Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-25

Maybe he has not changed. Ger
tainly he has not changed. Sends
love-"
was the modest and the
WI happiest. She was making
up her mind to marry a Polish
She thought she was
il up, but we all knew she
had already done so. She was
very beautiful. very clever and
most Economically in love.
She vas married quite soon
after the party and went to live
on an estate and had children. and
looked much more like a princess
than most princesses ever do.
She called the other day.
at was lucky 1 was an
American"
She had letters from friends.
Countess B. has been
transported to Turkestan. She
il such q fine, gentle old lady.
She lives in an unheated hut,
with q mud floor. She has to
work In the fields, dig with her
bare hands. She will die.
WAS II her fault she was
born an aristocrat: II they
wanted to take the estate
people don't caro- much about
things like that any moro
but couldn't she have lived In
the gardeners cottage: They
were poor enough, anyhow. But
to he transported to die In
exile: -.
NO one understands. and no
one cares much, apparently,
what has happened to the Poles.
A million must have persisted.
A hundred thousand. at least,
transported to Germany. They
have to work Is hours . day
and no wages. In Russian Pol
and. little A II working In
a brick kiln, her arms burnt to
the shoulders. She's IL years
old"
Mary's face looked bitter.
couldn't say,
"And a Merry Christmas"
A mn is here, too. with her small
"A children.
peter couldn't bear II that
the children should stay In Eng
land. They were too small to
come alone. II only he would
take more precautions. He wrote
me, quite gayly, that he was
blown out of his bed. Out of his
bed. cabled him what was he
doing In It,? Why wasn't he In
shelteFs -
Hes working terribly hard
has a wonderful job. Only II l
were there. want to be there,
not heret.z.z."You won't recog-
nize England " hen this war Is
over. Something wonderful Is
happening|to England"
Socialism"
.Yeu can't label 1t. Yes, l sup
pose 80. But not the kind B
used TO talk about. BY the way,
what's become of b."
B was the left-winger at tn
party. She thought the Sovie
Union was the hope OF mankind.
don't know what has become OF {
OSCARS here too, and has jot
" thank heaven. He had Amer
can connections and is the kin
who fits into things. But his wifi
takes up her guitar in the evenin
and strums Slovakian songs, fror
the country where she grew uI
And then. sometimes, she cries
She says. IT know--we are anon
the lucky ones"-and cries.
They were all civilized and in
teffigent people, and they ali knew
it was coming.
But IL won't affect u.s."
DOB and his wife are in Eng
ID land, both of them in III,
Home Defense.
And q Merry Christmas
All the American journalists los
their European jobs.
This country thinks just the
way all the others did. every one
wakens 30 late" one of them
said the other day. moving rest
lesSly. "Odd. how you can't sell
experience. They tell me at the
paper, even, that | have a one
track mind. He got up moodily.
and went out So long, and a
Merry Christmas"
TyHE one we liked best. the Ger
l. man. the youngest, couldn,
have changed. Not he. Send
love"
Send love 10 you with my faitl
=. And a Merry Christmas.
Copyright, 1870. New York Tribune, ln'
All rights reserved.