The chronicle=news., 1913-03-10

said. we motor out 10 Vraulu, whcr"
the king has beautiful gardens. hut
wei Ike best to stay At EuzinoRrad.
on the Black sen, where we can ria"
an much as We like aud walk ana en-
Joy the gardens, Ne often ride around
Sofia in the Spring. We go into the
snountuins and visit The mnnery OF
St. George at kremikoff. 1t IL very
Interesting. ana tn. country around
Is beautiful.
Yes said Mile. de '"irholl. and
| always get most awrullN nervous
abou, the princcss.s. They ride so
fast and get ever, 30 lar in front oi
me with their escort that am ri
ways afraid"
'iiccaus. YOU are afraid to rid" y
spirited horse. you know. remarked
the princess. THAT Is why YOU can
never keep M with ~ When ". are
In the country we have srea, !nn.
i!ui since the war began We are too
rad and busy to think OF nmuscmcnis
Many immigrants have come over
from America. and I WIs 80 glad TO
think that they did not forget our
country when We needed them.
Il saw som. or thrs. men In her
muIesfy's military hospital ~ Phiii-
pOpolis one always used 10 tell me
his troubles. lie spok" English Just
lik. an American. and the other sol
dicrs used 10 laugh II, his fanny Hul-
eaiinn accent.
II Is such shane, princess. h.
would say 10 me. Here ! am. III for
nothing, All the way over from Amer
lea I WAS sick. and now | got wound.
4 Ia. Ia.
doctor Will not let me go back 10 the
front because my fingers have been
shot OFF
II used to comfort him as well NJ
! could. telling him that bed was not
such a bad place when on. is III, as
H.. really was. But h. would not
change his mind. lie wac afraid pco-
pic would laugh ut him when he got
back to America and heard that he
had been wounded In his first battle.
Our people who gu there work very
hard. | believe. hut ,hcy manage to
saw. n little money and then come
home and buy u little iand. They
work mostly In factories and can
ming places. as they ar. strong and
Americans do not lik. rough work. -
WAS surprised that a child Of ~
should know this. hut NV surprise
Increased when she went on after n
shor, gi'crcc:
~ have heard that In America the
government Is beginning to get alarm
ed that tn" Sia,s. and especially the
Bulcarians. always think OF coming
hom. as soon Ms tbcv can. so that
America liz unable to assimila,c them
+! do not think the bulgarian. out
th"r. VIII ever become Iui'" An"ri-
cans. because they iia," bulgarian
hooks and papers to read. and their
own priests who talk and preach In
their native Language
''Eut YOU are 10 vrrv patriotic.
said the lady In waiting. "Suppos"
YOU tel, Miss i,askcr, lille how you
nudc bread for the soldiers.
Princess Nadcj,ln smiled ut her
sistcr and nurmurch. oh. Yes. but
IL was the elder sister who described
the baking.
When the war hcxau all til. bak'
] c,s were sen; to fight aud We had nt
bread for III. wounded and sick IN
/ the hospitals. SO We made bread In
the next ROOM Mile. dc Fairholz in'
I ,licatcu n room on the LEFT. wv. had
to have some peasant women to show
us how the soldiers liked their bread
I for tn. peasants will not touch food
, that they are not used too. They loN.
bread and very sweet things like
/ Turkish delight, which "" got for
them In larg. quantities. But they
are very fond OF cigarettes. too.
! II think our bread was u suGccas
| We baked II every day. put our Init.
! iIls on each loaf and gent II up &
the hospitals. Later on We were abl,
10 get bakers from other pnrts. but
this was impossibl. ut first. when MI
III. trains were crowded with soldiers
and transports OF various kinds.
! "AlI the wounded are 50 patient
They never complain OF the terrible
main they have 10 bear. They ar.
afraid of cholera. though. and most
ashamed OF the idea Of having TO ~"
turn home manned or without hand'
or feet They think II the greatest
humiliation they could bear. be
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