Evening star., 1920-01-04
Stories of Well known Folk.

DIR. Eleanor Burns. who is the
guest of Nine. PanaretoH at the bui-
garian legation. is a VISITOR OIL more
than ordinary interest. She is a
member of the teaching staff OF the
Woman's College, in Constantinople
an institution which holds the same
relation to the famous Roberts COL
lege which Barnard does to Columbia
or Radcliffe to Harvard. 1e IL or IN,
terest that Nine. Panaretof once held
the position which her guest flis. ana
thus eXemplifies one of tho exceed
ingly useful phases of this first in
stitution for the higher education OF
woman in the Ottoman lands: Rob-
erts has long been proud of its rec
ord in educating and inspiring all the
leaders in the Balkan countries. and
in their hour OF darkest despair had
shown them the road out. by intel
lectual supremacy and self-restralnt.
The cabinets of all the Balkan states.
and even in Greece and in the islands
thereabout. under various alien con-
troll, are filled with the alumni of
Roberts. The Woman's College fur
nishes a large proportion OF their
wives. DR.. Panaretoff. after being
student, was called to teach at Rob-
erts. and from the desk of the pro-
fessor went into active diplomacy.
His training by American methods.
which hold as far as possible in
Turkish dominion. prepared him ex-
celtcnCly LOT the ueliCdle IOlc Hc was
called on to fill during the late war.
DR.. Burns is charming converse
tionalist and is ready to give vivid
descriptions of the days when it was
problemat.c whether the teaching
force would not be bundled over the
lege given over to loot and flame.
She can hold her listeners willing
prisoners for hours describing how
liberty has come to the Turkish wom-
an and the thousand other topics
which are vitality interesting to all
and which never form part of the
daily chronicling of news. She is to
entertain a selected company at the
Washington Club and will perhaps
speak in other places. Turkey has
recently ceased to be the land of
industry is being taken over by Serbia
and Greece and the eastern half of
Rumania. Bulgaria is still too dis
turbed politically to begin such gen.
tie occupation as making that most
ancient and pungent of perfumes. the
world war it was, next to Turkey.
the source of supply for the world
Nine Jusserand. Nine Collardet and
all the ladies of the French embassy are
deeply interested in that universal
movement in their home land which is
proclaimed by billboards ell through the
countryside inscribed with the moving
words. THAT France may live" These
bills give the outlines Of the national
organized efforts to re-establish the
home life, to revivify the cold hearth
and to bring forth the cradle. Many
American women intimately associated
with all Nine. Jusserand has accom-
plished for orphans. for demolished viii
lagos, for French war brides. are giving
moral support for this novel crusade,
though the predictions are that the COM
ing census will prove that a similar So
ciety is needed in their own country.
Everybody has to admit that large fami
lies have not the vogue in the present
day they had formerly. Still il the leg
islative home circles are considered typ
ical. there is not yet serious cause for
alarm Mr.. Esch of Wisconsin has held
the blue ribbon for many years. with
eleven children. There are several
members of the lower house with nine
olive branches and a few senators who
have six strong stakes in the future of
their country. The other divisions of
the tripartite government. the Supreme