first floor of the flat
building, in Victoria Street, which was mainly composed of women, school
teachers, art students, and other persons doing Europe on a shoestring.
Many were entirely out of money and with limited securities, which were
not negotiable.

The action of the British Government extending the bank holiday till
Thursday of that week was discouraging news for the new arrivals from
the Continent, as it was uncertain whether the express and steamship
companies would open in the morning for the cashing of checks and the
delivery of mail, as was announced the previous Saturday.

Doctors J. Riddle Goffe, of New York; Frank F. Simpson, of Pittsburgh;
Arthur D. Ballon of Vistaburg, Mich., and B. F. Martin, of Chicago,
formed themselves into a committee, and asked the co-operation of the
press in America to bring about adequate assistance for the marooned
Americans, and to urge the bankers of the United States to insist on
their letters of credit and travelers' checks being honored so far as
possible by the agents in Europe upon whom they were drawn.

[Illustration: THE CATHEDRAL OF RHEIMS]
In the first weeks of the war the Germans occupied Rheims, but were
driven out after von Kluck's retreat. On September 20, 1914, they were
reported as first shelling the Cathedral of Rheims and the civilized
world stood aghast, for the edifice, begun in 1212, is one of the
chief glories of Gothic architecture in all Europe.

[Illustration: Seven men marching abreast.]
Photo by Underwood and Underwood. N.Y.
THE KAISER AND HIS SIX SONS
The ex-Emperor and his sons leading a procession in Berlin soon after
the declaration of war. It was noted that in spite of their martial
appearance the royal family were extremely careful to keep out of
range of the Allied guns. From left to right they are: The Kaiser,
Crown Prince Wilhelm, Princes Eitel Friedrich, Adalbert, August, Oscar
and Joachim.

Dr. Martin and Dr. Simpson, who left London on Saturday for Switzerland
to fetch back a young American girl, were unable to get beyond Paris,
and they returned to London. Everywhere they found trains packed with
refugees whose only object in life apparently was to reach the channel
boats, accepting cheerfully the discomforts of those vessels if only
able to get out of the war.

Rev. J. P. Garfield, of Claremore, N. H., gave the following account of
his experiences in Holland:

"On sailing from the Hook of Hol