New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 30, 1922, Page 12

ENDURES HARDSHIPS (Centinued From Second Page). mattress upon the ground, in order| not to lose her place in line and yet to rest her exheusted body. Many of the homes were so desti- tite that soup made of potato peel- ings was the only food left, the pota- toes themselves having been con. sumed some time previous Dance to Music of Machine Guns. “In five days we will have the city quiet,” said the police, when rioting| started. But the fighting on the streets grew continually worse. Mrs, Gilman, | then Trene Peroshine, for the sake of | amusement one evening, threw a| thawl about her head and ran were the cars that in one compart- ment, bullt for four persons, 18 peo- ple were crowded, Despite the cramp- od quarters, suffocating heat, poor ventilation, lack of food and the need for the women to remain awake for tueir own protection, they remained thus for another full day before the train moved Cherries and Grapes Only Food. Finally the train started They traveled three or tour days, covering a distanco scheduled to be traversed in many hours, Baskets of cherries grapes, purchased at wayside sta- tions .formed the only food for the| refugens. Occasionally a cmall por- tion of bread was secured and seemed As and by this time a real luxury Annoyed at Night. Ten days after they left Petrograd the travelers tasted their first real meal of the journey Days later they arrived in Tiflis, hungry, tired, travel worn and on the verge of nervous prostration During the journey one NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE months. She was recommended, ap- plied for an accepted the position, Her employer was a young man from the United States, a graduate of Yale, and an officer in a U. 8. train- ing camp during the war, He aspired to becodme a minlster, but at the close of the war, was prevalled upon to go into the Near, 12ast Relief work. He bad just arrived in Tiflis und engaged as his interpreter the woman later destined to become his wife, Terrible Massacres, With their assistants, guides, etc., Mr, Gilman and Miss Peroshine went to Ahalkalaki, in the Caucasus moun- tains, where Mr. Cilman had charge of 2,000 orphans, in a large orphanage maintained by the Near Fast Relief Here again terrible sights of Turkish massacres met the eyes of the young woman and the American missionary. Whole villages in the Caucasus val- leys were destroyed by Turks. One town, which had .0,000 sheep one next. In one house, a darkened dun- geon of stone, with no windows, they | found an old woman crouching in a | corner, scarcely alive, so weak from hunger that she was reduced to an apathetic state and paid no attention to the visitors, Mother Secs Children Die. In another houde they saw the | grandmother and two children lying on the steps, slowly passing away, while the heart broken mother stood in the doorway and watched them die. Children’s mouths were black from cating grass and their stomachs were swollen to horrible and grotesque shapes from the same dlet, while their | bodies were wan an emaciated from starvation. l.ater the party was transferred to Alexanderpol in Armenia where Mr, Gilman was made district command- er in charge of relfef and had some- I day, did not have a {lving thing the 30, 1922, thing like 12,000 orphans directly un- der his care. They now were 200 miles from Tiflis, the nearest city. Cupid TIntervenes. Captivated by the charms, efficiency and remarkable personality of his heélper, Mr, Gilman fell in love with Miss Peroshine, and in August, 1920, the couple went to Tiflls and were married, Following their marriage they went to Alexanderpol. It was during their stay at tho lat- ter placo that Mrs. Gilman developed the need of dental treatment and set out for Tiflis to have her teeth fixed, The perils and adventures she went through on this trip would put to shame the hero of old fashioned Dia- mond Dick stories, Rode in Cattle Car. It was necessary to obtain permia- sion from the Armenjan government to leave the country, but Mrs, Gliman, in order to save time and red tape, decided to wait until she got closer to the border and then get permis- sion to leave. She set out on a train, and suddenly found herself at"a small telegraph station and was informed that that train was golng no further, There was no way to get transporta- tion except in a sheep car attchaed to @ freight train, Lost Her Money. Accompanied by another woman who was with her, she cleaned out the sheep, car, scrubbed it thoroughly with kerosene obtained at the station and traveled on to the next town in the sheep car. The train stopped fow)| two hours in the next town, and leaving her money with the other woman, she set out to find some food, returning in a short time to find that' the train was gone, and with it all her money. American to the Rescue. No money and no friends, in a strange place with thieves and mur- derers on all sides was her terror- striking predicament, She returned to the village nearby and was for- tunate to find the home of a friendly American who took her in, fed her and gave her money for carfare. Shooting in Streets, Turks were raiding all the Armen- jan villages in that section of the country and there was shooting onm the village streets, as she carefully made her way back to the station under cover of darkness that night. She slept all night in the station, waiting for a train, Finally a switch engine came along and the engineer offered to take her 17 miles ‘to his destination. She accepted the offer and rode in the engine cab on the fireman's seat. Stopped By Soldiers. Alighting from the locomotive &t the end of the run she started out to (Continued on Page Fourteen) A8 | night, as she lay in a bunk, rigged up fast as she could to the opposite side a5 a sort of an upper berth fa the of the street, where in company with|compartment in which she traveled, some other friends who had risked | Mrs Gilman spied a man's hand reach their lives, she danced until 4 o'clock slowly through the window and grasp the next morning. afraid to g0 home.|nold, as though the man intended to The rattle of bullets outside the |ift himsefl in To scream would be building could be heard at all hours|to no avail She did the only thing above the music of the small orches- possible, pushed the arm out and tra. | slammed the window shut. The train Brother Hid Under Trunks. irted before she was further molest- At 4 o'clock she returned, running | ed. . . . JCourteous and Prompt Service . . . . as fast as she could, miraculously es-| Find Father Dead. caping harm as machine guns Were Aprjving in Tiflis, mother and sweeping the street with bullets, even| qaughter were met by the sad tidings as she crossed. A brother, who that the father was dead. They made ranked high army circles and who | their home in the city and it was de- had been fighting on . the German|cided that the daughter would go to front, was home on furlough. The| work. But what was the to do anger of the mob was turned against| Raised in luxury, she had never an- the military and the doors of the Per-| ticipated the necessity of earning her oshine home were broken down in a | own living. But the money was al- = = | most gone. A small portion of back | bread and tea constitluted a day’s ra- tions. e (Planmw*aggfi@ncfi’fip ¢ Uf course one’s mind naturally turns to the all important ques- tion—what shall I wear? Answered in one breath we’d say “Sports Wear.” Immediately comes to mind the infinite number of things you will need, for, whether at the shore—or in the country—your mind must be relieved of any Tapestries Save Life. By ordér of the Bolsheviks they were forced to live in one room, and that a small one. In fact, only the discovery by Bolsheviks, during a raid in Tiflis, of tapestries painted by Mrs. Peroshine, saved her life. The raiders immediately decided she was a painter, and thus had a trade, which entitled her to representation ew Sport Handk'chiefs COLORED LINENS of a very fine quality with dain- ty one corner hand embroidery. ENAMEL OVERNIGHT SUIT CASES AT $2.50 in the government. But a co ittee Sl 2 e Cretonne lined, shirred pock- . . 2i b T s e L cts, brass lock and catches. worry as regards clothes. And right here is where we can as- 2S “dzsg%'éé’éc%xm (: A “General Store. 7 ROTNCYE. H 2 i 1 i HAN 2) The daughter found work in a {:I.BIR‘;’ SU r‘f .CASES $1.00 sist you. W‘hethe.r you l‘.e _gOlng ona long Vflcatlfll} or ]uSt ! With colored embroideded store. Seven deposed Russian gener- |[l] | With brass lock and snaps. short holiday trip, a visit through our store will prove corners and others with colored als, all of the aristocracy, had started nforced corners. Well made e . edges. 50c. e R e T T A and durable. $1.00. beneficial in the way of suggestions. And the good MEN'S SILK PONGEE BOSTON BAGS AT 31.39 HANDKERCHIEFS to work therein, only families of of- ficers. Miss Peroshine secured a po- sition as a saleslady. One day an in loo 2 for shoe y guess o res, and the young woman had established a reputation as an inter- preter of English 14 and 15 inch sizes. Well made of cowhide leather, brown or black. values offered will be equally interesting. B il Bouiliard colored borders, $1.00 « each. There were English in Ti the Near E ief association having a headquar- ters there. The Bolsheviki closed the tore and Miss Peroshine went to the Near East Relief association to work as doorkeeper, where she came in con- tact with refugees from Armenia, Russia. Georgia, Turkey, etc Here | she picked up a smattering of English and was sent by the Near East R | officials to a station at Shusha, 1 miles from a railroad At Shusha was witnessed one of the Turkish massacres which horrified the entire civilized world, at that time Approximately 50,000 Armenians, in- any MRS. HELEN PEROSHINE You'll need gloves, For in- stance—long silk gloves to go with the short sleeve dresses— White, black, pongee, beaver, navy and grey. $1.69 pair. An Earring in just the shape to suit your type. Like the spice in your food—it adds pep to any costume. search for the brother, who was hid- ing under some tru in a rear room 100 Policemen Shot Down. The Duma was in special session, things were happening in government circles so rapidly that newspapers containing reports of social affairg thrown broadcast on the streets every half hour. Five days after the revo- lution broke out every store in Petro- grad was closed and many of them were rifled. Rioting was going on evérywhere and shooting was being done indiscriminately. A Cossack girl, nurse in the Peroshine fan-ujv for 20 cluding all but 2,000 of the 10,000 vears, saw 100 policemen stood in' ,ianjan soldiers, were killed by E"elhasl?“ft a wall and shot dOWR|1y.1sin and around this place SEoe. Loters. Besieged at Shusha. Bledito S Tiala, The Near East Relief station was Finally the family decided to flee| yogiopeq for 11 days, during which to Tifiis, where the father had been ;. only five Englishmen, o AvAsE. last heard. from. Abandoning their|jcang and 60 Arab Punjabs remained -household . furniture, mother and 5 guard the place. By the aid of datighter fled, with just their bag-|renches the littla party fguoht off the gage. The brother managed to make | Tyrks although terrible atrocities * his way back to the army. FOr tWo gere committed in the town. Whole . days the women stood in line at a srmenian families were murdered. A railway station before they could buy woman was found in the woods, -tickets. During this time they had|slashed about the body with a knife; little to eat and what rest they got a man was found with'a fatal wound | was by alternatly changing places in|in the head. Smaller villages were line. The family nurse would stand burned by Turks who murdered the for several hours while the mother inmates as they fled. A mountain rested, then the mother would stand| brook running through the villages for hours while the daughter rested.|and past the relief stition was red Carried Baggage Over Bridge. with the blood of murdered Armen- They finally got on board a train|ians. which carried them but a few miles Learned and Taught English, outside the city, where they were Finally the party escaped from forced to get off and ‘walk, carrying | Shusha and got back safely to Tiflis, FASHION AT THE SHOR Youth must be served has oft been said but when it becomes a question of style Dame Fashion takes all ages in careful consideration . This is especially noticeable at the shore—or any resort for that matter. It is there that the spirit of youth prevades all—both the young and the old. You will notice it in our Summer Frocks, in the sports year, in the Bathing Apparel. Smart youthful styles predominate everywhere. Dainty New. Blouses NEW GEORGETTE AND TRICOLLETTE OVER- BLOUSES—$4.95, The Georgettes in flesh, white and bisque with a wide variety of novelty lace trinming. Also white, with very attractive col- ored embroidery designs. The tricollettes, drop stitch style with a double row of pearl but- tons on front and belt of same material. Colors are Periwin- kle, blue, Jockey red, black and New Sport’ Sweaters A SILK SLIP-ON MODEL AT $6.95 AND 87.49 Very smart and practical for all outdoor occasions. Novelty weave in grey, periwinkle, rust, jade, green, Harding blue and grey. A SILK AND WOOL SLIP-ON AT $8.95 A high grade novelty in mix- their baggage across a long suspen- where Miss Peroshine again was (ives oWkl slon bridge. Men charged an equiv- | forced to seek new work. ul:‘?‘mdn l"l‘n"‘;:“;l::‘t::;‘fif)ld and o ) alent of $10 in American money to, She decided to teach FEnglish to 4 4 m;’?g;fl:l\?g s\;:;srs the swinging those who wished to learn the lan- guage. Procuring an English gram- No Food For Days. mar she secured a few pupils, and, Across the bridge they found five|bhy getting up at 5 o'clock every morn- long trains waiting. For two days| ing and studying for hours, managed longer they waited at the little flag| to keep a few lessons ahead of her station, annoyed and molested by Bol-| pupils. An equivalent og $3 a month sheviki soldiers, with neither food or| was charged for lessons and this kept house in MOHAIR TUXEDO SWEATERS AT $9.95 The fashionable sweater for Miss or Matron. Comes in or- chid, black, buff and honeydew. TR e carry trunks across bridge. 98 BATHING SUITS *1- to Attractive styles in Satin and Surf Satin Bathing Suits, Mostly black with fancy colored pip- ing or novelty trimming. The jerseys come in plain colors or with handsome contrasting stripes. The practical one-piece suit for the Mermaid. A wonderful assortment of new models at these two prices. Plain hemstitched or frilled or lace trimmed. Others up to $7.95. sleep. There was not a the wolf from the door. ! sight, only a small flag station and Amecrican Wanted Interpreter. more than 1,000 people waiting with-| One day she received word from Bathing Caps 19¢ to 98¢ Shoes 49¢ to 31.98 i out food. the Near E headquarters that an Canvas and Satin Shoes and half shoes— = Dozens of unusually attractive styles in almost every conceivable shape and color combination. ‘White, black, purple, red, green, black and Py gt white stripes. A novelty girdle of your own selection will add flavor to your summer frock. A wide variety to select from. ‘When the orders were issued to| American named Gilman was looking board the train there was a mad rush | for an interpreter to go with him into | for accommodations and so crowded | a settlement in the mountains for 15 STRAW HAT SALE O% Discount on ALL STRAWS $2.00 Hats..............Now $1.60 $2.50 Hats..............Now $2.00 $3.00 Hats. ...... ..Now $2.40 $3.50 Hats..............Now $2.80 $4.00 Hats. .Now $3.20 Get a Clean and Cool Straw at the New Prices The ‘‘right” string of beads will readily adapt itself to any one's costume—and personality, too! Little things count. Bathing Apparel and Accessories—Second Floor THE SUMMER FROCK There's charm and grace in every one of the modish frocks designed for comfort as well as style. Clever and very distinctive models in Shantung, Linen, Volle, Ratines, Tub Silk and Gingham. Especially intcresting are the new dresses of Shan- tung Linen and Ratines for beach wear. Y fp 119 SPORT SKIRTS Lver pepnlar—and justly s0. Yor aport skirts with thelr proper accompanying blouso and swoater for:n A coztumo at ence decidedly amart and appro- priate. Thero ave the Baronets, the Ratines, novel. tles, the noveity eilles, the Ponfkees Rapahodo in Things to Embroider PILIOW CASES Sire 45x80—Made of a very fine quality cotton—Embrolder ed and applique deaigns, $1.38 pair, LINEN TOWELS Linen guest towels, H. & and plain hemmed. Stamped bor “HUMMING BIRD" THREAD BILK HOSE #1.50 Fina qudlity with lslo topse— trim enkiss — Black, cordoven, white, navy, grey, MoOALLUM AND EOCTETY MAID FULL FASIMONED "Mmu'«":?fifi' 15 beautiful high colored chocked effects, the plain ders, 890 cach, Black, white and perjwinkie white rurf satina and of courso the ocunventional FON BEADED DAGS > > (4 shoe top shadas, Gabordines, A very fino stamped meroore onnecticut rat LK #DCRS FOR CTTLOREN 5 oy el | . B0s AR s 1 .49 $9.95 beadod bags—In black, brown, Bizes B o 0——Whits and eolors, navy. Only 23¢ each. The Arcade