Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-13
GENE RAJ s WIFE
TELLS STORY Of
LIFE At FRONT
Vivid Narrative Of Experiences
Near Russian Battle Line Is
Obtained by War Core
SpOndent,

Kieff. Feb. 25.-The Associated
Press correspondent has just visited
Ninitsa, the army headquarters near
the border An interview with the
wife of a conspicuous general was in
teresting.
You ask said she, what ] can
tell YOU about our life here. Well al
our dogs are here with us. The rooms
ere lovely The view Of the river, the
cottages and gardens, and. on the
shore tho cupolas of church, as you
see, are simply / delight. Now every
thing is white with snow; in summer
and autumn il was still lovelier. But
look at all this through a mist; my
thought and my heart are not here.
What IS this cheerful view and the
calm around it,, when one thinks of
what Is going on in the west at TINS
moment. what We all have TO live
through This house belonged to Il
young woman. We came to he very
intimate with her. for her husband,
an artillery officer is also at the
front, and during the whole autumn
and winter we made up parcels to-
gether. to send to the front. to the
soldiers and officers. on Christmas,
she and her son, a small schoolOoy,
catch glimpse of her husband She
caught chill on the way, and died
of inflammation Of the lungs. Now,
her coffin is on its way back from Ga
licia. Her husband and the little BOY
are hare-he was granted leave of ah-
stncc, to bury his wife. For six
months, he was daily exposed to shells
and bullets, and is unscathed, and she,
who went fun Of JOY and animation, 10
pay aim visit. is dead, Each re-
ceived what belongs to him.
Fighting for the Right.
"Our soldiers are fighting for the
right ! know not whether God VIII
grant to such insignificant people as
YOU and I are life to see their ultl-
mate triumph hut there can be no
doubt that our Russian manhood WI
prove itself stronger than our enc
mics our front stretches from sea
to sea, facing Germany austria and
Turkey. The work of our foes now
reminds me Of witch !
story. in which monsters, slain ana |
cut to pieces, take their heads and |
limbs again, and come back to life !
But this power is of the evil one, and !
only the cross and prayer can prevail !
against It, BY the might of these (
alone there viii come a day when Z
truth shall triumph.
"My husband Is a national here |
now. His portraits are everywhere, /
on post cards and calendars But I /
feel quite detached from all this. His !
health auo final victory cannot
think of anything else.
Hospitals Are Full.
IF YOU only knew what we sec in
u. d. .
nursing home. there are seventy-flve
and in the hospital about
zoo; i'm the local board hospital there
are more than 1000, and In two prl-
waite hospitals. 80.
During the Christmas and New
Years holidays | organized amuse-
ments and the distribution of pres
ants IN an these places. All the ladies
IN the town were gathered into groups,
ZACH of which had its own nursing
acme and barrack. In this way no
me was forgotten. or given less than
'thcrs Real artists sang for them,
'ecited danced for them. A dying
oldier sat propped by pillows and
auehed heartily. for the last time IA
his world, at some comic song. In
NY own nursing nome | had Christ
mas tree ana presents for the soldprS
md for the two orphanages--eighty
hildren in all. on the whole. -e were
Ible 20 take care of the disabled, feed
ng them. clothing them, healing them
or burying them; then again da apo
'his is our life
Pray for Russia.
NV husbands whole being Is In his
.reat undertaking, his duty He 80
onger belongs to MS. His energy an /
moral force are like the tense string
Il musical instrument drawn rs