Evening star., 1919-02-09
BY HAYDEN CHURCH.
cteeiai Correspondence Of The Star.

the story Tor winch the Whole
British empire, nay. the whole
world. has been waiting these
many years. To relate. for the first
time, the details Of what. one feels
Convinced, Is destined to take its
place as one Of the worlds great love
tomances.
1t Is the love story OF Lord Kitch-
ener OF Khartoum. the true story of
the one great romantic passion for
woman In the Hfe of the great SOL
6ier. already his country's supreme
military hero. to whom. in the hour
0f that country's greatest need. the
nation turned as one man. And the
magic Of whose name, combined with
the absolute genius for organization
that was his. caused a mighty army
to spring, as 1t were, from the ground
k-the army that saved Europe.
" Il
What veritable literature OF
fegend VIII be dissipated as mist be-
fore the sunlight by the revelation
et last of Lord Kitchener's beautiful
love story, a story OF love which, be-
cause of q noble sacrifice that had to
be made, could not find its apotheosis
In marriage, but which. instead OF
ending or being transferred. In ever
20 little, to another than the one
woman" became mellowed into. az it
was expressed to me by one who knew
the details of It best, zone of the
ioyeliest friendships of all time"
AS this story is told there disap-
pears in q breath, too, the traditional
Kitchener, the woman hater,' the
celibate by inclination, almost by
contempt whose coat of mail Or as
some would say, of ice, against the
Of SO many imaginative scribes. Ana
simultaneously there energies the
Kitchener who loved one woman so
well from boyhood to the day OF his
untimely and tragic death that every
other woman appealed to him In vain
Gilenced also forever by this pub
lfcation, will be those mythical tales,
literally numberless. of other supposed
love romances In the life of TX. OF T."
One of the most palpabiy absurd, but
most frequently repeated, pictured nm
as the unsuccessful and consequently
embittered snitor of beautiful and IA
nous Irish woman, not unknown to re-
nOwn as fervid supporter OF the revo-
iuttonary movement in her distressful
country. These fairy tales now disap-
pear.
But 1t is not necessary to labor
these obvious points, The story OK
the love of Kitchener, the man of iron
(most false of labels, as the object
OF his love knew best of all). speaks
for itself to all who have the quali-
ties of heart and mind to understand.
The magnificent woman. who, as
mere girl, first inspired that love
has been dead for almost two years
The story could not have been told,
certainly not with her permission,
during her life. 1t was unrevealed
at her death, because none of the
handful of people to whom II was
known was ready to have IT made
public. Why 1t is told now will be-
come evident as the story proceeds,
but 1t may be affirmed at the outset
that the purpose in at last setting II
forth is one of which the great man
and woman concerned would have ap-
proved, since 1t is to strive TO achieve
an object that was nearest to the
hearts of both, namely, the welfare
of the men who sprang at Kitchener's
call to defend England against the
deadliest foe with which she has been
called to grapple in the course OF
her age-long history,
u All worthy of the ardent affection
of one Of the greatest men in modern
history was the woman beloved of
Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener. To
this every episode in her life bears
eloquent witness. She was Miss Caro-
line l.. Hutchison, and she passed
away with tragic suddenness on Feb
ruary "a, 1917, at "A Phllimore Gar
dens, where she had lived for many
years.
Miss Hutchison was a Scotswoman.
She was born at Peterhead -on-Dee-
side, and was one of the five at
tractive daughters of Alexander
Hutchison, gentleman of inde-
pendent means, whose business inter-
ests included portions of blue granite
'Qparries at Cairngall. Aberdeenshire.
During her girlhood Miss Hutchi
son lived at Peterhead, her family
there consisting Of her father and
mother and her four sisters, Misses
Ann, Eliza, Emmie and Louise Hutchi-
son. OF these sisters one--Miss Ann
was blind. All these girls were more
than ordinarily attractive. but Miss
Carrie" Hutchison, by common
agreement. was the prettiest of all.
She was full Of life, of verve and of
fun, and her character was one of
exceptional sweetness.
In London Miss Hutchison had two
aunts, Mrs. Robinson and Miss Lucy
Hutchison. the sisters of her father
These two ladies, who then made their
home in Bolton Gardens. Kensington
were both extremely wealthy and had