Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
Under Fire of the German Long Range Gum and Gdha Bombs Pa

bands at the front. feel feeponsipuuty
and agony wvs s ssen iiSs soSss
Of cards. not far away. Which house
win It be next. in the black night7
Again We sit. crouching. rea6n0
noSsis s.ns1ns nsn q. WindoWa
tiny crack, to help against Air concus-
sions and glass breakage. The rooms
are cold. We have SO little coal. We
have Just one nre-in mothers room.
won't You come down where it Il
safer Safel How shall I tell him thar
. janitor was blown to pieces IN his own
lodge the other night, after the GoenS
h .oTp niepceS the tour upper stories TX.
butter by its own momentum and ex-
ploded in the second foor. blowing out
everything to the ground? The cellar?
T. ,,s9s ss
cellar 10 crowded with women on the
edge of hysteria, with girls and chill
dren and big boys. I hate to think
That %shs happen IN sbs PANE h1s
mont house come down on It. Also.
there Is gas. They are dropping the
abominable mustard" gas. lfquined. IN
rubber balloons" as big as your head
Tho janitor stays with US.
X
The night drags on. Silence. waiting.
my old mother" says the janitor. was
In her house, at Ham. I went three
times, to make her come to Paris. she
would not bulge. She had made friends
with the Smith College girls. who were
planting her field after they had plowed
Il. Think Of that-those American girls.
I'm told they are rich families. Now.
they're all suddenly evacuated to
Amiens. Ham is q furnace in this big
offensive! What's my old mother doing
tonight, q refugee in Amiens" I told
him she was surely with the Smith Coli
lege girls. all safe.
Crash!
THAT one was far off," says the jan.
itor. Boom boom boom boom boom
boom! A faint rattle Of barrage IRE.
Another long silence: We strain TO
listen. A slamming door sounds like q
distant bomb. A distant autos rumble
Is mistaken for faint barrage. In mourn
full strain, we smoke. The boredom Of
It'll We are all weak. tired. nervous.
mother (and she does IT.. Now I've gos
an extra strain in the cold. dark. walt.
Ta-ra-taIra! Thank heaven. the -alrs
We sleep again. A bully. good nights
sleep. It Is wonderful how well every
BODY sleeps! We wake refreshed. All.
the day Is good!
Wir-ee-eeeee-ee-uuu The Paris
sireni
The Neuilly church bell tolls the too
A new alert at am. No rest! Great
scott, another day of 1t! Louise arrives
with the milk and butter. There's big
barrage being fired to the northwest.
again, direction Of Poissy." she says. II
means Gotha raid. Boom-bo boom
boom-boom! A barrage. this time from
the east All, the annoyance OF dress
ing hastily while listening. Again, the
fracas and lamenting on the stairs.
Louise puts on the breakfast. Porridge.
toast and strawberry preserves. WIN
coffee. We're all as hungry as peeIS
Don't tell me about fear, taking IVY
the appetite. An hour has passed 80
no more sign Of 0othas. -
Boom!
lance visitor. We're not afraid OF
him He don't range as far west a. our
Neuilly suburb and We know that those
ninety-ton guns require cement founo4-
ton, and are not moved easily. he
hits no nearer US than central fesas'
Breakfast Is over.
I begin to read the paper.
Boom!
Good heavens! that's loud! It shook
the floor:
STERLING HELLO.