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Dear Vhildrert: You will iiollee possibly that some of the letters
are not of such recent date, the reason for that is easily explained. 1 am
trying to have every one in the paper, and so I file them all and take
some from the week’s letters and some out of the older ones, in that way
you see we will all he heard from in our time, don't you think that a'
good idea? H
It seems hardly possible that Christmas is so near, just think, only
three weeks more and Christmas will he over. When we were talking!
about suggestions I guess you girls who make tatting thought that you
were luck* in your abilitv ’to wake im»st acceptable gifts, for let me tell
mu nothing can be more acceptable to any girl, mother or grandmother
than a few yards of beautifully made tatting, there are so many uses for
it. from pillow cases to lovely waists.
Come right along with your plans and suggestions. 1 * ? ,e e
vou are as enthusiastic over Christmas as your Al NT .11 L.IA,
p g.—I want to thank Bernice Beauty for her picture, bhe gate no
address. I appreciate the picture very, very much.
Orar Jiut Julia: It to with the greateat «f |
pleasure that I writs to tbi» happy band «f !
(iris and IW* What bs'- r ou all been doing
thto fine Thahksfinnc da« Had a s<*d
I C<M » t purely " h *‘
are you aU going to ft" for
it will b- somewhat <lnll. a» mv” «< «!»♦ J'"*
have gone to the navy and ann>. Say. 4‘ r
xtsat are you all going to vend to yvor
Mv this Ctatatnaas? I tnink we ought to send
them nomethiiut nice, as they are >o tor n W
from home. You can make fancy tie bol lerw
-net hangers, handkerchief
girts tatuog bag' fan- - y hand kerchief» an> .
is jtwt kwds of things y- can
make lovingly. , OJiTOL . s CLEVELAND.
Walhalla S. C.. Nov. 29. 1917.
p. S.—Would like to eoriwpond with of
these Mneeyed scaviar
liear Aunt Julia It b m> cold Ibis nftw
n-wn and as 1 am sitting in a eery corner by
. z.ssi oak fire. 1 f**l it is J*’ f,,r
to drop the roositre tny first line.
We live up in north <.ecrma »n the N«w
utt mountain. mU«* from Ellijay - I dear
1r love mountain life. The mountain U*’
wMeh wo live ts covered witu about L-4>’ ■
iUe,. There i. a P-.h leading ap to the ,
top of the mountain and »<■ children 'em
tiXe« go up there and bare a pleasant time
gathering wild '•berries and fruits. At t.w .
verv top Is a tittle pavilion wtn-Ji the people
' cs p B -tabernacle. ’ From this you ran
get a beautiful view of the surrounding roun
(tor home ia near the foot of the mountain,
vnd we can raise most anything. Around our
loner we have some large grope and senpper
<ong arbors that certainly do their duty a:
the proper tline.
; srfsh all the cousins vrouM bo witn me next
rrjdav and Saturday. A party of friends anti
o<tr tomiiv are going about throe miles from
nty home’ to another range of mountains and
nMt chestnuts. I will write you later and
te»| you of our adventures and success.
With lev. and be<t wishes to you and all
the cousins. I atn.
Your loving niece and rousm.
SUSIE MAY NORTHCUTT.
Ellitoy. Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins Here comes a
row cousin, who has been a silent reader of
your letters for rorne tim-.
May I describe myself? I have brown eyes
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I have given nice new cars to one
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to think how little they did for the cars
they got. You just ought to see the let
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It is your duty to yourself to own one.
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You can get one. too. Let me know if you
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tan-1 hair aud dark completion l win tea re
• tny age for you to guess, between fifteen and
I I cslic is a very small place, and ha- ”*•
I prettv scenery for m<- to tell nbout. although
I WC have some grand times here once In a
while. A crowd of us young folks are planning I
to go to Americus Thanksgiving night to >
opera. "The Fall of a Nation. I»m planning
* I Tre on a farm just within ,U S.J' l **. ’’.“V*:
I have lived in town most of niy life, and
city life better than farm Ilf;. May 1 »■
what ha- become of our '••“V''-..' h " r ’r.. ,
ders. Base Hospital No. IVrt Bliss. n * x - a
We|i •« i ever’ <wic frowii’Dfc aml n n w ;
.-ou«in coming. 1 nill - lose, with much love to
an. A new rouain. ri’ TII ftl - warl .
brolie. Ga.. Nov. 2ft. 1917.
Hello there. Cousins: Will you admit another
Georgian tn enter your letter boa. I have
written two letters before, but I *'•
Wastebasket must have got them. 1 has, b ,
* wbil. I describe myself. I. will try not
to seare you. I have Mack hair. bla< k eyes
and dark .-.-mplevi.m, I am siateen years old
' ami weigh al-iiil 105 pounds. , ~
I What do yo.i all think «f th.- war. ‘ » h '« x
it is dreadful. 1 have two brothers in t
armi We have a fine school in «>ur little
tewi* We have four literary teachers ami a
imnsto teacher. My teacher is Prof. Hughes.
! 1 WVwM ,n, bc f ’ n giad to receive cards from any
| the cousins. an i
ESSIE GOODWIN.
' Kebecia. Ga.. Nov. 28, 1817.
Pear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I am •’ ,M ’-'
of eleven rears old and lire on a farm l ike
other t-ovs I enjoy it. 1 hare no sister or
brother. 1 will describe myself. I have brown
h-ir gtav eyes fair skin and weigh about
SO pounds. I am I feet. 9 inches high. I eti
jor reading the cousins' letters. 1 would like
?Zy mortTto bear from yon am< the cousins,
l a. to a school With one teacher for screntn
grade. Her name is Miss Rachel Gilehr l<t.
I a:, in the sixth grade. I have always lived
up north until last winter, when we moved
down hero, ami I like it down h«re very much.
As this is no first letter. I will close.
Vour cousin.
LEON WYLIE.
Keyser. N. C.. Nov. 29. 1917.
, nearest Annt Julia: Please let a llttl* girl
1 of the dear old Pixielaiid join your happy hand ;
of .ousins. I bare dark . omplexion. light
brown hair aurf eyes. I hare one <!«ter and ,
one half brother. I am twelve years old and
iin the ninth grade. I co to seuool at Hook
erton. wliieii is about half a mile from my
home. 1 l ave as pets a large dog. ami a ;
lent. I like reading and strdyibg. I th'nk l,
hear Mr. Wastebasket knocking, so 1 will ring
off. as I want yon to print my letter before >
you answer his knock. Would like to corro- ■
I * «pon<J with the .-ousins.
Farewell to all. A new <w«m.
BAU.IE HARRISON.
Hookerton. N. C.
H*llo! Hello! We are asking for a chut—two
brothers. I. Tommie, am twelve years old. |
and Samnel Is ton. We aro both tonn
ers. We like farm life fine. Aunt Julia, we
both think -you are a goo.l auul to lot us
have a corner in The Journal, the paper that
papa is ro anxious tn road. We are going to
learn to run the car next week. Aunt Julia,
I we would like for you to visit ns when bog
killing time comes. \V« had better ask a riddle
and run. for I see Mr. Wastebasket with a !
big. wide open mouth coming after this now. ,
The riddle: Twelve pears hanging high: twelve
nw. come rid ini: by; each took a pear, but left •
eleven hairing there. Good-by.
TOMMIE AND SAMVEL MODE.
p. s.will tell you n'xt time about my visit
to North Carolina.
Dear Cousins: Please give me a seat by
Mary Llxi'c Houser, of Rutherfordton. N. C.
Wimld like for you to write me. as I used |
to live tn Rntberfordtou. Aunt Julia, ns nil
the cousins describe themselves, hero I go:
I am 5 feet tall, brown eyes and curly hair,
dark complexion and weigh Ifta pounds, and I ;
will leave my age for some of the cousins to ;
guess. It's between sixteen and nineteen. I
will cloro by asking a riddle Big at the bot
tom. little at the top. something in the middle
going flippitv flop. let your letters fly to
ANNIE MAY SHEHAND.
I Gaffney. S. C.
Dear Aunt JuliaiT'ease” semi to me otfle of
your dub buttons, as I wish to become a mem
Ker of your hanpy band. Eenclosed you will 1
find 1b cents In stamps for s«me.
Your niece.
CIII.OE HVDBON.
Decatnr. Ga.. R. F. D. No. 2.
Dear Annt Julia an I C-maina: I wonder if
yon will permit another Georgia girl to vour
‘ hapnv circle of boys and rirls. 1 have been
c silent reader. I go to seliool nnd have two
teachers. 1 am tn the seventh grade. 1 am
ce-rteen. have dark blue eves black hair and
fair comolexioo. I am four feel and ten
Indies high. Well, ns this i* my first time,
I will qn’.t before Mr. IVsxteliesket steps In
Your loving niece.
' EMMA TAYLOR.
• Rcekell-*. Ga.. Route No. 1.
Dear Auntv and Commas” Please move over
and make room for one more Georgia girl. I
am going to start to school Monday and am
elart of it. lam eleven years of age. I hare
•i-rk hair and brown eves ami fair coninle-'on.
f live on n torn; and like farm life fine.
W’-.it do you cousin® do for pastime - ' I sew
ar.d wash dishes. Your new niece ami cousin.
ALA ANDERSON.
Hazlehurst. Ga.. 1?. F. D. No. 2.
Dear Annt Julie and Cousins: Hero comes a
now cousin from the dene o i,j state <>f Georgia
»o Join vour liannv hand. ! live in the coun
try and like ft flee. Hew 'nhnv of von cousins
litre to re»d? 1 for one. I will describe my
■“lf. I am «weet sixteen years of are. dark
'•sir. Mw eves, light complexion, f’vc feet
1 ’ >gb. weigh 141 noonds. Who has mv birthday.
'I January 4? t hear v»r WasVebsaket coming,
<o goo-l-hye to A "nt J"lia n"d the eonslns.
| Will answer all oarda and .letters received.
i J.ovinclv.
ROSA BENNETT.
Ad.-1, fit . Route 1. Box 91.
Dear Annt Julia: A« my other letter was
1 not In print I thought I would come again.
• F am busy picking -otton and 1 like it fine.
1 My school will start next month. I can crochet.
and I would like to exchange with some of
I you cousins. I had better close. I hear Mr.
Wastebasket coming. Good-bye.
EMMA BASS.
Monroe. N. C.. Route 3.
Dear A”nt Julia end Cousins: Will yon lot
s little North Carolina girl join your happy
I band? 1 am twelve rears nt nee. My father
i< a farmer and I like faro, life fine. I am
i going to school at Tn ion school house, and I
! rm in the fifth grade. Wo surely have some
I fine times at school. What de yon cousins do
t f.,r pastime? I read most of the time. I
■ have read a lot this fall. 1 wish some of you
cousins were hero to go to s< boo! with me.
■ Aunt Julia, what is voir home address?
I Mv father tsfcea tli" dear old Journal and I
I retro do entoy ro-,|inr the letter box. Mr
t birthday June 21. Marie Freer.o and Ha-.0ß0
I Parker, the answer to vour riddle is a whoel-
I barrow. i« it not? This is *nv first time to
I write and now. Auntie you will have to ex
| cure this lone letter. Wonld like to correspond
with anv of you cousins. Tour loving niece
• ard cousin.
ELIZABETH LAI.LER.
Rutherfordton N C
• t»ear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I hope you
would like to have a new cousins join the letter
I lox. I like to read your letters. I am going
t«» school now. I live in the country and go
. t a country wbool. I live about two miles
I from the school building. 1 am in the fifth
I grade. My teacher’s mime Is Miss Klice Hor
‘ ton. 1 am thirteen years old. My name is
ECGENIA LIII.LAR.
Rutherford. N. C.. Route No. 1.
I l*ear Aunt Julia aud Cowins: Please move
I over, cousin-, and let me have a seat by Aunt
I I Jolla. I !toi-e Mr. Wastebasket is out talking
Ito his friends, so 1 an get in print. J will
| desiTibe myself. I am twelve years of age.
My birthday is September 28. I am light rom
pier ted. with dark hair. I am five feet and
three inches tall. I weigh one hundred and
nineteen pounds. I’m in seventh grade. I live
in towu. tny father Is a merchant. Marie
Freese, the answer to your riddle is a wheel
burrow. Emma Kancy, the answer to your
riddle ts a atevw. Aas I right? 1 nUI ctoee
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1917.
RASPUTIN Devil or Sai t?
By the Princess Radziwill
i Copyright. 1917, Public Ledger Company. All Rights Reserved.)
RASPt'TIN "A FRAUD AND NOTH
ING ELSE.”
I have already related that his house
had become a kind of Stock Exc.hatiKe
in which everything could be bought
or sold, where all kinds of shady trans
actions used to take phM*c. and where
the most distrusting bargaining for
places anti appointments was perpet
ually going on. Gifts innumerable were
showered upon "him which he pretended
that he distributed to the poor, hut
which in reality he carefully put into
his own pocket. Thtr peasant. who
when he bad arrived in St. Petersburg
for the first time had hardly possessed
a shirt to his back, had become a very
rich man. He had bouctit several
houses, gambled in shares and other
securities, and had contrived to accu
mulate a hanking account which, if cne
is to believe all that has been related,
amounted to several millions. From
time to time, however, he used to come
oift with some munificent offering to
some charity or other with which he
threw dust in people’s eyes. They
thought that it was In this manner that
he employed all the money which was
showered upon him by his numerous
admirers. Tt was in this way that he
built in St. Petersburg, not far from
the spot where by a strange coinel
dence his murdered body was found, a
church which was called the Salvation
Churcti. which adjoined a school for
girls. There he used to go often. When
ever he went he was always met by
the clergy in charge with great pomp,
as if he had been a bishop or some
great ecclesiastical dignitary, and was
awaited at the door with’the cross and
holy water. This church was placed
under the spacial protection of the
Metropolitan of Petrograd. T'itirim. who
often celebrated divine service in it.
at wbic.ii Rasputin always made it a
point to Im- present. Bift instead of
awaiting the Metropolitan, as he ought
to have done, hr had the habit of ar
riving after him. Mgr. Pitirim. how
ever. awaited his arrival just as he
would have waited for the Emperor
Indeed the submiss.on which the offi
c’Xl head of the clergy of the capital
affected In regard to Rasputin Is one
of the most extraordinary episodes in
the latter's wonderful career.
In fact, when one reviews all one nas
heard concerning this personage one .s
tempted to ask the question
his appearance in St. Petersburg had
not brought along with it an epidemic
of madness among all those who had
come in contact with him. U hardly
seems possible that bishops, priests, min
isters. high dignitaries, statesmen, even,
or at least men having the pretension
to be considered as such, should have
thought it necessary to go and seek the
favor of this vulgar, ill-bred, dirty
Russian mougik. devoid of honesty and
of scruples, about whom the most dis
graceful stories were being repeated
everywhere, and whose presence in the
houses where he was a daily visitor
used to give rise to the worst kind of
gossip. This gossip was of such a na
ture that decent persons hesitated be
fore repeating it. let alone believing it.
Like an ins'dious poison it defiled all
whom it touched. One fails to realize by
what kind of niagic grave men like Mr.
Fabler, for instance, who for some time
had occupied the highly Responsible and
delicate functions of procurator of the
Holy Synod, one of the most important
posts in the whole Russian empire, could
be made so far to forget himself as to
prostrate himself before Rasputin jn his
eagerness to become entitled to the lat
ter’s good graces and protection. And
that he did so is at least not a matter
of doubt, if we are to believe the fol
lowing letter which the monk Illiodore
by asking a riddle: When 1 went upstairs. ;
wtoom sbouhi 1 sec with a fiddle upon his knee?
Well. 1 will close, hoping to hear from you
so<>u. Your niece and cousin.
WILD A CLAKK. |
Palmetto. La.. P. O. Box 38.
Dear Aunt Julia nn<l Cousins: Please move j
over, Mary Smith, and give me a seat by Aunt |
Julia and the <-ou>ins. I hope Mr. Wastebasket
has gone tv the tnovles when you receive me,
for I want to go in print. 1 will describe my
self. 1 am eleven years old and a brunette.
Who ba.-> my birthday—January IO? 1 am in
the seventh grade. I love to read the cousins
letters, as 1 nave l»een reading them for quite a
while. We do not get the Semi-Weekly Jour
nal. though one of my friends lends it to me to
read every week. 1 will close by asking a rid- j
<!!«: Why is a bookkeeper like a hen? I will
close «till much lore to Aunt Julia ami the I
cousins. Your niece and cousin.
Palmetto. La. HELEN TAYLOR.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I am writing i
my first letter to The Journal. 1 am eleven
years old. My birthday is October 24. 1 am at- |
tending Hazeldeen school, and am in the fifth i
crude. Well. I will close for this time, hoping
to hear from this letter soon. Your new niece, I
ULMA LAXGIOKD.
Toomsboro, Ga.. R. F. "D. No. .1.
Hello. Aunt Julia and Cousins! Here comes |
a girl from Pae northeastern part of Georgia |
that wants to join the cousins. Some of you !
<s>usins move around and let me come in for a |
little chat. My father takes The Journal, -and
I surely do enjoy reading it. I belong to the •
Tomato’ club and have made twenty-two bottles '
ct ketchup and canned some tohmatoes and '
other vegetable*. The club girls here arc busy |
getting ready for the fair. I crochet and tat
and would like to exchange patterns with the
other cousins. 1 am fifteen years old. Chest
ruts are opening now and if some of you
cousins will come to Clayton we will go nutting.
I surely would like to come to Atlanta and see
‘Aunt Julia. I would like to hear from the
boys and girls from different states. So good- i
by. COIIALEE MOZELEY.
Clayton, Gr.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you please
admit another Georgia girl into your happy
hand of boys and girls. My papa takes The
Semi-Weekly Journal and I enjoy reading the
letter box. I have been picking cotton. Come
at.d help me. For pets I have a dog. cat and
calf, so, you see, I don't get lonesome. 1 live
on a farhm of 519 acres. As the other cousins
describe themselves. I will give you mine. I
nave light bair, blue eyes, fair complexion, am
ten years old and weigh forty-six pounds. We
Lave’ a five-months school and I am in the
sixth grade. As. this is my first attempt. 1
Will Close. HANNAH ETTA HOLBROOK.
Cumming, Ga.. Route 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you ad
mit a South Carolina boy into your happy
band of boys and girls. This is my first time
to write to The Journal, and I hope it will
escape the wastebasket. I live on a farm two
miles from Walhalla ami go to school there.
I will describe myself, as I see all others do. v
I have blue eyes, black hair and fair com
plexion. As my letter is growing lengthy, I
will hop off. A new cousin.
Walhalla. S. C. JULIAN ELLISON.
Dear Aunt Julia: I am an eloven-year-ohl
ehool girl, and I am in the fifth grade. My
teacher’s name is Mr. Cook, We have a flower
garden on our school yard. The boys have a
football to play with and the girls are going to
get a volley ball and net nn<l each one of the
sebool children is going to get a tennis racket.
Aunt Julia. (Lynda Belle Harris is my playmate.
1 like her best of ail the little girls. With best
wishes and much love to Aunt Julia and the
cousins, I close. Your niece.
Dawson, Ga. LETTIE BELLE SMITH.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you let
me join your happy band? 1 am thirteen years
old and live in the country. My father is a
tariuer. und 1 like fnrrn life fine. I go to
school at Union, and am in the fifth grade.
My teacher’s name is Miss Alice Martin, and I
like her very niueb. My dcskzinate’s name is
Ellaabet!’ Laller. We surely have some good
times together. For pets I have a calf, a pig
and a dog. I wish you cousins would write
tnc long letters. I wilt answer all letters and
cards received. Your niece and cousin,
BESSIE MATHIS.
Kutherfordton, N. C.. Route No. 2.
Valuable Poultry Book Sent Free
Every Poultry Raiser who wants more money
front chiekens should write to F. L. Carswell, 258
Gateway Station, Kansas City, Mo., for his new
book, which tells how to. Gives many scien
tific borne hetpa tar my atoa flock.—CJbtvt.)
wrote from his exile on the fifth ot
May, 1814, to a personage very well
known in the political circles ol St
Petersburg:
“I swear to you with the word of
honor of an honest man that the letter
in which I called Sabler and Damansky
the instruments of ‘Gricha’ (Rasputin)
contained nothing but the solemn truth,
and 1 repeat it ones more, that accord
ing to what Rasputin told to me on the
twenty-eighth day of June, lull, at 3
o'clock in the afternoon in my little
cell. Sabler really kissed tile feet of
Gricha, who. in relating this story to
me, showed me with an expressive pan
tomime in what way he had done so. I
consider as utterly false and as a bare
faced lie the declaration of Mr. Sabler
that he hart never prostrated himself
before any one, before the sacred images.
"Respectfully yours,
•S. M TROUFANOFI’,
• formerly the Monk Illiodore."
It is difficult to say. of course, how
much reliance can be placed on those
asertions of Illiodore. and whether Mr.
Sabler really thought it necessary to
fall on the ground before Rasputin. But
out of this letter one can infer that the
influences of the latter was considered
to be important enough tor people to
trouble themselves about relating stories
of the kind to show it up. Altogether,
one may safely conclude, out of the
very spare material which so far has
conic to light in regard to the activity
of Rasputin, that we have not yet
heard the whole truth about the cir
cumstancbs which have accompanied
his sudden rise and fall, and that there
must have have been in both events
things which perhaps will never come
to light. But all of them point to some
dark intrigue in which Tie was but one
of the pawns whilst believing himself
to be the principal actor. One must
not forget the tzar himself is most
liberal in his ideas and opinions, and
that it was entirely due to his personal
initiative that the constitution, such as
it is. which Russia possesses at the
present day was promulgated. This
was not done without arousing terrible
animosities, provoking terrible discon
tent. From the first hour that its con
tents were published there were found
persons who began to work against it,
and who by their efforts brought about
the revolution of the year 1905, with
the help of which they had hoped to
bring back the days of absolute gov
ernment, when every public functionary
was a small tzar in his own way and
when the caprice of the first police of
ficial could send away to distant Si
beria innocent people. This abuse Ni
cholas U had determined from the first
moment that he had ascended the throne
of his ancestors not to allow any long
er. This determination, of course, was
not forgiven by the crew of rapacious
crocodiles who up to that day had ad
ministered the affairs of the Russian
empire, and they It was who determined
to take their revenge for this noble
and disinterested step of their sover
eign.
Rasputin became the Instrument of
the reactionary party, which he, contriv
ed to make instrumental in ( carrying
out his own views and aims. His head
had been turned by the unexepected po
sition in which he had found himself.
It is surprising that he lost his
balance and that he ended by consider
ing himself as being what he had been
told by so many different people that
he was—prophet of the Lord, having
the right to say whatever he liked, to
calumniate whom he liked, to make use
of whatever means he found at hand to
eliminate from his path any obstacles
he might have found intruding upon
it. His name became synonymous with
that of this ultra-conservative party
which was leading Russia toward its
I ruin, and which always contrived to re
i duce to nothing all the good Intentions
{of the tzar. Rasputin was a sympbol
' and a flag at the same time; the synff-
I bolos superstition, and the flag of dark
I reaction. It is impossible to know to
this day whether he was not also what
' everything points to, that is, an agent
iof . the German government who had
' entered into German interests, and who
I had during the last months of his life
been working together with Mr. Stur
mer and the latter's private secretary.
the famous Manassewitsch Maniuloff.
towards a separate peace with the cen
tral powers, the conclusion of which
would have dishonored forever the tzar,
together with his government, and
i which would have provoked such dis-
I content in the country that the dynasty
■ might have collapsed under its weight.
There exist at least indications that
such a thing was within the limits of
possibility, and, if so, those who put
an end to the evil career of this danger
ous man deserve well from their coun
try, and the leniency which has been
shown to them is but the reward for an
act of daring which, though unjustifiable
from the moral point of view, is never
theless to be condoned by the circum
stance that its patriotic aim was so
great that it was worth while risking
everything, even remorse, in order to
accomplish it.
In a certain sense, Rasputin was the
curse of Russia. Thanks to him. the
purest existences were subjected to a
whole series of base attacks and of vile
calumnies. Thanks to him, our enemies
were given the opportunity to pour out
. upon us, upon our institutions, our
1 statesmen and even upon our sovereign
, the poison cf their venom and to rep
resent us to those who do not know us
iin a light which, thanks be rendered
to God, is an absolutely false and untrue
1 one.
Russia is far too great for such things
Ito touch her. That* Germany rejoiced at
i every tale which reached its ears in re
jgard to Rasputin is evident if one reads
■ its newspapers. That It was in under
standing and accord, if not directly
with him, at least with some jjf those
who were his immediate friends and
habitual confidents, has been proved to
the satisfaction of all impartial persons.
And that he worked continually toward
establishing an understanding between
the tzar and the kaiser is another fact
of which more than one man in Russia
is aware. Whether he did so intention
ally or whether he was the unconscious
.instrument of others cleverer and more
'cultivated than he ever was or wculd
become, is still a point that has not been
{cleared up to the general satisfaction.
But that his so-called influence only ex
isted over certain weak people, and
that the tzar himself never knowingly
allowed it to be exercised in matters
of state, is a fact about which there
can exist no doubt for those who know
the rare qualities of heart and of intel
lect of the sovereign.
CHAPTER IV.
1 have quoted the impressions of
{Prince Lvoff in regard to Rasputin, and
| have remarked that I have had per
sonally the opportunity to convince my
grlf that they were correct, at least In
their broad lines. The interview which
j 1 had with Rasputin in CTie course of
j the winter of 1913-14 left me with feel
! ings akin to those experienced by the
I prince. This interview took place under
the following circumstances: I had been
asked by a big American newspaper to
sec the “prophet,” whose renowif had
already spread beyond the Russian fron
tiers, and who was beginning to be con
sidered as a factor of no mean impor
tance In the conduct of Russian stale
affairs. This, however, was by no means
an easy matter, For one thing, be was
Mreur TiMELT
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cJ/IWCTEP BYTJftS.UHJTtLTO/1.
A BLACK SILK DBESS
Sight of it stirs the heart of a Houston
Editor.
(Houston Post.»
When the new officers returned to
New Orleans from Fort Logan H. Root
the oilier day there was a throng of out
stretched loving arms to receive them,
and this little sentence appeared in the
report of the New Orleans States: “Un
able to repress herself, one old lady in
a black silk dress broke down and wept
while her son, upon whose shoulders
were shining the new silver bar of
first lieutenant, squeezed back his tears
as he supported her.”
"One old lady in a black dress." And
so here and there and now and then the
black silk dress survives.
Don't you remember it. you who liv
ed back there in the oldtime? Don't
you remember when the black silk dress
stood for the dignity, the fashion, the
refinement, the elegance, the ceremony,
the maternal simplicity and modesty of
womanhood? >
Don't you remember the Christian
ideals, the tenderness, the infinite pa
tience, the sweet voice. Ihe kindly eyes,
the gentle hands, the unwavering faith,
the unfailing love, the untiring devotion
of the woman of the blacK silk dress?
Don’t you remember how queenly she
looked when she wore it, with the sim
ple lace collar and cap? How year after
year on special occasions the one grand
robe would adorn her frail form? When
the bishop came to dinner? Don't you
remember how impressive it was when
one of the children was married?
Don't you remember how it defied the
changes of time or fashion, how neat
and fresh and new it always looked?
Don’t you remember how later on her
beloved form was always draped In
black, in never-ending memory of her
loved ones who had passed away, and
don’t you remember still later on she
appeared no more in her accustomed
place and that now and then you would
take that black silk dress from its place
in the closet and let your tears fall
upon it as your thoughts clustered upon
all that she was?
Have the deft fingers of fashion ever
created anything so beautiful, so ador
able. so altogether womanly and moth
erly as that black silk dress of long
ago?
Ts the garish, the flimsy, the lewd,
the freakish, the brazen apparel of de
generate days to be compared with the
stately folds of that black silk dress*
you knew in the days when life was
young, when hearts were pure and sweet
and before the noise, the fever the vul
garity, the selfishness, the indifference
of a. sordid humanity and enslaved the
world?
And jet here and there and now and
then some old woman appears in a black
silk dress to remind us of that far-off
time in the age of yesterday, when it**
dear heart who wore it never tarnished.
WOMEN'S WOBK TN ’ THE CIVIL
WAR.
The whole circumstance of life has
been changed within the fifty years that
have passed since the civil war. In
nothing is this change more noteworthy
than in woman’s activities—then and
now. Tempting foods for the sick and
the supply of small comforts could not
then be bought In great quantities from
commercial manufacturers.
The jellies and vegetables had to be
seldom in St. Petersburg. He spent most
of his time at Tsarskoie Selo, where
his headquarters were the apartments of
Mine. W. He used to make only brief
and flying visits to the capital, where he
possessed several dwellings. One never
knew in which one he could be foupd.
as he used to go from one to another,
according to his fancy. He gave audi
ences like a sovereign would have done,
and before any one was allowed to enter
his presence that person had to be sub
jected to a course of cross-examination
so as to make quite sure that no ma
licious or evil designs were harbored
by him in regard to the “prophet.”
At last, after a succession of unavail
ing efforts, 1 chanced to light on a cer
tain Mr. de Bock, with whom Rasputin
had business relations, and for whom he
procured when the war broke out an im
portant contract connected with the sup
ply of meat for the troops in the field.
Il was this personage who finally rb
ta.ned for me the favor of being admit
ted to the home of Rasputin. The lat
ter was living at tfie time in a very
handsome and expensive flat in a house
situated on the English Prospekt, a
rather distant street in St. Petersburg,
whose proximity to the quarters of the
working population of the capital had
appealed to the prophet’s tastes. When
I arrived there, at about 4 o’clock in
the afternoon, I was, first of all. stop
ped by the hall porter, who wanted me
to explain to him where and to whom 1
was going. Upon hearing that it was to
Rasputin he insisted on my taking off
my fur coat downstairs, and then exam
ined me most carefully and suspicious
ly, surveving with special attention the
size and volume, of my pockets, so as
to make sure that I was not carrying
any murderous instruments hidden in
their depths.
INTERVIEW WITH RASPI TIN.
Upstairs the door was opened by an
elderly woman with a red kerchief over
her head, who. I learned afterward,
was one of the "sisters” who followed
the "prophet” everywhere. She ~*ked
for mv name, and then ushered me ;n'.o
a room, sparsely but richly furnisheu.
There some half dozen people were w«iic
ing, in what seemed to be to be extreme
impatience, for the door of the next room
to open and admit them. Voices were
heard through the door angrily discuss
ing something or other. Among the peo
ple present I recognized a lady-in-waitm-g
on the empress, an old general in pos
session of an important command, two
parish priests, three women belonging to
the lower classes, one of whom seemed
to be in great trouble, and a typical
Russian merchant in high boots and
dressed in the long caftan which is still
worn by some of those who have kept
the traditions of the old school. Then
there was a little boy of about ten years
old. poorly clad, who was crying bitter
lv Ml these people kept silent, but the
eager expression on their faces showed
that they were all laboring under an
intense agitation and emotion. When
I entered the apartment a distant look
ot disappointment appeared on all their
faces. At last the old general ap
proached me and, asked me in more or
less polite tones whether I had a spe
cial card of admission or not.
“What do you mean?” I inquired.
“Well, you see,” he said, “we all who
are in this rom have got one, but there
and he pointed with his finger to the
adjoining door—"there sit the people
who have come here on the chance, just
to try whether Gregory Efimitsch will
condescend tx> speak to them. Sonv
have been sitting there since last night. '
he significantly added. And as he spoke
he slightly pushed ajar the door he had
mentioned. I could see that a room. ;
anything smaller than the one we were
in. was packed full of persons of differ
ent ages and types, all of whom looked
tired. They were eitting not only on the
prepared by the housewives in their in- '
dividual homes. Little comforts anil
small conveniences were prepared by
relatives and personal friends.
Charitable societies and sewing cir
cles were kept busy. There were fa
mous stopping places, at railroad sta
tions. where soldiers were continually
fed—as they passed to and fro on fur
lough. There were no glass jars invent
ed to can fruit at that time. Some used
tin cans, but tin cans were scarce. There
was a great deal of dried fruit passed
along in the civil war, and it made a
relish for "hardtack.” Military feeding
was very different then and now. in
"roasting ear” time and sweet potato
diggings the confederate soldiers man
aged to forage very successfully, but it
was dreadful in winter freezes, when
beef was the only meat in reach and
corn bread the best chance for bread
stuff. The loving mothers and wives at
home saved everything possible that
could be transported to army camps.
They lived hard at home, and spent ;
many sleepless hours contriving and
toiling to send comforts and delicacies i
to the front.
The scraping of lint to dress wounds ;
went on all the time, so long as the
supply of old linen sheets and table
cloths held out. I know how we util
ized home-woven tablecloths and work
ed up the linen articles into lint for
wound dressings.
There were no supplies like the pres
ent Red Cross supplies. The constant,
1 every-day sacrifices went on all the time
from IX6I to 1565. I cut up my woolen
, dresses to make “fatigue shirts" for the
i soldiers, and wore homespun. I knit
} socks and sleeping caps and gloves day
| in and day out. Woolen socks were con,
■ sidered essential to the health of our
I troops in the mountains of Virginia and j
' Tennessee. It was a marvel how much ,
I was done under great difficulties.
ONE ON BIUY SUNDAY
Billy Sunday, the famous American
i evangelist, recently converted a Japan
j ese who was a butler, says London Tit-
I Bits. The next day his master had a
; large dinner party and the Jap was told
to do his best. Course after course
came on, and the guests were delighted
with the dinner. At last the Jap
brought out a huge cake, as a final
touch, and, remembering that Billy Sun
day had closed his service with prayer,
the Jap figured out that he should close
i the dinner with a religious sentiment.
Not knowing much of the language or
! of the Bible, he decided to choose the
phrasq which converted him. So the
j guests were amazed to tind on the caKe
lin sugared writing: "Prepare to meet
i thy God.”
- That reminds me when a bogus Eng-
I lish lord traveled through the southern
states, and put it over on a number of
our citizens. The bogus lord was en
tertained at a luxurious home —not ten
thousand miles from Atlanta. The man
servant was unacquainted with royal
ties, and he was tutored to say. “My
lord, have this,” or, "My lord, have
that.” etc. As the sable servant was
diligently passing around the choice
viands he addressed the visitor after
the following fashion: "Please, ser
God Almighty—-won’t you have a hot
biscuit?” It is not recorded how many
of the biscuit the host and hostess ate,
at that inspiring meal.
few chairs which the apartment con
tained, but also on the floor. There
were women with children hanging at
their breast, military men. priests,
monks, common peasants and two police
men. The last named were seated by
the window leisurely eating a piece of
bread and cold meat, which they were
cutting into smal slices with a pocket
knife. They had evidently made them
selves at home, regardless of conse
quences or of the feelings of other peo
ple. Suddenly we heard another door
slam, and a strong step resounded in
the hall. A man began to speak in a
loud voice. He said: "You just go to
see—” and here the name of one of the
most influential officials in the Home Of
fice was mentioned, “and you tell him
that Gricha has said he was to g;
you a place, and a god one, too. It does
not matter whether there is none va
cant, he must find one. There, take this
paper, and now g o. and don t forget to
show it when you come to the Home
Office."
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