, g THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, POItTUOfP, APRIL 19, 1914. ' ,
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WHO WIDL VfrSIT US THIS SPRING-
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Bulgarian Soverign Has Unusual
THE VISIT OP Queen Eleonore, of
Bulgaria, to the United States will
be awaited with interest, not only
because this will be the first time that
a reigning- sovereign of Europe has
come to this country, but because
Queen Eleonore is a woman of unusual
personality and Interesting- history.
"One of the most admirable women
In European courts," one writer has
called her, and It has also been said
that "a more lovable woman never
shared the onerous drudgery - of a
throne." '
It may be doubted that Queen Eleo
nore has considered her task as con
sort of King Ferdinand on his uneasy
but long-held throne In the light of
drudgery. Her life has been one of
untiring service. She knew sorrow and
danger long before she went to Bul
garia. Born a princess of Reuss, one of the
little German states whose ruling fam
ilies have intermarried with all the
great reigning houses of Europe, she
might well have passed her life in
the petty round of social life incident
to a petty court. An alllanoe with
come prince with a more active part
In the world was apparently the only
eure road out of Reuss, but the Prln-,
cess Eleonore-seemed destined -to re
main a, spinster. Perhaps her studious
bent and her Intelligent . interest In
scientific hospital work and nursing
were not qualities to recommend her
to contemporary princelings.
But a woman with.- the soul and
spirit dT Eleonore of Reuss could not
be content to be merely a princess nor
satisfied with merely academic studies.
In a quiet way she began, to use her
knowledge and develop the power of
organizing which was later to make
her name a synonym for healing among
the wounded o four, armies.
She spent a great deal of her time
In Russia, having formed an enduring
friendship for the Czar and Czarina,
and when the , Russo-Japanese war
came she had a chance, to put Into ex
ecution her theories concerning field
hospital work. She established and
took charge of her own hospital, a
model one, and overworked Burgeons
and commissaries forgot the princess
In their admiration for the woman
who brought order out of chaos and
who seemed able to Inspire efficiency
In others.
It was at the Rusian court that the
Princess Eleanore met King Ferdi
nand. The King went often to St. Pe
tersburg, where he had been coldly,
received ever since he took the Bul
garian crown. For . years he had
striven to win the good will of the
Czar, which would do so muoh to
strengthen his position, and it is said
that one day some one whispered to
Ferdinand that an alliance with the
Princes Eleanore would do more to
gain him the good will of the Czar and
I
KDIA in June Is Hades! Many will
disagree with this assertion, but
they are not of those who have had
to keep the Caledonia. Company's mines
running In the hot' spell. The Cale
donia Company does not mine for rubles
Just coal.
When the heat came every one that
could got away to the hills. Myra, the
superintendent's daughter, had decided
to go, but changed her mind. Her wom
an's instinct warned her to stay.
Hetherington was chief engineer.
Bob- Stanley was surface manager.
Walters, the superintendent, was of
ten in Calcutta,
Stanley and Hetherington were the
best of friends. Their rivalry for
Myra's affections was open and light
hearted; but Hetherington had an
ugly side to his character, which I. as
bia subordinate, had reason to know.
When a man got bowled over by
the heat the company sent him up to
the hills to recuperate; and Hether
ington got a touch. The . superinten
dent advised him to quit, but he
wouldn't.' He didn't want to leave
the field open to Bob Stanley; but he
got uglier in temper, and consequently
more difficult to get on with, and his
friendship for Bob cooled down to
nothing.
Myra had always held the balance
pretty even between these two; but
now she seemed to favor- Hethering
ton, and he began to assume proprie
tary rights and resented Bob's going
near her at all. Bob himself was get
ting surly on that account, and I
could see there was trouble brewing.
It first showed itself when Hether
ington told Bob that he intended to
marry the girl, and dared him to go
near her again. The heat had got him
pretty badly by this time, but Bob
was In no mood to take that into ac
caunt just then, so they fought With
their naked fists. .;'
Neither was a pretty Bight when
they were through; but Bob licked his
man clean, and offered to shake hands
afterward. .Hetherington didn't take
his medicine as a 'man should, and
refused to shake, from which I gath
ered that the trouble had only begun.
The real crisis came the night of the
tiger-shoot.
Mdtst people think the way to shoot
tigers in India is from the back of an
elephant. Well, that's one way; but it
wasn't ours.
We didn't have far to go for our
Bport, you see, for Myra kept animals
around, and there was a big car'' of
some kind prowling about almost
every night. Sometimes, it was a
panther, and sometimes though more
rarely a tiger. We were never par
ticular which came along if we had
our .303 English rifles handy.
I've noticed in knocking about the
world, that wherever there is mining
going on, there are goats. I anwnot
Czarina than all the diplomacy In the
world.
It has been said that the princess did
not at first attract Ferdinand, that her
cleverness was not the kind to appeal
to him and that he would have pre
ferred an Imposing Intellect like his
mother's Bismarck called her "the
only man In the Orleans family" or a
very subtle one -like his first wife's.
However that may have been, it la
also true that King Ferdinand needed
a mother for his four children, and It
may well have been that Eleanore's
splendid womanly qualities had as
much to do with the marriage as did a
desire to please the Russian Emperor.
And so about five years ago the
Princess Eleanore, then about 48 years
old, went to Sofia as Queen Eleanore.
To understand the difficulties that
awaited the new Queen it must be re
called that Ferdinand, In Spite of his
many admirable qualities and his en
lightened rule, was never popular
with his adopted people . even before
the war.
It is said that Queen Eleanore Is not
loved by Sofia society, but It is certain
that in the hearts of - the people she
has won the title of the best beloved
woman in Bulgaria. C. Powell-Napier
wrote of her:
"The poor and tha wounded soldiers
love her. Sofia society, except those
Just around her, does not. She has
been described as ugly. It Is a libel.
Her nose is rather broad and flat, but
her face is so mobile, her hazel eyes
so full of kindly humor, her soft voice
so full of music , that her one ugly
feature is more than redeemed."
Certainly the poor of Bulgaria and
the thousands of wounded soldiers
who were helped back to life or found
death less terrible because of the min
istrations of the Queen will say in all
sincerity that Eleanore of Bulgaria
has the most beautiful face in the
world.
She had not been In Bulgaria long
before most of her private tortune was
spent in aiding her husband's poorest
subjects. She is 'now said to be often
pressed for funds to carry on her char
ities, but she has the reputation of "al
ways managing somehow." Doubtless
philanthropists are willing to aid one
whose spending is so wise. She IS
credited with a keen sense of humor
and it Is said that she rules her many
charitable Institutions in -a way the
best trained matron might well envy.
"She is never happier than when
relieving distress," . writes Powell
Napier, "and takes good care that her
money is well spent."
The Queen Is a great reader. She Is
especially Interested In English and
American books. It Is said that she
can both tell and enjoy a good story.
King Ferdinand is very fond of pomp
and ceremony, but Queen Eleonore is
reported to have the air of disliking
trying to- explain the fact, merely
stating It . .
We kept a few at the Caledonia,
on account of their usefulness as live
bait.
Our method was simple enough.
About a hundred yards from quarters
there was a big tree, where we had
fixed up a screen of . brushwood, well
up among the. branches. Behind this
screen three or four men could hide,
and we were a lot safer there than
on an elephant.
Beyond $he tree there was a cleared
Personality and Interesting History
display and to prafer a simplicity not
to the liking of her lord. Hor workln
the field hospitals also brought her In
conflict with one of King Ferdinand's
peculiarities. His -fear of infection
amounts to an obsession and when the
Queen was ' engaged in nursing and
after she had returned from the hos
pitals she was by the King's order
placed in what amounted to quaran
tine so far as the royal family was
concerned.
But her labors have been appreciated
by her adopted countrymen. - A fine
tribute to the Queen and an interesting
example of the regard in which she Is
held Is found in an article which ap
peared In L'Echo De Bulgaria, a Sofia
dally, on the Queen's birthday, Febru
ary 22 last. The writer speaks of the
Queen ,as symbollo of peace and pa
tience In a time of much trouble and
adds:
"From the first days of the campaign
in Thrace even until the last battle of
the' second Balkan war her Majesty
Eleonore, of Bulgaria, has not ceased
her efforts to bring aid to the" wound-"
ed. She has from the very first put on
again her nurse's dress and from' Sofia
even to the firing line she has exhibited
exemplary .courage and activity .in In
stalling the field hospitals. f. -J;' -
"In the' midst of the blood-stained
stretchers, by the pillows of the un
fortunate soldiers horribly - torn by
death-dealing shells, in the fetid atmo
sphere of the trains crowded with the
wounded the Queen was at her post,
the first field nurse of the kingdom,
giving encouragement to the other vol
unteer nurses, whose hearts,' brave
thoughthey were, failed sometimes
before the horrors - of this human
butchery.
"This Indefatigable sister of charity
had, so to speak, the gift of ubiquity.
One day you saw her watching over
(he organization of' an immense hos
pital at the military school at Sofia,
Animals Are Able to
THE French possess a curious in
stitution in the form of an in
stitute of zoological psychology, es
tablished on a farm near Paris. This
station comprises meadows and barn
yards, a stretch of forest and a large
pond stocked with fish. Then, too,
there are spacious buildings, including
modern stables, a riding school, stalls
tor isolating animals under' special
observation, an aquarium and a labora
tory. A dovecote Is placed upon the
roof of the main building.
As evidencing the desire of the
French naturalists to study the habits
of living oreatures under natural con
ditions, it may be mentioned that a
complete diving apparatus has been
provided In which observers may de
scend to the bottom of the pond. There
they may remain for hours, until the
fish become accustomed to their
presence, and follow their natural Im
space, -running right down to the
edge of the Jungle, and on this space
we made our- goat frisk and bleat by
pulling his leg with a long cord.
You had to make him act as -naturally
as possible, or the beasts would
have got suspicious and sheered off.
Once a panther, or old stripes, was in
sight, you could trust the" goat to be
as natural as you could wish; and it
was a point of honor with us not to
sacrifice our bait.
It was I who suggested a shoot two
or three sights after the fight. X
the nexfcshe was to be fouharaCPhiMp-''
popolls -where a hospital of the same '
importance was erected under her su
pervision. Some days after she might
be found at Locengrad, at Lulu-Burgas,
at Mustafa-Pasha, at Tchorlou, where
the wounded knew by the tudden re
doubling of the seal of the doctors and
attendants that their sovereign was
there, and soon they saw her passing
down the long lines of beds, examin
ing the dressings of wounds, distribut
ing her kindnesses without distinction
to Bulgar and Turk, and scattering the '
manna of her sweet words of sympathy
which gave new life to the suffering :
unfortunates, already in the shadow of
death's wing.
"When the hospitals were closed an
other task awaited the august sister
of charity.. Thousands of families
driven from their homes by fire and
sword had sought refuge in Bulgaria.
The government had done for these -unfortunates
all in Its power, but a
large number were left to the care of
private charity. The Queen has con
tinued and will continue to practice
her noble apostoleshlp until these
homeless people have found again
homes and work.
"Food, money and clothing seem to
appear out cf the earth at her appeal.
Bulgaria lias been profoundly wounded,
but she has found a beneficent fairy
besldeher pillow, who will never cease
her care until Bulgaria is convalescent.
The most beautiful eulogy that we can
address to her Majesty Queen Eleanors
on her birthday Is to recall her deeds."
The Old Rooster.
Ruth MEnery Stuart!
Ef de hoa'se ol rooster wouldn't crow
so loud
He mought pass for young in the barn
yard crowd;
But he strives so hard and he steps
so spry
That de pullets all winks while he
marches by;
An' he ain't by 'Isself in dat. In dat
An' he ain't by 'Isself in dat.
Detect Unseen Water
pulses in playing and feeding. The
under-water student thus is enabled to
note their habits at first hand.
The other extreme of observation Is
the construction of sheltered platforms
in the branches of trees, where stu
dents sit throughout the night armed
with electric flashlights to watch -the
'doings of owls, bats and nocturnal in
sects. It is reported by a scientist that an
Important conclusion reached by the
students Is that some animals possess a
special sense whereby they can detect
the presence of water even though they
cannot see it. The experiments were
undertaken at the suggestion of an
Australian, who addressed the institu
tion with reference to his experiences
with sheep and cattle when being
driven across country.
In a place whore the presence of
water was wholly unexpected the
Australian noted some curious facts.
thought it might help to clear up the
bad blood. I have blamed myself
many a time since, but something
was bound to happen anyhow.
From the first we had trouble with
the goat. He would persist in mak
ing for the Jungle, and the more we
pulled the more stubborn he got. He
was young or he would have known
better.
As it was. when a big tiger showed
for a second In the moonlight the goat
was between us and it, and we
couldn't do any more monkeying with
the cord, in case we should score him
off. When the brute sprang I was so
startled by the else of him that I
forgot to take aim.
Stanley and Hetherington both
fired, and at least one ball hit the
beast, for he stopped in mid-air, turned,
and landed heavily. Then, before
I could get in a shot In the uncertain
light, he had crawled back into the
Jungle growling and . snarling sav
agely. Bob was excited, and before I had '
an Inkling of bis foolhardy notion he
was down the tree and half-way
across the open space. I shouted at
him, but he paid no heed.
I looked round for Hetherington.
He was already on the ground and
starting after Bob, From the expres
sion on his face as he looked up to
me, Z knew that only one of these two
was likely to come out of the jungle
alive.
If Hetherington could take Bob un
awares. It would be all up with the
surface manager. On the other hand,
if Bob got an inkling of his danger
he might suspect, in the clrcum
-stanoes- there would follow one of
the weirdest stalking duels in history.
- Well, I'm no coward. I saw that I
must avert a tragedy if possible, and .
I" followed the other two, creeping as
silently as a wild thing through the
undergrowth, stopping frequently
with ear on the alert to catch the
sounds that would tell the direction
the others had taken.
It was certainly an awesome game
we were playing in the darkness of
the Jungle there. I knew it would
be useless for either of the men to
shoot unless he got the other in a
clear patch where the moon" shone
through. ..JTor myself. I 'could, only
warn Bob if I met up with him, 'or
dissuade Hetherington from his pur
pose,, if I got the chance to tackle
him. And then there was, the tiger,
which I had almost forgotten.
The silence of the jungle was op
pressive but pregnant with hidden
dangers. Every live thing- seemed to
have been scared away. Not so much
as the sound of a snapping twig came
to my ear, and I called the others
first one, then the other, by name, but
received no reply.
Suddenly a single shot rang out, fol
DECIDES-!
SfMttm0mW '. w?z
The loading animals suddenly would
lift their heads and draw long breaths,
Then they would abandon the beaten
lowed by an ' angry snarling and a
scream of mortal terror then a sec
ond shot.
I dashed forward In the direction of
the sounds, and in a few moments burst
through the underbrush Into an open
space, rifle In hand.. Boh Stanley's
shot the second I had heard had
killed the tiger, and under his ugly
carcass we found Hetherington, his
clothing torn to shreds and his chest
and shoulders horribly mauled, but stlil
living, though unconscious.
There was a queer look In Bob's eyes
as he turned toward me, but his first
words were, "Let's get him out as quick
as we. can, Mac."
We carried him between us up to the
superintendent's quarters.
Walter was away at the time, but
that was. where a white man was al
ways taken If he was hurt.
When we got Hetherington on a camp
stretcher we did what we could for
him. There wasn't a doctor within a
hundred miles, and we knew he would
never have any use for one, anyway.
Mining men have to know a bit about
everything, surgery included, and, as
I have said, we did what we could.
When we ha-4 finished. Bob turned to
me.
"Qo and talk to Myra, Mac," he
said. -
He had: kept her away from the first.
It was best for her not to see Hether
ington till we had him bandaged Into
something like a man. Bob was shy
of going near her now. for he didn't
know exactly where he stood; so I left
him to watch over the wounded man
and stepped Into the adjoining room
where the girl was waiting.
Naturally, she wanted to know all.
about it, and I told her everything
except that Hetherington had gone into
the Jungle after Sob Stanley with mur
derous intent. She cried some! but. '
being a girl of spirit, that didn't last
long.
She was talking quietly when, both
at once, we Jumped to our feet, for
there was' the queerest noise In the.
next room. The door was flung open,
and Bob staggered out.
"Ood he snarls Just like like a
tlgerl" he groaned.
He was unnerved and shaky, but he
forced , himself to go back into the
room, with me, and -then I understood.'
As 'Stanley-' approached the dying man.
Hetherington growled and snarled.
Just as Bob had said like a tiger; and
he gnashed at Bob's hand when he tried
to quiet him.
Fortunately we had htm strapped
down on account of his wounds, and he
was weak from the loss of blood, or
heaven knows what might have hap
pened. I could see that Bob irritated . the
man, and I pushed him out of the room.
At the same time Myra forced her way
In, Z tried to stop, her, but her spirit
tracks and start running through the
brush. Sometimes they would run for
a mile and a half to two miles, and
was up, and she brushed by me de
fiantly, went over to the stretcher, and
stroked HeUierington'a head.
For a second or two I was scared
for her;, but Hetherington's snarling
stopped immediately. Then he purred
purred Uke a great cat!
The girl waved me away, and I was
almost glad to go. I found Bob at the
door, with the perspiration running
off his face, and the muzzle of his re
volves pressed to the crack at the
hinge side of the door by way of pre
caution in case the man's, mood should
change, "r
Myra stayed in the room, and Bob
at the door, for an hour. Then the end
came.
At last the girl came out. and she
was pretty well all In with the strain.
Bob was standing with hta arms folded,
not knowing what to do: but she stag
gered straight toward him, and he had
to put out his arms to save her from
falling.
"Oh, Bob, It's terrible" she solebed;
"and and it might have been you!"
I saw a great relief pass over- his
strong features, and his arms tight
ened round her. - Then a new trouble
showed in his eyes.
"Mac," he said solemnly, and almost
with reverence, "Hetherington followed
me to save my life.
I looked at him, and knew what he
meant.
"Yes; poor old Hetherington!" Z mum.
bled.
What else could I say, when the man
was dead?
When Bob had persuaded Myra to
Morpheus Sometimes
DID you ever follow 'black sheep
through the gate that leads into
the land of Nod?
, Lord Rosebery is doing It that Is,
counting black sheep that pass one by
one through a gate, changing hia bed
room and' taking motor car drives be
fore bedtime in an effort to chase In
somnia through the window, over the
hills and far away.
"Insomnia Is one of the penalties
of the Increasing strain which modern
life throws on the .brain," says one
physician, commenting on thls. "The
man who works -with his muscles and
lives .in the open air Is rarely a victims-
of sleeplessness.
"An excellent plan for Inducing sleep
Is to take a brisk half hour's walk be
fore bedtime, followed by a hot bath
and a rubdown; then a cup of warm
fllk and a biscuit or two as one gets
into bed.- If, In addition, the mind be
focussed on some pleasant but not ex
citing topic, a night's rest is assured
to all but the most chronic sufferer.
"Now, how la a man who is wonder
ing how he can raise $1000 by tomor
row," says Dr. Graeme Hammond, "go
ing tofocus his mind on some pleasant
out not exciting toplo and thereby sink
to sleep?. He might count black sheep
or think of picnics, but it vouldn't
drive the $1000 out of hia mind and.
could not be stopped by the drivers,
their course Invariably leading to a
pond or spring hitherto unknown
go oft to bed we went to our own
quarters, and I dressed the superficial
wound where Hetherington's bullet had
merely grazed his side. That explained
the first shot I had heard in the Jungle.
"That tiger sprang about the right
second." said I grimly.
tCopyrlght, the Frank A Munsey Co.)
The Kxtinct American Romance.
Vale Review.
While these local fields were still be
ing enthusiastically worked, we had
our romantlo historical revival of the
'SOs. Janice Merediths and Richard
Carvels were circulated by the ton. not
to mention the purely imitative output
of machine-made American historical
novels. They were our recognition of
the pseudo-romantic wave started by
Stevenson. The preceding generation
of school children got their history
from the story books. Then suddenly
as w turned into the new century, the
demand for this sort of Imaginative
solace stopped. Authors who had sold
hundreds of thousands of these can
died products could not Bell 0.000.
Why was this? The distressed publish
ers have never been able to account
satisfactorily for the sudden cessation
in the demand for such books and have
been seeking hither and yon for "a
new line of goods" that shall have the
same popular appeal. What happened
to the American reading public? Had
they become sufficiently educated to
go direct to the history books for their
history, and to "foreign-made litera
ture" for Imaginative realisation? It
would surely seem so. If we consider
the steady Increase in the number and
the sales of so-called serious books, and
the broadening demand for the novels
and plays and poems of contemporary
European writers.
Proves a Fickle Jade
It wouldn't put him to sleep. He might
walk until he was dead tired, but tbat
would only be adding physical fatigue
to the mental fatigue that keeps him
awake.
"It Is mental streae, worry and re
sponsibility that produce insomnia.
This mental stress causes auto-intoxication;
It generates a poison thit Irri
tates the brain centers and keeps the
person awake. Insomnia is ;ut as
prevalent among outdoor workers as
among those of sedentary habits.
"Counting black sheep or tie other
so-called tricks to get sleep may be
all right for a single night n cases
whei-e a passing vexation keps one
awake. They may take the fufferer's
mind off the unpleasant topic and al
low him to fall asleep. Taklrg a brisk
walk or inducing physical latlgue is
good when no worry la prestnt to fa
tigue the brain and product auto-Intoxication.
"But In persistent lncomnia that has
lasted for several weeks or even for
several days these things are of no
avail. Opiates and hypn.tlcs sleep
producers are no good because . they
do not cure.
"The only thing to do li to admin
ister medicines that will relieve the
irritability of the brain nd then to
take away the worry or tie care that
causes this irritability.'