| Show mr v wn w n SENLIS IS SAMPLE OF I f WARS WAR'S WORK t-N t J Ruined MJ Homes Hies Will Rebuild but Cemetery Hold Its I f Mute Mule Testimonies t INTEREST TOURISTS TOURISTS TOURISTS' I RUINS I. I tt 4 I Parisians Do Not Yet Realize I Havoc Wrought So Near I French Capital I 1 I t if 11 I v 3 France Jul July 34 In In In a jour jour- ney ey to just thirty miles from paris there is on nn advance taste of or what ut ni ill take place In many of ot the countries coun COUII- t. t tries trIes trIes' no now nt at war ar after peace pence has been deel declared red There Is h also a a. very vivid r. r V I picture to be gained of at things as the they F f were iere during tho tragic days dars of at the I 1 German drive on the French capital Doubtless as time ErO goes 5 b by and as man many p questioners come como to hear at first hand the thc heroic story of at the battle of the I Marne much of or the detail will dl disappear appear ap- ap pear tear become confused contused take on a n legendary character not consciously per of or the truth but nevertheless less ICU subtly inaccurate In Today Tade there Is none none of or that The Tho memory of ot the events from August August 31 to Sept September I 4 4 1914 Is still BUll too living too real At the station albeit tourists as yet ue e Infrequent for tor Senile Is In the zone ono of of the armies there Isa Isn group of at small boya bo with unexploded shells under their arms and pockets full tull of at rifle rlUe bullets flattened against the cathedral wall rail all to sell as souvenirs Skeptical It Is a shock to realize by actual actually that the Germans really were go o 0 close to Paris as ns Senlis The greater reater pm put of ot the Parisians themselves will not sot believe 1 It frankly it-frankly frankly do not ot bolle believe v it even e yet yeL When the war Is over ana ann the they begin bee to move about a n bit the they have bave a number of ot shocks hocks In store for tor them not the tho least of or which will be administered in tn For or 1 It Is one thing thin to read rc about the tho destruction of or property the burning of at houses and all the tho rest of or the hl hideous history with which this war Is Indubitably ably stained stained stained-In In Belgium Belgium to the average a Parisian very en far tar tarawa awa away It Is quite another matter not notto notto notto to read about but to go to see It see It-see see seethe the burned buildings the tho cathedral cath- cath edral and the tho looted houses so close to Paris The tourist In general will find the therea greatest rea test Interest in tho the wrecked and burned houses to be met at ever every turn Like Lille Lute and Lou Louvain vain and so 80 many hundreds of at towns and cities in Franco France and nd nd Belgium the th greater part of ot the I destruction of or GenUs SenU was due not so much UCh to bombardment a aa as to the tho Jn- Jn bombs with which the tho InvadIng invadIng invading ing troops were ere supplied House after otter house Is a a. mass of or twisted tIsted Iron and andI heaped debris the wreckage not of or artiller artillery ar ar- ar- ar tiller tillery hut of or fire tire The cathedral an ane e edifice dating from tram the tho twelfth century century cen cen- tur tury of or the lI lightest gothic beauty of ot I line lino and form torm bears the tho scars espo- espo daily of oC Infantry fire tire which has made macle 4 Us Its walls resemble a piece of oC old wood v furniture In which myriads of ot worms I e bored holes Graven Grave of Unknown t The ruined houses of at Senlis will be bo The mere age of or the tho cathedral cathe- cathe dral ral will serve to cover its wounds But the humble final testimony of oC the cemetery meter will remain to recall the tragic trag trag- ic Ie days d s 's of at 1014 1914 I H. H Here there Is a long row of or graves each marked b by a I wood wood- wooden en cross the whole hole surrounded by a painted black wooden fence rence as if It to toa a set t them then apart as something a little littlemore more sacred than the rest Each grave o has hag Its crowns of or bead work vork humor Immor- t. t lelles elles each Its vase of or fresh flowers renewed few Cew from da day to day daJ though ir of ot those burled In this strange earth r r are Ira of or Indeed there are Quito quite r a a. number of or crosses upon which apPears appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears the significant legend Here lies a soldier of or the tho th th L riflemen riflemen Unidentified r I. I Nor are these graves gra tho the least well t t I kept Each I ach has its vase vaso of at fresh cut r lilies above the tho breast of at each uni unknown unknown un- un I i known some gentle hand has planted L tiny ba bay tree that already Is growing i t hardilY |
