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Russian Woman Comes America With PLAN Aid Inventors and Protect Their CIR

a RUSSIAN woman who has been
IN very active in the many ma
~ uonal movements started in
q q Russia during the early part of
the var to alleviate suffering among the
wars martyrs and their families. and
who lived at Petrograd during the tur-
mol, attending and following the revo-
luton. has come to America with a very
serious and elaborate purpose.
Mss Tatiana W. Bouimistroff is the
vice president of Petrograd's inter-
allied. commission for the protec-
ton and development Of the inventive
genius which was organized in 1915. In
addition to this work, which, through Miss
Bournistrofs interest and persistent ef-
fcrcrhas been brought to America to be
developed at this crucial time when the
Eyec.ye genius Of the allies is worthy
os tie utmost encouragement and cuiti-
szCoa for general welfare and VIC
tory. she is member of number Of
reco1structiye and rehabilitatiye societies
Her experience. great part of which was
gained during the early part Of the pres
eur conflict. when Russia bore her burden
OF the warfare, is arousing much interest
among the American organizations of the
szne sort which are preparing to render
service TO their heroes when these shall
be returned from Europe
As member of the Russian chief coun-
cirs special commission for war re-
lief. the Russian Red Cross. the all
Russian chamber of agriculture, the
womens Agricultural Association and
the Russian Women's Mutual Aid So
cietys she has had an enyiable oppor-
tunity to observe the work of her gov
ernment and civilian agencies in meet
ing the wars emergencies. She has
already held conferences with the
American Red Cross and officers of the
medical department of the Army for
the purpose Of giving these sections of
the government the benefit of her un-
usual fund of experience along many
reconstructive lines.
But her present activity is chiefly
dis1e5ed to arousing a sympathetic
GGMus of the world. which represents
to Her mind and to the members of the
committees organized for similar pur-
pose in other countries the great asset
OF the allies at the present time.
'This committee" Miss Bouimistrofr
explained In her excellent English, was
organized for the discovery, protection,
development and mobilization of in
vsntive genius-the most precious of
natures creations and of all human
treasures; the only promoter of So
ciaf' life. material civilization and
progress. Unfortunately. until this or
gAHzation. there had been no such in
stttAGon in Russia and the greatest
part'Fof her peoples genius was lost to
her,znd to humanity.
Tt happens. generally. If one will
take the pains to notice, that the most
gifted persons belong to the Intelligent
pr6ietariat. who have no. or very
little. means of support aside from their
work. Being meditative idealists. i'm
practical IN daily life and in regard to
economical questions. they are help
less as rule. absent minded, over
sentitive and in broken spirits usu-
ally rover the obstacles and diff
cuities that confront them at every
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Checkers for Soldiers.
correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
NEW YORK. May 9, 1918.
NNE hundred and thirty women of
W Morristown. n. J., have gone back
to knitting for soldiers and sailors. And
their fingers are plying the needles more
quickly for having had brief vacation.
Not that the busy fingers were enjoy
ing a moratorium from war work; no.
they merely were enjoying a little va
riety and at the same time filling need
that hadn't occurred to any one except
Mrs. W. NJ. Berry. The result was an
nounced yesterday by P. F. Jerome, di-
rector Of the bureau of equipment and
supplies of the national war work coun-
ell of the Y. NJ. c. A, when truck with
5000 small bags for checkers and domi-
noes drove up to 124 East 2Sth street.
Mr.. Jerome Immediately looked over
the shipment and said he could use
many thousands more. He said that
any material at all would do for the
making of a bag that needs to be no
larger than seven or eight inches
square. with a string to draw it tight
when the checkers and dominoes are
not in use. Checkers and dominoes also
are needed, Mr.. Jerome stated. because
it has been found impossible to buy
enough of these games in the market
to supply the demand for the nations
soldiers. Many a small boy, he be-
lieves. would be glad to sacrifice one of
his games for the men who are fighting
for him.
Mrs Berry, In a letter to Mr. Jerome,
told how she came to know of the need
for conservation of an army's checkers
and dominoes. Indirectly she discov-
cred that the men at southern camp
were using buttons for checkers, for
they had no boxes or bags to keep them
in and checker would now and then
disappear. She said she could appre-
ciate the fact that a pasteboard box
would wear out, and made up her mind
that the boys should have something
convenient and durable. Six thousand
bags-of cotton, silk. linen, gingham
and calico-were harvested from the
seed which Mrs. Berry planted in Nor
1t is said that there isn't
enough waste cloth in the town now ~
put respectable patch Oh a small boys
trousers
Included In the stock Of checker bags
now awaiting shipment from the stor-
age rooms OF the Y. NJ. c. A. are dozens
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imperial highness and constantly assisted
him in his enormous activity for the well
fare Of the Russian army.
All the wives and children of the
soldiers throughout the land" she con-
tinued, resuming the story of the re-
habilitation work conducted by Russia
at the beginning Of the war, and be-
fore the revolution, received an al
lowance from the government AS
time went by the cured soldiers were
discharged from the hospitals, and, Of
course, many of them came out maim-
ed. blind or insane. On account Of this,
1T was decided that the government
should take over the charge of these
invalds, to whom the country owed
so much and for whose sake they had
sacrificed the best they had. Homes
for crippled soldiers were organized
during the time necessary for protid-
ing them with artificial limbs-with-
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Of thousands of prisoners, occupying
the Carpathian mountains and taking
the fortress of Praemysl with a gar
rison. of $4,000. Needless to recount,
these heroic victories could not be OBJ
tanned without terrific casualties, the
number of which in our army reached
sometimes $4,000 men day. When the
tide turned, due to the sudden lack of
ammunition. this victorious advance
was checked. When the war began
Russia was almost as unprepared as
most Of the allies and had only muni-
tions for four months fight. but this
occasioned slight worry at the time
might say, because such an amount was
always considered sufficient for reacn-
Ing decisive victory. Artillery and
rifles were suddenly without cartridges,
and under the terrific fire of German,
Austrian and Hungarian heavy and field
machine guns and poisonous gases, our
glorious army had to retreat hundreds
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OF miles. melting away without being
able to answer the enemy's fire.
The care and transportation Of the
wounded who were coming In by thou
sands and hundreds Of thousands from
the fronts. which were meanwhile
spreading--with Turkey entering the
war-one a line of more than $500
miles. beginning in the Bothnia gulf
and running nearly to the Euphrates
in Asia Minor: the care of the men from
this mighty battle line was effected as
wonderfully as the mobilization of the
Russian army during her early engage
ments against the Germans. Austrians,
Hungarians. Turks and Bulgarians,
than fourteen million.
the Russian Union Of Zemstvos, or pro-
visional self-governments. the Au-Rus-
sian Union of Towns with their prom
tnent leaders AS Prince Lvoff, later min
lister president of the provisional gov
ernment; Mr.. Goutchkoff, later war
minister: MIR. Tchelnofr( mayor Of
Moscow; Mr.. Pouriskevich, we'll
known member Of the duma, all worked
wonderfully In relief measures under
the supreme command Of his imperial
htghness. Prince Alexander Petroyitch
Oldenburgsky. the most energetic and
clever member of the royal family"
Miss Bouimistron, who belongs to
the Russian nobility and modestly re-
fuses to give her title. saying that Rus
slams have lost all such marks of DIS
tlnction with the coming of the reyolu.
ton. did. however. admit that her
brother. Vladimir w. Bouimistroff. was
acting chief of the personal staff Of his
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A War Child.

ID REPRESENTATIVE AsBuRY LEVER
@H of South Carolina said in q Red
Cross appeal in Charleston:
Food saving will greatly help to
win the war. Let US all, then. be as
saving Of our food as a little girl 1
know in Newberry.
Julia said this little girls mother
the other day. did you peel your apple
before eating it, as told you to?'
"'Yes. ma'am.' said Julia.
land what did you do with the
peeling? said her mother.
Ate it, said Julia. calmly"
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cupations were divided As follows:
Ninety-two clerks. 4s pipe ntters. 90
bookkeepers. 81 carpenters. 81 motor-
truck drivers, &c machinists. 26 cooks.
% stenographers. % auto repairmen. 22
draughtsmen. IL seafaring men. 10
grocers. 10 bandsmen. 3 painters.
druggists. BARRIERS. tailors. Are
men. moving picture operators.
nurses. dentists. etc.
or less Importance than as q meanS
of determining the previous training of .
the men. but of particular interest. is 1,
the fact that these cards have shown
that despite the supposed preference for
branches of the service other than thu
infantry. more than one-third OF thu
men have sisnified desire for that
branch.
The work OF this committee Is under
the direction of Prof. Walter Din Scott
Prof. Scott. prior to his acceptance of
his present Office. was professor of psy-
chology and director of the psycho-
logical laboratory of Northwestern Cnf~
Nersity.
While having no direct bearing upon
OF the soldier. the work of the statistical :
division Will yet play an important rolA
in his life. II is this branch which will
have charge OF information for relatives
regarding the health of the men at the
front. and because Of the excellent sys.
tenn devised for making this possible
the soldier may rest assured that thoss
he leaves behind will be Immediately
notified should the need arise. 49,
Under Lieut.. Col. Austin A. Parker. .
card index Is being made containing
the record Of every soldier Of tho
United States. whether on duty In
this country or on the battlefelds OF
Europe. Every man in the Army.
whether officer or private. will be in.
dexed by name and the records fled in
alphabetical order, as well as engineers.
civilians, war correspondents and others
attached in any way to the armed
forces Included in the record are the
soldiers description, exact location. his
rank. the name and address of his next
OF kin.
In each regiment three enlisted men
have been detailed for special duty IN
this work and will have charge of
keeping these records absolutely up
to-date. Their reports will he made to
division headquarters. which in turn =
forward all data to Washington. where
the index for the Army is being kept
Not only in Washington. but in France
as well. a large clerical force has been
ing this system. Immediately upon re-
ceipt of information regarding a man-
whether he is sick in the hospital, has
been promoted or punished for a mis-
demeanor to the vital information Of
having been seriously wounded or been
killed. reports will be sent to the Wash
ington headquarters and the index there
Sans war machine which will notify
relatives when men at the front have
been killed or seriously wounded and
the policy will be to announce prompt
ly upon arrival all official news reIat.
ing to casualties.
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his way through the high schpol by
sheer force Of will to laboriously mas
ter his lessons might be outwitted in
the test by the youth who had only at
tended the graded schools. but was pos
sessed Of high degree Of quickness IN
his mental processes.
The method Of examining is simple
Each recruit Is supplied with a printed
form. Make a mark In the largest
square In this row Of squares" Is one Of
the simplest of the exercises. Successive
exercises are more and more difficult,
until the last of the first ten may read
something like this: "At the command
Go. cross out the letter just before
c and draw a circle around the third
letter before X -
Various tests follow: Sentences whose
words are not in proper order to
mako sense and which the men are
asked to read and indicate whether the
words If properly arranged would make
true or false statement; arithmetical
problems from the very easiest to those
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out which they did not wish to return
home-and plans were set afoot for
teaching them all sorts Of useful in
dustries.
Later came the exchange Of crippled
prisoners from Germany and Austria,
and trains filled with our poor martyrs
came through Sweden and Finland
Those trains were always greeted at
the stations by crowds of people ex-
pressing their welcome. At the Finland
station special barracks were erected
for their reception. On the platform
were assembled different deputations,
who greeted them and expressed the
thanks of his majesty for their service
to him and their country.
I'm 1916 and 1917 those trains came
every two days from Germany, bring
ing each about 800 invalids In the
most distressing state. We tried our
best and organized homes with all pos
sible comforts and the best sanitary
conditions. l was appointed by the
chief councils special mission for war
RELIEF as popetchiteliniEa. which means
honorary president. of several of these
homes"
Miss Bouimistroff went into the mat
ter OF the description OF these
homes In Petrograd. telling that they
were situated on either bank of
the Neva and had large gardens and
Verandas. airy. sunny bedrooms and all
conveniences. The invalids were taught
all KINDS OF manual work and attended
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that tax the ingenuity without calling
for much computation; choosing one of
several words which completes a SEN
tence so that its statement is true: pairs
of words, with instructions to indicate
by a plus or minus sign whether the
pair have the same or opposite mean
ings; choosing the best answer from
several that are given to a question !:
completing numerical series of which
part is given; picking out analogies.
etc.
In examining the so-called illiterate
group different methods have to be ap-
piled. Not only Is the test so arranged
that reading is not necessary but
making a good mark in this examination
requires certain amount of skill with
the hands. This test is called the Beta
examination.
All those falling in the Alpha test are
given the Beta examination, whether
they failed in the Congregational test" or
later. Those, however. who fail in the
Beta test are then examined, individually.
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The Right Spirit.
DREsIDENT JOHN GRIER H

DRESlDENT JOHN GRIER HIBBEN,
of Princeton said the other day: 4.
1T costs $4,000 to make an airman;
and no airman should be foolishly
reckless. for his country can't afford
to lose him. =
Il Like to think of the Princeton boy
who was asked. when he went from his
training camp to the front:
well, are You prepared to die for
your country?' =
.r
Net a bit of it, said the young airy
man. I'm prepared-and well prepared
TO make about six Huns daily die foe
theirs"" -
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the city duma were appointed to attend
to the matter. and rooms in the duma
building were assigned for an office. VI
The central war industrial committee
also accepted our offer and appointed
member to continue further the nego-'
tiations and to give all the necessary
Indications"
Miss Bouimistroff sketched briefly the
events of the revolution, which follow
ed shortly after. and which she OBJ
served. AS she lived in Petrograd DUR
ing the entire period, her reminiscences...
are highly interesting. She was also in :.
a position through her official associa- s.
t1on to know much of conditions at ..
court which led up to the deposition Of .
the imperial family.
Miss Bouimistroff is great friend OF
America and appreciates very much tho.
Kind and sympathetic attitude or,
Americans toward Russia. She tells many u
narrowing tales of the behavior of the ~
present party in power toward the heroes
OF the war, and says that the adminis-. NJ
tration of affairs now was breaking the
hearts of all real patriotic Russians wh6
loved and were proud Of their country.
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vite the two countries to participate in
the movement 1t evoked especial inter-
est in Japan. for the reason that her ex-
hibits Of artificial limbs won a gold medal
in the contest held during the exhibition.
and in the United States because she
had worked out many problems in
democratic manner and was also a coun-
try where inventive genius is a preva-
lent characteristic Of q great percentage
of the people.
Miss Bouimistrcff comes to America
direct from Japan. where she partici-
ranged for the Russian committee. The
Japanese have signified a very active
interest In this movement which she
Of Inventors and many prominent Jap
anese men. such as Baron Megata. head
OF the financial mission to America:
Baron sakatani. delegate to the eco
nomic conference in Paris; Baron Shi-
busawa; DIR. Soyeda. editor OF the Hon
chi; DR.. Zumota. editor of the Herald
Of Japan. and the Japan-Russfan So
promised to join the movement.
In Russia, Of course. the work Of this
committee met with approval from the
Of ebc and The
it under its care. The department Of
the interior helped to make an investi-
cation through all Russia for the dis
foreign affairs asked all the Russian
ambassadors to help the committee in
the exhibition of artificial limbs, in
which Miss Bouimistroff was active. In
fact. all the eminent scientists. sani-
tary. medical and surgical organiza-
t1ons took an active part in this exhi-
bition. The minister Of foreign affairs
became the president Of the interaIlied
commission, and the former minister Of
public instruction became the honor
ary vice president.
One must bear in mind, obviously,
that all the work Of this committee
was accomplished before the revolution,
when the Russian war relief work was
being conducted in a thoroughly ef-
f1cient way. Russia had established a
great many relief measures Of the high
est order and was keeping apace with
the other allied countries in the plans
adopted for the relief Of suffering Miss
Bouimistroff. who was SO active in
many of these plans and closely as
sociated with their execution, is in a
position to give a most lucid account
of Russia's activity along these lines.
When the war began" she said. go
ing back in time a bit, so as to give a
background for her reflections, "the
battles went on involving ono army
after another, and our heroic troops.
having defeated the Germans on the
northwestern front. advanced on the
whole of East Prussia The panic
stricken peoples of these invaded sec
tions were flying, to Berlin. overflow
ing this city and asking in terror: Why
arc we sOluB 10 take faflS, II mean
while the Russians will take Berlin"
"On the other side-that is, on the
southwestern front-the Russian troops
were VIGOROUSLY operating against the
whole Austrian army and the whole
Hungarian army. the latter being more
fierce and stubborn In fighting than
even the German army. and after TAX
Ing town after town. advanced through
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For this purpose three different types OF
examination have been planned. One is
for the man with ability to speak and
write English, the second Is for the man
whose knowledge Of English is slight.
The third type Of examination Is for thbse
men unable either to read or write at all.
Men failing in both groups and in in
dividual examinations must either be
eliminated or given special details de-
manding little mental ability.
Modern warfare Is being conducted
along scientific lines, and while the
principal duty of an army is to fight
there are yet innumerable specializa-
tions that are vital factors in war and
which require skilled workmen. A
sudden call for 100 carpenters or
20 mechanists must be met, and unless
a commander knows just which OF his
men are skilled in the various trades
he is unable to recruit sufficient men
for a special detail. This phase Of war
fare was experienced with far from
satisfactory results abroad in the early
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days OF the war. With an army of
men. tho commanders OF which knew
not what they had: workmen who
would have been invaluable behind the
lines in special work were wasted in
the trenches. while inexperienced men
labored at work they were ignorant of.
1t Is to locate and make available ex-
perts in every field of endeavor that
the committee on CLASSIFICATION OF per-
sonnel in the Army was organized. To
accomplish this, each company COM
mander becomes practically a census
taker through tho distribution of ques-
is retained and filed, with the company
records. the original being forwarded
to division headquarters where di-
visional personnel officer Classics the
men according to their capabilities.
As a result OF this system nearly no.
600 transfers have been made Of men
out of the divisions. largely into technical
units in the stan corps. while thousands
OF transfers within the divisions them
selves have been made. Requlsitions for
approximately 10000 men have been
handled at the Washington headquarters
OF this committee.
Far reaching in their scope, the ques-
tions are designed to give practically a
life history OF each man. thus consti-
tuting an Army directory. It shows
his education. business experience
salary received in civil life. proficiency
In any trade. aptitude for special work
III lHo army, hDlilly TO speak foreign
languages, qualifications as a public
entertainer and preference for branch
OF service in Army. Forty-nine occupa-
tfons are listed.
At the top OF each card is a series of
numbers each of which corresponds
to number appearing with each oc-
cupation listed. A small green flag or
tab clasped over a certain number
signifies that the man to whom that
card belongs is an expert in the trade
bearing the same number. while the
addition of a yellow tab similarly at
some other trade. II the little green
flag appears. for instance. over number
10. it shows that the soldier is an ex-
pert electrician. or II attached to num-
ber Al that he Is a skilled butcher BY
this simple device 1t will be possible
for commanding officers almost in
stantly to locate all men skilled in any
particular work under them.
So carefully have the questions been
officer making the classification knows
to just what degree a man is expert in
the line he claims knowledge Of By
ascertafning not only the length Of time
he has been employed as carpenter, for
example. but the salary he received. it
is simply a question of knowing the
standard scale of wages paid skilled
skill of the man in question.
The result of one days registration
at one Of the camps shows the diversity
OF previous occupations of the men who
are now soldiers. Out of more than 400
men filling out question cards, the oc-