Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-02

slowly surviving ana tnot 0omenOW
they must be kept alive" she replied.
"1'hA girlsf The ones I know are
finding the question Of living a big
problem. The young and cookbook
ing girls find places In the restau-
rants. There the conditions are
wretched. for II they are FED they do
not receive pay, and other work Is
out Of the question. There is such an
abundance Of educational culture that
lessons Of any kind may be secured at
10 cents an hour. The Russians are
natural linguists. They frequently
speak nve or six languages. while
most of them know four. The teie-
phone operators thus accomplished
are a great success, though their pay
barely keeps them"
when Wrangel's army and all of its
civilian followers s~armed into Con-
stantinople many groups were quar-
tered on the adjacent Islands. the
majority being sent to Antigoni ana
Haiku, and the other two inhabited
ones OF the Princes Islands, of which
there are nine in the Sea Of Marmora
These islands have all been trAgically
prominent in history. For centuries
they were used as places Of banish-
ment, either voluntary or enforced,
for the princes and princesses Of the
Byzantine court who had fallen into
disfavor.
4 i
A NTIGONI was the scene OF the
seven-year exile OF the Patriarch
Methodius. who was sentenced 10 be
Imprisoned with two bandits. The
refuge colony here Of several hun
dred. more or less under military
discipline. have been looked after in
the old feudal fashion by Princess
YAshvill. q refugee ANA a member OF
one of the old Russian families. The
princess, having always been a large
landowner and experienced in ad.
organized her compatriots into 4 unity
much as a town. with its own elected
officers and its courts to try out and
solve its own problems. She has not
only evolved 4 system that has kept
crime in allegiance, but she has pro-
vided an outlet for expression so long
r3pressed under bolshevik terror. The
women of the maternity hospital here
have sent . letter Of thanks to the
committee.
The people OF Antisoni are. many
Of them. too proud to accept OF any
aid except that which comes through
work. Princess YashviIl has started
the most talented Of her group max
ing church embroideries. while she
turns a former accomplishment to
good use in painting icons and re-
ligious and historical subjects.
The Island Of Haiku is known for
its copper mines. Because Of the
climate, these islands have been used
as summer resorts in modern times.
Haiku is the most populous, boa sting
Of several Institutions. q naval col
lege, theological school AMI on the
site of the ancient monastery is q
Greek commercial school, at tho en- =
trance Of which is the tombstone Of
Sir Edward Barton, English ambas-
sador to Turkey in Queen clIsAbe TIL 8
time.
The little refugee colony there is
making q new page in the history of
it's members. many of them mobiles,
through their work in the shops
which have been established to give
them employment. Carpenters, cabi-
net makers and cobblers are develop
ing from the ranks Of former officers
courtiers and scientific leaders of old
Russia. The women also are learning
many vocational achievements and
making great strides. More of them
are self-supporting than is true of the
men. Their embroideries, lace max
ing dainty needlework and other
artistic talents make them valuable
additions to the commercial life of
any community.
One cannot leave these islands with
out touching upon the history of
Proti, another Of them 50 STEPPED in
historic political atmosphere. Proti
was long the prison Of the deposed
Emperor Romanus ", called Diogenes
He was q gallant young Cappodocian
soldier Of too progressive political
ideas. and in consequence he was
sentenced to death for Implication in
a plot to depose his sovereign. Con-
stantine IN. While being led to his
execution. the Empress Regent Eu-
docia Macrembolitissa observed him.
His manly beauty attracted her and
she fell in love with him, granting
him a pardon and shortly marrying
him. Soon after his coronation az
emperor, he led three successful ex-
petitions against the seljuk Turks,
but his fourth was o disastrous failure
and he was held prisoner. After pay
inS q huge ransom for his release he
returned homo to facs defeat at the
hands Of l. pretender to the throne.
Blinded and deserted, he spent his last
days in abJect misery in imprisot,r lent
in a monastery on the highest peak on
Proti.