Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-17
! p|U u! PEOPLES TALK
IS ALL OF WAR TONE
3tprtce OF Blood and Violent Death
Gust Other Topics mt
Social Functions.
EoNDoN SHORT on COAL SUPPLY

Ekf-snhs ssoA - NueNFopohs NcSiuSits hiS
Heating But One Room, Which
They Are Using for Living and
Entertaining Purposes.
B.s& LONDON. Novcmbe- l6.-"Snau talk"
HIS strange hearing for those who listen
E1pwadays. 1t was at dance the
|Kt3tsS operations l sat down near . group
Tot girls and young officers who were
lemonade and chatting. !,
@StSThere were peRls OF merrimcnt and
riffs OF silence. and l lis
expecting TO hear the usual
Epleasantries that occupy the brains and
t2Ttcn Of life. But instead of moonlight
RiAnd music memories OF past sayetiee
Hnnd prophecies Of more TO come. what
&being discussed in the happiest and
&tnost triumphant KEY Imaginable. The
&ii{ads were telling OF their experience
had some story 10 recount con.
scernfng the Killing OF Germans aud
|s9ow strange dead bodies looked piled
I'm groteSaue. attitudes in captured
fpnr gums. The girls seemed 20 alb
Heolntely SEloat over the horrible de-
GIalIs,"s aud the only sad note in the
Eparty, Ses struck by single subsi,crn.
RWho had To confess that he had been
Hsknocksd out" by hi, Of Shell from
sesne own or E E!ns 9" or m ac "Gy ssr
EGapturing Fritz" or "Heinie" Or boche
dnrtngtaH the course OF his experiences
kAt the front.
tits hard luck" he said in one
E!Eioomy, but I'll nc back at them soon
Engain, and If ! don't account for At
EIeast a half-dozen ! promise you I'll
&neYer dance another fox-irot."
kgfFive years ago. or even slightly less,
kconyersations about men killing other
men and how, they did It, would not
Eaponses.from carefully young
#ladies. %but times have indeed changed
|sand girls with blue eyes and soft pink
and fair waving hair who woulI
|:much rather have taii,ed about roses
land stars and moonshinc are now en-
~ ~ lastSs concerning tho horrors Of a
nattle field Now. You can see the
ITO be called in the days before the war;
Hush and sparkle with delight she
Erecounts stories she has heard of
some hero whom she is quite ready 10
fSyorship for his deeds of righteous
ERED cross NURSE
BEARING HONOR MARKS
The world is indcc,! changed. and the
Eyiewpoint, of men and women Is no
Elonger GUIDED by that compass OF mar
TOW thought that always pointed to-
ward the cold north bounded nv con-
fyention. l daresay you arc feeling this
f.new spirit in the women OF America
+just as surely az we feel II in the WON
zen OF Britain AS was walking down
[Eiccadilly this morning ] saw Red
ICross nurse with two gold wound
kslripes on the sleeve of her dark-bluc
uniform coat, whilo her left arm WAS
lsbound in surgical handages and rest :
cd In cradle" She looked none tn.
less womanly for those SIGNS oi bat;I..
md do not think. beyond an occasion
passing officers that auvonc sr.cinliy
noticed that she was indeed herring
the honorable marks OF a soldier
The talk about the coal situation
lhrouEhout England is ocCasioninC "a
eEood deal Of anxiety an ong those uco.
pis who have ALWAYS been accustomed
~ warm rooms and blazing fires. and
isfd in order to keen us warm MS Win.
&yfr. I am told that every London hos
siess who still has n. HON" OF any size
ny keep up, proposes CLOSING nil nm
necessary sitting rooms. drawing rooms
8dtnin g-rooms. and just keeping op.n
one great biz livinr-roonl thus obvi,.
Eng the necessity for .x;ra fires Vcr,.
rev private houses in London. even O.
&considerab!e size. re ioicc in such =.
modern convenience as central heating
HIney nave always relied upon rumcr.
GUS great blazing fi"es OF wood or rnaI
pr both. which are kept conti-u,uv fcd
yspy various servants. NOWADAYS snry.
ans are at as low an ebb in nun!be. as
3SCoal is In quality: therefore tho si.ug
OPPOSITION and the fashionabie hnns.
Psseoper rs greatly rerturbed as 10 The
a AN, od tne temrcratmrc ben"ah her
~ i"oi-t'cc during the coming win
am told that ,.the. hcau:itn, Vie
|SSountess Crrzo1. who has a charuine
,bgs Fem IN Mount Stree is keeping on@
ffshe Will use as dining room siti;mp.
room. dancing-room and studio. She
aaEy r1 fmrni,r I'll "X,cept Inc most
had the floor polished and 'hicklv' rov.
IN Ma,h ,HFs th't can easily be rolled
up. her din!rr-'ahie is at ono end Of
9the long a7ar'menr ana her niano 80
90 Eramophonc n the other There ~"
rev CnalrS ana IN r"mrnsc number
aron rus"i ,na ar, are placed on, the floor
iarEe electric light Of fairly high NOVA
InhS Dech lnE from The ceiling In
sthis room she PROPOSES 20 give ali ne.
charas'e,r during 'hn winter Sh" IS
or one y. nc nos SIS wnn p-ophcsv that
without dancing 'his WATER. far ,N.
s.HipIe reason INIT u Is the one form
Of town WI ne nHercise TIM, s bound TO keep
bound to say that I rh'nk her words
'sWiil come true: certainly. unless the
ssg,nlf stream ear is particu!srly kind to us
there will not be ~ hot time in the
|sold town" as far as me heating ar ar
ran Eements are concerned.
tMISS ASQUITII BI'SY
KEEPING SHOP THESE DAYS
Miss Elizabeth Asqui;h is very busy.
nowadays keeping shop in old BCnI
Street. 1t Is not always that tho ANA
Ieur store-kecper meets with any rreat
success, bur the daughter OF The ok
E5PrIme Minister is able TO turn over
eAhort 10000 week. owing to her
Echorts as a saleswoman; therefore
Zone can imagine that she regards
Esstrade from very optimistic point
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