Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-27
Subterra1ean Palace of the Hun Crown Prince

Eyes, five of the six corsets were
all different sizes. Some was fat (and
here the doughboy broke into song):
".Some of them was fat. ding. ding,
and some of them was thin.
Climb the big stairway. in the dark,
to pickering candles. ut is already
stuffy.) In Willie's day there was
forced ventilation. blazing chandeliers
and an elevator.
The theater and ballroom. Large
dining room. Here there is confusion
Of a lot of bedding-those favored
regiments in the last days. "They
were fat and dazed when they sur
rendered" says the doughboy. while
the other troops of st. Mihiel were
rickety and thin" They lived here
discreetly. The reception parlors are
not touched. Pianos everywhere. The
furniture Is heterogeneous and rich.
1t is an Ali-Baba cave, to which they
dragged beautiful carved wood tables.
chairs. buffets, poufs. sofas, carpets,
rugs. pictures. from q hundred strick-
en- French homes
X X
Climb on up. ct is very stuffy)
One can imagine how this place grew.
Established originally as a safe nest
for the heir to the throne to sit and
watch his precious French iron fields,
1t grew. with trench warfare. to
cellar for his wines and q cozy corner
for carousing lin the field" In spite
Of furious French bombardments at
infrequent intervals. st. Mihiel had
the name of being safe sector" and
impregnable. And Willie loaned the
key to friends. A prince does these
things princely.
The Germans had mania for con-
crete and digging. At Lens even the
sewers were enlarged and concerted.
and from them. by miles of secret
ways. cellars. brewery vaults and old
wine caves hewn in the limestone were
Joined to meet abandoned coal mines
bolstered up all through with ferro-
concrete. There were vast troop dug
outs. sixty feet deep. where 5000 men
could live at ease. play cards, chat
over music, take in shows or read
while killing time. They breathed
pure air from motor-pumped venti-
lators. while the earth above them
fairly rocked with ally she'll fire.
Later. up broad stairs, they rushed
with portable machine guns to NOW
down the infantry Of certain French
and British unsuccessful advances
Climb the stairs. 1t is upside-down
house. The princely private apart
ments are at the bottom. the kitchens
at the top. the guests rooms. Offices.
ballroom and the theater in the middle.
lo 80
rooms. Many of them are locked.
There goes the famous spiral passage
to the top Of Mont Sec. 1t. too, Is
locked. We never got to the kitchens
There are still mysteries, it would
seem. in the venus garb of the little
I'm sick of that name" says the
ut was some burg. all
right: but why should White DO ad-
vertising an American brand Of beerr
1t amt good sense"
The tourists will know better.
In March. 1915. 1t was announced
that 1000 passages had been booked
by Americans ION the first ships to
leave for Europe as soon as the war
Is over"
Six months later the number had
risen to 10000 thus inscribed. land q
deposit paid on every berth retained!" '
In March, 1917. the figure was put
at 100000. for which, of course. there
would not have been enough boats in
the world. even before submarine
crime. food shortage and the glorious
E. F.. What was meant was that
an indefinite multitude of American
must be expected in France
TO see the war as soon as it was over.
Well. they have begun arriving.
The first tourists from America
since 1914 succeeded in disembarking
1t Havre few weeks ago on the
rouraine. They related tales of diff
;ulties that must be surmounted to
obtain passports. The French gov
does not desire q large influx
II tourists this year. owing to the
shortage of food. The beer question
las nothing to do with it.
STERLING HEILIG