The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-09
MADAM eROUI7cH
TO LECTURE HERE
Former West Virginia Girl
viii fell the Story of
Serbia in the War.

Madam slayko Grouitch, wife OF
The Serbian minister to Switzerland,
but native OF West Virginia, having
been born at cIarksburg. will lecture
in this city, Monday, March Is. at the
First Presbyterian church, under the
auspices of the Woman's club and for
the joint berefit of Fairmont chapter
of the Red Cross and Serbian relief.
| Madam GrG'Iitch is going TO lecture
| in Clarksburg on March / 4. under the
auspices of the Woman's club OF that
city. and when Mrs. ]. A. Meredith,
| president of the Fairomnt woman's
| club, and Mrs. A. L. Lehman heard
! of that they decided to have Madam
! Grouitch talk here. No - mission fee
will be charged, but a collection Wi
be lifted. In q recent issue Of the
! ClarksburE Telegram. making an
/ nouncement OF the forthcoming lee
ture in that city, the following ara-
| Gle was printed:
| Madam Groutich. IN recent letters
/ to friends IN ClartsburG, expressed
! rauch pleasure at the prospect OF an
| opportunity TO visit once. more her ma
| tive town, where, as MADE OuntaP'
she is remembered by many persons,
hayfng spent her early childhood
among them-her cinderella days,
as she POLITICALLY refers to the hrst
twelve years of her life.
Later she resided in Baltimore,
then in Chicago and New York, re-
! ceiving the best educational advan-
F; ta4es thar those cities afforded, and
! living in an intellectual and social en-
vironment that eminently fitted her
for the position she was to occupy as
the wife of one OF the foremost dlp1o-
mats Of Europe.
It was while In Greece attending
the leading university in Athens that
she met the Serbian noblemsn. whom
she afterward married IN London
when at the court of st. James, a
nosition that led to his promotion as
permanent undersecretary OF foreign
affairs. He is now the Serbian min
lister to Switzerland.
Madam Grouitch is a close friend
CT Mrs. Grover Cleveland Preston
and of Mrs. John A. Logan, and made
her debut under their auspices at the
home OF the latter.
Madam Grouitch has labored unttr-
ingly to alleviate the deplorable con-
d1tions to which the women and chill
| dren Of her adopted country have
been reduced, by Austrian and Ger
| man Envasionsb and 10 the welfare OF
| our Allied prisoners Ct war, among
whom she has established work SHOPS
and schools of design
Madam Grouitch blame9 Austria
| for the present world war In re-
cent interview she expressed herseh
as follows:
81 worde1 II our American people
| in the din of the wars colossal day
by day eveufs have had time and 1n-
! clfnation to learn the full facts In
regard to the so-cal1ed crime OF sara
| ;eyo-the pretext for Germany and
h;1stria's war? 1 wonder il the news
has percoIated through Europe and
across the ocean that the sssassina-
lion OF Archduke Ferdinand and his
conSort was Iatched. not IN BeASraGe'
eve have positive and even docu-
n1entary evidence to that effect. We
know that certain high placed person
| ages IN tht. encourage OF Emperor
Francis Joseph were the ones who
! plotted the deed which was to rid the
dynasty forever of the hated heir ap-
narent and his scheming IQorganatic
ssArchduke Francis Fetdiuand's
| doom was sealed the moment She
young and pliabIe wife of the present
! heir apparent came into the circle OF
! the Tiennesc court.
LAS soon as it was realized that the
couple were imprcsSioGab1e enough
to be moulded along uncompromislng
pan-German HapsburSiao lines the
! de was cas-. It became certainty
| thenceforth that Francis Ferdinand
and the Duchess of Hohenburg must
one-haIf the proceeds Of the lee
ture will be added to the fund for the
! eIief - Serbian women and children,
a cause to which Madam Grouitch has
devoted her life, and one-half to eth
er the West Virg' IA war relief work
or local Charitable purposes, as the
women's organizations may decide.
I Madam Grouitch has had many IN
teresting experiences IN Serbia and
France and has the gift of presenting
her subject in the most graphic way
20 her audience She Is not only a
/ taIeared speaker. hut a woman OF
azeet persDnal charm and has more
extensive knowledge Of world politics
than the nnajoffty Of gtatesmen-
This Is her last lecture ter be
| fore returning to Ter home In SwttzsT
land early - 2pEfs