Evening star., 1919-02-09


once expressed her eagerness to pc
come a member of the organization,
and lost no time in bringing the Ell
forts of her ellow-Workers anu her
self to the notice of LORD hitcnehe.
himself Miss Hutchison urged Loro
Kitchener to give his own name 10
the organization, and as soon as ne
was told Of the fine service 70 the
fighting men which II already nao
rendered. and the still greater serS-
ice which II hoped to achieVe, ne en-
Enthusiastically consented Miss Hutchl-
son wished TO call the organization
THE Kitchener Empire Associaion. :,
mo" said the great soldier, .cali
1t The K of X. Empire Association.
There are many kitcheners, put tnepe
is only one X. of X. So the k OF n:
Empire Association was the name tha'
was chosen.
Miss Hutchison was one Of the asso--
ciation's most strenuous ana devoted
workers. Her purse was ever AT us
service for her feeling was that the
men who were fighting their coun-
try's battles must have any variety
of service or anything in the nature
Of comforts that could be secured Tor
them.
This splendid woman was. In fact.
philanthropy personiied, and though
the fortune which she inherited from
her aunts was a large one, her con-
stant contributions to charitable OBJ
1ecIS previous 10 lHe WAL ahu ~ th~
war funds, particularly those for the
fighting men, themselves from the
very beginning did not leave much of
it to be passed on after her death,
She always had special sympathy
for invalids and for women of good
family who had fallen on evil days.
and she assisted both to the limit of
her means. The London hospitals
knew her well and the basket which
she regularly carried with her pack
g., l,s tA-lxy Il nd
for the wounded-is still cherished
by those with wh"n she was asso-
ciated in the WORK for the fighting
men, which, In the last days of her
life, was nearest to her heart.
After the deaths of her two aunts,
Miss Hutchison gave up the house
in which she had lived with them
since her girlhood and took the one
in Phillimore Gardens. where she
spent the rest of her life. She lived
and devoted servants, all of whom
worshiped her. To them she was al
ways known as Miss Carrie"
Always Miss Hutchison was full of
quiet humor, which even did not dis
dain little puns and word plays. When
Lord Kitchener acquired Broome
Park, his famous country place, she
remarked whimsically to q friend:
isn't it funny! He's a Kitchener and
his place is Broome.'"
the friendship between Miss Hutchi-
son and Lord Kitchener of Khartum,
thousand delightful incidents bear
witness. Miss Hutchison was keen
lover OF howers--lilies of the valley
being her favorites-and every week,
wherever the master of Broome Park
might be. his head gardener had In
structions to send both flowers and
fruit to Phillimore Gardens. After
LORD hltchener's death the gardener
In "a hi u
fering weekly, the last of the fiow-
ers thus sent being placed reverently
upon Miss Hutchisons coffin.
For Miss Hutchison Lord Kitchener
had a special photograph taken, and
your faithful Herbert" IT was Miss
Hutchison's wish that this picture
should be buried with her, but.
through regrettable misunderstand-
ing, this was not done.
Lord kitchener's constant solicitude
for Miss Hutchson was demonstrated
In thousand ways. In the midst
Of the countless matters that en-
gagged his attention at the time of
the last coronation he found time to
take room with window in White
hall from which Miss Hutchison
might view the procession to West
minister Abbey. He even chose the
chair in which she was to sit. Miss
Hutchson took up her position. with
her maid, Nellie, In attendance, and
on his way to the great ceremony
Lord Kitchener looked in for q mo-
ment to make certain sure that every
thing was arranged to her entire
comfort. 1t was Miss Hutchison who
then noticed that "K of k" who, of
course, was in full fig," had omitted
to affix to his person the great star
which was one of the principal items
or his insignia on state occasions.
Col Fitzgerald, his A. ID. c., who was
In attendance upon him (and who
later perished with his chief on the
Hampshire), had to return to York
House hotfoot to get the star.
Some years after Miss Hutchinson
took up her residence with her aunts
in London. her family left Peterhead
and removed to Banchory -on- d eeside.
The house that they occupied there
was left by Mrs. Hutchison, at her
death. to her five daughters, and 1t
ultimately passed into the possession
of Miss Caroline Hutchison. For
many years she regularly spent some
time there, but some time before the
war she decided to sell the house and
Its contents. Lord Kitchener accom-
panied her to Banchory and assisted
her with the many details of the dis