Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-09
Continued from Second Pase)

is only one woman"
On another occasion. a similar re-
port was repeated to Miss Hutchinson
by a woman friend. This report
seemed To have considerable author
ity. ,.,.n do
clared Miss Hutchinson with, TOR her'
heat. II have POSITIVE
knowledge to the contrary.
The sway that Miss HutcHson e~u
cised over Lord Kitchener was the
continual amazement of the few VINO
knew OF 1t. 1T Is wonderful, ois
tfneuished person among these once
remarked. "the control that that NJ,
tie woman has over that great man
And yet, on what was propapiy tns
one and only occasion upon Whon
this dearest OF his friends attempted
to dlssuade him from what ne con
ceiyed to be his duty, she uNtetis
failed Strangely enough, II was
against his projected journey TO Eus
sia, the journey that was 10 cost ~,
his life, that Miss Hutchinson VIZ tsed
woman's intuitive provision r"'s''
her voice. o,or faIt
"It was the only time l ever ie,t
unhappv when he was gong any
where" she said afterward' ' ~
not feel so at oil when ne ven.
Gallipoli But this time so'n $3.50,
within me told me that grave uanset
would threaten him. and ] dla my w..
termost to dissuade him from maN'hs
the journey TO Russia
y *
lord Kitchener was inhexible against
her pleadings. You have Always
been the one Of U.S. he said. TO De-
nerhaps. most loyal in putting duty
first. You must not try to diss"aue
me now. The car himself has ASKED
me to go to Russia. and go must
So he did, TO perish in the torpedoed
Hampshire, as all the world KNOWS
II was Lady Arthur, the wife or or
George Arthur, Lord Kitcheners Pr
vate secretary and longtime lrleho'
who undertook the duty OF preaklns
the news to Miss Hutchinson. AL hrst
1t stunned her. Then, however, si.e
began to regain her courage-pegah'
too. to disbelieve that the great nero
could be dead. AS time went on she
became more and more convinced that
he was alive, as so many otheFs nave
been, with apparently such shsht
grounds, and this belief sustained her
until the day of her own death. bu.
the shock aged her to an extent tnat
greatly distressed her friends. For
merly she had given the impression
of being much less than what was her
real age. but from that time onward
the change was very great.
For four days after Lord kitchen-
er's passing, one OF Miss Hutchison's
friends who had FASTENED to send her
a letter of warm sympathy was with
out any response to 1t.
II am getting better, dear" she
wrote, ''it has been a cruel blow, but l
shall live to carry out his work
Miss Hutchinson was the only per-
,,-10 N
Kitchener's nephew, who Is COM
mander in the royal navy. would per-
NIT to enter York House, the London
home Of Lord Kitchener The Wis
count himself conducted Miss Hutchi-
son there. and she at once took upon
Lord Kitchener's personal belongings,
which had been left in some confusion
by his hasty departure.
Infinitely touching Is the description
given me of Miss Hutchinson there
among the personal belongings of the
martyred leader who had loved her so
we'll.
One of the first things upon which
her glance fell was a watch which
had been one of her many presents
to him.
"See," she cried, "the glass Is
cracked. That's why he didn't take ii
with him."
Then Miss Hutchinson discovered
what was to her a precious relic. the
steel-framed pince-nez which Lord
Kitchener used in reading his notes
when he made speeches in public.
Look" she cried. Here are the
glasses he wore at the Mansion House
when he made what was his first pub
lie speech. I am so glad that we hay,
them. ] wonder where the paper is OF
: which he made his notes for tina
speech? l hope 1t has been saved
Surely It has been saved"
To her keen regret, however. 1t ap
peared that the paper in question
must have been destroyed. Mis-!
Hutchinson would dearly have loved e
keep for her own the precious. pince
nez, but she once again displayed tn,
, generosity and sense of fairness tina
. were characteristic of her by present
, ing them to Mrs. Parker. Lord Kitch
, eners sister,
The accounts that Miss Hutchisoi
f frequently gave of the good mature,
chatting which Viscount Broome ha,
to undergo at the hands of his dis
tinguished uncle whenever they me
at her house and elsewhere complete
ly refute. II REPUTATION were neces
sary. the persistent attempts to pic
, ture Lord Kitchener as cold, blood
less. humorless human machine.
well Toby" (this was his nick
name for his nephew, he would in
= quire, admiral yet?"
, you'll have to grow n beard, 70,
know, Toby, when they make you nj
y admiral" Lord Kitchener chuCL lad ~