The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1918-10-31
THE BLUE TRIANGLE
AT RUSSlA'S FRONT

pc,rograd were I'm half shadow. A
few scattered candles flung CLEANS as
persistent aud as vague as Russla's
hope Of liberty. a hundred Russian
girls and six young men were guests
of the first Young WOmcn's Christian
association in all Russia. 1t was
gala afternoon tea but 1t was dark
because the winter days end Mt three
o'clock and there Is restriction on
the use of candles and Kerosene as
well as of electricity,
The girls were making merry even
In the gloom of winter, the twilight
ana the tragedy of war. one slender
whitc.faccd girl with purplc.sladowcd
eyes was mciricr than all the rest.
Her wit ana ringing laugh were con-
tagOuS.
"Sonya Is wonderful tonight" one
girl whispered TO another as she
stirred gently into her tea the one
lump of sugar doled out carefully for
the party. The Y. w. G. a. secre-
tarlcs had been saving the sugar for
mun,hs--putting aside at each meal
one OF the two Jumps served with the
coffee in the restaurant, that there
might be bit OF sweet for this first
party. There was no bread.
"Sonya is not drinking her tea"
her pale little admlrcr went on, yet
she tainted this morning at the fac
tory aud the forcwoman said she WINS
hungry"
"Wc'rc al hungry" was the mo-
notouous reply. at wasn't that"
Something stopped the laughter and
talk suddenly hut the hush that fell
in the dmly lit room was as joyous as
the gairty. one of Russians greatest
singers stood by the piano and lifted
up her glorious. voice filled with the
tears and hcartbrcak that people ut
peace call thrills.
They went away early when the
music was donp-thcSe sad-cyed, half
starved little guests Of the Blue Trl-
| anelc-for danger turks in the dark
/ of PctrOgrad streets, rohhereS aud
! murdcrs--sharp little by-products of
nations chaos and world at war.
/ Sonya fingered after the others
/ were gone. SHE was standing close
! by the sccrctary-hostcSS' chair when
she turned from saying goodnight tC
the last one of the other girlS Tho
laughter had died ont of the girl;
eyes and the gaicty from her voice.
''Will you give me II note TO the
factory superintendent" she asked
telling him I'm attending CLASSES
here at nghty" She spoke in French
for she knew no English, and the sec
rotary, no Russian.
eyes, If 1t will help you" The sec
rotary was glad to give her such
note but she was curious. "TeH lit
why"
"If he knows the girls are going t.
night classes he won't put us on tn
night shift. He will let us work day
so we can come. Yesterday aske
for the night shift. Today l hav
changed my mind"
The secretary wondered. Sony
had not been In any of the classe.
Had the bright little party given he
an interest in the work of the ussocis
i, tion? Had the friendlineSS of tn
American secretaries reached her
, Was II the music that had given he
an impetus to study toward somcthin
beyond factory?
"Whnt Is ii that interests yOu!" III
, secretary asked her. "You are not
any of the classes now, are yOuE VIII;
, Is IL you want to take upi'
!, "rh's morning looked out the fa
a tory window" and Sonya's voice r.
, minded the secretary of the call Of
, night bird before II storm. "Duwn
y the courtyard was crowd and thr,
. men were killed. Killed by the p
!. lce--thc bOlshevik police, while
stood there aud watched. They 81
they were anarchists. one was II
Il brother. Another was my swccthral
:. | came here tonight to forget. Hut
% CauuOt forget. Always | will rcncl
/. Der | want nothing now but TO ca
% ry on their work, ANA to do that mu
% study and Learnt must learn Engii
r.. ana many other things | want IN
), In nll the classes. II the foreman
f the factory knows I! do that. he "
d help. lie will let me work days"
n I'm The dark, the hunger, the Co
~ ana the terror of Pctrograd the Hl
lc Triangle is sending ont It's shining
n vitHtiDn To the bow,ld2rcd women "a
m young girls of Russia. II is oflori
10 little oasis in the midst of
IN chaos whore they may come and r.
nr and relax, play games, listen
q music, study English, French, stem
m raphy, bookkeeping; or music ana
le one tired girl expressed II, forget
the moment that they are In Pet
m grad. Most of the girls who gatI
ly at the sign of the Blue Triangle
To bookkcvpcrs and stcn0graphcrs,
0H scattered among them are fact
~ girls, domoS,ics and girls who 10
FIR have worked,
D., "In rctrogrUd and elsewhere
- Russia" says Miss Clurissa Spen'
n, world secretary of the Y. w. &.
SD who started the work I'm RuSSi0 80