The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-02-08
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them embarrassing and seemingly
impertinent to the fire victims.
Many applicants went away with
out telling their needs. Many
never came a second time. Volu-
minous blanks began to appear.
Red tape became more plentiful,
noticeable and complicated. Many
were at a loss, at first, to account
for this change in temperature.
They finally found out.
Col. Hubert V. Eva was in COM
mand.
Col. Eva attained an unenviable
reputation as a human refriger-
ator when serving the Duluth
Commercial club at a salary of
$4,000 a year.
Col. Eva attained a reputation
as an unpopular martinez during
the Spanish-American war, later
on the Mexican border and still
later at Camp Cody, where he
funked as an artillery officer and
came back to dear old Duluth.
When the little colonel got back
to Duluth, like Othello, his occu-
patton was gone. Former banker
mayor Prince was neatly holding
down the secretaryship Of the
Commercial club for just half the
salary Col. Eva had received.
Kindly political bosses rented a
small room in the First National
bank building and put Col. Eva
therein as chairman Of the county
republican committee.
Then came the Unsuitable fire
fiend. The hinterland was burned
to a crisp. Col. Eva was sum-
moned by his benefactor and only
friend, w. A. McGonagle, to serve
as vice chairman and general man
ager of the Relief commission.
A Benefcent Providence had
come to Col. Eva's relief.
In the burned district between
Lake Superior and Aitkin county
one way and Moose Lake and
Meadowlands the other way,
ffty-one (51) intensively trained
American Red Cross workers are
interrogating and reporting on
fire victims. They are veritable
Florence Nightingales, Red Cross
brides Of rare beauty, therefore
easy to gaze upon. Some, if not
all, are looked upon as angels by
the Bolsheviki.
At the Spalding hotel, alone,
right now and for the past two
months, on an average, there are
thirteen Of these Florence Night.
ingales. They come from Chi.
cago, New York and, possibly,
Boston: They are paid from SIS
to $3.50 month, with expenses,
according to length Of service,
ability and, possibly, good looks,
They wear wrist watches, costly
fur coats and waists cut modestly
low in the neck. They stop at the
Spalding hotel, the kindly old Red
Cross also paying their board
bills. This work Of visiting and
quizzing the peasantry in their
Baron Backus-covered paper
shacks is so strenuous and exhaust
ing that nothing but the Spald-
ing's luxurious comforts can prop
erly rest them up.
These Wise Ladies from the
East bring names with them as
follows, viz: Miss Sisson, Dor
othy Pattee, Mary Gibson, Mrs. M.
Wood, New York; Mrs. Cromberg,
Ruth Hill, Miss Painter, Grace
Simmons, Alice Barrett, Chicago
Miss Reichsteng, Ruth Harlan,
Ellen Watson, Alice Barker, Min
nesota.
Major F. j. Bruno, of Mime
apolis, a male Florence Nightin,
gale, bearing the designation of
chairman of the northern division
of the American Red Cross, was
present at the bombardment of
Col. Eva by Capt. Burress and he
gave evidence that he was an ex.
tremely silky article, unctuous
and as smooth as monumental ala
baster.
Kindly, cultured, Christianized
products of Vassar, Barnard or
Bryn Mawr, these Florence Night
ingale brides never forget an in
flexible policy Of the boss male
Florence Nightingale nor let fool