The evening world., 1918-05-02
WOULD YOU u N N ORE BONDS IN
fla Single American City,, Like ps Had Been Wipe Out by German Bombardnent? THINK IT 4
OVER TO-DAY. u
BOTH WAITRESS
AND D|SHWASHER
IS MRS. Y. ASTOR
She ana Mrs. Ethel RumSey
Hard at Work in Bor-
deauX Cantcen.

Az ATLANTIC PORT. May g..
Mrs. William @ sharp, wife OF the
American Ambassador TO France,
with her two children. Ellie and BaX-
ter, arrived hero on n French ship
to-day. after a twolvc-day trip which
included some delays caused by L
boat warnings. though no submarines
were seen.
Don't think I'm running away"
said Mrs. sharp with a laugh. "rm
simply giving the children a long
promised vacation"
After n visit at tho home OF Or.
! Charlcs Hdnakcr OF New York the
Sharps will go to their homo at
Elyria. o.
Not a word would Mrs. Sharp say
about the bombardmcnt OF Paris. al
though she had been right there
through 1t all. Nor would she be In
tcrvlowcd. Diplomatic reasons. The
Ambassador himself should do the
talking. but he IL stIl In Paris.
There wcro 1888 passengers on the
ship and almost every n OF them
had a wal story worth the telling.
Among them was Miss Katherine
Adams. daughter OF \. r. Adams OF
the Wolfson Bureau. For a year Miss
Adams hast been doing Rcd Cross
work IN Belgium three miles back
Of the front line and only a little
Lapanne.
Tho village was ruined by shells
long ago." she said. and has been
used only for hospitals and refugees.
hut the Germans have continued to
lombard II 30 severely that NJ last
we have abandoned tho hospital.
Nurses and wounded were Killed in
tho hospitals on March 20 and on
March 81 German destroycrs attacked
the place from tho sea, killing Ave
nurses and "A number OF wounded. In
ono room fifteen American women
were gathered when a shell destroyed
the whole building, yet all tho women
| escaped with bruises.
81 was IN Paris on Good Friday"
said william Il. Lewis. a Y. NJ. &. a.
worker from Philadelphia. walking
with three ladies near the church
where 10 nan worshippCTs were
Killed by the long range gun. one
ot nur party was carrying an UNI
brcllu and a shower Of fragments
fell upon us, We counted 100 holes
in the umbrella dftCrward, but not
ono ~ w vas hurt"
Mr.. Lewis said the long range gun
had since then struck a maternity
hospital ana a school.
Another passenger was Mrs. Es $.
Brittin OF Clcyclnn o., who has been
serving In u CantcCn at Bordeaux con-
Quoted by Mrs. Vincent Aston and
Mrs. Ethc' liumacy.
These two women" said Mrs. Brit
tin, are loved by all tho Allied
armies IN France and by all the navy
hincn who touch at That port. They
serve 1900 men at n single meal, and
they hand out the food themselves.
Sometimes they wash dishes"
william W'llmun OF Cambridge,
Mass. member Of the Lafayette Is
cadrillc, cane homo on leave after
being wounded and decorated ON the
Lorraine sector. where no was flying
over the 'mcrican lines. His War
Cross has two palms.
He aud Thomas Hitchcock, who IL
now n wounded prisoner IN Germany,
were flying partners. On Jan. 10
Wcllman and Hitchcock brought down
Il BoChc In No Mans Land under cir
CumstHnCcs Of great %EHllantry. On
the following day they chased 81
BOche back "a the German aviation
base, followed to within five yards OF
the ground, shot up the hangers and
got away Ia safety. II was on March
9 that Hitchcock was brought down
while fighting four German planes.
ON March 20 Wcllman was wounded
ia the back and left eye. He rs home
for n rest, but hopes 10 go back and
mix IN again
Tho luckiest OF soldiers seems 10
be capt. de Lohtinlerc OF the Royal
H~iRhlaudcrs. lie has been on the
front line almost without interruption
from the beginning OF the wlr in 1914
lie has been repeatedly over the top
and has had his back 20 the wall IN
many a desperate defensive. and yet
he has never been hit. lie returned
to-day ON q three months leave with
his wife and children. But he's go
Ing back,
Al tho passengers were CutIusi-
astic IN praise Of the American troops
they had seen I'm France,
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