The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-11

tta nra-rHfa The familiar phrAas
- lalI one as the Grooming N Gus
ssfs It's passages are as the min
l.tnras ~ dead friends instinct
.ifh recoilecuoua Seeing them. my
tnrv wandcrs hack over the soft
@rssu hauEh of the rushing hill
ssreau. through the gate by the cor
- ~ the graveyard. silently across
-. moRu turf ~ the minister's
-. % thet little kirk by the road-
80 There. each Gods day. I sat
- listened. and tried 10 measure
~ great word that lay beyond the
An aaay from the watergate OF my
ehlldheod.
Sinee then I have been out In the
xr~,i world have struggled and suf-
49, ard IouEvd Tor the peace that
,sisusl Ia that little God's-acrc. 80
tsef nov. when an the world Is
Nal the old home-siekness comes
hask 10 me. l turn Ia the card
nsaim. and am once more but a
halrn By the burnside.
MS in enc Of these scarchinEs
for comfort that tonight l rcehl a
pssSsKe witch brings other
thsaghts. which carries me away
To THE sun BAKED STEPPES
~ Siberia. % the women waiting
ne men Who never return from the
AGttlsueld. such as Il Is I give Il
- voa. "In Rama was there a
vnles heard. lamentation. and weep
nag and great mourning Rachel
vesp,nx for her children and would
not be camforted because they are
not-
The lnpss Of nineteen hundred
years has changed tne aspect % war
a much a.. tn the manner % bet
rsef The ruddy- faced Russian pcAs-
sut woman differs from Rachel OF
fal--tine. bat IN their common sor-
nv the woman - Jerusalem ant
tAe woman Of Chellahinsk are one.
fne Jewish matrun tore her hair
srd covered herself with aaekeloth
and ashes. whllc the Russian Won
an goes about her daily business
ary-syed and stiff-upped yet In her
Heart she, too. ct~hnot be eomfortHd
k~ransa her children are not.
The men are gone from the fields
N Siberia. and Their iace - taken
~ the women and the half-formed
fripunEs There are no casualty
Nsts IN Russia. and little news 20
tr!bb'e through from the theater %
var. The men die when a troop
train carries them away from ere
Hftle roadside station In siberia.
TIER names are wiped cut from the
commune. and no man nav tell un-
der what muddy mound iu Man
eAaria their bones lie ruttlnE
One day. on my Journey home
ward. when the rain had danced al
ulFkf on the roof q the railway car
--siendIsh fandaagues that DROVE
one in sympathctic memory o. the
men uaasr canvas on the plains I
rose shortly after daybreak O. eeie-
hrata ia cessation Mud thore ~
sxerywhsFe. thu Klutiuous. coal
hlAek silt q the Siberian prairie.
and gaxed over Il 20 ths group 81
women al the railNay station A
long row az little wooden boarh -
stood coanferdeen In the mud In
each vas 4 Russian peasant woal-
An. sometimes two. = waYs a puIlls
fnfAnf.
But THERE WAS No NAN.
and the people from the train re-
Trained from reference 20 the na-
sent ones
GoEned IN all the eoiors - r. r.
rainbow pfomizcuously hurried vt
her aallox. Wrtnkied farg ~ e.
hack IN her shawl the sibe an
peasant wife sat cycling the q sd
Before her on the board were fne
exEs. the eueumbers and the miis
ale bad brought 20 market laI <
before day-dawn she had stafe8
slowly iUEnward. iumbldd Hv lH
streams cracked across the rue e.
bring a dozen eggs 20 market
bgt the peasant woman WIs
hare news o. her men 10 o. Fnae tH
Ne var. and the station uurEet Has
hsF only opportunity WHAT money
kr nan had left lag sacred O. -
fEnily stocking the egg ans che
eaezmberH were her due pin wgaev
szf with them she bought fhH
bs taper which Wunid coasH=rzi
prayer for those gone r.
battle.
When their stock vas sold. IsH
grin. unlovely women elau
heavily back from their boot .
Slowly resumed their luterrHptsa
toilet Crowded station yard or
SOLITARY prairie brought no blush Ia
tasir cheek. and they braided the
hAiF In the full presence o. the
uaFslers without sign 81 o#bar
f.asment Bushes are the luxury
q the rich and the Rraess " the
hgnt hearted The heavy -ey 4
easani woman had no need OF q
toypsnea and deapiaed them
Ihen back again TO the So mt
tats and cDmmunes numbered the
sonen. They are not beautiful.
taese Russian women. nor promis-
nag candidate for romance. 1ut
THEY ARE THE BACKBONE
q The Russian resistance IN Man
eaHriA. On them falls tho slow aor-
Io1 Of TIE var. The politics Of the
va y IN other hands. but the pros
stsuon Of u rests IN great part " m
.he women. Quietly. unostenta-
uolaiY. her0ically. the work goes
. N the dirty. wooden walled ho-
tss In every homestead are va
ant chair. pair % dusty. uuteu-
4Atsd Held bOata- memorials o. the
AAn at war. These sttIl the heed
is@s question. or set the weary
eTsd wife huEfllng about uuurraa