Phoenix tribune., 1918-10-19
INTERESTING NEWS
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out, having Travelled almost continu-
ously for twelve days The next
morning we reported to headquarters
and, incidentally, saw some of the
city of Paris.
At seven o'clock in the evening,
accompanied by three other "Y" men,
had dinner at the restaurant of the
Y. M. c. A.
We had just left the dining room
and were congratulating ourselves
upon our safe arrival in France
when, suddenly, we heard a shrill
noise. Chills ran through my body.
What could this thing be? We
stopped. At each other we looked in
amazement. We could do nothing
else. People were running hither and
thither. We heard voices but could
see no one. Finally, looking down,
we saw in the cellars the people we
had heard. Then we knew; we were
positive an air raid was on, for we
had read in the newspapers, as all
the world has, that when the Germans
attack London and Paris from the air
the people flee to their cellars, the
safest place to go at such a time.
The noise we had heard was the siren
whistle and was mounted on one of
the many automobiles which. run
swiftly through the city notifying the
populace when the Germans are about
to make a raid. 1t was the signal to
take to cover" Every Frenchman
knows what it means and obeys, and
now every American knows and has
learned to obey the warning.
In few moments we heard the
booming of guns, hundreds of them,
it seemed These constituted the
barage which the French put up
around the city to prevent the enemy
from coming in with his Gothas.
Most of the few lights we had seen
were now extinguished. Every now
and then we heard reports, different
in sound than all the others These
were made by the bombs dropped by
German airmen.
The streets now presented an even
more dreary scene than before. Ex-
cept for Red Cross ambulances and
Y. NJ. C. A. conveyances, without
lights and running speedily. all traf-
fin bod oaocod. oxorx ono I,od obo1,o5
the warning to take to cover"
AS l stood at the door of the hotel
looking up an automobile stopped at
the curb. Out of it stepped Y. M.
c, A. man with metal hat on, the
first of it's kind / had seen. He had
just returned from the front. l talked
with him few moments and he
told me of how the shells had dropped
all around his dug-out while he was
serving soldiers within. The half
can never be told of the great serv-
ice the men and women OF the Red
Triangle are rendering voluntarily.
l have mentioned the fact that I
stood at the door of the hotele and
looked up. l would not do it now
during raid, for l have learned bet
ter. All l saw that night was two or
three flares, said to have been sig
mails dropped by French aviators. One
day l saw three French machines,
but in each instance l could barely
make out small spot about as large
as my hand, which glistened in the
sunlight as it darted here and there
in search of the enemy.
In about an hour we heard the sig
nal announcing the end Of the raid
The Germans had been driven from
the city by the master airmen OF Pa
ris. Immediately the people came
fro mcellars and other places of com
parative safety and retired. Once
more they were safe.
AS l passed the hotel clerks desk
on the way to my room, he requested
that ''put the lights out as soon as
possible" AS the elevator ascended
kept thinking of his request-"put
out the lights as soon as possible
While | knew that the Y. M c. A.
had cabled my family that | had ar.
rived safely, still | was anxious to
write them a letter. However, ]
promptly obeyed the request, retired
and was soon asleep. One does not
lie awake long in French bed They
are provided with plenty of covers,
including a small curious feather
comfort and are high and large, re-
sembling very much the kind your
grandparents slept in. l had been
asleep about half an hour when, sud-
denly, was awakened by the same
shrill noise. For a few moments !
lay there trying to decide whether or
not l should get up. However, it
did not take me long to reach de-
ciSion, for not only did hear the peo-