The Washington herald., 1918-03-10

is in black for her son. Lieut. We'd
derburn. who was lost on the de-
stroyer that was sunk in q collision
q short time ago: Mrs. Could
really. there seems to be 20 many 1t
10 startling.
Referring to the Rumanian Minis
ter reminds US that DR.. Angelescu.
who also was on Q recent mission to
this country. II certainly q culti-
waited. agreeable man of the world.
courteous. and decidedly grave and
sad in manner-as how else could a
Rumanian be nowadays? With him
are several attaches, among the
latter q striking figure. Maj Livius
Teiusanu. Quite Roman that name,
as IL the major himself in appear
ance. Dressed in q toga, with a he'll
met and shield. he would be the liv-
ing image OF one Of Trajan'B centu-
rions.
In the great battle OF Maresisti,
where three divisions of Rumanians
held of eleven German divisions,
he lost his right arm. How little
we know of the lighting along that
terrible eastern line! At this battle
100000 Rumanians perished. but
they stopped the advance OF their
enemies as the French did at Yer
dun.
Besides being a brave soldier.
Maj. Telusanu is closely identified
with the Boy Scout and Girl Scout
movements. which had assumed
great proportions in Rumania even
before the war. The aid rendered
by these boys and girls has been
one of the striking features in the
Rumanian campaign. They have
played an important role in bring
ing food and other supplies to the
soldiers at the front, many Of these
youthful aids having been killed in
the fulfllment Of this task.
The story Of Ecaterina Theodoriu.
the Joan OF Arc OF Rumania, as they
love to call her, reads like q Greek
tragedy or q Morse saga, not like q
tale Of today. yet II was told at q
dinner table in the course Of a casual
conversation.
Ecaterins, aged B years, OF excel
lent family. was a Girl Scout. Her
father, q captain in the Rumanian
army, and two brothers were killed
soon after the entry Of her country
into the war. She got-somewheru,
somehow-a soldiers coat, helmet, ano
gun, and taking her place by the side
Of her only remaining brother, fought
with him until he fell dead at her feet,
pierced by a German bullet She
seized his rife. charged with the regi-
ment was taken prisoner, Killed her
captor, and escaped, after a night in
a terrible storm. and was able 10
bring important information to the
Rumanians
Five days later both her legs were
fractured by a shell in a battle near
FLASH. She was cared for and nursed
back to health by Queen Marie Of Ru-
mania herself, and decorated with the
Order Of Merit and with a special
gold order created for the Rumanisn
Boy and Girl Scouts.
She was also made honorary second
lieutenant Of the Forty-third Rurnan-
ian infantry. 1t was with this regl-
n1ent that she took par in the battle
OF Maresisti, above referred to. She
was slightly wounded during the en-
gagement, but refused to leave the
field. Two days later she fell dead
with German bayonet through her
heart
Whatever happens to Roumania.
the name of Ecaterina Theodoriu will
always be cherished by her country
people in song and fable. Mrs. Lowe,
head Of the Girl Scouts OF America.
proposes to name q battalion of these
Girl Scouts for Ecaterina, these Girl
Scouts to devote their energies to