Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-17

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Iderland- would hare appreciated the
underground explorations q Miss
Margaret Williams. whohas returned
Is New york after ave months d Y.
Ira d. al. entertainment work ID the
var zone with an account 81 subter
lranean city found beneath the ruins Of
e shen-demollshed town, where the
Germans had lived "A elaborate Il
mole like existence
A the army adyamced after the re-
treating Germans We passed through
ali the wasted land that had been
fought over for four years, said Miss
Williams During this advance was
taken 20 the site Of = town that had
been destroyed so systematically that
ii could scarcely be distinguished
amid the general desolation When
vas thoroughly imbued with the feel
ing Og loneliness and deserti0n was
taken through an opening into an mn.
derground city that had been made BY
the Germans BY connecting the base
ments. Ii WAS lighted By electricity
and fitted up with comforts that the
Allies never allowed themselves.
Miss williams. with Helen CoIley.
Vardon and Perry comprised The
Live wire Unit recruited by the
Overseas Theatre League TO play over
the Y M CA. hut circuit. present
ing comedy entitled Food BY Cecil
de Mile. ia the course of her exper-
fence III France. Miss Williams met
Major Reginald Barlow. well-known
actor serving az entertainment officer
81 the Second army who gave the fol-
lowing verdict:
One show at the II ri q AS Is
worth weeks leave Of absence TO
the boys. Z
And could readily understand II
when remembered how the boys after
each performance had begged me to.
send other players to them. Miss VIII.
IIiams declared. They were always
the rnost appreciative audience that
any American actor had ever played
To- II We sent word ahead 10 an en-
campment d half hour In advance we
would always ind the 4 M. C. A. hut
packed to its capacity and even row
or men sitting around the stage. And
the appreciation they showed was the
most impressive thing encountered
In France.
considering the good OF the cause.
our best work was done Ia the camps.
but considering the individuals good,
the most satisfactory work was with
the sick and wounded We would go
to the hospitals and give performance
on each door. Wounded soldiers
would take me by the arm and beg
me not to leave without singing again
One remember ia particular He was
blind and our singing, his friends told
me, had been the fret thing that had
interested him In months.
Illness brought me back to Amer
lea, but the unit went on into Ger
many with the soldiers. and Is still
playing there The most tragic thing
about having to come back was the
TACT that after the armistice was sign
ed and the activity and tension let
down the men needed Y. MI G. a. en-
Etertainment as never before II Is like
the need In the hospital q great In
diyidual need Many Of the women
over there also need rest; and must
come back. and they must be replaced
by volunteers from this side, Every
woman who has been on the stage
should take her turn In the Oversees
Theatre League on the Y NJ. G. A cir
Gait.
Miss williams ii Louisville girl
who has been on the stage twelve
years one half her life.