Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-06

Warsaw. March 5.-Dr!ven from pal
ace TO hovel, some of tho members OF
the aristocracy OF old Russia now are
peeling potatoes or chopping wood here
for living.
Five thousand men and women and
children. some of whose resoundins
titles once brought them homage OF
courtiers are clustered here after hav-
ing fled to Poland before thA Bolshe-
Wiki. Helping them to help themselves
is Madame Ludmila Lubinoff. herself
refugee. though born princess of
one of the oldest Russian houses and
the wife of the former civil COVER
nor OF Warsaw.
This remarkable woman is conduct
ing soup kitchens. sewing rooms and
workshops for members of her un-
happy class and taking orders from
her are men who once commanded the
armed forces OF the Russian emperor.
On her staff are admtrals, generals.
governors. mayors and members OF the
old Portograd court, while her hus-
band has laid aside his gubcrnatorial
duties to become her secretary.
beautiful woman. she hides the
tragedy of her life under an optimism
that is an example to the unhappy
folk to whom she ministers. A woman
OF action. too, for she escaped from
Pctrograd with her two sons after
freeing her husband from the fortress
OF Peter and Paul and arm!ng him
with fictitious passport that enabled
him to flee to Warsaw. Here the fam
lily was reunited.
Selling virtually all she possessed
to aid her fellow countrymen. Nine.
Lubinoff organized the Warsaw
branch OF the Russian Red Cross.
which IL being aided by the Ameri-
can organization.
Sparlng not herself. Madame Lub-
lnoff has not spared the colony OF
refugees which includes many OF the
former Russian nobility. In the soup
kitchen and wood yard Which she has
established in n Russian orthodox
church at Podwal-a squalid prop
crty placed at her disposal-are work
ing men and women Of title at tasks
which once servants performed for
them.
In the dingy little courtyard Gencr-
al oblonsSy. formerly architect at the
Russian court, chops wood for n liv-
ing with several officers of the crack
imperial guards. one OF whom has lost
his reason and must be watched. In
a small and dirty building, Prince Mes
chersky. who was master Of ceremon-
les at the imperial court. pecls pota-
toes for his daily bread.
In the crowded rooms the meals are
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bility-Princcss Rukoff. widow OF Ad-
miral Rukoff, who was executed by the
Bolsheviki: Princess Ouchtomsky.
whose husband was reputed one of
the richest men in Petrograd and is
now cashier in the next room at 5000
Polish marks a month. the equivalent
of 81 today, and Madame Koudravwt-
sky. widow Of the vice mayor of Pet
rograd who was put 10 death by the
Rcd rovolutionists.
Colonel keseelaef OF the imperial
Russian guards runs errands for Mad
anne Luhinoff and refugees who coll
lapse from exhaustion while waiting
for their food are attended by Mile.
CaraEosoff. former wealthy resident
OF PetroErad. now nurse.
Working in an American Red Cross
warehouse arc 20 officers of tho i'm
porlai guards regiment headed by NJ.
Reikshonsky. a lawyer Of Kiev. who
arrived in the Polish capital without
underclothinr or footwear. He said his
d sister had been killed this winter by
the Bolsheviki and that the capital
OF the Ukraine had become a city Of
tho dead
Madame Lubinoff boasts a store
house about the size of an American