The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-19
RUSSIANS ARE
 M0HEY BLIND

C-ons+antinople, July t9-The Rus sian temperament is proving a serious obstacle to American and other reueI and charitable organizations here. h. dividual Americans trying to nelP Russian refugees often give up In des- pair. .,z
 money blind He is careless with his own money and that of others. Thousands of Russian refugees ar rived here with plenty of gold, money f11rs jewels and portable valuables. ! Without a thought for the morrow, they lived for a time in the best ho- tels until the money was exhausted and the valuables pavned.
 Then the hotel proprietors asked ! them to leave and they went cheer . fully to live in a squaid by-streer' Americans or some other good souls | would care for them. And often it l is done.
 One of the tragedy-comedfes of the l foreign colony here is the story Of I the attempts of a Russian general to l get his seven daughters to Paris. Do ! zens of persons have spent much mo ney and time in his effort and so far i three of the daughters are here and ! starving. Tn father himself has 1 spnt 75,ooo francs trying. The gen. i eraI, a good and capable father, got . himself as far as Paris through the ! kind offices of United States Consul 1 General Moser, then in Tifiis.
 In. Paris the father mortgaged his | estates for 100000 francs and sent ] 25,OO0 francs to his wife and seven 1 daughters to join him. They got i as far as Constantinopfe, bought a . lot of new dresses, attended the sea- sons dances. loaned the rest of their l money to needy friends and asked fa- | ther for more.
 francs and after various difficulties about passports, the mother and four of the daughters departed. New loans and expenditures made 1t impossible to take three of the daughters. Am other 25,000 francs was sent to the three daughters by the father through a Russian general who pocketed 1t, or thoughuessly spent It, and the daughters are still here, their clothes held for board and lodgings and they and their family in Paris are cheerfu1ly waiting for the AmerI- can relief organizations to do some- thing about it.
 A. certain baron, member of the Imperial Guard. II times wounded during the war, was all but adopted by a Chicago dentist who met him in Russia. The latter arranged for his passage to the United States, sent funds for travelling expenses and he waited The handsome baron peck. eted the funds and turned up at the describing how his pocket had beer picked. A cable was sent the den. tst and fresh funds arrived. These funds were dissipated and still the
 
 ing for more funds from Chicago.
 An American navy officer on sta. tion here was told by his Russian friends of their difficulties with tht cruel landlord who was about to ejec them. The officer gave them tn, needed money. and was invited to dint with them. The dinner was splen didly served, including champagne The landlord had to renew his threat but in vain. The rent money hac paid for the dinner.
 All Americans here love the Rus s1ans and do much to help them. bu those whose experience have ceaset making heavy sacrifices to do so. Tn incurab1e optLaisIn of the Russian 1eads him to build air castles anC into foolish acts that have to be paiC for in cold cash. When his optimism is exhausted, the Russian is pessihis tic he take to the river. Many youn; men have committed suicide here -, Their families in France and Englant and Italy send them money to joil them, they spend the money fo champagn or silk socks or what nol and when the money is exhauste e they shoot or drown themselves
 The devotion and the child1ik
 cheerfulness of the Russian wome, here is source of constant wonde to Americans. Many of them hay forgotten they were countesses o