PARIS IN WAR TIME.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 211, 4 September 1915, Page 19

PARIS IN WAR TIME.

(Trom Cur L.vlv Correnpondent.i TARI>. June 28. GftOTTNDS FOR CHEERFtrLITESS. Vthollfffa t '■" '■•■rmans arc near enough t0 thrc-.v 5.1-;:- into th.> forest of Compieffßt. , and omTueßne is about as near as Tu-ihri.lee Wells is to London. ■ ore :a :i :, .-.:, «ea».« to bW. I hare ei>en up So.na astonished at ly. Their writer-, for th.i: rr.ar.T. ar.< vrry ono.Mir.ig-.ii:. T-.o Mat:r. ":'r ■ \ ■. t.■..'..-. h.T> carefully gone n;o ' '•■' i' 1 -■''' v of lierman ami !- —. 1:1 I.■ ■r.--!u'.« th.it out ieaT'lour. ■■": :"• "' '"'"■'* ***?#« " ,on: \ h *- "".■ , t0 J..-.2-- >■> .••! " h.vi ,i military expert. '■" I- '■ ''■ "i l '"'" "-1 ' " r - tM -inonv-c----'.v a::- , : ■''-■.!,•! !i; :h« situation. a .;^ : '■'■ ?.i ;i- i t;i'.T Ut -.he Allies w.'.lst!'! h.v. •' i ■"■■':' rr,."i.->r..« r: <-n:nbar--37 :, uVv -x :;•..;■.on- ,-.f the enemy. >".i: or.> : .s ■ ■Iγ - iporiorty ipyoatestab'", Vit .' *i" -' ' ,; ' i:uTPJ*;iu:." Another en-cineine fi. , : r .i- fir \- tho French s:? -oncern'-! -■. ■■ :••:■■ months' train- ;-: .-. the i r> , :: •':«"■* '.i- '!H '.c the troope srr , - , " :■.-■■■- i!r-:in:e>l of. Po far! r-*i.i > i mJHT - 14 it-' !•' :r"s fr.i;n :'.;■-. f- n r that 1 ''.-.:•■ t '■'•■ m..-'.:ik»n ar tit ta. fpirl: t'u: ■ _■■- t.i- r.A POPrTJiK ADMIRAL. o: A.iT.:r.i. A" «>rt. in-i it the hope ;h.u ■ h j :-0.-5 «.v.i ,1 t:-: h.3 pr.>tractf I C 2?. n"> i"h.in**'3 'a- 1 :- 1 Tn.i in trie lieu- ■ eral Kivv StatT. Hi- "lamented death. ( Ijiwever. ' ■■': -i '".I which had to !-e £;>.-". ap « -ho;. \A.\y Hi? eiK-c«svor :* | Aiimirii d- , iged sixt>-dve , Tears', i brave .mi experienced < ier He to-'k part in :h.- Tonkin Exp>= !i ' tion under A:r.:.ra'. i ourbet. and then Tr»9 sent to Beriin as naval a:ta.-ii>-. .Xfter^-ar '.- he commanded a squadron in the Fir il.iet erid '.hen another '.a tht" j ye-v.ten-ar.eiti. Hp was a member of the j Ht'--'- N-i'' ** t Jm:n.*-.oa and Director of ; t .if the Armed Fleot at the M.nUtry d Miru?. I: it were a. Tim? :.i T'av compliments, one m:pht in par: j attribute h.s to a ,ies:r" : t i please King Georse. "'no h:i* a #p*ciai ; r-'sard for Admiral de .ronquiere*. It j •j !- on ni: a.x-ount that the French j (-.-•.-emme-.t e»n: the A.imira , . to r-pro- J cent the Republic at the zre.\: Spithcad i r >v;eT. Cue also remembers that when J the British visited Fj ru-. j A lilral de Jonouieres was nanneii per- , F-oal attache :o Hia >Uj*»ty. l V.".-.enerer their Majesties Jrov.* ■ on. the Admiral aler.ivs r.xie | in the r I'arriae". they eon- | ver=;ne tr.th him en route. The Kir.3. I ' have b*«T told. »as very fond if •■■-n pariasr s e.i n n tei? over a cit?ar his French *--onixa- 5 .* 1 ." anii real »xi*ta be-nreen them. The Countess de JonjiiierM. the Admiral* sister, h.is been oi.' .-if ;a» ieadina organisers of the Red Cross mo' s;n<-g the *iz broks n: A TRANSFORMED CITY. Visitor* to P:ir:= hard'.y the fi'.v undT its n?*v aspect. It is enure ;' 3 .v. There are very ie=r foreiz". er- here anl tho»e who are here a* , " e.ther Br.t:-h or Ameryan. People .1 - »thorn*. cafes are obsed at ten o>! v, a; r-.ig-ht ant the rej:aur2nts at »>■.,• _V. :>? shatters are leav :-? the Ptreetn ;n utter darkness. r> n!;- j th? bou>vards are lighted by lamrw. | ov-T wh;.'h are Siick covers t-i ke a p I Firs .i.- much hidden from toe vir-x .>: at'a'kinj a:r' - rai: as possible. All d*j" <?:•;.-." !.. i people are 50 ur-ed to titfu* Tjtch " p T. A: t c ■.it.? :ime. nii':!- ,- ---t o.is *h ,tr -.hat o'.n.liTioris in Paris 3r - r-:y different to what l~f- "r? in the ti-'T ri.i.-t of the tvjr Men. women ani rh ! the~ - c-; about in black, smi!ir:e faces su??!in:ed '"■■■" iooks nf de'terrr.r.a::;r. Even British and American Tv-rzen •«:» riress*-d :n black and ParU pr'ser.Tp; th° apr»?.ira-.--" n f i city in reo irnisx lavins finished her knitting wers >: :he colliers, a: i'l e-cnt.s -iTit.: another printer <rimpa:»a c-ens -h:ch. God foriid , . the Parii:er.ne nas become more »ocasloni*d to toe eii!T;:oa~ c: the ~sr. \~.i \e '"n , ? more fc»r ?oq';etti=h se'f i?ain. has de-r.-ie-i .hi- ajuat not neglect her toilette to-> \*Ti3, lest she lose her *ra J .itiona! oharm ir : -rye. So that. t,~ !!y cc::-] :. z her«e;t With her :oi>tt». HOPES OF EARLY VICTORY. T.v.a rpv.vi; .- ;ne of the surest signs tha- a 1 \i- ?::i-2 on iel: .T-.:h the Allie*. «nj that 'he -heroes" are eipecre.i to rnurr, very soon. Discretion remains m he ing note ;n the latest j v.ths. Ther .ire less sombre, an 1 the i;be-a: use of ia?e relieves their monotcr.v Many lovely dinner £own 3 are ' to be fp»n a black tul'.e. in white tulle, j in zrer tulle, or in black md srh.te. in i grer ar J . white, in mauve and in iace—j ivory ! i.c or the dead white variety.! occis. na"y relieved by a #tririg of pea.-> Lare in freely used with siik, aoussel.ni". voile ar.d lingerie. War signs and roiour*. although still to the fori». ire rot slavishly copied, an.i are logins -oxe of their "«ererity. Height-! er~i • ;•■:«: in gowns, other than the j tai:— - • : -.ire:;-. ha<- justified the re-j epe- -_ •' \-fT" T.an" dres* j SU-kinj establishment*. »a.r!r all the ; krre in the Rue dp la "Paix. the P'.a-e \'.-r ->rne. and the Avenue de | I'Ot!e-a have opened their doors once lEore. although are not an as the-r -::ei to be. A "premiere" •>: -i ■ gr?at Place -t i r '"n° firm, Tho re-e:vor? SO.nOfl francs a veaT before i the war. is now content to receivr? 20,000 ■while in inspector of the se-sinz room.: aa — cyj ;^n thousand francs last ve>'.r, is mt asked to a.-<-ept one thousand francs Th» h»a iof a in the Rne i tn la Vwx told mc that there is a rap.c '• i.slr.eas recovery, due 'he think- , | to eoaidence in an approaching en i of the r-r3:r-t. THE BRITISH IN PAKIS. ] Pars orchestras have got hold of tlie, "Lons, Long Way to Tipperary." and! th» British soldiers in the house set offj the sirjr.ng. in which the French join.; Our men here have a marvelloua knack I "' Parisian s-veethearts. The; British uniform is quite a la mode with the fa .- sei. I wonder where the amputated soldiers are sent? One is constantly meeting Frenchmen with only one arm or one leg, but all the EnglislliMn I h*T« encountered in the streets. Wβ ttla-toditd. i