Evening star., 1921-10-30
Washington Woman Writes
Of Recent Trip to Rid ms

Cathedral where. by her he
the 18th of July. 1929. CT
seventh. rightful heir 10 the d
crowned king Of France.
Next to the Cathedral i1
ieft OF the bishops palace.
rooms at one side are occupy
former housekeeper and her
two old old people who rath
pride in showing you the d
or their homes. Once the
the room in which they wer{
was carried away and agaiJ
in which their meager dill
cooking was blown to a
pieces and only the care oi
Dieu. who sent them out OF
at the ent. had preser1
lives. This worthy couple 81
the cave, a mere hole in tn
under one part of the house.
the good bishop slept durin
bombardment. He refused
the city. and every day we
his duties and at night retir'
cave to sleep. What sleep Z
have been for the people
doomed city. The fearful 9
of the bursting shells, the
falling walls and the ever
thought that the next momt
be their last. How could t
lived through it?
The next day we passed. 4
able villages and small~e
pletely destroyed. some jus
rubbish. but none made su
preston on me as this ci
less ruin, holding up itd
hands toward heaven in ysile
rible accusation against its
and in supplica ton for relief
We left Rheims after
breakfast, as we had a lon
fore us and il behooved US
an early start. The NOR
fresh and lovely. the u
bravely singing" the scarldl
nodded to us as we passed
more sped away between the
full fields of waving grain.
At scissors We stopped for
and there we saw some
boys who had come to the n
and stood outside just q
glimpse of some Americana
were over there with recon
work, but said they had bd
over a month and had had
to do. We found the same
everywhere, very few place!
showed any active work to
Mobilization, and even the th|
to help the country in its vi
to be impotent to rouse u
their lethargy. In one plad|
200 tractors, which were pd
to us as half the num,b Der
"the children OF America"
the other half is at Nerdun
of them have ever been put
have stood exposed to the v
nearly a year. They did say
be next year they wouldUs
drove along the Chemin de
and followed the Hindenbure
miles. We saw old trenches
outs and Germann Pill bd
barbed-wir entanglements by
Those pill boxes are wonderf|
look like enormous cartriGS
on end, and were used by tho
for observation. They are d
bullet-proof and have a littl|
through which the observer
Some were even fastened hi
trees and still hang there. II
trees are mostly blackened s|
through this region. and
great shell holes on all sidel
One of our most Interest,"
was to the famous Hill No.
Rheims. where the Germans
ally blown to atoms by u
forces who tunneled under tf
placed their mines All the
acres around is nothing
white and glaring. with no
in ii now or ever. 1t is deaI
and in the three vast crate
the explosions took place a
thousands of bodies of humi
who passed from life to dea
space of a sigh.
Near the Hindenburg, line
tied the famous caves whicI
one time $4,000 Germans, a
were said to have been httet
every convenience and luxl
to moving pictures. 1t was
impossible task to drive s4ef
out, as the caverns extend
under ground of solid rock
in an almost endless chain
to another. Many lives VIC
been lost in gaining possessi
caves had not the idea occur
French to use poison gas.
done with such good results
enemy were obliged to CONF
surrender. II
From the caves but a Ill
of the devastated region v
visited, and We soon found
on the road to Paris aga
dusty and dirty beyond do
and with a thirst. The SAM
ditions in all that area are
and we did not dare touch q
water, SO that when we re
Paris. after two days Of o
and beer, prohibition didn't
dreadful after all.
ROSALIE BRADFORD Ma