Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19
An American-Russian Refugee
BY Frederic >. Haskin

Other refugees are adapting them
selves TO circumstances with the sam
chcsrfulness. An astronomer wen 10
work cutting wood Army officers
found Jobs washing dishes. A vrsncf.
once powerful, IS selling sausafes in
store. They are said 10 prefer tho
hardest work TO charity. The Princes
reminds US that no Russian has come
to this country 20 tell what Rurgia
has done in the allied cause. and That
no Russian. except herself, has come
70 beg
Because tho Russians are proud.
| the American Central Coraml.tee Tor
Russian Relief, az the Princess con,-
mittee IL called. tries 70 find ahcm
work when possible, r2fher than send
money and necessities 20 help support
them.
i in some European cities there are
shops and factories whore none but
Russian refugees are employed M
Paris, some Of the dressrnakcrs' az
slstants, and The salcsgirIs and models
in the big establishments are refu-
gees.
Starting Refugees in Business.
How the committee pufs refugee
70 work is shown IN the story 81 a
group IN Berlin. Germany II not
sympathetic 70 the Russian who =
anti-Bolshevik, and many refugees
there have had difficulty finding en-
DloymeDt. One woman in Berlin vrrfs.
70 the committee asking Tor 81 900 20
start workshop for some I,ussiars
, there. The money was sent. IN three
months a case u toys, carved boxes
and embroidered articles was sent 10
the committee. The articles sold in
: New York and Chicago department
, stores, and another 81 900 was matted
to the shop. Tnon<word came laci,
& not TO send any more money. az the
[ shop had sold goods amounting 10
e 100000 marks and was seif-supDort-
. ing.
q Comparatively little Of the commit
? tees work has been done among refu-
$ gees IN this country Immigrants are
not admitted, II they are destitute.
: and OF those who have come from
Z Russia, practically all have been able
: to shift for themselves. A number have
applied TO the COMMITTEES for help ia
: finding employment And several hun
= dred dollars has been spent by the
!, committee in dental and medical work
for refugees. But a. applications foi
, financial relief IN this country hav,
been received, and the amount Loaned
- or Given comes 20 only IS .00s.
! The amounts that the conrnitte.
n has been collecting and sending q,
a. destitute Russians seem small r.
y some OF US. accustomed as we are Q,
n thinking of relief in millions OF dol
n lars. Fifty thousand dollars, TO Con
stantinople. is the largest sum ser
by the committee 70 one place durin,
the two years OF its work Poland Ia
p received the next largest, s55, 900. BE
r. sides $50 cases OF clothes, tools. an
T. food. the entire amount OF cash dis
a tributed by the COMMITTEES has bee
le around 100000. Yet relief worker
l. find that an American dollar can b
I'd stretched surprisingly in countrie
a. where the currency has deprecated /
I'd value.
n Princess Cantacuzenc explains tina
IN her work is urgent because 10 othe
organization is especially concerne
ne with the scattered and needy Rus
TO slams. There is no duplication
~ work in this field. The recent cor
ee gressional appropriation of $50. 600 .Og
I'M for Russian relief was limited to Rui
mt sian territory. Since the bill expires
er, " authorizes the money TO be use
d. for those in Russia, none OF it can !
by spent TO aid Russians who have le
ng the country.
k One fact which this commits
points out is of interest, TO AmericaI
lso who have been besieged so often 3
Ter relief organizations. That is. ever
Ter cent Of the money that is being d
nd mated goes TO some Russian famn
try There is no deduction for upkeep
a headquarters, as this overhead is pa
he by members Of the board OF directo
ee, of the committee.
led The new headquarters OF the con
er. mittee is in an Old building across n
ter street from the War Departmor
Ter General Grant had his headquarte
ess here during the Civil War. and q
mp bay window where Princess CaEtac
Ter zene now works every day was Gram
nd favorite corner when he was the So
rotary of War.