The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-19
BETTY BLYTHE


It's an interesting thing to be in
Europe at this time when the old
world is trying to make itself over
according to the new peace map.
But the pity and misery of it all is
beyond the telling.
Europe is today in that situation
known as being all dressed up with
no place to go. And like confident
children, the Central Europeans are
keeping lookout on your Uncle Sam.
In way, no one can much blame
Europe for this faith in the United
States. Has it not kept Europe alive
for the last six years? Would not the
nations of Central Europe perish to-
day were it not for her food?
Hoover stands next to Cod" /
have heard over and over again here
| in Poland. In public places and homes
his picture is pinned to the wall The
/ children sing songs about him and
municipalities celebrate Hoover day
with magnificent ceremonies, begin
ming with celebration of mass, and
professions of children and general
| fete.
Certainly it gives one a thrill to re-
| fleet what ties of friendship will bind
] llVoC IlllllOHS VI llIile OH6S 10 ln6
/ land that saved them from perishing.
| Although the actual work of feeding
! the children is done under Polish
auspices, (the policy is to leave the
| Polish committee in cha rye when the
American relief administration with
draws, they are fed under the Stars
and Stripes.
! They know that the food is the gift
| Of hn &c
| 1t makes me fairly sick to think of
the long lines of children; l shall
never be able to forget them. Each
child carries an old coffee pot or pan
or perhaps a big cup. They can hard
ly restrain their Impotence
! But what of Poland?
! Nobody can tell you about Poland.
The sort of thing here is what you
have to see for yourself.
Warsaw is Like Nightmare
Warsaw, Poland's capital, offers to
the new arrival a spectacle so extra
ordinary that it seems at first to be
the fantasy of some horrid nightmare.
Visualize if you can one of the great
European capitals with streets full of
people who appear at first appalled,
!; by glance, to be clothed mostly in
who wear no hats, but have shawls
, over their head. Or, again the shawl
! is tied around the mothers waist to
, support her baby, since that is the
way their carry their children. Their
; hands are thus left free to carry other
! burdens.
] Weaving in and out of the throngs
| are seen women with huge sacks tied
| on their backs and bent double from
/ their weight. On every corner are
Y old men and women holding out thei,
g hands for charity.
Seems Like Movie Scene.
/ Can this be stage set for movie
picture, is the thought uppermost as
: one gaZes at the scene-surely it can
e not be real life. And in what was
v formerly one of the gayest capitals o.
r Europe.
: And then out of the drab blur O.
v poverty other facts and impressions
emerge. Better dressed figures are
[ picked out here and there and i
4 becomes apparent that the patches anC
@ dirt do not predominant, although the,
l. remain always, too much in evidence
Il for the tourists peace of mind
II And the soldiersl Young boys, man,
4 of them. How true that comedy il
ever close to tragedy-for here is al
army that seems to be uniformed il
what Europe had left over. Their
were not enough uniforms here for tn
army, so a lot of extra ones wer
. bought from France and England an
even from the United States.
Some have the Polish uniform, S
you can see what kind of an appear
g ance the soldiers make, CARRIED in tn
e blue of France or one of the khaki
S of the other countries mentioned.
e Armies Attend Church.
l. Yesterday-being a Sunday say
n the soldiers coming from church. Her
C is a country where the whole arm
goes off to church as matter c
II course. Regiment after regimen
2 marched along, with their officers, o
'e their way back to their barracks. an
n every soldier was singing at the TO
of his voice, with the officers swingin
along keeping time.
The Polish eagle, long forbidden. ha
come out of hiding and rejoicing i
L freedom, greets YOU at every turn.
The Polish national color is a eros
Ie between cerice and cherry: littl
a like the American Beauty rose TIL
st uniforms of the officers look very ga,
r touched up with this colour The
ID cap bands of red proudly display til
t. silver eagle. And the women wea
N silver brooches with the silver eagl
IS on the red shield
Oh. decidedly the Polish eagle
n happy in his re-established liberty
T. nor does he care a hang who knows i
ID Unequalled in Patriotism.
Dr. When it comes to patriotism-we
ones hands go up into the air with