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she found horseback riding 50 Interesting
that she decided 10 raise horses and sheep.
But then she discovered q berry Of very
delightful favor and taste, out Of which she
made q drink. The effect Of the steppe-
berry drink vas strange, stronger than
wine, stimulating life and Imagination.
Since alcoholic drinks IN Russia we're pro,
hibitsd, she prepared q few bottles % her
steppe juice, and out Of these she made
candies, which she packed IN neat boxes
made Of birch-trse bark By the village
children. Having prepared 3 number Of
these candy boxes, she opened 3 store IN
the little town. where people could sc, eat
candies and discuss politics. Soon she
became friendly with all the townspeople
and she threw on her masculine gipsy dis
guise and appeared as an exceedingly beau
ttful girl, dressed in the picturesque South
Russian peasant costume.
The customers became 50 eager for the
candies that her whole store was sold out.
AS there was a scarcity Of sugar and as the
berry time was over, beautiful Natasha
found herself with lot Of money, but an
empty store. Natasha then purchased all
the honey she could get from the farmers
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and TFOtEiY aD6 he unWashed male and
femsis gHboHlinatss Of these FedOHbtable
leaders filled rs salons, working there "
day and sleeping there ct night, From
her palace were sent ont the ferociOus
pEoclamati0ns o. revolt that we're instFu'
mental n eFeFthEoWiRg the moderate So
cialist GeFsTnmsRt of Kerensky and es-
tablishiRg the B0lsheYists IN power.
The BolshsFfst revolution abolished the
Imperial Ballet autOmatieally by deDFiFiRg
the institution o. Ell means Of support.
One dRy, without warning, the doors Of
the great heFispskE Theatre, the head
gpaFtsEg q ths geat bsiist, we're closed.
IL Il had FemRined open, u y believed the
HnrsstFaiasd mob might have wrecked the
building and attacked the performers,
PF0Wiipg lO0tsFs smashed WtndoWs,
broke Into TIE bBBGiRg end DlRRdeEed its
c01tRatg, Wt7n, FRia ed snow completed
the haRoe they began. The former temple
Of grace and luxury became a squalid and
ghOstIy ruin Following the wreck Of the
institution, some Of the dancers perished,
others fell into degrading occupations,
while others exercised their wits to main
tain themselves.
There was only one man in Petrograd
for time who could tell the hiding place
Of Nile. Ksheshinskaya. That was Feodor,
her former butler, who is now q powerful
functionary IN q local soviet
@Comrade Mathilda is all right" whis-
pered Feodor to a citizen who dared to. In
quire. 1--WE simply exchanged our dwell
ings. She took my little house and farm
In the village, and took her house In the
city. She ls bstteF OF on her country farm
than she vas here
Nile, Ksheshinskaya, / hear, Is now in
the small village Of LgoVs, many hundred
miles from PetrogEad, dressed Rs 3 rough
Russian peasant woman, deprived Of all her
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Iage people were carried OF their heads
BIZ her art and then admitted that she was
far different from any Of the others,
Fully as interesting are the adventures
of Mile. Natasha MhFateFa, the most
beautiful ballerina Of the imperial ballet,
who was only twenty-five at the time Of
the revolution. She surpassed in her
magic swiftness, delicacy, birdlike airi-
ness, floating grace and lyric pirouettes
all her rivals
When Petrograd fell into the power of
the Red Guards she escaped from the city
disguised as a dark-skinned gypsy boy,
with a tambourine, fiddle and fortune-tell-
ing outfit She cut off her beautiful hair
and covered her face with grease paint.
With her she took her favorite wolfhound
Boris, whom she had trained to dance to
simple music. Helped and protected by
this noble animal she was able not only to
avoid all dangers Of the road but earned a
good deal Of money. Finally she reached
KieVka, a little isolated town in the pic
turesque steDpes, which appealed to her
so much that she decided to make It her
home
After few weeks of life in the steppes
Gpsaf BFitain Riehts ReseFvsd
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the help of TIE soviet, and hss BED, q naay
respects, far greater success heFe tha1 f'd
Karsayina n PetEogFaa. TTBa, tha D0l.
sheFist bailets are diRensnt iron those of
the antoeEatie ere, Jet they are VeFV infer.
esting, somewhat crude but q DIAL
one Of the most inteFsstilg ReW bal'sts
Of the B0isheFist theatre n NOseow Is
called The Phantom % the B0aFgsois.r ne
phantom, lie q huge iantastie mnShEo0m.
twists and turns IN an eiagant W0nan's
bOudOiR, An Invisible wind hloWs lhis
spirit to and fro. Z = luxury @ fanfastic
human shape nov 4 hoEsFs shove the
sleeping Woman's figure; now it dances
in front Of the window. II performs CID.
fashioned dances and aWakes the sleeping
girl. She falls into the phantom's arms
and a ballroom scene Is suggested. Some
times you see only moving garments,
hands, feet, fingers, hair, etc. The bour.
geois nirts gracefully and timidly with tie
woman.
In the second act Of the ballet the phan-
tom Of the proletariat appears, 4 robust.
Hercules, who, instead of gracefully osnrt
ing the girl, forcefIlly sslzes her IN
his arms and carries her ont.
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raising With the hope that they viii bring
her 3 little money. She supports heTself
with the produce Of this farm. With her
own hands she has raised potatoes, cab
bages, rye, etc,
The brilliant dancer lives not Hnhap-
PLY in the little village. The simple mou-
jiks and their wives, who can neither read
nor write, do not know who she Is and do
not care. She is ag staple and Hnpretend-
ing as peasant woman herself.
The Russian peasants are, Of course,
passionately fond of music and dancing.
Very often the young men and girls Of the
village gather in some barn or in a
meadow and sing and dance to the accom-
paniment Of a concertina or fiddle played
by village musician Comrade Mathilda
takes a lively part in these affairs and
sings and dances with the others.
Though her neighbors thought Mathilda
was quite q graceful dancer, they paid
little attention TO that. Then wandering
gypsy orchestra came to the village and
rendered parts Of several noted Russian
ballets, comTads Mathilda ran out and
danced IN the moonlight with enhancing
skin some wonderful measures The vii
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The Sometimes 1raOiC,
Sometimes Humorous
Always Pathetic
Fate of the Lovely
and Famous Dancing
Ladies Who Delighted
Particularly the
Wicked Grand Dukes
and the Nobility Of
Old and FOreUer
Vanished
Imperial Russia

and put up other candies IN boxes e. Which
she printed her own picture and the story
81 how she became a candy mates. ne
honey-candies Of beautiful Natasha b,care
very popular and nov she IS engaged 'n
cnltiVatfng steppe-bsrries for the nszt erer.
when she WIN have so much fhat see SD
make enough to last for q Whale season .n
the town. She has made q vow that she
yin not marry 0r give up her business
long as the BolsheVist rule Iasis g Russls.
Many Of the pretty dancers &C tie -
psrial ballet have gene 70 distant VILLAGES.
and some have organized small vi1lago
ballets and travelling dancing c0mDenlar.
since the treasures Of mobiles end uer.
chants, grand dukes and high fanctionaries
have vanished from the cities, much wealth
has gone to the country. Russian historic
treasures. money and iewelry have found
their way, to 3 great extent to rsmots VI
lages Il IS not unusual 70 meet q simple
moujik woman with the most wonderful
eneralds, rubies and pearls around her
neck
NIie. Tamara Karsavina. whom many
consider fully. as beautiful as MuFalc7a.
has been brilliant figure for several pears
in London and Paris. She Ventured back
70 Russia during the revolution and for
tine enjoyed great success with BolsheTist
audiences. But suddenly she found her
SELF IN great danger because her beauty
had attracted g prominent Official and she
vas happy 70 escape to England.
"A truly polite dancer, Nile. Geltscr has
been able to run the Moscow ballet Wln
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and the many Injuries
which the Car gave her.
Instead Of e palace, she
lives In E hut Of two rooms
"a big living room and q
kitchen. There Is g small
orchaFd containing some
apple trees and q stable
with g COW and horses Rt-
taehed to the farm,
Nile. Ksheshinsksys q
interested IN rabbits and
Wolfhounds, which she Is
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Mile. MathiIda Ksheshin-
sIzaya, the Former Cars
Favorite and Richest of
All the Russian Imperial Dancers,
Who Has Changed Places With
Her Former Butler and Is Now
Living on His Farm In an Obscure
Village.
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Great Britain Rights Rsssrvsd.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-09
THE RESPONSIBILITY IN
CENTRAL EUROPE

The Invasion of Hungary by the Ru-
manians and Serbians and the occupa-
ton Of Budapest. in defiance Of orders
from the Entente Allies. are samples Of
the conditions and difficulties that are
going 10 SiSc in Europe frequently dur
ing tho rcxt ten years. The Rumarians
find in the Hungarian situation an OPP
portunity to take revcnG" for the subjL-
cation Of Rumania two years ago and
for the looting Of Rumanian cities by
Hungarian armies. Serbia looks with 4
jealous eye on Rumania and is ready to
claim her share Of the Hungarian spoil.
In Central Europe a half dozen small
states have been created from the re-
mains OF the Austrian and Russian en-
pires. These states have conflicting am
billions and long-chcrished racial jeal-
ousies. They are liable to fly at each
others threats at any time. Tho United
States by it participance in the war.
helped create these infant national'tics,
and If peace is to be Kept among them.
we must help keep 1t with strong hand.
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THE SENSIBLE COURSE

Senator Kellogg (Republican). Of Min
nesota. and one of the ablest lawyers in
the United States Senate, takes the view
Of the covenant Of the League Of Ma
tons which The Intelligencer has voiced
for several months. He believes that the
sovereign rights Of the government OF
the United States are amply protected
in the covenant as ii now stands; that
the Monroe doctrine is distinctly ex-
cludcd from the operations of the cove
nant and that in short. the covenant is
one which we may not only safely. but
honorably. enter into-a step towards
world peace.
The discussions Of the League Of Ma
tions, in and out Of the United States
Senate. are beginning to develop q mid
die course which leads 10 the acceptance
Of the principles OF the league with such
reservations as arc necessary TO strtc
Americas understanding Of her oblIga-
tions. Sentiment favorable TO this line
Of action is daily growing among con-
sentative people. Extremists on one side
who would repudiate the league entirely.
and extremists on the other who would
insist upon its adoption without change
and without explanatory reservations
arc equally dangerous and equally i'm
practical. If the language of the league
covenan, Is to be taken for what Eng
lish ordinarily means. it implies no obli-
CATION UPON America which VIC would not
ordinarily be willing 10 assume. The
reservations proposed by Mr.. Taft aad
by Mr.. Root add nothing. The Intelligent
Ger believes. to the intent of the cove
nant, properly interpreted. They do.
however. interpret and clarity the
though, expressed in the covenant. which!
is, perhaps, unnecessarily vague. To
these reservations no sincere advocate
Of the league can have serious objections.
and with these reservations no person
who is not opposed to any kind Of a
league at all can find good reason for
rejecting the covenant.
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Of France. italy has begun TO reach OUT
actively for foreign business and Italian
banks have opened - as in Constan-
tinople and in the Balkan states. In
Belgium the cost of living has already
gone down. The cotton mills arc opcrat-
ing and the unemployment Is rapidly
diminishing.
Tho measure OF the rapdity with
which European industry r"-cSta5liShcd
itself is Of vital Importance 10 this
country. The demand upon American
manufacturers for tho foreign markets
will be relieved. il not entirely with
drawn when European makers again
get into the field. We can hardly over
look the fact that this country Is organ
lied on very high cost basis and in
some lines. at least. will not BE- able to
offer effective competition TO European
manufacturers.
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Saturday, August 9, 1919.
THE PRESIDENT WITHROLDS
INFORMATION

!, At q meeting Of the Foreign Relations
committee of the United States Senate.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge made the
following statement:
!. Wa have requested the president TO
send us highly important papers anc
documents bearing on the peace treaty
and so far no has not sent US single
/ ono of them. The only document the
fpresident could be credited with having
furnished US, aside from the treaty OF
Versailles itself. was the Franco-Amerl-
can pact. ana We virtually forced MIN 70
send that.
We have asked the president TO rur-
nish us with the original American plan
for the League of Nations. which was set
aside at Versailles for the British one;
! we have asked the president for the
written protest against ShantunS. which.
we understand. three of the American
| neace commissioners signed: we nave
! sked him for other important papers.
Go far we have received none or them;
we have been refused some OF them. II
We are to pursue our consideration OF
the treaty OF Versailles intelligeutly we
! should have them now.
II is unfortunate for Mr.. Wilson. I'M
, fortunate for the peace treaty and for
the important interests dependent upon
, Il, that the president Of the United
! States, apparently. regards himself as
the sole fountain Of wisdom and source
of authority. Americas share in the
- $50. bipdorcd and hammered by the
presidents stubborn refusal to call 10
his support the best brains and expert
ence in the country. regardless OF party
membership, Our share in the making
nj the peace treaty at Paris was made
a personal matter by Mr.. wilson ana
he still seems to regard the negotiations
and III, information upon which con-
r,,,sions were reached as his private az
Eair The Senate Of the United States is
INC treaty-making body under the Con-
s,ttution. 1t is justly entitled 10 all
information bearing upon our treaty re-
lasions The presidents studied ana
continuous discourtesy towards tn" Sen
ate. and particularly towards the mem
bers of the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions, not only impcrils the peace trSaty
itself. but justly causes question as
to- his own sincerity and integrity of
purpose
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We must max" our E"''rn'n't''N. ~
state and f"d"ral. more 'Iil'i'H"
seems certain thal some VH'ns'H '"' '
better ar" n"'"'". We sh""'u i'.
r"SSlmiSNr II We lh""En' 'mn' L'''iI
m'hiS couId h"l ne n''"''
Improvement III P'r'l'"''n W.
see. We sadly n''d N"H
system. We h''"'u II '''''' Wv
IL - NOR necessary INV ., r,,oro,
IN .ltH' "i l'"'' WI ,',I
'NP'nuItHF'N "''c d''u' ''' '
!arS. ne interest," "i'n' ~
debt will y" approximately n'il'"h ""'
IarS IhcF" Shou'u u" N",""'N "''N
OF perhaps ha't pili"h ""''"'S l"
tir" the dept
We may DC C"nlr"h''o '"r
years with ico"ral 'NP'"u''u'r ~
from tire" I" Tour pii'''hS vi u"''n'
lRuh'!'SS inns n"'l"" ~" Gnu
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-09
RIPPING RHYMES
By WALT MASON.
MISHTTS.

Perhaps you're sadly out Of place:
perhaps you were intended. with
your ability and grace. for something
high and splendid: but while you're
doomed TO hold a job that moCks
your high ambition. II isn't well 70
moan or sob about your punk conai-
ton. II you were born for better
things. the work you do will show
il: perhaps some day you'll walk
with kings. or be q wealthy poet.
used to ride many stecd. and hcro
n bunch Of cattle. while thinking I
was born 70 lead the mighty hosts in
battle. Such work TO me was an
offense: the ground was rough and
rutty, the pony hadn't any sense. IN"
cattle all were nutty. / hCrdcl.
though. the best l knew. and chased
the Iococd heifers. while through my
sorrel sidcboards blew all kinds of
wintry zcphyrs. And when I quilt
~" foreman cried. urbancly and po-
l,cly. You seemed to take an honest
pride in hcrding cattle rightly" Ana
now sit in glded case. and twanE
Tyre Of pewter. and turn out "lc-
giles like these. Some cute and others
cutter The weary path on which you
hike Is rough. but gamcly tread II:
some day you'll find the Job you
like. and hold II down with credit.
Copyright by George Matthew Adams
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For Safeguarding Government
Expenditures
PLAN FOR AN EFFECTIVE FEDERAL BUDGET
SYSTEM
n
Bv HON. DAVIS F. HOUSTOl
Secretary Of Agriculture.

1t would not solvn the problem Slmp-
Is to present unified estimates. Inc
estimates should go to IA great commit
10" Of congress which would study th'h
as a whole co-ordlnal" them and make
it's report To tn, whole body. At pres
Ont they e" to min" or more different
committees. each working separately.
But this is not all. while tn" appro-
priations arc handled by thcs" commit
tees. the ways of meeting them are con-
sidcrcd 10y Il separate committee IN
each hous".
Then. when the reports are pel"re
congress- any member, If hc chooses can
propose amendments. and may secure
changes or additions 80 that when one
presents his estimates he is aware that
he may not he abb" Ia rCCogniz" them
when congress has finished with them.
What ran ho done TIL" estimates and
IN" rcvcnu" statements and plans can h"
presented AS a whole They can he re-
f"rrrd To a single great budget commit
tee. one Of each house. or better com
bincd budget for both houses: when can
yet all the light on them II wishes.
This committee should consider both
the appropriations and the ways OF raiS-
ing the revenue To meet them ana make
ita report To both houses. and th"re
should be "A rule that no addition can
hc mad" to any item IN tn" budget IN"
committee presents 10 congress except
by an unusual majority. TINS would
prevent IN" loading down Of appropria-
ton bills through tho lng-rolllng pro-
c"Ss. with items of interest only 10 In
divldualS or localities.
Then congress should complete its
control over tho finances by having
some officer responsible TO congress
and not to tho executive. who should
examine all account and report TO con-
grcss his findings and recommends
tons.
The wonder is that We have not had
such n system for many years. Every
other great nation in III" world has one.
The matter is pressing. The question
is how the public can be aroused and
congressional action be secured.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-09

Just now our people are much alarmed
over the pcssimistc statements made
by leading Americans who have re-
turned from Europe William Altcn
White gives our an interview. upon land
ing in New York, saying that England
IS shortly 20 become an industrial
soviet through a ploudlcsS revolution
Herbert y. Casson. the London expert
or efficiency. says that if Great Britain
becomes a republic that tho prince OF
Wales Will b. tho first president" II"
writes as II IL were an accepted fac.
90 the passing Of the dukes and the
bishops. Mr.. Nanderlp returns from
France to cmphaSiz" her loss Of one
third Of her man-powcr. tho paralysis
OF her industries. the danger Of COM
munIsm N Italy and Of sheer anarchy
in Spain. Davidson. the banker. thnkS
that without the aid of tho United
States. and billions of dollars Of credit
which will enable the ruined lands Of
Europe to buy our raw material on long
time. that these devastated peoples
weakened and we'll n Ght ruined BY war.
will fall into revolution and chaos J.
is a black picture. Not on" or those
men has exaggerated his statement. W;
no one reading their interviews and ar
The simple fact is. great nation
like Franco cannot die. No matter whaI
her difficulties. her people must front
them. No matter how gricvously heavy
the burdens. she must bear them. Mon
are built that way by God Almighty. y
silly. superficial little magazine writer.
whose name need not be advertised. has
just written an artiCl" on the future Of
the world. and especially Of France. II"
says that no gained by much sweat"
the knowledge that Frances population
Is doomed by decreasing birth rate. and
that Franco is going tho way Of SPAN.
that is. toward the position Of "a fourth.
rate nation" This writer has told th'
truth; he says he gained his knowledge
about Frances decay by Sweat" H.
certainly did not gain il by intellect,
for he has "sweat," but no vision, mus
Gle but no thinking power. His assault
upon France has brought down upon
himself not only the sCorn OF all
French people. hut Of all right thinking
men everywhere. There has been n"
great war that has not been followed
by n vastly increased birth rate. TIL"
spirit Of France was never SO fine. anil
the French people never so. patient,
brave. rcsourccful and determined as
today. Three times in the last tw"
| thousand years her cities have been d.
strpyed and their land laid waste. anl
thrice they have risen triumrhant!y
| from the ashes. The most interestin. :.
thing about England today Is this. the
quiet way in which she is buying UP the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-09
EUROPEAN INDUSTRY

Albert Breton, vice president and man
ager of the foreign department OF the
Guaranty Trust Company Of New York.
gives an encouraging picture Of the con-
uitions in Europe, and adds the opinion
that the restoration Of French. Italian
and Belgian industry to normal condS-
tons will be much more rapid than has
been anticipated. In certain parts Of
Northern France. according to Mr.. Bro
ton. industries have already begun TO get
Back TITO their stride. The French
wooden industry has made its recovery.
q large number Of French iron and steel
plants have resumed work and others are
expected to resume IT an carly date.
Workers who were driven to Northern
France are returning to their old homes.
The French government has opened the
sates to tho importation OF Italian and
Polish labor for reconstruction work and
nearly 100000 German soldiers arc now
helping to restore the war-stricken areas
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-09
Our Daily Story
At Dusk In Pillowcush's.

shortly bcfor" dusk Eigin Works wan
dcr.d into Pillowcushs drug store. II"
wore a brown derby Lat and dazed cN-
preston.
What can do for YOU, sir qncr'"d
pjlluwcush. Cough lozeng"s" shaving
powdcr" Picture Postcards" frroH'dc
of hydrogen" E;cctcra? Eto"t"ra
ave forgotten my name and
thought maybe you knew some way ol
helping mo remember il said WORKS
"Certainly. sir" QUickl'"d III" drug
gist. And no began hurri"dly turning
over tho pages Of the city directory.
us your namr Heinrich HONS nc
asked rs II Ruhakcr Jawmcy"r" SIM
dow Kisslcwcight"''
FIgin Works shook his head.
rs It Mitten snoozcr" HarhurH
ErrkIcs,rmo Forensic Feeble" hitting
ham Icw"'
E,icin Works shook his head.
rs il Hclmar smokes Zanzibar
Warflc" ElEin W"rks'
THAT'S !t,-ElgIn Works, That's my
name. and my address and everything.
II all comes back 10 nc in flash now.
NV landlord forgot I" rais" my r"n'
his month, and was so stunned when
] realized what had happened that FOR
got my own Identity.
And ne bought three pos'ag" stamps
to show his appreciation.