. and because the Seine mad risen anu
interfered with the movement Of coal oaiS''
There was no coal because there we're '0'
enough men TO handle it.
In Paris, then, comes the decree 'aa' o.
shops except food shops must be ei0'eo :.
o'clock, to save light which means 70 saw
coal
Every day we are stripped Of another
creature comfort. Every hour we are ~
minded that this is war VINO can 'o-
plain? 1t is not as bad as the siege OF i''
and think Of the poilus -. an.
Sugar cards are being issued az Nsu''
and every one hopes that the resi- Oh o..
will follow suit, even if the Gefmans 1'D
it first. At present there Is this 'n0''.
Either you wait in line with a hundred -. 80.
fifty other persons before the doors OF ~.
great epiceries, then, perhaps, only "
told at the end Of two hours that 'n.''
no more sugar, or you 90 without w
long time we have had no lump ''e
except for an occasional piece, which en-,
confession. later on-and for the ia'l
days no sugar of any kind. We s'mF'
without dessert.
There is a sinister side to tais '--
question (and here comes the eon'e's'
Kleptomania IS universal One way o.
ting sugar is to frequent cafes. lhey O''-,
you two pieces for your coffee 10 "",
the sugar bowl! You use ons ana p-' -
other in your pocket II you have
who doesn't take sugar in his Gomez
much the better, you get three Jumps Z" -,
haul or course, it isn't stealing -
pay for IT, II you choose to deny !0D-,
present for future pleasure. why no..
II has its brighter side, too An A .'.s 4,
doctor told me how he regained lS"'
human nature. Briefly, he had le"' d,
raincoat 70 friend That night &c IA
up suddenly and remembered that tnei' Il.
been three Jumps Of sugar IN the 10
hand pocket the precious Accumulate :,
three visits TO a cafe. 1t had been GU.
nally careless of him, and ne deserve. :,
lose them. He had no other idea 0o' a,
he had lost them, and he faced H. An'
next day the raineoat was r2taFhee :,
the three pieces of sugar, absolutely '''''
were still in the pocket