Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25

THE WORLDS WAR
Through Woman's Eyes
BY ELLEN ADAIR
with the American Soldiers

world Here is Mr. J. S Bigger, Of the
Adams Express Company Mr.. II. ID. Ber-
ton, OF the United states steel Products
Company Mr. A. De Loire, Of the General
Electric Company.
Here. too. one may find Mr. James Van
Allen Shields, director Of the Columbia
Graphophone Company, and Mr.. II. Apple
ton, the man who was n major In the L. $
A. at the early age Of twenty-one and who
is developing the famous port OF Queen
borough
They chat with all the American boys and
listen with eager delight to the tale OF
their experiences in crossing the Atlantic
to their hopes for the future, to their am
btions in France
IRA sooner come to this Eagle Hut than
to the grandest hotel In London said one
Of these great American magnates to me
today and ] intend to spend every spare
minute Of my time here. helping the boys
from over home and doing my bit to enter
tain them Wish | was only young and
spry enough to fight myself"
Men Of all the Allied armies are well
coined at the Eagle Hut whether they be
dark-skinned Maors from New Zealand
Belgians, French. British or Russian. There
is an ever-open door and an ever-ready
welcome for all
Mattresses Cprinclpaliv American and, Of
course, voluntary dart about i'm smart
watched one little girl in a MILDLY blouse do
very deft work with the cups Of coffee and
at the same Tins manage to converse with
various friends who had newly arrived from
her own home town back there"
There are several recreation rooms, and
all crowded
American soldiers iu London are i'm
menselv interested in the air raids It's a
fearful" interest We all share, but not
quite so whob-heartedly as do the newly
arTiveds
Gee. hut it's fine and dandy TO be right
in the midst Of this ~ said an American
officer to me on the occasion of midnight
raid this week, when the hotel cellars were
filled With men and women and the German
raiders were somewhere over our heads,
blithely hoping TO blow up London
The noise Of bombs falling very close to
us was far from delightful The roar OF
the London auti-aircraft guns brought war
sisted on coming above ground lust TO see
II we couldn't get a glimpse Of the
raiders"
We did From the front entrance we
saw a German plane pass right through
the moonlight It dartcd close mp to the
moon. then turned sharply and as II drew
close to us We could hear the whirr of its
propeller.
Boom Boom! The bombs were drop
ping.
You can't move me from here" said
the intrepid American officer, I'm right
on the job to see what's doing ~
There was "a binding fash Of light q
terrific crash I waited to hear no more
Alone aud i'm his glory the American officer
held the doorstep
\ sammy nearby was not so valiant
When he saw the raider approach: Give
me the little old TODD every time ~ he
cried-and hasteued to the safety of the
nearest underground
/ thought he was wise man
But personally wouldn't have rsked
that run in the open with the raider right
overhead
At O'Clock in the morning we all had
tea-a shiverng. sleepy crowd of hotel
guests. chilled with long Vigils in the
cellar, The only CHEEKY members Of the
PARTY were some newly arrived Americans
when 7 saw the good old London bob
bies' bicycling along with great placards in
front of them. Take Cover at Once"
sure felt that air raids were thrfline,' said
one of them. "and right aiongHre the tube
this minute it's like a comic eupew-follls
i'm their nightgowns and curling p1hf Yes
indeed. we're sure seeing the Gtfeery side OF
war" .'-i'