Evening star., 1923-10-24
TALKS and TALES
With and about
CAPITALS GUESTS

where are such children to be found?"
In the damp, cold, deserted barracks
OF Germany. Little Russian refugee
children taken to that unhappy country
| to escape the terrors of their home
land. Pale. emaciated, half-starved
creatures, who keep body and soul to-
gether only through the generosity of
your warm-hearted people," and Nine.
Bronislava Lamprecht Won Petschenko,
chairman of the Russian relief COM
mittee in Berlin, rummaged through
some papers in her apartments at the
Hotel Roosevelt and brought forth
photographs Of her charges that would
touch the soul of any man.
! The Russian woman, whose first hus-
band. DR.. Boro Won Petschenko, profess
sor of bacteriology at the University
or Petrograd, died a victim of the boil
| shevik revolution, has been a tireless
worker both In Germany and the
United States for the relief of the
homeless waits of Russia for several
years past, and through her ceaseIess
efforts had successfully established a
great educational plan for the orphaned
totS, when the death dance of the mark
started and Germany became impov-
eriShed.
| overcoming countless reverses, this
gentleWoman of the great white land
branch committee of her organization
! in New York city, at 2l Park Row.
and through assistance of such well
Iare workers as Secretary Herbert
| Hoover, Mrs. Willard Straight and
others, has managed to secure tenn
| porary relief in the way of funds and
clothing to keep the wolf from the
throats of her more than 5000
Are you here to see Secretary
Hoover?" she was asked, as she
! finished phone conversation with
Dr. L; 5. Rowe, director Of the Pan
II saw him this very day." she re-
| piled with joy in her eyes. And such
he has done for my poor Russia! My
work does not come under his direc-
ton, but he has done wonders in
having people send supplies to our
New York office"
When questioned further, Nine
| Petschenko was emphatic in her
declaration that only through un-
| stinted cooperation and the extern
real workers" of Russia, especially
| those in the Ukraine area, could the
havoc raised by the Soviet govern
ment be offset"
1--WE Of the Ukraine do not fear the
| soviet. Already there are eighty-two
private corporations functioning for
| the benefit of our toilers, and with
! the slightest assistance in the way of
! credit they would survive. Our peo-
pie have needed the advice given by
| Premier Lloyd George that the only
way to overcome evil is by honest
work and noble sacrifice"
If, as the good book says, due credit
will be given those who help tighten
| the burden of others, then much is
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artists who daily bring laughter, a
bright thought and pleasant moment
to the thousands who have ceased in
| their quest for enjoyment.
Nor is the life of these workers one
long program of golf, pink teas. pub
| lie speaking, etc, for none have to
keep more abreast Of the times or
closer to their tasks than originators
| of funny pictures and more serious
! cartoons
Since way bacy in 1902, when he
Press. Lee Stanley, father Of THE
! Old Home Town" a humorous strip
that has appealed greatly to thou
sands of Americans. especially those
| in the smaller towns. has been hard
at the job, and when seen entering
! the Lee House with his wife nothing
would do but word be had with him.
The originator Of such well known
a-rearin'." Cit fer home. Bruno"
! What's the fuss?" etc. only dropped
into town because his car had broken
down out Rockville way. thereby
causing the cartoonist to break con-
tinuous motor trip from his home
town, Cleveland, to Admission. Ala.
Lee will start out bright and early
today. He will stop over at Peters
burg. Va. where former Commissioner
| Louis Brownlow is manager. with
some trepidation. for his well known
character "Otey walker" resides
there in the flesh, but, as Stanley has
never met him. he is wondering just
how he will be received by Maj. John
Otey Walker.
The cartoonist reports conditions
| generally in prosperous shape and
says the roads between Cleveland and
Washington, especially the National
highway, could not be better.
Beaming with joy over the success
of the recent world series. Judge
Kenesaw Mountain Lands. "czar" Of
enough at the New Willard Hotel to
| hold little private talk with his old
! friend, Gen. Charles Z. Sawyer, ply
! sician to the late President, and
shake hands all around with the staff
of the hotel
Judge Lands stopped off in Balti-
more yesterday to witness the game
| between the Kansas City and Balti-
more teams and seemed highly elated
over the brand of ball displayed by
both clubs.
Referring to the big series, Judge
Lands said that the high spots OF
base ball had been reached in New
York and that never had such scien-
tihc exhibitions been staged He left
! almost Immediately for Chica go
I where, he said everything was going
along, as smoothly as could be ex-
pected.
Those contemplating witnessing tho
foot ball game between the Atlantic
Fleet and 3rd Army Corps November
| 10 will be pleased to learn that the
huge stadium at Baltimore, where
the match will be staged, accommo-
dates more than 5000 people. The
big grounds are located in VenabIe
Park at 33d street, and according to
r. E. Stephens, southern representa-
! tive for John Duer & Sons, Inc. cab
| met, hardware and upholstering goods
manufacturers, when seen at the
! Hotel La Fayette, are uneQualed In
modern improvements by any in the
land. There will be fifty warships
| in the harbor on the day of the game.
| Mr.. Stephens said further that Bal
! timore was in the midst of a great
building boom. Factories are spring
ling up like mushrooms down in the
| Curtis Bay and Brooklyn sections"
! said the Baltimorean. THE huge
plant of the American Sugar Refining
! Company, erected during the past
year, started the ball rolling and now
| hundreds are following"
| He said that the city was tncreas-
ing rapidly in population, now boast
ing more than 100000, and that busi-
ness in general was easily normal II
not a little better.
Steel and cotton have long since been
standby barometers for many business