Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-10
|aICH AMERICAN WOMEN
SUFFERING STARVATION
aidele Mills, Hciress TO $4,000, 900
Estate, ENiIcd In Austria
q, During War.
sElzE UPON LOAF OF BREAD
victims OF Strife Hunger Continually
~ md Lose Many Pounds OF Flesh.
1ftkind Hotel Keeper Cares for
Refugees.

Starving in the Austrian Tyrol. where
3hey have been eSiled since the begin
ping. of the war, Miss Adcline Mills,
DARIUS Ogden Mills. and one of the
felrs OF his s5o.ooo.ooo estate, and Miss
Josephine Polhemus. o; san Jose. her
$raveiing companion, went into costa
Ties recently over the gift Of 4 loaf OF
&hi.e bread. a letter telling of this
PERSEVERANCE in San Francisco today.
isS aua iH Is cousin Rn1a OF ,d ogde en-
SVhitc!aw Reid former American am
bassador TO Great Britain. AS bene
Eciary under the will of the founder
Woman OF Independent fortune. but she
$nown the want of the most humble
peasant in Austria during the war
! The letter telling Of tho hardships
bead OF tho San francisco Y, NJ. {. 4
4iiss Iiolhemus wrote:
TWO WOMEN SEIZE
Z UPON LOAF OF BREAD
:: "Miss Mills. once robust woman,
fnce weighed 1Go pounds, but now
Weigh only nincty-two pounds. Neither
Miss Mills or myself knew the taste Of
srh!,e bread. butter, milk or sugar for
hearty four years"
! The story OF how tho two women
selzcd upon tho loaf OF white bread
VAS COUi4llu IN anojnCT letter from
y. H. Ilildredth, former district Judge
r. Alaska, who is now a Y. NJ. c. \.
worker in Merlin. Austria.
There arc only four Americans here
besides myself Two ladies from one
At tho richest and hes; known fami-
sies in California and a wel-known
Secturcr and author and his wife. who
haye lived in Italy for u number OF
gears. They were all here at the be-
ginning of the war. and could not get
Sway after hostiiities had commenced.
a,hey have all suffered at times for the
proper Kind OF food and went through
Elany thrilling experiences. especially
j. When the city was occupied by Aus
trians, Russians. Slavs and other sol
9iers. But amid i, all thcss Merin peo
pie. have divided their food with them
and protected them ard even went
without food themselves Tint these for
Sign visitors might have more.
HoTELI<EEPER CARES
FOR STRICKEN WOMEN
) Last June one lady lost sixteen
pounds and the other twenty-five just
for want OF proper nourishmcnt. They
gould not get away and could receive
90 mail or money from home, and the
tor months without pay. | know they
needed things badly This morning my
orderly brought me some bread. did
not ask where il came from Small
used TO pay 10 cents for at home.
id not know whether or not TO send
., loaf Of this cheap, hard bread TO
thc daughter OF a millionaire. Blu,
something told me 20 send IT, Since
etarting this letter my man has re-
turned and ! copy the letter from Miss
Mills: g.
!. Dear Judge Hildredth: do not
know how to thank YOU for us both
for the truly splendid present which
has just arrived. Nothing could he
more o2portunc or more gratefully re
ceired. We said TO each other at tea
timc today: where is anything more
10 cat 10 come FROM" We had roach ed
the lowest cbh. And now before night :
fall comes this wonderful answer to
our question