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New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
LavalIiere, French Stage Idol,
Finds Happiness ia Cloister

door and knocked. The young girl who
had accompanied the once famous
actress Of France from the church
across the way opened it. The con-
yersation which followed between the
parisian and the country companion of
i-avalliere WAS an eloquent recital OF
half the story Of woman who had en-
tered life in which there could be
no past.
This oid-time friends and admirers
Tsls much they now gather from the
new Layalliere
eyes. she is here SAID the gid in
the doorway, but you cannot see her.
Dc not insist. ~ is 4 principle, an
absolute rule. Mile. Lavalliere will
never receive another person from
Parls; not even her most intimate
friends. This is not an ordinary house;
it IS Il cloister. She who suffers con-
stantly has not the health or strength
to enter q regular convent. She has
retired from the world Her only in
tlm2tes are two or three persona in
the village: the poor that she aids
and those who work for her. She
never leaves here except TO make short
pilgrimegcs. We were recently at
lourdes a small town near BIZ, bur
except for walss in Saint-Antoine
wood or in The garden here, she sell
dom leaves this house"
! Tho once famous comedy actress has
/ never talked % the theater in her iso-
lated retreat, the girl disclosed.
{ Never" said the girl, "between the
world and her everything ia finished
everything. She still sings, but for
the bon Dicu' alone at the church. He,
voice has become marvellous She
reaches notes that she could never
have hoped TO reach before. At the
mass tho entire choir supports her
Mile. Lavailiers has become purified y
said the deyout little companion. "ano
rhe now occupies herselY With nothing
moro than the bon Dicu.' Do not i'm.
aginc that she is always sad" warned
The girl. ron the con-rary she is CAV
but with that charming gayety Of one
Who 10 religious. Shs has often told
ms 'No'w azn happy. srd nsvsr have
bssn more happy.
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down it on q river steamer, things are
equally bad all the way. AT the river
side, on the piers where the steamers
halt, there are little crowds of peas
ants with their children and their last
bundles Of food and pots and pans,
hoping against hope for some way Of
leaving this region OF death and find-
ing an asylum in some more fortunate
place. In vain! There is nowhere for
them to go. They must die, Of hun
ger. cold or disease, before the winter
is out-thousands upon thousands Of
them. Nowhere in all this vast country
has there been rain this year. The
earth is like FURNISHED bronze, ard the
fields where usually the wheat and the
other crops grow in such abundance
that half the world could be fed from
them ere as bare as an African desert.
The windmills are still; the villages
are silent and empty and the shadow OF
death lies over the land
Thirty-fvc million people already are
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

tell them the Italian torn, so that in
future all Italian brandy might bear
its real title.
The deputation reached the outer
gates and sent in the petition, but the
commandante, as he prefers to be
called, was busy and refused to grant
An audience. 1t is not the first time
nc has been asked to supply a name
to commercial enterprises. 1t IS due
to him that the string OF department
stores formerly belonging to Boccon
are now called "Thc Rinasccnte."
Renaissance" and this name has
brought the owners fortune. Another
time dental company begged him 10
give them q suitable quotation to print
on their label and he chose the follow
ing: "To give me credit, only smile"
o. course, D'Annunzio gets royalties on
the names invented, but it is not easy
to get him TO supply a name.
By dint Of much diplomacy the wine
growers representatives were received
with only two days delay. They were
shown through the garden 10 a pergola
overlooking the lake. In this thickly
wooded retreat they found the COM
mandante, who, with the traditional
yell of the Arditi. ''AIala," greeted his
visitors and introduced his guest ST.
gnorina Baccara, who, contrary to
rumor is not his wife, as no divorce
was given the poet in Fiume. Besides
discussing the proper terms for cognac
and champagne he asked what the
world would say If ne insisted on
changing the present name Of Florence
(Firenze) into that of the time of
Dante, "Fiorenza." Finally D'Annunzio
sent this message to the brandy
makers of Italy: "The real name for
Italian brandy, and the ono which must
be used. is 'arzente, the oldest term"
1t is one which has already been
used for the last three centuries in
Tuscany. D'Annunzio wrote out his
decision, giving the manuscript to the
committee, who were only too pleased
with the success Of their mission.
But D'AnnunEio is at work not only
on tho dictionary. He has decided to
become wine grower himself, an a
special kind Of port wine has been made
from tha grapes grown on the slopes
Of the villa
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
From q Special Correspondent

fOAlLy OCtoUtI u.
rN 43a b. c. Lucius Quintius Gin
81 cinnatus forsook his plow for the
H sword, and then when war time
vas over welded his sword into a
plowshare Now Gabrielle d'Annunzio.
the soldier, has returned to moro peace
ful pursuits and is reo1ganizing the
dictionary Of Italian words and phrases.
"The italian language" says the poet,
threatens to become extinct on ac-
count OF the introduction OF so many
French words.' Now that the Acad-
envy Of the Crusca has been forced TO
abandon its hfeworE, that OF compiling
the complete Italian dictionary, Dan
nunzio, in his garden of Lake Garda.
has decided 10 take upon his shoulders
the ponderous work of roofing out all
French words and phrases.
Even Italians themselves will have
TO learn the new words, so that tho
fnancial success Of D'Annunzio's nev,
dictionary is assured. IN the days OF
his occupation of Fiume his followers
formed themselves into a band Of nd.
mirers, Who called themselves "Iron-
heads" and shaved their heads to re-
semble the poets. To-day there ars
thousands of intellectuals who, having
learned the new words or rather the
Italian equivalents Of words derived
from the French, are rendering the
lives Of shopkeepers and walters mis-
cradle by insisting on calling for ar
ticles or which they are ignorant.
The other day, for instance, a smart
young man entered Roman cafe in
the center of tho town and called for
glass Of "arzentc." The waiter
shrugged his shoulders and said they
did not keep it, but could supply any
other drink or liquor. With great pa-
ticnce he named many, finishing up
With "cognnc.' The young man, with
a heaming smile, pointed out that
/ "cognnc" meant French brandy, while
Earzente," tho old term for "nnc ar.
dent spirit" meant Italian brandy. and
in future the waiter must remember
this term, as ali true followers of the
great poet were dete rrnined to push the
campaign Of purifying and expurgating
the French terms.
Listen, my clever FRIEND he caid,
'you. ss an rtaiIsn waiter. must take
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Munich Center of Cermany's
Plots to Overthrow Republic

shops where packets Of food put up
for several days can be had, fer when
they go off on campaign When this
secret army was modified 70 fight the
Poles in Upper Silesia they departed
without the knowledge OF the inter
Allied Control Commission aud aboas
1900 we're eble to leave in feEs hours
The Einwohnerwehren are officially
destroyed and disarned, but tws-thirds
Of their rifles and machine guns ar
still in the hands Of other associations
whose ostensible reasons for existing
are very curious: for instance. volun-
tary service against IRE. accidents in
the mountains and disturbances N the
streets
Ludendorf has very cleverIy, b!
means of deep-laid schemes, safe
guarded his position Of authority II
all the secret associations BY cor
stituting himself president or al the
ex-service officers and men. The Ger
man Chancellor openly accused Ludeu-
dortf, Ehrhardt, Kanzler and oihe'
chiefs of secret associations connected
with the Bavarian government OF Noa
Kahr OF plotting to murder Erzberrei
The imperial police compelled The re
luctant Bavarian yeomanry 10 arret'
ten officers. all members OF secret IS
sociation.. Anti-Bolshevise defense haf
changed into a monarchist conspiracy
Princes of the Bavaria royal family
such as Rupprecht, the general wnc
was defeated on the battle grounds oi
northern France, declare that they WI
not attempt a coup d'etat at present
and it is supposed that they will wall
until a period of real military dictator
ship, which is their present aim. or, y
more feasible, dictatorship Of th'
Right under military control. troN
information I have gathered since es
ing here there does not appear 10 %
much chance that they will succfes
In reactionary circles there is gc0'
deal of hesitation about making sh
rash attempt
The Bavarians are expecting the fs''
Of the Wirth ministry, an extremely
likely contingency, since their financial
proposals are strongly opposed both ..
the bourgeoisie as being too drastic An'
by the Socialists as insufficient
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
FAR1S. October 6.

y~V We LAVALLlEhE was a name
I'd that brought a piea3ureful and
~ knowing expression to any
face In Paris Less than four
years ago.
By far the leading lunninary Of tho
French light comedy stage. acknowl-
edged as the most popular OF ali the
ieautiful women of the Parisian
tneate1s, whose public career is but
half the life story, Eve Lavalliere
dropped from sight IN utter eclipse
luring the big war.
Pa-is-th internationaiized French
capital Of the war-that had fiocked to
me Varieties to sec the beautiful and
typiceliy French artist, who, despite
aer "forties," was tho envy Of all
rivals, suddenly heard the story that
she had left tho stage forever and in
iended to enter convent Paris
'aeorized on the cause and refused 70
believe IL.
Eventually a food OF stories Of
''ever press agent work, blighted love
= hNo even tno5e OF more
sotd.o source, began to discount what
"ad appeared TO be a temporary alb
ssnce of Lavallicrc from her conrt be-
a'nd the footlights. Paris SAW Laval
here no more and forgot her.
be other day Partisan writer on
@estion vas passing = small cottage
p the tiny nllage Of Thrillieres, in the
apartment Of the Vosges, in eastern
france An image Of Christ occupied
niche over the cottage door. Greer
iyy submerged the white chalk wall
. one side. Tho stone structure Of
he dwelling wa. bsthed In a p,oua
white, but the cottage itself was only
oonzpicuoux 10 this materlali.tic Pa
-1siar because whitehead woman,
-vhose perfect form vas clothed IL gar
nents Of the deepczt black-~accentuat-
ny thin artistic hands as we'll an a
pretty facc-~cmcrgcd from the nearby
church ard walked with q young worn-
m companion toward the cottage. Ths
iatrudcr withdrew slightly " vstch.
The two wornen entered the cottage
srd the Partisan asked 7illager who
shs ~omsn wss. II was Era IAvaJIisxs.
TAs Tsxisian xsturnsd 70 chs cottage
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Brings Terror to 35000O0 Russians Along the VolSs
Victims Will i
Exceed " ar's
Toll of Lives
America Is First to Aid the
Stricken Country, but the
Number Fed Is OnIv R
Small Part of Affected


from German ports and was alreadv
,oaded into trucks ard or i's way r.
Moscow
By this time, toe. the ars; official,
OF the A. Il. A. were IN Moscow and
settling down to work. The Bolsh,-
visits met them at the staticn and e.
fercd them a ssven-room apartment II
the town for their Offices; the Amerj-
cans at once replied that they could
not end would not work under snci
conditions. Unless they were immed-
atoly given proper quarters they ssis
the would 1t once throw un then
work and leave the country. Within
sev hours An enormous house had ceee
vacated for them ana the took posse.
sion of It. This is The OF " wav Il,
treat with government $50 neon,
petent and withal 50 suspicious as The
Bolsnevists.
Or. Nansen has attempted to make
the sort OF agreement with the Soviets
for relief organization that ono wouls
make with any ordinary government
It has proved 60 he a waste Of time
No European government ]. prepared
to treat with the Soviets as competen.
and trustworthy people; consequently
DR.. Nansen's plans have been SO far in
vain. The A. u. 4. commenced it
operations by the opening Of soup
kitchens for children in Moscow ano
Petrograd. This was avowedly only
temporary move, while the in7estiga
tors surveyed the position on the Volgs
It is to be hoped that all possible help
! in the future viii be- sent direct 70
the starving provinces. Tho Bolshe.
visits viii look after Moscow. The
dare not allow food riots 60 occur
there; indeed, they are to-day bring
ing food from Siberia into Moscow
through the famine zone. There is no
need, therefore. for foreign relief IN
the towns of the center But on the
Volga it would be foolish TO rely upor
the Bolshevists' relief work They art
too incompetent to do anything of much
value there, and this must be ths
sphere for foreign help. Unfortunately
the A. R. A. has contracted only to
relieve children. But the parents vii
die of hunger Moreover, only mil
lion children are to be helped, but a
least ten times this numb urgently
require food already, and tais number
will constantly increase 90 the winter
goes on. And the AR A. has stated
that it will not feed men in govern
rnent employ. Yet when I was OF the
Volga, before even the first America
relief workers entered, the workers OIL
the railways and the steamers were
deserting in large numbers because The
Bolshevists for more than three
months had failed 70 feed them or pay
them their salaries. IL the transpor.
services cease no relief can be giver
even to the children. Somehow or
other the railway men must be fed snc
kept at work; somehow or other
parents, az we'll se the children.
in the hunger zone must be kept
alive, or else next year there will be
10 harvest in this stricken land, but
only population Of half-fed orphans
viii survive, dependent upon American
charity.
Can the world afford to have another
and greater Armenian horror in esss
ern Europe?
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

MUNICH, October 6.
EN- a prosperous, active, appar-
r emily peaceful town like Munich
Il il is impossible to believe that
one is in region described by
other Germans as a plsce for manu-
featuring assassins. But it suffces to
read certain papers or 30 go to public
meetings here to see TO what lengths
passions are carried. Hatred against
Berlin and France are manifested
equally. France is considered as the
cause of the suppression OF the Elm
wohnerwehren-that is to say, the
armed anti ti-Bolshevist organizat tions
which defended social order against
the return Of communism.
BoIshevism has twice befallcn the
Bavarians; once with Kurt Esncr, q
Communist prophet, who was assassi-
mated by pan-Germanist count, 4rco
Vale, not yet condemned. Anothei
time, in 1919, for some weeks, with
Lenine and several Russian agitators
who had gained power. The second
time the Communist regime was a
bloody one and several members Of
important Bavarian families were mas
sacred-terrible memory, of which the
Bavarians constantly speak to you.
AS they have known how to main
tain order in their country. they have
become the friends, the hope and the
refuge of reactionaries from all over
Germany. Ludendorff lives at Ludwigs-
dorf, near Munich. guarded by $50 for
mer German officers. Captain of Marine
Ehrhardt. head Of the brigade of sailors
who gave the final blow to Kapp, lives
at Salzbourg, near Munich. In the
streets one can easily recognize former
Prussian military men with leggins.
faces SCARED by wounds received in
battle OF in students duels; ill-mar-
nered with foreigners and particularly
with French people. There ar. special
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ffected-thirty- five million innocent
Russian peasantsl
What can be done to help them7
So much stands in the way of help
both from inside Russia and from out
side The Bolshevist regime, directly
and indirectly, has helped to ruin what
transport and communal feeling there
petence Of tho Soviet regime passes
telling. Sentimental apologists for the
Bolshevists tell ue tales Of the fine
young life that is energizing the coun-
try, just as year or go ago they told
us that all was well inside Soviet
Russia and that every tale OF misery
there was an invention OF the Boil
ghevists' enemies. Do not trouble to
dispute with these peoplel Let The
condition of the Volga provinces speak
for itself. Fer the drought nature is TO
blame; but for the diminution of the
sown area throughout the rest of the
country, for the decentralization of the
people and for much Of the disorganl-
zation of transport and Of the other
public services the blame can be di-
rectly placed. But this does not need
to be argued here. All that we have
TO think of now is how relief may be
brought in from those countries out
side whose inhabitants and govern
ments are willing TO help the un
fortunate Russian peasants In their
agony. I can pay no higher tribute
to Mr.. Hoovcr's organization than TO
say that if every other country would
do as much and do it as promptly
much OF the distress might be al
]eviated.
The agreement between the BoIshe-
visits and the A. p. A. was signed in
the third week Of August this year. It
was g brilliant piece Of organizing
work, this agreement. BY its proyi-
sions the Americans secured themselves
against the possibility Of their work
being interfersd with by corrupt or
incompetent Soviet officials. do not
need to recapitulate it's main provi-
sions; they may be found in the files
Of every daily paper. Within a week
Of the signatures the first consign-
fnent Of food had been shipped to Riga
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up our new dictionary and serve
French brandy whenever an Italian
calls for 'cognac, while the Italian
brandy must be called 'arzcnte.' For
instance, IN future Italian champagne
will be called by its truo name 'spu-
mante,' sparkling wine, and remember
that true Italian must join our
league"
How D'Annunzio became interested
IN this new campaign 10 told bv his
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

friends. Recently committee OF
three writer's tone tho editor of "The
Wine Growers Courier'D sought the
poet in order to find out the Italian
equivalent of "cognac" as firms Of
brandy makers had decided to issue
their brands with the Italian name.
These three men were chosen during
the wine growers congress and asked
by the directors OF the association to
seek ont D'Arnunxio and beg him TO
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16


'is'' ;o 'hc heart of The Russian famine
corc. 4 series Of articles from his pen
~ "The London Times" have attracted
wUch attention iu EUqIcNd, and he hos
cent cabls dspcfches from the famine
7~ra 20 this popsr aIso.j
rNHE terrible famine that is to-
day devastating the volga prov
ncee of Russia may result
during the present winter in
The deaths of more people than per-
ished during the whole long period Of
the war. Moreover, this suffering will
not only not be diminished next year,
Suj It may well increase, until, if the
worst happens, the whole of Russia
and as well vast territories utsde
Russia in Europe, as in Asia. may be
menaced b. epidemics and panic
stricken flights Of refugees from the
starving country.
The people Of the United States have
been the first 30 come to the help of
the sufferers;- the American Relief Ad-
ministration rushed to the aid Of the
starving children OF the famine zone,
and set to work almost before the seals
On the agreement signed in August at
Riga between it and the Boshevst
government were hard.
! Travelled through the famine prov
inces in August and September Of this
yesr. Not long after reaching Mos
COW I took a train down to the Nolga,
which eventually brought me to the
town Of Samara, the capital of the prov
ince of that name. was not alone;
several other journalists were in the
party, snd we had a clever Bolshevist
official from the Foreign Office. who,
ike most of his colleagues in that de-
partment, had spent large portion of
his life in New York as guide, inter
prefer and friend. But | decided that
tour conducted under these auspices
would be worse than useless. People
In England and America would feel
meant to see, and therefore I took the
first opportunity to leave the party and
20 make an independent investigation
of famine conditions. / have never re
GREETED doing this. 1t meant that life
became for me difficult, dirty and a
little more dangerous, but the results
justified the decision.
Refugees, In Many Respects,
Become Almost Like Beasts
My first Impressions were OK course
in Samara- l walked round the town
one dav and came across the hundreds
OF refugees who have drifted in from
he surrounding countryside. l spoke
70 family after family, always to the
same effect. They were numb with
misery and hunger; they were dirty,
verminous, ragged; In many respects
they had become almost like beasts
There were perhaps n Thousand OF
tham in the square outside the rail
way station at Samara. A few rags
supported by posts were al their habi-
tation; they had no protection at all
against the skies. Their children sick
eued and died day by day, and they
gioomny saw their last small stocke
Of food disappear. They sold al they
possessed to spectators, who pliec
their foul trade with energy, beating
down these starving wretches to the
lowest prices. 1t was pitiable. Imagine
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

Ine political situation IN Germany joi-
loaoia9 the assassination Of Herr Ers-
berger ard The agitot;on in BGpcrsa
against the centrol government ct Ber~
In indicate that the strife center may
get De Munich. A Tribune covrespo nde,at
sent the fouocing roundup Of obser-ra-
tfo@s from the Bcvaylnn capital. HIS
dentity '~np obviously not be g1ven~)
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

IN lie Eechhof choh
q a atrude
d"'"g place dprpe the static" right and his
fet Of
0bnl h. penrdrhe he
tonna famine una
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

w~VE LAVALLlEHE was name
ID that brought a plea3urcful and
n knowing expression to any
- fncn
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Grim Shadow OF
Death Grows as
Winter Nears
Innocent Peasant Refugees
Flock TO Cities and Die Of
Starvation in the Streets.
Disease Helps Speed End
BY c. L. Bechhofer

N-. Bechhofsr IS a go'Wg EngiisH
journalist icho has Just returned from, a
r;s;. to tbe heart of tie Russian famine
gore. 4 series of articles from his per
~ "Tbe London Times" Rave attracted
8uci attention iu EuqIcnd, and he hos
cent cable Dispatches from the famine
e~~o 70 this popsr also
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16


EN- a prosperous, active, appar-
B emily peaceful! town like Munich
r it IS impossible to believe that
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

rN 43a b. c. Lucius Quintius Gin
81 cinnatus forsook his plow for the
b sword, and then when war time
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-01
OFFICERS AND SAILORS
OF ATLANTIC FLEET
ARE ENTERTAINED
(By Associated PresS)

LIMA, Peru, Feb. 1.-Officers and
sailors of the American Atlantic fleet
today entered upon a four-day pro-
gram of entertainment which was ar
ranged in their honor by the Peruvian
government and the people of this city.
Official calls were exchanged this
morning by Admiral Wilson. and Per-
uvian officials and at / o'clock this
afternoon a luncheon was to be ten
del<' to Admiral Wilson and the high
er officers of his staff by the Lima
Jockey club.
Horse racing had been arranged for
the afternoon. being followed by an
Frank B. Freyer chief of the United
States naval mission to Peru. Presi-
dent Leguia was TO be host at a state
banquet in honor of Admiral Wilson at
the government palace tonight. High
government officials, members of the
diplomatic corps and prominent citi-
Zens were invited.
CALLAO, Peru, Feb. 1.-Seven At
lantic fleet battleships led by the flag
ship Pennsylvania, arrived here early
Monday afternoon and received a
noisy welcome from large crowds
along the shores and from small craft
in the harbor. Eighteen destroyers
and several supply ships reached Cal
lao ahead of the main fleet. A fog
delayed the fleet considerably during
the last stages of its trip from Panama