Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-09-17
Kitchener Not Wholly A Man of
Iron and Battle.
Woman Friend Paints The british
Wnr Secretary I'm Entirely New
Coiors--Oncc Forced TO
Retreat.

7 lsOfu hlICntncr, HOW fnpnSn Var score
tary. has given an interview In which
she discusses the chief of the English
war department at short range.
! Iou% before Mrs Hrkstiuc met thc
army officer who eventually became her
husband she knew Kitchener-at that
,iinc attached to the engineering corps
and has continued the acquaintance since.
At the first meeting she wa lass OF
four i'll short skirts and blouse. To-dar
she Is in the ncighborhood Of 80 and is
residing temporarily In New YORK.,
You have seen Il great deal printed
showing the austcrc side of this great
mans character but Very little relating
to the human side, and the human side
is very strongly developed in Lord Kit
! chener," she said. Then, you have seen
81" ucerrin"d as a woman hater. but ne
he Is far from that, although he has
never married. He holds that an army
officer can best serve his country by re-
naming single that his chief duty Is to
his king
REBUKE FOR GOVERNMENT.
Vas a the eueineern depot at
'alVich with my parents when
irst saw tho engineer, Kitchener
lie was most shy and diffident, but I
wasn't In truth, I was just the opposite,
and probably that is the reason We be-
came fast friends.
LIVER now ] can Remember how he
started when / asked him to please fas-
zen my garter. He did it, but ne hlushed
Not long after that when he was called
60 Egypt he gave me a doll, and troas-
! il many wears
Mrs. Erkshine told how, when she was
eight or nine, Kitchener returned on
leave and renewed the acquaintance, tell
ing her all about the Soudan and teaching
her French. Next time she saw him she
had reached the mature age of 10 and
was in love with Captain Frskine Of
his staff.
1t was then that she learned of his OBJ
lection to the marriage of army officers
He was Sidar OF tn" Anglo Egyptian
army then, and England was beginning
to take some notice Of him
"Whcn my husbands leave Of absence
expired | went to Algier- to bee near MIN, d"
said Mrs Ersk.ne, and there got bet
ter idea of Kitchener in the field. I re-
member one incident distinctly. The Sidar
wanted a certain modern make of gun
and So specified in a roquisition to the
war office. In due time he received n re-
ply saying the government would send
n different make. Immediately he return
"a the order across which he had writ
ten. You may keep your guns I can
throw stones at the Arabs myself IT is
10 ,o.,u.
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AL len FIX Va SoHpii'l'9 WIVES
1T was during this campaign that he
recommended for D. 5. O. DISTINGUISHED
service ordeD Roman Catholic Bishop
named Robert Brinde and was approach
cd By member of mis- STAFF. who re-
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England divine was also named. Il recon-
mend man for distinguished service
the general quickly replied. His religion
has nothing to do with the matter Per-
sonally it doesn't concern me what peo-
ole at home have to say
when Kitchener went home after con-
quering the Soudan / met him in Mar
settles. He was wearing a hlue serge suit
and derby hat and was much less CON
spicuous than the members of his staff
And this in spite of the fact that he was
about to be made Lord Kitchener of
khartoum.
II remember distinctly one thing h.
said to me. 1t was this: I had always
hoped my little girl would not marry q
soldier Why" I asked "Recause.' he
replied war is long drawn out torture
for soldiers wife. Do you realize you'll
have to play second fiddle to your hus-
hand" Yes, I answered I know that.
but after all he loves me best True
enough said Kitchener, he loves you.
hut in event of war he'll have to leave
YOU War is his profession and he'll have
to follow 1T
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