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a ra---- KITCHENER'S HUMAN SIDE --- ~ DESCRIBED BY A WOMAN Not a Woman Hater, "ile of a Soldiers But Has Remained Single Because Wife is One "Long Drawn Out Torture." ¥ Tr Mrs. J. 8. Erskine, widow of a for- mer eaptain of the Tepth Royal Hus- mars, who was for a time attached to ihe staff of Lord Kitchener, now Bri- tain's seeretary for war, has given to the New York World an itnerview i which she discusses the man on 'whom the empire is relying. At her, first meeting of Lord Kit- chener she was a lass of four 'in short skirts and blouse. To-day she iz lu the neighborhood of 40 and is residing temporarily in New York. You have s¢en a great deal print- ¢d showi the austere side of this great man's character, but very little relating to the human side, and the human side is very strongly developed in Lord Kitchener," she said. "Then you have seen him des- cribed as a woman hater, but he is far from that, although he has nev- ed inafried. He holds that an army officer can best serve his ¢ountry by remaninig single; that his chief duty is to his king: "I 'was at the engineering depot ai Woolwich with my parents when I first saw the then Engineer Kitch- ener. He was most shy and ditfi- dent, but I wasn't. In truth I was Just the opposite, and probably that is the reason we became fast friends. Not long after that when he was called to Egypt he gave me a doll, and I treasured it many years." Mrs. Erskine told how, when she eight or nine, Kitchener return- ed on leave and renewed the acquain tance, telling her all about the Sou- dan and teaching her French. Next time she saw him she had reached théurifiture age of nineteen and was in love with Capt. Erskine of his staff. It was then that she learned of his objection to the marriage of army officers, He was Sirdar of the Anglo-Egyptian army then, and Eng- land was beginning to take some no- tice of him, ' Was War Torture For Women. "When Kitchener was going home after conquering the Soudan, I met him in Marseilles. He was wearing # blue serge and a derby hat and was much less conspicuous than the wiembers of 'his staff. And this in Spite of the fuet that he was about ip be made Lord Kitchener of Khar- toum. I remember distinctly one thing he sald to me. It was this: 'I had always hoped my little girl would not marry a soldier: "Why?" I asked. "Because," he replied, 'war is long drawn.eutforture for a sol dier's wife. Do you realize you'll have to play second fiddle to your husband?' 'Yes,' I answered, 'I'know that, but after all he loves me best' 'True enough," said Kitchener, 'he loves you, but in event of war h'll have to leave you. War is his profes- sion and he'll have to follow it.' Later on Lord Kitchener, my husband, and myself attended an wffair in the general's honor. It was held in the Corn Exchange at-a small country "seat near London, and we had to listen to eulogies of of his lordship from a very small, pompous mascer of ceremonies.. On the way homes .we passed an ice cream cart on . which were litho- graphs of Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, and cur companion. 'That, and that only, is fame," declared his Lordship, flecking his own dust-cov- ered picture with the end of his rid- ing whip." Ilvery newspaper reader knows that during the present war corre- spondents aré completely bottled up. Apropos of this Mrs. Erskine tells of a remark once made by Lord Kitch- ener; having o distinct beating on the subject: *" 'If there f& ever a great war, ind I happen to be war secretary,' » once said to me, 'I'll make it a vriminal offence to print unauthori- ved news. Bul if there is a great war," he added, 'I am sure not to be War secretary.' Dia Little Things. he general was big enough to do Jittle things and we all loved him for it. 1 recall that I once wanted my cousin, a memher of the guards, to iake me to a theatre in London, but J told him _he must buy seats in the pit. He was horrified. 'What!' he exclaimed, 'you &it in the pit and your hushand 2 member of the Ten- Good Sleep ¥ahausted Nerves Were Fully Restor od by Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. 'When the nerve force expended in Tie day's work and in the act of living is not replenished by restful sleep at njght you have cause to be alarmed, 4s physical bankruptcy stares you in the facd. This letter directs you: to the most satisfactory cure for sleep- lessness. z commenced using it eo had that 1 sould scarcely sleep. 1 would le in bed n night without sleep; and anyone who 3 " ow a ar Hote th Hussars! You can't afford to do that!' The general overheard the conversation, und smiled a three- cornered smile for which he is fam- ous. 'I'm going to London this after- noon," he remarked to me, 'and I'll take you to the pit. I'm not a mem- ber of the guards." We went, but we didn't sit in the pit." Lord Kitchener's only retreat was orderly, but still a retreat. It oc- curred in Loudon not so.long after Royal honors had been conferred up- on him by Queen Victoria, whose hand he kissed, although, as he lat- er said, "it was a long way down to reach it." On the day of the retreat the general had been feted at a doz- en affairs and tinally wound up at a tea where Mre. Erskine was one of the guests. Women, particularly, had besieged him, and when he saw biz old friend he rushed to her. "'Talk to me! Please talk to me! Never mind what you say, but say something just as though -it were important," he begged me," said Mrs. Erskine, "So I talked to him about nothing, and finally managed to ask him what had disturbed him. 'It's those two women over there," he said, pointing to a couple of grande dames. 'They "have been following me all the afternoon, and 1 didn't think I ever would escape.' His Sense Of Humor, Kitchener lcs a sense of humor as well as a scose of justice. One day he, Captain Erskine, the latter's wife, and cthers were visiting friends in Colchester, and ate heart: ily of greengage plums, 'The genera! saw ye devouring quantities, and finally took me to task," said Mrs, Erskine, "Don't you eat another one of those,' he coms manded. 'Why?' I asked. 'Because you'll get the stomach ache," he re- plied gravely. 'So will you, 1 re- sponded, 'for you have eaten quite as many as have I', 'I know that.' he replied, 'for I've got it already. That's why Fm trying to save you." Mrs. Erskine was in Pretoria dur ing part of the Boer war. When Kitchener arrived at Mafeking as chief of staff for Lord Roberts the young - officers realized that "soft snaps' were a thing of the past. They made no mistake. They were all put to work. The same was, true of the officers at Pretoria. In the lat- ter place one day Lord Kitchener saw a young lieutenant sporting a monocle. "Does 'your eyesight require you to wear that?" he asked. "It does," replied the lieutenant. "Then _repori tomorrow morning to the line of communication," .or- dered the general. "I do not require men with poor eyesight at headquar- ters." "A soldier was digging =a ditch near Pretoria," said Mrs. Erskine, "and the general observed him fora long time. Finally he sent for him. He asked him if he wasn't ill. The soldier replied that he was; that he felt quite badly. "They, why don't you report sick?' demanded the gen- eral. 'I did.' replied the soldier, 'but the doctor said I was fit for duty.' Lork Kitchener sént for the young surgeon; ordered him to make an ex- amination, found the soldier was suffering from typhoid fever and sent him to the hospital. Then he said to the doctor. 'You can apply for your leave home. I have no use here for the sort of a doctor you are." " An Umbrella Misplaced. While it is undeniable that our Own country posgesses statues de- dicated to the memory of great men that are "poor art", it is equally true that no American enormity in this respect is: quite k bad as that displayed in the English town of Reading. Some years ago, when the people of that town determined to honor the memory of George Palmer, late a resident of Reading, they decided upon a bronze statué which should be not merely a portrait of the hon- ored one as to features but'a correct presentment of him as he appeared among them every day. According- iy, the stranger in Reading is start: ed by the most unconventianal of statues," with every crease and wrinkle of the homely attire of the original reproduced. To complete the effect the: status is bareheaded, with silk hat and um- brella in hand' It is thought that this is the only instance in which the necessary not beautiful umbrella has been reproduced in bronze. -- Boston Globe. Nut Bread Nutritious. , A woman who has a family of growing boys and girls with over- whetted appetites says there is no- thing to equal nut bread for whole- some deliciousness, and that, served with' a glass of milk, it forms the midsummer luncheon for herself and her children several days in'the week. To make this nutritious and pala- table bread, mix well together four cups of flour, seven teaspoonfuls of baking igwder, a teaspoonful of salt and three-quarters of a cup of sugar. (She says "the brown sugar seems to give a better flavor than © white."") Then add a cup and a half of milk, into which an egg has béen beaten. When: thoroughly mix- od, stir in a cup of chopped nut meats, and bake in an ordiary long bread tin for three -quarters of an ke Said Servia: =" . SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1914. Scr mn. - MODERN DIPLOMACY, Or "How the War Started," By On- looker. 1 Sald Austria "You You the peace of all Eur Get down on your gise please, Or I'l kick you right of curb." murderou Serh ope disturb | Kues and apolo- | my front Or T'11 call in my uncle, the Czar, He'll not see me licked, or insulted, or kicked, So you had better leave thing a they ar2." | "Don't venture too far' | | | Said the Kaiser] "Push in that | Serb's face, It will teach him to stay in his place, If Russia says boo? I'm in the fight too, , And right quickly I'll" 'settle the case," The Czar says: "My uncle the Kais er Was always a good advertiser" He's determined to fight and thinks he is right, But soon hé'll be older and wiser", -he forty-four summers," © said France, I waited and watched for a chance, To wrest Alsace-Lorraine from the | | Germans again | | "For And now is the time to advance." Said Belgium: "When armies im- mense, Pour over my boundary fence, I'll awake from my nap, and put up| a scrap, | remember hence," a hundred years) They'll Said John Bull "That ere Kaiser's! a slob And 'is word isn't worth 'arf a bob, If 1 lets Belgium suffer, i'm a blank bloomin' duffer So here goes a crack at 'is nob," Said Italy: "I think I'll stay out Till I see what this rew is about It's a far better plan just to sell my banan { Till the reason is doubt." plain. beyond Said our good Uncle Sam: "I swaow I think I'll keep, out of this raow, For with Mormons and Niggers and : Greasers I figgers I've all I can handle just now." ONLOOKER Generals Have Been Replaced. Berlin, Sep#: .19.--It was officially announced at the war office that * on account of great age, (sixty-eight years), Gen. von Hausen, who has commanded the German army which has been operating between those. of Cen. von Bielow and the "crown prince, has been replaced by Gen. von Finem, = the former minister of war. 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