New Britain herald., 1923-01-11
WITNESS Of SMYRNA
 HORROR TELLS TALE
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Europe. The city Is fnll ef refugees from Russla, Polsni, Spain, fFom an oNer, People er0Wding each ether 70 ind relief, But one thing We AmeTir cans do not understand is their oTieR- lsl way of locking al things. You would tell a native that things need not be so dirty. that this could be remedied. lie would merely shrug his shoulders and say Allah has made ii so.' They feel if the good Lord mas made | so-there is nothing for them to do but accept,
 "And then there are the Russian gifls--the girls who have been brought up in the hest Of Russian families. They are all over Con, slantineple,
 What do they doe" was asked,
 Russian Girls ia Gonstantinopie
 They wait on tables and do all sorts Of menial work. And they dance in The public dance halls. They wear little hats with red, yellow and green stripes to signify that they are there 10 dance with any one-any one | who cares to dance with them. Eyen- | tuaiiy they will become immoral. Their one thought-and il is q natural one--is food. Hunger is the thing | they dread more than anything else, constantinople is always shifting, Refugees coming and going; troops coming and going.
 From constantinople we went 10 Sofia. And that was some experi- nnee. The railway was lined with Of Greek and French Colonial troops The soldiers tried to Torce their way into our ear. and the rain had to be darkened because the ighted windows made such tempt ng target.
 No matter where you went there would be hrc." she added. "The trench sided with the Greek and the English with the Turk.
 We visited day nursery. q hor- ibie place. The entrance was trough n narrow passage leading to court yard. The house was dilapi. Iated and looked as if it would col apse any minute. Inside in n small oom in charge of helpless old foman, were 20 babies. crying piti- ully.
 Get Water Ono Hour Day ]. Cleanliness and sanitation in Bnch- rest are a matter of camouhage. &C., 2 ording to Mrs. Cantor. Bucharep as water only one hour day. sN .ates and never the same hour. ThH esult is that people get very little pportunity. and many have little in- C ination, to wash. 'If we see an ~Srl at.f n her face, we think 1t is just one yer, but if we see a native girl owdered and painted. we conclude le has five or six layers" she said. H She stated that railway travel in Id out of Bucharest was suspended IT 10 days because of the crowds P lring the recent coronation there.
 Sixteen Course Meal.
 Discussing Constantinople, she re- W rred to the Turkish meal and said
 a Turkish dinner they serve never ss than 16 courses. Mrs. Cantor, hen Miss Irma May. was engaged to .: abbi Bernard Cantor, of New York, ho, with Professor Israel Freelander, = as killed while in Jewish relief = ork in Urkainia in 1919. Tn 1921 n, e became the wife of Rabbi Ma an Cantor, brother of the man who IS killed.
 There are about 1,5o0 war or. = lans in Bulgaria. It is the law in CA at country that every one must do certain amount of work for the lte without compensation. The riod of compulsory labor runs - pm two weeks to three months. ( married girls must give three " ,nths sewing dresses for hospitals Dc d other institutions. [
 "Greenwich Village" in Train. nI we had a wonderful trip from 6 to Czernowitz-in sleep ! , car with a shower bath" she TO mt on. 'The shower bath" was ! } leaking roof, through which the 7a n poured in streams. It was cold s d we came near freezing to death, ( ,ugh wrapped in waterproofs. In t-,, evening the car took on a TO- . ntic appearance as we lighted our l. ldles. Just like a Greenwich Will I,E; e party. Really. there must have a ,n tank on our roof, because next F rning, though the sun shone, the MA ter still poured in. 2 i'il.u .ne hoiies ol a arse OIL nber of widows and their chill E h." she concluded. Tt was all D y pitiful. found children in eel RE, }, in attics, clad in rags, under s lrished. The waterpipes were nj zen, the walls covered with ice and - w. I can't say that there was food in the pots and kettles-be- sIl SC here were no pots or kettles" ssil
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