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44 WILMETTE LIFE thei~ booming, while ~achine · gu'" and rifles kept up an almost stca·1 .,. cracking and popping. A few SJH 11t I are running again. Even autoWILME11E GIRL VIEWS trains mobile and rickshaw travel is not posnow as there is almost continuous CHINA'S CIVIL STRIFE siblc firing across the road jlld the city will be at least another two before Miss Dorothy Lloyd Is Eyewitness of Battle; Spends Days Behind Barricades Editot·'s Xott-: Dorothy Llo~·d, daughof Dl'. and .:\lrs. Hte phcn A . Lloyd or 10:~5 Lake a\·e qut' , who is <·ontu:ctt' d with th e North C'hina Aml'ri ean school at Tunghsi e n , China, is the author o[ the follo\ving t:·xtracts from lettt·rs n :ceivcd hy h o.: r parent!> t·ece ntly and giving an unusually intere!:!ting insight into the spasmodic eivil warfare that has be en g·oing- on in that haralS~ e d t-mpire. Miss l:loy~ describes graphically just "how it ~ tt't·ls to bf· under fire, with rifle bullets \\ hizzing uy at c lost: range. Slw writes \\ ith tht' autlwrity of an eyewitness. t t' l' WELL .DONE MEDIUM or RARE Yes, su, we will broil your steak to suit your special individual liking. Tender, JUtcy steaks are our specialty. Our patrons come from near and far just to get and enjoy one of our delicious steaks. The Wilmette Cafe Meals that satisfy "When next we meet, I hope that you wi_ ll treat me with proper respect; I am entitled to it on several counts. For a whole week cannon, machine guns and rifl e .. fire have shaken our windows and robbed ·me of my sleep o'nights. I have spent a whole day in a cellar to IH! safe from stray bullets, and for the same reason, have composed myself to slumber on a soft hlanket spread over a most hard floor. Two bullets whistled over my curley ( ?) head almost near enough to make a perceptible breeze as they zipped · past. From the "tower," I have seen the flare of battles and witnessed the route of the Kuominchun army, heard the servants weeping with terror and listened to the tales of hundreds of refugees who have poured into 0nr compound during the last few days. Four hundred were housed m the Lu Ho basement and all the families of our Compound servants have also been sheltered inside our gates. City Gatea Barricaded i "It IS now stx weeb stnce I have heen able to get into Peking and it bullets landed in the hack gardt'l l gates arc well barricaded with sand travelling too slowl y to hann a1 ~ hag·s, and need I say that my natural- thing. The battle still rages and n· ~ ly sweet disposition is suffering and few minutes the boom of hcavv ar · my usually effervescent spirits fail to lery can he heard , from ah<;\.t' effervesce: noises of the day. "l " ·ill tn· to sl't clown in order the Heaviest Firing at Night · march of eve11ts since the heginnin .~ I "Tht· iH?a\"icst fighting.1s d. of hostilities in thr Peking- area. at 'n ight and rifles are u-;ed , . .. Eyewitnesses of Battle ; ten si\'l'ly- \\'hich SC'l'lll~ odd I' "I dined with :\largaret, Len, th e I they can't po:-;:-.ihly see what t l1. school \)rinciJ)al and l'aJ)tain Arm - I arl' :-.hooting at. :\11 the childrt ' strong Saturday night, April 10, awl 1 ht·d..; han· heen mm·ed fro111 1:, . after dinner we made candy. Len, I sll'l·ping porche .-, into the donll it·~ ! · from the porch \'\'here he was putting I halls, where two brick wall s prCit · , · ... . 1 1 . d. rt·A l, lift c. , · . 1 f . -- , 1 11 . 11. · t I1e f uuge to coo. tear Jlt:-.~ I t tern r?m stl .t) )U cts. :Htto111u lnk . north and east of the ctty an~l ca.lleo ~t.temi~tmg to ta,ke the south road t ~ · 1 to us to come out. We hurncd 111to f1entsm. were stopped hy actual r ill ~ coats, and joining- him, were rewarded fire and turned hack into our ron ; with the sounds of the f1rst great pound. \Ve are again cut off frr>n1 tl H· battle of the war. Cannon and light sea and American mail, and thl' rea l artillery were booming and popping in ization that it may he months hdor.· the southwest, on the other side of 1 you receive my letters mak<· s lllL' It·~ , Peking-perhaps t\:~,enty miles distant 1 hesitant to inform you of the exc1ttt1 :_: from our compound . In the south, an detaib of these days. The train ~ \1) occasional hig gun boomed, and there Tientsin have long been di sco ntintt~·d fighting, though less constant, was and mail has been brought up hy 11 w much nearer. To. the north and east tor or bicycle courier. The last trip the trenches lie on this side of a little brought just a taste of .hom<' mail -river perhaps two mile~ from us, and only four letters for all ~ . C. :\ . ~ . from this direction the pop of rifles :n1d one of them was for me irnn 1 could he heard distinctly. It all seemed Pris . · Wasn't I luckv? unreal, for only the rifle pops near at .,, , . . . ·. hand could be heard above ordinarv ! . 1111 ~ morn In~, ApnllJ. at the break conversation. The first thing I hear;l ta~t table, tl_lc scn·ants told u~ that that reallv sounded like war, w<\s a c~ell'ated sol{lter~ from the Kuon11nrlm n loud pop: like a cork coming out of !mr s _had entered the so uth gat.e (!i a bottle. followed by a high thin wail- thr .. City. I dashed over t~ L~n :-, tu the far off scream of a wounded man 1 venly the report and was 111 t1me t· 1 or .animal. Len said. Susan's, ont of ! heg to he allowed to. accompany !1it11 the other teachers. windO\\' showed a to the tower, for wh1ch he was JU ->t square of light, so 1 dashed oYer to alH,nt to set forth. All the ~,· ay th:ou gll the dormitory and routed her out of the. compound and _up the ~nter111111ahl ~· bed, \\'here :-;he lay comfortahlv read - i st<ur~ we hoped 1t " ·asn t true, hu t ing-. We got into -fur coats anci 1 ·oinecl J our llr-;t glance ~l v(·r _tlw st<.me parapet tl1e others on their waY to the tower 1 s lJowec l u:-. t lll' K uomJC l11111 lo r cl':-. W <'rt' where \\'C' could sre th~ flashes of tht: I rctrl'ating . The roa(l to the south, { t , guns in the south and :-;o utlnre~t. \\'e I as far a:-. one could ~ee throu gh fi_elr: ,,·ere \'t!ry .. mu ch rxcttcd of course: glasses, \vas <brk \\'tth apprnaclnn ~.; Our ftrst hattie~ : carts. soldier:-;, ·laden hor se:-. and n1uk-. " ~lnnda~· tht: firi11g ,,·as much loudl'r Evidently -,upplic-; and wondccl and and i1rarcr. Th<' line s haven't changctl l hl'a,·y equip111ent 'n·rc hcing sent ba d. hut the worst fighting \\·as along the I while the tn. ·nciH.: . ; \\'ere still being hel d ca:-;tcrn and southern fronts. two and 1 hy the deft'IHianb. for " ·c could sec 1111 tr.n_ miles. from us re~pcc_ti\'ely . T_he . ~ctua_l comha~ants m. t.he long hur r~ I big gun:-. shook our vvmdo,,-s ,,.,tlt Ing hues. Ltttle act1v1ty along nthr r ,1 1 I "I 1 That Car of Yours! Phones Wil~ttt 2600-2601 The car owners who art: not already familiar with our Wilmette, Jll 721 Main Street service, will be glad to know that we know every part of your car. When we do your repatnng, you can rest as· All repairs are guarOur Motors Serviee, lne. Everything foe sured that the job is done correctly. the Automobile anteed. and you will find the charges a.re moderate . equipment and long experience enables us to do this. If ·we have any responsibility in Wilmette at all, it is to induce you to be careful about your Miller & Miller "Equipment equals Maintenance" Repair Department of Wilmette Motor Sales 515 4th Street Phone Wil. 6 3 6 BR · A KES Have someone that knows make sure thev are I working properly. We will be glad to do it. J. C. Slown A. B. Van Deruen ~::============================~==~·