The evening herald., 1918-02-18

little children. who h,,o ,ropi over
the fields iu terror from b,u can.
uunadrd homes still near the Gor.
man line. The number Increases
Tcw 'ltirs ~ Beautiful.
"F"w citio- loo Europ" are a- u,hi.
tccmrall, beautiful ty this ancient
capital of the nuchv of i.urruu,. the
land uf Lothian. named after u
grandson of Charl.magno. united with
= d" l-ct Bach "t t hundred
gates and rncad,> iS worthy q pil-
grimuro Go Sane, in Tho cathedral
many womcu boo blach were praNiur
before lighted candles The stained
glass window ,r. broken aud mour-
I'd with pup,. Thrc, huu-c- JrIu-s
the street were tp ruins Vet the
park uott lN was thc picture of pcu,r.
shafts of sunlight SlJntod through tho
chestnut trees AMI 90 black -rubod
priest sat ou bench boz the shudow
telling his beads
90 mutmed To the barracks an the
outskirts Of the city. whcr" the rciu-
gees from the nun destroyed Villages
are housed. found as many as ten
n one room grandmother. mother
ana children with food and stove
supplied this Was luxury compared
with life u their ruinoo village but
with the shortage Of coal throughout
France This winter thcrc is great -ui.
irr.ng. fear iu those hlc,k barracks
u Nancy
THE old women make soudhars io,
the trenches. ono told me she hdl
made So iu a day Tho children 500.
tend school the boys learning trades
the girls domestic science. that thcy
ma, luuk out for themselves lut'r
on ue most at them ar" orphans
Nu American fund r Paris hoped o.
scud u Christmas present this vcaa 80
every one of these 4uUU homeless
.hiidr"n. asked them to sling and
aD sad-cvcd little ones stood mp un,
pipcd. AUS morris pour Va rutrio
] ,uul, not Dcep back nN tacrs
Women WORK IN \r~cnaI..
n talked with young woman WHO
wl- vory ll and learned she had p,"u
ut work iu q muntiou factory u a't.
other part of France . have nru .~
muuy uS 5000 wum,u BOD ON, tu,.n
vast urscuais. and ru. slri. ,lr.N ur
weights which ouly -trHur u.,u up. IG
I ma Nrt glory with ..u 10 ,h.w
sacrifice, The women 90 rI.uc. have"
/ shown us the way lu.. lo, aumvv
/ who have meyer hvluro luu,d H hsld-
I iaEo lyy Wil,uchiugl> ,a, most grew.
/ some wounds in tncir G..p1a. s,.-
/ Nicrs To- rrlru-" men tur ,h, u,urNt-
/ they perform the most D,m.I ia.a..
such as removing town .Nupc ~..-
. vice and unity Thut ta, Keynote
J of France.
20 l.ft tnr. .,nllJr,r .I.,.ras I. ih,
yr,.,t omen -,u.rr of .i., lairl.r-
ana ,Untnr,d b.rE tn t.-.. Nj, .,.o-
Ir,nbII, WAS driyrp ,,. "a .nldi.r ,n.uf-
/ fcur. had .Ius, r,m....... .h.t n
,y,. th, fun., p,if.,t ,,.,tl.r .t.f
known i'm Fapco when IN, to..,n
( .brllloJ IL. ,yarn,p.- m. .oi.i,r
sioproa I'M. c.,r niap.d off ana
b,lr,I u. nut and a.. .u .,.lt.l r,r
the nearest house with o., u.g ,...-
lruuc cross Ni old man op,u,, .Ur
lJyor and man, otE,. u..r.. ,sr.u,J
'Iu win u.. We had b.r,h reached
tu. cellar -top- when Gid. l.s.. ,.. .g
r4m,
sound of ritnnir ~hcII>
a hyy, .r,,.. h,.,r, ,u,t,iius ,a
ouuuua l- thp sound of thu-r tIt.t..
l.n,!Is ,I,h rru-hiur oii homes l.-I
luuuau beings Th,rr v.r, at .s
liu .h, r,r.u. put ar,d host aud tn,
soldier thr only IMAM ono ut. r..
h,id 10 dog Boa his arms and t el.
luf tom lra-pod 20 ,lr, with . prt ,..-
luuiy
we .ti ou boxes There wa. Id I.agi
luud over boo one corner s..v.l N.,-
iuud ID sacE evidently coutIul.- we
ter ana food uud ID pickuA lIuD. :
wuud,rrd could w., dig our WY uut
with that one w,NaN. .uu4ir iu,
house Do, stru,k There Wae tu .pou.
llor expression ou the o. ..- uf su,,,
col th. women whose ..iot.u u Nrt
not with thcm MADAM. 4Iu1u u...,
10 lirhtrn an, strain b., ulIur how
her bab, pil had wal .rrp o.. th,,
, carried her down to ,hr COLLAR y
night of the lu-t bomhtlJmort lao}.
cd about aud said. slorp .. Hnrar,
The bad Buchr."
Iiy mas wrist watch tu' shcua f,l
ever, seven minutes. The houthat.J