Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-25
ESSIMIST IN
| PARIS IS SIREN
Gloomy Ones Are Named for the
UnweIcome Air Raid
: Signal.
DPTIMlsT IS A "BERloQuE"
People Have Joyous Time While Wait
ino IN Subway ststions-crsp
oams Holds Interest Of
the Crowd.

the Crowd.
4 rarfs.-Two more words have been
added 10 that'very growing dictionary
of war words. In Paris these two
- words have achieved a new signih-
esnce. pessiinists are now known rs
"sirens~ and optImIsts are ''berioques."
The Significance r. self-explanatory
- 20 those who have experienced an air
, raid In Paris. Many dread the screech-
~ ing. weird. bansheelIke wan Of the
u nlsrm giving siren more than the act
u nal dnnger from the raiders. while the
~bcrioque." that lively little bugie
call telling that all danger r. past
4 and that one may rest safely In ohe's
!. bed. u Indeed friend welcome as any
oprfmft.
IL A Paris bookkeeper who suddenly
left the city when the raids over the
capital becnme too frequent and went
go Nantes has been sued by his en-
f's ioyer for eco damage for leaving with
Wif5t notice. The case. not the only
ie OF rs kind In the French courts
Csodny. "a attracting attention.
p The bookkeeper's explanation was
That his nerves were upset by the
N bombs and shells and that be thought
" himself justified IN getting ont Of dam
Ter. The court held that lombard
E.ksnt- by airplanes and long-rnnge
E1 could not be considered a sufl-
<,~sf reason for the breach Of con-
tract and gave Judgment for the
amount named.
The dnrkened streets OF Paris have
caused many. persons 20 roam around
torn after returning from the theater
ADf visit because OF the difficulty In
finding the streets and house numbers.
An attempt 10 improve this condition is
TO be made soon by placing luminous
numbers traced In little buttonllke mir
rors which reflect and magnify the
smallest glimmer Of light on the houses
Of the city.
One would think upon descending TO
- one Of the large and centrally located
underground railway stations which
b are used as shelters that n soiree was
In progress instead OF an air raid.
This Is what the correspondent saw
one evening during a raid when he
- was obliged TO seek cover In one 81 the
I'subway stations:
Tn one corner O violin, accompanied
BY two guitars. was doing out n tune
to which squadron" Of youthful aw
ators we're Waiting around. their part
ners being a group Of pretty danseuses
who had hurriedly left n nelghboring
theater wearing their costumes. make
up and all.
In another corner a group Of Pollus.
loaded down with their trench equip
ment, having been caught In the under
ground while on their way 60 the rail-
road depot and 10 the front. were sing
ing "Madeion," their 'Sripperary." In
rather discordant tones. But II was
singing just the same.
Crap Game Holds Crowd.
An unusual feature Of this partlcu-
Tar "soiree" was a genuine all-Ameri-
can crap game-not for keeps. II would
hardly be an exaggeration 10 say that
hhsf Of the crowd in the station had
edged around the half dozen spare
American doughboys-three Of whom
were gentlemen OF color--to witness
this contest In bone throwing.
The eolored gentlemen handled their
dice with deftness that WIS delight
fully reminiscent Of somewhere In
Harlem" TO say nothing Of their pro-
nciency I'm the vocabulary Of the game.
which Parisinns have since learned
sa very essential adjunct TO any skin
at n.
Investigation OF casualties following
an air raid over the capital have
proved 20 tho authorities that the
greatest number OF casualties are not
the result Of injuries received from
the bombs on the taiders. but Of care
lessness ON the part Of the victims.
Parisiaps have become TOO accustom-
:; ID e. AZ ~ * sSs, Z. d s,S%
the sntlsiFsrsit gphf No Others lss ave
signal
As a result receptiy % persons were
injured. some because they did not
keep under cover long enough. and
Others because they stood Mt their win
dowE watching Tie bursting shells as
n II were an exhibition OF fireworks.
The police have agnin warned the pop
ulafion. sThe better protection OF
the city, says an order. rs no reason
Tor nesiecting the precautions dictated
b. common sense"
boy. Pags Mr.. Burbank