The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-15
Copyright: 1916 BY The Tribun. Com.

By MILDRED EARWEII.
copyright; 1916 by The Tribune Com
pany.p
With provisions Wohibitive in price
ana almost impossible TO n the Try
ans. knowing they could get no more.
poured out all their little store to feed
ne, a stranger. l can see hem now
In my heart as saw them then.
When went dutifully TO say good
night. he with his fez. she with her
Macedonian braids. were always sit
tlng facing each other on the divan in
the corner under the ikon with its
Swinging lamp. playing cards. as they
mad played for twenty-eight years. She
cheated openly (she always cheated) !
with giggles OF delighted laughter.
Natalie mere tgood night they
would say. and side by side get up and
make me a funny little bow.
Bedroom Like a STAGE.
Upstairs Miss Mitchell had tackled
Ter cards-mine were used on the
SERBIAN oficials-on the doors of al
bedroom-the very bedroom of Rern-l
ard Shaw's first act OF Arms and the
Man. II was all there. even to the
striped n woven covers on the dress
ing tables, and across the passage a
tlny green painted sitting room. with Al
dlvan and the usual built-in Turkish
cupboard.
From its windows | could see
N'N EaI AA nv dAAtN entrance
a small part of Ulitja Krala Peter. In
the foreground one of the red and
white poles strung with green earland-
OF Bulgarian rejoicing. Behind a con
slant moving picture. first OF brown
soldiers, the Bulgarians: later gray
green dressed soldiers IN spiked helm.
cts and soldiers in blue. the German.
and Austrians.
N%eighbors Seen on Roof.
the nat roof OF the house
AEa-a III IN -.WN
pots and long necked copper water
Jars OF beautiful classic shape. a Mace
DOMAIN woman. shapeless in the black
mat custom prescribed in her country
for those over their first youth. ana
her daughter. handsome in an ultra
strong bold way. would stare back AZ
me. Sometimes the daughter sans
three Jr four notes-repeated over and
oyer-meiancholy and eastern in
rhythm. "
In the mornings Perha. the wife OF a
Cerbian soldier. would appear Like
Ffdo she was an adoption. Miss Mil.
chell n | had used her as an in.
formal interpreter and in her own
mind she had decided that | needed a
personal attendant-and that she was
The duties OF such in the BaIkans
are principally the arduous ones OF
pouring water over your hands and
only your hands when you wash. This
she did with vigor and enthusiasm
sometimes h brought a child which
floor 10 nurse.
Each One for Himself.
i admired a new Handkerchief or.
cay. NO plasters paid a Bulgarian
Tor II; bad things the soldiers do" she
SAID as h complacently put 1t on
again. II was probably torn from an.
other woman's head. but what did she
care2 Il was pretty. IL was cheap. ana.
besides. II wasn't her head That Is
the point Of view in the balkans.
God has sent you. she would say,
DONG a sleight OF hand trick with thu,
sugar for my breakfast. which daily
disappeared. Il and my boys will 20
with o 10 America left without
saving goodby-I was afraid she
meant IL.
space is given over 10 the soldiers.
only one OF a rank appoXima'ing a
maJo general has a right 10 com
~Inand"er "a rooms. u must have
looked like sublime cheek" in a for
eigncr and a woman. because pri-
oners are not generally supposed 20
maze themselves so comfortable. hut
held my rooms successfully for two
months.
Conhscation Of properly. the last
aCf on me Serbian tragedy. was Deins
played In MOnastlr. as 81 was all over
me conquered country While fair &C
cordlnE TO war ethics. 10 seemed in
de-Crlbably sOrdid 10 me. In an I'M.
used room next 20 mine a Serbian
family formerly living there had left
behInd IN their flight some odds and
ends % furniture.
Mrs. Tryan. obeying the military
order. had dutifuly notified the Bui-
Edrldus Of them \ COmmisEiOn=fhpN
adore commissions in The Balkans.
cane and noted with much pomp fhe
iron hIA tho u.n#Hn- v...N.L-
cheap lamps. an the uOuIcscriuf odds
and ends. and sealed the door with .
great red seal, Thcu BEGAN "a series
~ Inspections.
II an officer needed any 'itfIe extra
comfort be would make a tour OF tho
houses listed a. having serbian thing.
J" sound ~ heavy feet on the stairs.
would be heard. and an officer with a
-oldicr or two. would unlock tho seal
examine the pathetic remnants. and
choose sometimes a lamp. a violin. or.
| perhaps "a gun
Room Nearly Stripped.
There G~aspodra. they would say
20 Nrs Tryau. "is "a salt cellar for.
you or "a box NJ dominoc for your
daughter They always read The
cards ON my doors.
Miss Mitch" ] would hear thorn
pleased a. their own Icarrins 90.
open tho door. hoping 90 buup fhri-
luqIleifIFe nosea. and glare When tho
rommieeion ar la-- cleared fIr room
ih'y l'ff. leaning boo tho corner. only
ihe uncovered ribs OF "a broken um.
br,ila and lying on Tho floor "a tiny
DOLE straw hat
Towards Tho end ~ December $50
began fp notice that tho lines YI .rr.
ana STACK" = ammunition .H f..
square we're diuIu. bling $751;, u.-.
delighted 90 hear chat fI, .lr.rf ..-
with whom Hr were rpf .r r.,..r
terms. vas leaving and H German Ht