The Cordova daily times., 1919-02-26
OF SERBS SHOWN
 IN PAINTING

SAN FRANClSCO, FeD. 70 (Dy As-
 sociated Press).-"I am cold and i hungry" Mutely symbolizing the suf-
 fering and voicing the appeal of Serb | ia an enlarged photograph of which | this is the title, hangs in the exhibi- tion of official Serbian war pictures 1 on display here
 l The photograps is that of boy ap- parently eight or ten years old. Ills
 clothing tells the story of privation
 through which his nation has passed
 in the four years of fighting. Instead
 of trousers his legs are covered by
 what looks like gunny sacks tied at
 the ankles and brought together at
 the hips. Patches upon patches on his coat are eloquent of severest want.
 One hand is raised in a pleading gest-
 ure which the pained expression on the face explains. In place of the other hand there dangles his tettered
 coat-sleeve the empty cuff of his shirt.
 This boy was one of 30,000 taken
 by the fleeing Serbian army in the
 tragic Albanian retreat to prevent the adolescent manhood of Serbia falling into the hands of the enemy. He may have been one of the 5000 boys who survived the rigors of that terrible mountain journey.
 story of Serbia, showing the historic has been announced are to be shown in tte cities of the Pacific coast, and
 for which requests have been made by Canada and Australia, are by no means grewsome and shocking lot of views. Quite on the contrary. Though they depict the dramatic story of Serbia, showing the historic figures, an effort was made by Samp son Tchernoff, who took them under the direction of the Serbian head quarters, to avoid the grotesque and heartrending episodes that so fre- quently have been described.
 They show the sturdy Serbians stolically bearing their hardships while in flight, the soldiers in the trenches and on the mountains. There are some battlefield pictures showing the shattered forms of Serbia's heroic defenders. There are many depicting | the desolation caused by the lombard ments.
 One picture shows Serbia's famous leader, Radomer Putnik, who was carried in sedan chair after horses and oxen died and his own strength failed him. Another shows the soi- diers digging way through the snow for their dauntless King Peter. The custom of peasant women bringing their meals to eat at the graves of their fallen husbands is illustrated in one photograph.
 These pictures bring to the Ameri- can public a reminder of the suffer ings and the needs of the Serbians," said Miss Jeanet M. Peck, chairman of the executive committee of the Serbian relief society of California. "The Serbians are extremely reticent in the matter of their suffering, and their claims for help have not been so the world as those of other war vic time.
 "But the Jugo-Slavs realize the grav- ity of the situation. Many pathetic instances of devotion come to our at tention. Poor Serbians who seem to be in want themselves come to our headquarters and make surprisingly | large donations. They feel they can not give too much to help their stricken fellow countrymen."
 The Serbian relief society of Cali fornia has sent large consignments of | clothing and about $1,o00 month for civilian relief, said Miss Peck. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilber, president of Stan ford university, is president of the California society, and Mrs. Phoebe Hearst is honorary president. Bruce Porter is vice-president and chairman of the information committees; Thomas s. Williams is secretary, William H. Crocker, treasurer. The executive committee is composed of Miss Peck, chairman, and Thomas s. Williams, Dr. Victor Vecki, Mrs. James Ellis Tucker Mrs. Frederick Sanborn, Mrs. J. Marshall Flint, Mrs. Marcus kosn- land, Mrs. Phillip King Brown, George Hind, Rev. w. K. Guthrie, Milton Es- berg, John Davis, Sidney Coryn, Wal lace Alexander, Samuel Knight. F. W. Henshaw and Mrs. Lennis O'Sullivan.