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Evening star., 1918-02-10

6HHE Paris Journal Is publishing .
series Of letters from its cor
q respondents at Petrograd about the
everyday life OF the imperial Russian
family in the most dreary and forlorn
Of earthly habitations. which bears the
name Of the "City Of the Dead" This
is a we'll merited name. for the TEN
perature at Tobolsk rarely rises above
zero and vegetation is unknown:
The houses, as a rule are wooden. The
one in which Col Romanoff is installed
is Of red brick. having been formerly
occupied by the governor. The ground
floor is .ised by a company of soldiers.
and is. headquarters for q corps de
garde." The two. upper floors. compris-
ing only fourteen rooms, serve as domi-
cile to the dethroned car and the royal
household. Of. Russia The rooms are
poorly furnished, and there is neither
gas, water nor electricity: neither is
there bathroom. one Of the czar's most
cherished Injuries. The servants go to
a neighboripg well for the water neces-
sary for hands and face washing and for
cooking purposes. .- -
The rooms are heated by means Of a
sort of brick stove in which are burned
small chunks. Of wood. The largest OF
Where are the luxurious salons OF the
gorgeous Palais d'Hfver?
From the windows OF this dismal
abode no agreeable view. meets the eye
of the occupant, nor is there even the
smallest Of gardens where. with hoe or
spade in hand. this once ruler could while
the troublesome hours away, narrow
balcony and an almost invisible court
being the only spots where the prisoners
can 60 for breath Of fresh air.
In principle. Nicholas II and his fn-
consolable wife are condemned to a life
Of solitude, being permitted to leave this
miserable abode only to attend certain
services at the Cathedral Of the An
nunciation or at the nearby monastery
and, by special favor" allowed the
privilege Of going one each week to the
public baths for weekly hygienic indui-
gences" Upon these occaaions the
royal family is escorted by four officers
Of the guard. followed by q f'peipton'' OF
soldiers, These same officers attend ,tc
the marketing. the four servants. q valet
their master vinto exile not being al
lowed by the revolutionary authorities
to perform this private duty. Under the
prevailing conditions 1t can easily be
supposed that food adYinistration- reEu.
lations do not call for the cutting
The correspondent has neglected II
state whether the, table appointments
are the ones to which royalty is accus
toned. but he does say that ''pling'' q
caviar), ''borshtch" e. thick vegetabl.
soup made Of beets,f etc). and '.kalacha'
q kind OF acneese paAtry), ara the :prin
cipai. dishes absorbed a4 .au meals ID
the delicateg coust<vcted mnsr an3toz1
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sixteen seventy something for taking
or his boots In church. We've been
doing such things ever since. Father,
for instance, was educated for the law;
but after losing his first case he never
went into his office again. Instead. he
started in to make a living as a lock-
smith and bell-hanger.: The village
boys used to call him 'Hellbanger Tut
tle.' so he had it painted on his cart,
and kept 1t there in defiance of the Sc
lectmen, who tried to make him paint
it out. And I-well, I'm a Tuttle, you
see.'
II get glimmer." says l. You got
to do something different. too. But why
not tackle something easy? Why get
the chorus girl bug?
Pansy shrugs her shoulders.
"It isn't that I'm stagestruck. says
she. "It-it's-well, II you must know.
it is the only thing I can do that will
really satisfy Aunt Abbie."
Naturally, that leaves me with my
mouth open. SO Miss Tuttle goes on to
explain. This Aunt Abhie was some
Evening star., 1918-02-10
BY SEWELL FORD

the first to take a chnace on most OF
'em. He may be no mental Colossus.
but he's a shifty thinker. Them rcst<
less little shoe-button eyes OF his
and Miss Tuktle only couple OF times
before he's made the connection
"Hah!" says he. Hold It! Now. thaA
business from the side of your mouttS
get over. Yes. But it would be in me
wrong place. It~isn't funny song.
That's too bad. isn't it?" says Pansyx
mo" snaps Zubel 'Tt don't marteN
Not at all. The words Bahi We
It's only the costumes that cost. and
they're all ordered. But see here: can
you sing?
Lets hear" demands zubeL -ehs
anything-la-la-Ia."
She's right there with the vocal stuhd
Miss Tuttle. And with a speedy Per.
formance, too. Never even plays foE
and proceeds to trill out the la-ls-aa:ss
trippin' light across the floor as she
does 1t, and almost throwin' SwaftH
into another convulston by that bNr>
Finer roars Zubel. clappin' his .tas
hands. "We'll have that Venus song
changed to a comic, and we'll use u 70
close the second act. You'll do 1T IA
black SILK AnnetteS, as q SOLO, WIN
forty show girls in white as bAcks
ground, and II 1t amt a sure-fire slooks
um, then don't know a pinochle deck
from a scheese sandwich. Gomez!
want you to meet Mr.. Werner"
And say, I guess Abie's picked an1
other winner. The other day he bree8eo
in with this bulletin about the try-oue
in Troy.
Honest" says Able. tappin' me ems
thusiastic on the chest. shes ferq1le
De Wolf Hopper. Funny. Why. they
begin to laugh SO soon as she comes ons
And they never stop. I've got ton
in a week in Boston with her. and fhsp
Broadway for two-year rum.
Boston first, chr" says But san
does she really wear them-er-that-S
Wait" says Able. I'll sand you
down the new two-sheet OF her -
costume. It's a perfect likeness.
Swiftly Joe was stretchin his neck
over my shoulder when unrolled the
poster.
: swiftly" says I, doin' 1t up hastys
run out and get me map of Massa.
chusetts." -. :.
.Map?" says he. Whats the idsese
why" says /, "seein' how Pansya Q
usin' her own name and all makes 1t ins
| terestin' to locate Aunt Abbie. iwane
to see how near fremont street fhta
Cohasset place is" -
Yes, we saw. Just trolley ride out
And now I'm figurin' II 1t wouldn't b
worth while takin' the trip. just on 1hn
chance of spottin' Auntie at a matinee.
Copyright. 1918. by sewen FordJ .
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A SHORTY
'McCABE STORY

Pansy, "She was an afliction. And the
worst Of 1t was that she was not satisfied
to say such things to me in private. At
sewing circles, at church sociables, at lit
and gossip, I was dished up-oh, yes.
rather entertainingly. I admit. Yes
Aunt Abbie would end up with. when
Pansy gets too old to sing in the choir or
give music lessons. she'll open a tearoom
In the old house here. and sell braided
rugs and bayberry candles to the summer
folks And they would all nod their heads
as II 1t had been settled.
"But it hasn't. I despise tearooma.
loathe. bayberry candles. may have to
that kind. Not while I'm Tuttle. Not
while there's any hope OF escape.
I've gotten this far, anyway. I'm sup
posed to be visiting a cousin IN Portland
and here I am. More than that. here !
stay until have given Aunt Abbie and
ali her friendst something that they can
talk about until their jaws ache. So
therel''
She straightens back in her chair
smooths the ugly brown plaid dress over
her knees with her long fingers, and gives
me another Of them quirkly smiles. les .,,
You're out to hand auntie jolt, and
guess jumpin' from a church choir into
the chorus would do the trick. And all
got to say is, go to 1t.
Thank you, Mr. mCSaue' says SAS
..Still," 1 adds, "I don't see how car
help you with Abe ZubeL Honest.
don't For, If you don't mind my sayfn
so, you ain't just the style they picl
out He's sure to turn you down.
Perhaps" says she. But want hin
to hear what I have to say hrse- l
wouldn't hurt him to listen, would IT !:
That's reasonable enough" says
'11l tell you," breaks in Miss Tuttle
Send for him to come down here"
'Eh?" says I. gawpin'.
He knows you, doesn't her sn
goes on. He would think, Well
never mind. He'd come. And tina
seems to be my only chance. Just thin
of my having to go back to Aunt Ao
bie.'
'sYou win," says I. Hey. Swiftly! G
up and tell Zubel that Prof. McCab
wants him to come down here righ
away. If he asks why, give him on
of them nobody home looks OF your
and do a repeat Get me?
Swiftly grins, which is g. sure sig
he's rootin' for Pansy.
Sure enough, too. in a couple OF min
utes back he comes. town Mr.. Alb
Zubel For a party who has his nam
printed so conspicuous on the bill
boards, Abe amt impressive to view
There's only about five feet one OF htI
up and down, and a little less from cas-
to west. Also, the top of his head i
squared off graceful, like the roof Of
freight-car, with about as much hal
on It. He spots Pansy. sittin' owe
there by the desk, right off the bal
And just from one glance at the bac
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and getting more from the region than
was put into it The books showed
quite the contrary. SO far as the ma
tional treasury was concerned. But
the real answer was that Siberia must
be maintained and developed as q part
of the greater Russia, which would
one ddy make the czar. through sheer
force Of numbers and extent OF terri
tory, the head of the most potent en-
pire in the world. Military COM
manders who had administered the
different districts or provinces were
a unit on this point. Most of the in
formation about siberia's resources
came from them.
The feeling in Petrograd that ST.
IBERIA might not be worth keeping was
a passing one. It soon died out and
the policy of developing and strength
ening the vast region was continued un-
interruptedly by the cars government.
Branch railway lines were built and
the facilities of transportation were
Evening star., 1918-02-10

The agricultural area stretches all the
way from the Ura1s to the Pacific.
Siberian wheat Is one Of the factors
in the worlds cereal crops and Is
viewed as a future source Of produc-
tion, capable in some measure of meet
ing the increased demand for -four. At
one time Siberian wheat was looked
upon as possible competitor of Amer
lean and Canadian wheat. Expert an
alysis of it's qualities dispelled this
possibility, but did not diminish its
value as a world food.
Siberian dairy products have become
q staple commodity in the commerce OF
Europe. The butter and cheese Of the
western section are shipped in large
quantities not only to European Russia.
but to the continental countries. and
to the British Isles as well. The value
of these dairy products exceeds the
value Of the bullion that is obtained
from the gold mines.
In the economic sense, it might be
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of her head he seems to work up sus-
VsI says he secttn 81 sss ,' s nsad pton on
fessor, and you can't climb the stairs.
mot exactly the fdea." says :! It's
"Achw he snorta SO you gov Tas q
even the bootblack on the corner. But
they should see Mr.. Werner first what
does he tell her. ehT''
ssThe one with the frizzly hatr! says
I. ssWhy, he tells her she won't do,
mol. roars Abe. explosive. That's
enough. werner knows. I won't be
bothered. tell you"
With that he turns Tor quick ext 81.
But Swiftly Joe Is quicker. He puts his
back against the door. Zubel almost
butts into him.
zone side, low-brow!" snaps Able.
"Ah. why the panic. old slate-roofr
come, amt yer? Can't yer stick an ear
out for the lady minute or so?
At which Pensy catches her cue. re-
Joints herself into her full five feet ten
anf aPiease. 9ns MI. s zubei," she begins. can,
you use me somewhere in your new
piece?"
Able stares at her bug-eyed. takin' In
all the details of her build-the 3uttin
front teeth. the periscope neck effect
your" he gurgles throaty. Use you
Am I bug-house completely? No. no
mol"
'But why couldn't you?" asks Miss
Tuttle, steady and quiet.
knew about what was comm then
I'd heard more or less of how rough
Zubel was with his show people. spe.
cially women.
why" he snarls. rollin' his eyes ant
workin' his heavy jaws. young WON
an. one Of the songs were going to dt
calls for the whole chorus as divins
venuses. Veil? How would you lool
as a diving Venus? Hey? You'd be
Aren't you looking for jokes?" sh'
asks. "It strikes me that as diving
Venus u
With that, she lunches up one shoul
der. sticks her long arms out awkward
with her fingers spread. and throws hin
one of her reverse-English smiles.
And I'll bet that Zubel himsel
couldn't tell you now what crisp come
back he was about to counter with. Fo
he never gQt it out Just then w
hears this sp1uttery, choky sound owe
by the door.
It comes from Swiftly Joe. You nigh
think he was havin' f1t, but he's onl
registerin' mirth. Pansy had score
her first hit.
Another thing I've heard about Alb
Zubel is that he's the sportiest plunge
of the whole producin' bunch. I forge
whether it's four or five really new act
that have been tried out in musica
shows durin' the past ten years. Any
way. they credit Able with havin' bee
Evening star., 1918-02-10
War May Result i'm Sberias Setting Up Separate Nation

formed the same as in European Rus
sia. Few reports have been receivs
however, of the murder of odcera
There might be plenty Of such occ1rH
rences without anything being knows
of it. The main uncertainty 10 whe8MnH
the soldiers councils are acting VIA
the peasants or whether they are shows
ing greater sympathy with the bolshes
Wiki The Industrial classes are mot
large, and that element. which hao
been one chief source of strength with
the bolsheviki in Russia. may be 1acks
ing in Siberia.
There have been reports OF Austrfsa
and German prisoners adding to the
chaos by revolts. but these reports have
not been confirmed. The Austrian and
German prisoners taken by Russia in
the first two years of the war were sene
to eastern Siberia. Their lot is not un-
derstood to be worse than that OF the
Russian prisoners held in Germany. It
may even be that 1t is q. little bettoHt
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one she'd been livin' with ever since
she was sixteen. She's a we'll meanin'
old girl, auntie, so far as that goes
She had lots Of good points-swell
cook, Al housekeeper. strong on
church work. and her plum preserves
couldn't be beat. But her tongue
brake wouldn't hold.
Suppose you had to live with some
one," goes on Miss Tuttle. who was
forever and everlastingly discussing
your faults and failures. your weak
nesses and your shortcomings? That's
what used to get from Aunt Abbie
Now. am fully aware that I'm plain
to say the least. Yet 1t wasn't cheer
ing to be told, at, least once every
twenty four hours, that my chin wasn't
what 1t should be, OF that the cast In
my eye showed palmer when I was
tired. And it didn't help to be eter-
nally assured that I was cut out for an
old maid.s
"oh, well," says I. 1--WE all have to have
relations"
s'Aunt Abbie was moro than that" says
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ged.
young friends" he said. you thought
that rode down in a peculiar fashion.
Possibly I did; but I would have you
know that am a man Of many styles
1 shall ride in an entirely different
fashion. I now shall slide down. lying
on my stomach"
"Oh, timminy" cried the tough party,
"the old guy is agoin' to try 1t belly
whopper.
You may gather just what the young
man meant.
A sled bearing somewhat corpulent
old party of say forty years moves
quite rapidly. The Observer will vouch
for this. That may be a good point to
bear in mind.
Stepping back some twenty feet from
the edge of the brow OF the hill, the
Observer picked up the butcher knife"
sled in both hands and dashed furious
ly for the starting point. Then. at the
proper moment, he slammed the sled
toward the earth and followed with a
rather undigl-s high dive. Unfor-
tunately, the observer did not connect
with the sled as he should have done.
In fact, the sled Few out OF his hands
and went scooting down the hill At a
mad rate of speed. He landed on a very
prominent part Of his anatomy and
gave vent to a most ungentlemanly
'"ugh!" ..
The children cried in glee. and quick
ly recovered the sled.
TRY it again.. old gent" the tough
one said. Maybe you better strap the
sled to you, thought"
The Observer ignored the thrust and
retreated for q second start. And ht
got away all right. He dew through
the air at the brow Of the hill twice .,
swiftly a. he had on the previous occa,
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since the conditions are favorable to
comparative freedom A hint even has
been given that some Of the German
prisoners are willing to stay in Siberia
and settle there II they can have Land
like the Russian peasants.
These are some of the phases Of stt-
uation that has great signidcances but
concerning which few details can HoK
be CLEANED. The control of the TrAnD>
tant factor in the situation. II fhS
bolsheviki can maintain that control
through to Vladivostok they may bo
able to maintain their power temporAs
rily. II they lose control of transportos
tion they lose everything else.
Temporary developments. howevUrs
are not likely to have much influence
on the big question Of the future OF
Siberia. In the days OF the czar. when
some of the political exiIes obtatped
comparative freedom in limited districts
and were able to promulgate their
principles. underground talk was sosnes
times heard of an ultimate separating
the United States of Siberia. These pos
litical exiles, however. were not OF the
school of Lenine and Trotxky. Tnays
were not proponents Of Industrial SOC
of a state developing under free polite
cal institutions without much regard -
industrial socialism. Most of these ex~
lies returned to Russia when the cSAp
was overthroWn. but 1t Is not unlikely
that some Of them remained in Siberia.
They may be working for Siberian res
public.
Should Siberia ultimately obtain com.
plete independence of Russia and set up-
as an Independent nation. 1t Nels&
have to be as a United States OF 4f6S.
ria. The different provinces would IN.
sist on very large measure Of -
government, such az obtafns tu ma
country. They might at nrst evsp kxJE
q confederated government with tfea -
loose as those by whfch tie eeeyM1gH
tuition. But In the end 1here X167
have 70 - q unatod states HG N 49,
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>>0o 0ELL miss" says ], throw
% NAX in it over my shoulder
W\V sort of crisp and i'm
" " portant.
Not that was tryin' to be any more
like a crab than usual. but just to give
her the quick hunch that she's pushed
through the wrong door.
You'd most think. with a sign on the
door In big black letters. that women
would have better sense than to come
crashin' into q physical culture studio
at all hours. Most of 'em do, too. but
there are enough who don't to make 1t
interestin'-stray stenographers trail
in down new jobs, and young LADIES
collectin' for various war funds, or
huntin' for Nine. Riley, the corsetiere,
whose place Is across the street But
generally they dash out again about
as quick as they dodge in. mostly with
cut stoppin' to explain. specially II
Swiftly happens to be loafin around the
front Office in his low-cut gym suit.
Not this one, though. Instead OF re-
. treatin' panicky. or even answerin' my
snappy hail. she stands there quiet.
sizin' us both up. She's high, sklmpy
built party, with a waist about yard
long and a neck like a turkey. Maybe
she wasn't six feet, but she didn't lack
much of it. Her cheek bones are KIND
of prominent; likewise her upper front
teeth. and one of her eyes don't exactiy
track with the other.
'Yes?' goes on, wink1n humorous at
Swiftly 'Whatl1 1t be?"
At that she comes out OF the speH.
How do I find Mr.. Zubel?'' she de-
mands.
And say, hearin' this deep. full voice
come from that skinny throat almost
gives me the jumps. It's so unex-
"EhT" says l. "The Honorable Abe
Zubel? His offices are on the next
floor up
Il know" says she. "And I suppose
he is in them somewhere But how
does one get past that frowzy-neaoed
person in the outer room?
lunches my shoulders. careless.
ITS by me-" says L. What don I
know about theatrical managers IN
general, and Mr.. Abe Zubel in particu-
lar. is amazin'. I've always understood.
though, that they were shy birds And
as that's the limit of my valuable In
formation, why
Here 1 waves invitin' howard the
fresh air.
out with a mere wave of the hand.
though. She only steps up nearer the
you're Prof. Mccabe. aren't your"
she asks.
Then, with rooms right on the next
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7HE shop being crowded, the BAR
ber lowered his voice.
.J<,- 1a++tpD little thin on

E1HE shop being crowded. the bar
ber lowered his voice
Its getting a little thin on
q top and there is a touch OF
gray about the temples" he said
Though he was minus the double
horsepower-varnish finish. known as
perfumery. which goes with a shave,
the Observer sprang from the chair.
IT do not propose to be insulted,
he said, with a look. II am just as
young as / ever was"
And he felt it. too, as he leaped
upstairs, two steps at a time. OF
course, he slipped on the ice at the
top of the stairs and injured an ankle
So severely that he was laid up In
the house for several days. but those
accidents happen to the youngest per-
sons. Age did not lay him up.
Sitting in the house nursing the ankle
was q fine thing for him, however. 1t
gave him an excellent opportunity to
watch the pupils at nearby school
enjoy their outdoor sports and spurred
him on to prove that he was as young
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"Cohasset," says She.
"Co-whfch?" says 1. "Oh, yes! Is it
in Indiana or Maine? F.'
Massachusetts," says Pansy.
Good" says 1. "In- that case you can
be home by tomorrow morning.
Pansy smiles and shakes her head.
I've left Cohasset forever" says she.
II came to New York to go on the stage
and mean to do it,.
She don't say 1t cocky or braggy;
just states it quiet and determined. like
she was tellin' cook how she'd have her
eggs
Listens like you meant it, says I.
'Are you always like that?"
ITS the Tuttle way, suppose" says
she.
"Ohw says I. You're from one of
them old baked-bean families, eh, such
as we read about?"
I'VE go back far enough. goodness
knows" says she. Il have been told
that father was direct descendant
from Deacon Jedediah Tuttle, who was
expelled from Plymouth colony in
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everywhere improved. These improve
ments were carried on with especial
foresight in the transbafkal district.
which is the heart of central Siberia,
and in the Amur river region, to the
southeast.
No trustworthy statistics are availa-
BILE concerning the increase in popula-
tion in Siberia since the Russo-Japa-
nese war, but travellers who have noted
the new settlements everywhere
springing up and the growth of the
towns. and even some industrial devel-
opment. have given it marked sig
nificance.
The immigration has been largely of
the peasant classes. How far they
have carried with them the traditions
of the village communities which they
left in European Russia can only be
conjectured, but these traditions nat
urally would have some influence in
their new surroundings.
The abolition of the landlords. and
the turningl over of the land to the
peasant cultivators as their own, which
was promised both by the moderate 80
cialists and by the bolsheviki. would
appear to give neither of those fac
tions an advantage in claiming their
support. So far as any reports have
been received. they have been that the
tendency Of the peasants is to support
the more moderate element. But as to
the real forces which are working in
the widely separated Siberian commu-
mites, little can be judged at SO great
distance. Nor is II certain that a
more accurate judgment can be formed
in the midst Of events themselves. since
the turmoil IL too great
Since there were many military garri-
sons In Siberia 1t has been assumed
that eoldierB councils have besn