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I 7 KRAINH, the p it of Russia
j which has set up tin indepen
I J dent government and made a
.separate peace with the e n
trai powers, is a country rich in natur
al resources that need only systematic
development.
Ukraine covers 800,000 square kilo
meters, an area greater than that of
France and only a little? less tiian that
of Italy, Spain and Portugal together,
George Itaffalovich, a Ukrainian by
birth and an authoritative historian,
writes in the New York Sun.
Taking the figures usually given by
European writers of repute, there are
today 29,000,000 Ukrainians in the
southwestern provinces of Russia, be
tween 1.000,000 and 2,000,000 in Si
beria, where they have, especially In
the Amur region, extensive settle
ments; 3,000,000 In Eastern Galicia,
40,000 in northern Bukowina, and per
haps 500.000 in northern Hungary on
the southern slopes of the Carpathian
mountains.
The bulk of the Ukrainians consists,
therefore, of those in Ukrainian Itus
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Views of Kharkov and Ekaterinoslav.
sla, in Galicia and in Bukowina, for
they inhabit the compact territory
which is only artificially—or shall we
say politically?—divided between Rus
sia, Austria and Hungary. Leaving out
the Rusniaks, or Ukrainians of Hun
gary, w ho express no desire to work
politically with the other members of
their nation, and who insist, even in
America, upon societies of their own,
we have a population of over 33,000.000
stretched between the Caucasus, the
Black sea, the Carpathian mountains
and the San river.
The Ukrainian Governments.
The purely Ukrainian governments
of Russia are:
1. Ukraine of the right bank (of the
Dnieper), Podolia, Volhynia, Kief and
Kholm.
2. Ukraine of the left bank (of the
Dnieper), Tchernihov, Poltava, Khar
kov', southwest Khursk, Voronezh and
the region of the Don Cossacks to the
Sea of Azov.
3. On both sides of the Dnieper lies
the Steppe Ukraine, comprising Ekate
rinoslav, Kherson and the eastern
parts of Bessarabia and Tauris.
4. North Caucasus, adjacent to the
region of the Don Cossacks, compris»
region of the Don Cossacks, compris»
tural production. Wheat, barley and
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Farm in Ukraine.
Farm
ng Kuban and the eastern parts of
he Stavropolskoi and Therska govern
uents.
In all these districts the Ukrainians
orm from 70 to 99 per cent of the
otal population, the rest being Jews,
>olos and, lastly, Russians.
The Rurik dynasty founded Ukraine.
Then it disappeared, as all monarchies
mist, the next organization that kept
ho Ukraine lands together was the re
public of the Cossacks, whose domain
verlapped Lithuania and Poland, who
coupled much of the Ukraine soil.
The Cossacks were organized sonie
liing on the lines of the chivalry of
-estern Europe. Their precepts were
ibcdience, piety, chastity and equal
ly.
The assembly was the only authority
hey recognized. The hetman (hoad
aai:) was elected by and was respou
sible to the assembly for his actions.
If he offended he was incontinently de
prived of his ofiice.
The assembly, called rada, was pe
riodica! and comprised representatives
of all classes of the community, who
often criticized freely the policy of tile
hetman. In the interval between radas
the hetman ruled the country by a se
ries of decrees. When any section of
the Ukrainian community was dissatis
fied with the person or the policy of
the hetman it was entith i to call to
gether a rada, which in such cases w as
called a black rada. If the black rada
happened to be representative enough,
and the complaint met with the ap
proval of the majority, the hetman
might be compelled to resign.
While the Muscovites lived under an
absolute monarchy, while the Poles
were ruled by a haughty and exclusive
aristocracy, in Ukraine all were free un
der the Lithuanian kings, and repub
lican institutions were gradually tak
ing root. Many people would leave
the surrounding country and go to set
tle in Ukraine. Such names preserved
in the Ukraine as O'Brien and
O'Rourke tend to prove that people
came from much farther to settle in
the happy land.
Great Cereal Country.
The famous black soil of Ukraine
covers three-quarters of the country.
To the north as well as in the Carpa
thian mountains are some 110,000
square kilometers of forest. The agri
cultural soil covers 53 per cent of the
aggregate territory of Ukraine and 32
per cent, if we take in the whole of
European Russia, which is, however,
six times greater than Ukraine itself.
The annual production of cereals ir
Ukraine is two-thirds of the whole pro
duction in the recent Russian empire
It is greater than that of Germany or
France. The exportation of grains
from Ukraine amounts to 27 per cent
of the production, and of all the wheat
exported from Russia nine-tenths
comes lroin Ukrainian lands. As a
matter of fact, the trade of Ukraine is
more developed than that of any part
of all Russia.
Ukraine ranks highest among all the
countries that compose the vast Rus
sian empire as to the annual agricul
tural production. Wheat, barley and
rye are the staple crops ef Russian ag>
riculture, and the annual production In
Ukraine of these grains amounts to
one-tlilrd of Russia's output. As to
other farm products, Ukraine's position
is also conspicuous.
Beet root, for instance, is especially
cultivated in the Ukrainian provinces
of Podolia, Volhynia, Kieff and Kher
son ; those provinces together yield
live-sixths of the sugar beet produc
tion of all Russia. Ukraine produces
almost all the tobacco of the old em
pire, and she has the largest and finest
orchards and vineyards of Russia.
The immense natural resources of
Ukraine furnish splendid opportunity
for the development of manufacturing
industries. As a matter of fact, f>2 per
cent of Russia's annual production of
pig iron and 5S per cent of' Russia's
production of steel come from Ukraine.
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The Birthday
Party
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Dy SUSAN CLAGETT
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on of delight. 19.1 i r 1 i li b
his head, a smile open his
need :ii his desk piled high
h.-ituted. turned toward
a. paused again, then uj
oss tile room, threw up the
I b :i eut.
1 At the moment no one was in -
! tli ti. amid a gale
•aille from the el
rushing wit 1 1 the tie. in
down the steeply sloping lav
Counted as the s]ed passed. "W
on earth did the youngster get '
ull," he Wondered, llis g :l /.c fo!'o
the ehildi'en out of sight then
back to a woman standing near
I steps leading up to tile bouse,
j She did not turn her head and. g
j ih" opportunity, im wat.-hed lier i
I Pudly noting the wind l.;->wn U;
I the brilliant coler of the half
was strind:. too. by the p
of liis sister's friend w
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era! Week's. Absorbed in hi
had scareely noticed her !..
shown her only sindi courte
dite her as a house guest, m
lie had giv
he watHicd
siie had bet
turned. As
11 this no hei
her. lie idly
n away and
the thought
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tiered if
had
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■ to hint
and into
she ran quickly up tli
the hall.
An hour later a very tire.l little hov
crept into his nude's arms to tell of
iiis wonderful afternoon.
"You know, it's my birthday, an'
Muvver gave me a party an' told me
I could go out into tile 'byways and
hedges' an' gather 'em in. I didn't
knmv just what she meant. Uncle Blair
tin' I didn't see no hedg.-s an' no by
ways. but I went out on the street an'
found .Timmy who soils papers an'
blacks shoes. lie's great—and .Timmy
told me 'bout the apple boy who lives
way off from here, an' we went for
him an' he told me of Bo!.by Burns,
lie has only one leg, but that didn't
make any difference 'cause his . ruteh
walks as fast as the good leg. An'
coining hack we met the hut.-hers
boy. and I asked him as nice as I
could an' when we got hack Tim was
here an' cook's boy and girl."
The man laughed. "I hope your
mother had enough to cat."
"It was just beautiful. There was
ice créa in hearts an' cakes an' snn'
wiehes an' Ellen told ns stories about
Sr. Valentine, 'cause I'm a Valentine
baby. Did you know that, uncle
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baby. Did you know that, uncle
Blair?"
Blair the elder drew the boy close.
"Surely, the most wonderful valentine
I ever heard of. But who is 'Ellen?'"
The boy looked surprised. "Why.
you see her every day."
"I do? Then perhaps I don't know
her by that name. But It sounds
familiar." ITe thought for a moment,
diving back into old memories. "I had
a little sweetheart by that name. She
was just about as big as you and she
sent me a valentine every year until
after I went to college. I have one of
them in the back of my watch where
I can look at it now and then." He
pulled out bis watch, opened it and
gazed at the picture within with a
reminiscent smile. "That was the
lasr one she spnt me and I never heard
from her again. I am always looking
for her and sometime I hope I will
find her."
The youngster looked at the draw
ing with interest. "Ellen's watch lam
one. too." he said. "A big boy gave
it to her when she was a little girl
Isn't it funny both of you've got pic
tures, only licrs is lots prettier. Two
little birds, she calls them htvc birds
kissing each ot^er--!ofs prettier than
with
-to
running
closed with a snap and a
interest crept into the
those hearts
through 'em.
'I lie watch
look of keel
man's eyes.
"I must make the acquaintance of
this wonderful lady who tells stories
and carries love birds about with her
Where can we fyid her?"
Blair looked at his uncle in aston
ish, ment. "Don't y.m really, truly
know her? file's been here a long
time. She did go away hut eatne hack
yesterday, an' she's been slidin' down
hill all inornin'. You're jokin' Uncle
Blair."
"Do you mean Miss Fairbanks? Is
she 'Ellen?'"
Blair junior nodded. "An' now I
must go an' it certainly is nice to have
birthday parties." Slipping from he
uncle's knees the hoy 'marched from
the room leaving the man in a brown
study from which he did not emerge
until aroused by the opening of tin
library door.
The girl paused as she was about to
■liter, then came into the room. Even
hen she seemed to hesitate, be
'bought, and watched her intently n
-he approached, searching for sonn
resemblance between this woman of
traceful hearing and the awkward bin
'ovnble child who had grown into iti
heart when a youth. He offered hi
iis chair and himself stood before tli
-1 wvlng fire.
lie was unconscious of th > inten
mss of liis guz»' as !. ■ searched h
and as she did n> i
: speak at on.
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id abruptly:
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v r,i phew has ns:
de of my •
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of i. rmories !
Tss t'"!i-t; :
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,s t. v -h pi
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;i trifle from jour left oar.
can to be rude, but 1 warn
you, as your name is un
! lost a very dear friend
I have looked for her but
found her. Today Blair
may have boon in my
weeks I last."
he depths of her chair she
Then» was a little
ps as she replied :
• •• effaced the scar,
it is that you have
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if there is no trace
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vays been afraid 1
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'b-fig ir. .! \ .in f.,r
life. But without
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know that >">>u are
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changed?"
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d of ill" duckling
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d as bad as that.
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Tii'-niinii it I recall
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■ 'duckling.' " She
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i i . ; would tnk
■ you to remember
n. ' rn 1 ■-. i .: ! • i,i
"f. d t lie room I bad
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it when I despaired
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of T.I, Mr.
Henderson. I must
;
liai '• made of ; un
life a burden. Bovs
do no! al;v:i;s car.
■ for adoration, and
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I ad >1 b you."
"it d-\ iojies et
livalrj Hi the rich)
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i- answered thought
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fully, as la war *
died her. "I have
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ufi.*:: V. und: Ted v. 1
i.at became of you;
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ave dropped so uf
• T, ir. *•::* my
life. 1 was hew il
1 had
ador.at ion
i that' ir i..-,
! ;• ! to adjust myself to
! the older ::
• • i; ;;■!•■ of those about me.
i You bid g:
■ ui into the verv fibres of
j mv being.
The duckling was lovable.
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r and i missed the care I
; to..'; ..f her.
although the scars did not
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itt st t.i', ! wanted to die when I
iaw you Ring in the snow with the
deed running down your face."
II.» smile ! at the remembrance. "No
>n.■ - ■ 'ii"d i know where your father
rant aft.-r jour mother's death. But
made a covenant with myself; to
in! ; ou. I never thought of you as
Toivn up. It was always as my little
weetki-.i:;, which of course was fool
si; "
• \V! -, of course," she asked sedate
y. "I >.»!:'? you think a child can re
nin a memory?" She unpinned the
.'atoh hanging upon her breast, open
.1 it and la id it so that he could see
wo litt!" birds drawn upon a scrap of
>np t.
"I can match that." He snapped liis
iwn open .showing two hearts pierced
eg a dart. "Bur there was something
■lse." He was showing more of ear
lestness than the occasion seemed to
ffimand.
Tin girl colored. "I have forgotten."
"Your pardon, hut I think not."
She still held tier watch, hut as he
;p>. ,e it fell from her fingers. Sonie
j thing bright rolled away from it and
I a slip of paper fell so that a line of
i writing was visible.
Blair Henderson stooped, bis color
I rising as lie picked up the trifles,
j "Why did you say that you had fnr
! gotten?" he asked. "Did you believe
j the boy could know what he wanted
and not desire it as a man?" He
looked at the tiny ring set with tur
quoise forget-me-nots; the scrap of
paper upon which was written 'to my
wife.' "Was that the reason?"
"Why should I remember anything
when for four weeks I have been a
guest in your home and you did not
recognize me?"
"That is over and done with. I
know you now, although I yet do not
understand your change of name. An
jou going to play with me or will you
be honest and give me the chance to
show you the man is as earnest as the
boy once was?"
"I think. Blair, the difference be
tween the man and the boy is only a
matter of years. He seems about the
same to me."
"And the girl? Has she changed?"
"When her father died she was
adopted by a very dear aunt and took
her name. The j'cars made a great
difference in appearance, hut other
wise she did nor alter. Old memories
\ ere too precious to part with and she
-ill! clings to them. I cannot play
villi you, Blair. I am happy in the
'bought that boy and man are of flic
same mind, and if the little ring was
not so small ! would be wearing it
now."
"That is a fault easily remedied." be
■eturneil. as im drew her to him. "You
must let me have the measure of your
ai'.
*r.
Why the Blue Heron Ms Funny.
Did you ever watch a great him
heron fishing? Knee deep he stands
n some pool, stream or bay, and no
marble statue lias anything on him for
being immovable, says the PhiladeP
nhia Ledger. Presently some member
if the finny tribe, perhaps a chap out
if class nr the whole school even,
vamlers by beneath the crystal depth
nd—whack I The combination of long
bent neck and dagger bill does a stunt
hat is both funny and effective and
p'lfcrally gets the fish. The entire as
nect is peculiar and hard to describe;
t is much like a miniature and plumed
•lothosrack with a crazy tongs at
achinent. the latter being lengthened
by a released watchspring. You can
•ee it, but merely so; no more than
hit'.
Cross Purposes.
'Brother
e efficacy
"Sure I
Well s.
g that we
lough i(
i s ve; r
Hardesty, you believe ii
of prayer, don't you?''
•me of us have been pra.v
levy he able to raise money
bu':d a new meeting hou-.
on ! now."
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us has been
praj
'ha' •
y tie
aide to trial,
re til
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mor
e year; an'
Mint
,e pi
UreihVr
Keepaiong,
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New Fabrics for New Suito.
a*»
Complain no more, my lady, at the
soaring prices of good wool materials,
but turn your attention to new and
beautiful, sturdy weaves in silk. Man
ufacturers are looking facts in the face
end making substitutes to take the
place of tire dependable wool goods
which have gone heretofore, by the
millious of yards, into tailored suits.
There are heavy, crinkly crepes and
rough, sheer weaves in silk, made for
suits for street and sports wear. Silk
jersey and moire contribute further aid
in the emergency of wool conservation
and no yardage limit compels the de
signer to think twice before indulging
his fancies in these handsome clothes.
Besides, some new weaves ill wool are
rough and open, making handsome fab
rics in which a little yarn goes a great
way. This, used in the yardage limit,
may be worn with a clear conscience.
Silk Jersey has tile support of the
liest talent for suit-making. It is adapt
ed to new fancies that are revealed
among imports this season; as the fad
for placing the fullness in a coat, or
tunic, mostly at the front of the gar
ment, or the liking for bolts that are
o wn
Every Day Coiffures and Others.
Perhaps ii is because huts continue
to he close-fitting and set well down
on tlu* head that the coiffure for every
day remains simple. There appears
to he only one feature that is insisted
upon as a stj-le element of the coif
fures of today and that is, that the
ears are to he covered or nearly cov
ered by the hair. The brow may he
bare, with the hair combed directly
hack, and this Is the rule for youthful
faces, or it may be partially covered,
but no coiffure shows more than the
lobe of the ear.
Loosely weaved hair looks especially
well in these simple styles in hair
dressing, whether the hair is combed
straight hack or shows a shallow part
ing. Sometimes a parting is indicated
at the middle of the forehead where
a small strand of hair is drawn buek
and the remainder pulled a little for
ward over tile brows and ears as shown
In the coiffure to the left of the pic
ture. When a wide parting is more
becoming, as It is to many faces, a
shallow part is placed either to the
right or left of the brow, whichever
is found the more becoming. A part
to the right appears in the other coif
fare pictui
id. Quite
<• :<n th<*
hair
is arranged
in a long
1 >iiiT just :
ibove
the ears ai
id this is
si »road so
as to
partially c<
>ver them
an«l pinn*
■d to
place with
invisible
win* pins.
Tlie
hair over the ears is about all of it that
extended into sashes that tie at the
frenr. Both these peculiarities of the
new siyios appear in tin* suit ot silg
jersey at the left of the picture above.
At the right a spring model in poiret
twill manages to achieve an Ideal
street suit within the prescribed limit
of g .....I- allowed. The plaits that
form the panels in the skirt—one in
the front and one at the hack, are very
shallow. Braid outlines the slit pocket
and the short half-belt, and it serves
for the neat decoration of tile sleeve.
The coat fastens at the waistline with
two buttons. Its collar of white wash
satin is almost. Indispensable this sea
son.
In a suit it sometimes happens that
the coat outwears the skirt. In this
case a new skirt in plaid, to be worn
with the left-over coat, points out one
path to economy, it takes little alter
ing to convert a last year's coat into
this year's style.
Natives of Hawaii make a kind of
twine from tin* inner bark of a tree
that Is related to tin* cotton plant.
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hecoi
will be visible wilii tlie new m
N° su '"h simplicity of styles
hair dressing for formal dre
ning wear. Except where
and simple coiffure is mort
lhan any other, the hair is alway
**d and usually dressed high win
glory is not to lie obscured by a
Puffs ami short curls add their
potent and feminine charm to the
present waves.
j
tnond oil am
linen soaked
you are not s
;
your ankles.
fully and see
' worth the
For Ankle Beauty.
If the flesh of the ankles is
reduced, apply camphorated oil,
lung it in, while the skin is 8o fi
the pores open from a bath,
strong, vigorous strokes. Then
the ankles tightly with a linen tha
been soaked i n oil. This bar
should be drawn as close as
but care must be taken to avoid
ping the em ulation. When the a
are too slender for beauty, after p
the hot foot bath massage their
fae.- gently with « oil liver or sue
d them tightiy
te same solutioi
t* How this method
it the results are u<
Uoru