The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-12
VI TIL B\tk Oh Alt.
Glimpse al tic Refuge - 1t,.<
Crowded kiel
! oitni-ttl5 K ylcn

l. H. .t OK tn@-~tali.d 4 .f..--.
sind ii merchants .Ncharet stardlrr
III front of 4 sandy square. with tao
immense halls ant numerous ta-,-~ aa
Jacent rooms III i small s.<,e. ct.t o-
b9 4 pdline from the square. th- en-
trance - which Is guarded - ! police
man. i swaE.ns crowd. l.rs rlth>
very ragged
| we push through. III a.. tut.r iron
staircase int" tn" main room. - tira
ourselves IL the midst of hundreds %
refugees, int@rmingled with yc. 9th
er@, prisoners brought from Galiclr
| OF charge OF espionage over thou
sand people must he In tn. building
Fhey lie on the floor in every stage j.
misery and weakness; there Is not i
suck OF furniture II the place. moth
ing but the refugees and th..- frowsy
rags Yes it Is the limit
| Many are crying silently They
come round 10. not ohtrusively. but
| in piteouS, friendless way. IL II
hardly daring 70 believe tnat any one
can take interest in them They begin
TO talk, for among the visitors ii on.
from their own land, a hlun. genial.
bearded figure. who knows every vii
lage and every family in tie country
where's your mother "ne9~i"
Father" "Capturcd." who II this
girl? = An orphan" Here j. an
other, one Of seven sisters sne knows
the sixth has diSa ppeared
There are over sixty little children
III the room, most lying quietly, and
lot even crying, but one scampers
ceaselessiy about Growing and stamp
ing, With broad grin and dancing
brown eyes. He cannot he abnve
three years. He was found IN Lwow,
but beyond that no one knows any
thing about him. For hie fun and
sweetness they cal him Jolly Willy.
IN one corner q young woman. with =
face like Michael Angeles De!phlc
Siiyl, i trying 10 suckie her b4py.
Twice she tries 70 give il milk. but she
; cannot. There is none to give. She X
too weak Hard by is another couple.
The mother looks healthy but the
! child Of three weeks born ont Of time
on the road, lies open moutlred with
eyes staring. It has the face Of !
very old man. sharp and puCkerea.
$ Then they all begin t. tell US. They
!. are hungry. Some have not eaten for
! days None have had enough to keep
them above the point or constant SUI
ferins. Most literally they are starv-
ing. Fortunately the representatives.
: Of a British relief organization who
are in kieff are on the spot and the
situation is taken in hand. Three hum
g dred pounds Of bread are procured.
tea and as much milk as the nalRhbor.
hood can provide, sausage makers
shop is bought out, big boiler found
! and set going, meal tickets written
: and distributed and before long the
( refugees are having their first real
s dinner since who knows how long
It was late before the workers got TO
bed that night.
The next day showed how valuable
5 one simple meal may be. Already the
look Of sharp misery on their faces
was less. their eyes less tormentod.
$ The bread Of yesterday had done
II more than give them fresh blood. 1t
:. gave them hope; they have begun
: again to believe in life. BY midday
S an old kitchen had been cleared out.
and in the big coppers some ninety
: gallons of "kasha" and pork bubbled
n merrily for the first dinner. The
n general look Of the place had not yet
st changed much, but the work had be-
3 gun.
;. An English engineer, near. hardy
y Yorkshireman, himself esca ped from
death on the Galician oil fields with
q his wife and child If sixteen months.
9 came forward TO help the British COM
Il mitte,a and is now rebuilding the
e stove and fitting q third copper: an
d other committee has been found -
y tend the prisoners. the Grand Duchess
: Tatiana's committee has promised a
q doctor and medical supervision. and
e with the engineer viii improve the
imperfect sanitation, daily source OF
danger. Best or All, q pain mas been
bought and forty children already
washed OF course they cried, but af-
q terWard-.
The change wrought in them can
! nohov be SO we'll described AZ by the
a simple fact that they shrank from
: putting on again their dirty clothes.
e The feeling Of cleanliness was pleas
ant to them, their skins had becoTne
l. ,miraculously white and soft, and IN
e stinct told them, what one may Be
h sure none else had ever done. th>> a
d sweet clean little body should not oe
d covered up with linen brown with
) crime But much time must pass BE-
/. fore enough linen can be obtained for
q these and the other thousand men
d women and children all In the same
need.