USE TELLS STORIES
OF RUSSIMI REFUGEES
Hardships of Waifs Terrible,
Says Miss Robertson.
FEET BOUND WITH BARK
Petrograd Children Treated
to First Christmas.
“Some of them were like little wild
animals when they came to us,” said
Miss Grace K. Robertson, new member
of the health service nnd home eco
nomics departments, in describing the
Russian children who were cared for
at the Petrograd children’s colony at
Russian Island, during the war. “They
had torn bark from the trees, and this
with grass, they wrapped about their
feet,” she continued.
According to Miss Robertson, these
Petrograd children were of (lie best blood
of Russia. Although they were positive
ly destitute from two years on the road,
and had endured hardships many older
people could not stand, they were still
well-mannered little waifs.
The American Red Cross hospital
with which Miss Robertson was connect
ed was located on Russian Island, at
the entrance of the bay of Golden Horn,
eight miles from Vladivostok. A Rus
sian boat made two trips to the island
daily. It was because of this conveni
ence that the Red Cross workers were
sometimes able to enjoy the luxury of
eating white bread. On the island only
sour black bread was available. Bar
racks to accommodate the 1,000 children
and patients were given to the Red Cross
by the Russian government,, but, as
Miss Robertson expressed it “just as
soon as we had cleaned one bbuildiug and
made it ready for use, they took it away
and gave us another one to clean.”
Americans Instruct Russians.
Real classes were lidd for the Rus
siau sisters, so that they could carry on
the work of the Americans, Miss Rob
ertson explained. This was accomplished
through interpreters. In appreciation of
all this, some 40 or 50 of the women
made a Russian costume and presented
it to the American instructor. The
children were taught by governesses
from Petrqgrad.
Miss Robertson spent Christmas on
Hie island and witnessed what was the
first real Christmas to many of the
ehildren. They were allowed to deco
rate a tree with tinsel and colored pa
pers, and each hoy nmT girl received a
present. The gifts were not supplied by
the Red Cross, but were furnished by
the doctors and nurses in the hospital.
Miss Robertson explained this as due to
the fact that all Red Cross funds were
used for necessities only.
Siberia Not Always com.
“Most people believe that Siberia is :i
frozen, barren country,” said Miss Rob
ertson. “but early in spring we found
orchids and lilies-of-the-valloy, and in
September some of the nurses went bath
ing in the ocean.” However, in winter
she experienced the sensations oi walk
ing the eight miles across the bay on
ice. “In fact, one day drove across
in a machine,” she remarked.
When the Red Cross gave up the hos
pital. they left it to the Russians fully
equipped, so that the work might go on.
Because they were unable to get through
the Bolshevik lines, the lVtrograd chil
dren were taken via the "Panama canal
in a chartered Japanese boat to New
York, and from there will be taken to
their homes.
Miss Robertson returned to the 1’nited
States last April, after having spent al
most a year overseas. She has just
come to the Oregon campus and is quite
enthusiastic over it. The friendly atmos
phere has math' her feel at home already,
she says. She insists she has been di
vided into four parts, one at each of
the following places: her desk in Hr.
Bovard’s office, the physical education
department, the infirmary, and the home
economics department.
Big
Carnival To
Be Friday Niglit
(Continued from Page 11
off on the stage and in addition to these
there will he side shows and typical
county fair amusements scattered about
the floor. Confetti, streamers, and the
like will be furnished to the revelers.
No Dates: Little Dancing.
There are to he no dates for the car
nival and so many attractions are being
provided that dancing will be a minor
feature of the program, if there is any
at all. The committee promises to have j
something going every minute of the
time. A stalwart police force is being or
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bury and they plan to keep the crowd on
the move all the time.
Au admission of twenty-live cents for
men and ten cents for women will be
charged in order to defray the expenses
of the Armory and of the eats which will
be. provided. Admission to spectators in
the balcony will be ton cents.
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