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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1915)
I The Omaha Sunday Bee I I Ma? AmericoMo. 171 r 'read Line" MIagazi wealthy 7 KsT SJBw SBW i s BUBw SBhk i ; ' ' ' ' I N .-- - . - . . 7 . : K The Countess , Schonborn- .v Buchheim. of Vienna, 1 Formerly Mrs. Dandridge Spots wood, of Virginia, Once Called the Most Perfect Blonde ' Beauty in American Society. , AMERICAN girls, possessors of mill ions and resred In svery eoncelrable luxury are "standlnf in ths bread line." This Is one of the oddest consequences of the great war, which has upset all social order and all the normal conditions of life. . Nesrly all the American' girls who have married German and Austrian noblemen are now ' suffering from the shortage of food and especially the lack of bread. which the war has caused in their adopted countries. Among these women are representatives of the richest and most fashionable families at America. There Is, for Instance, the Countess Leszlo Sxechenyi, who was for merly Miss Gladys Vanderbilt. daughter of Cornelius Vanderbllt, of New York. She Is probably the richest American heiress who has ever married a foreign nobleman. Her husband is a leading nobleman of Hungary and a subject of the Emperor of Austria, whose dominions are suffering more severely than eny other country in the war. According to last reports the Countess Sxechenyi was on her husband's estates at Oermessoe, In Hungary. Communica tion between her end her American friends has been infrequent and it is only reasonable to believe that the region where she is living is terribly disorganized. Hungary is the portion of the Austrian monarchy Which now seems in most dan ger of a Russian invasion, especially as it borders on Roumanla, whose people are expected to combine with the Russians and attack Hungary. All the men from the Counteas's estate ' snd the surrounding country have been summoned to the army, the oldest classes of the reserves having been called out It is Impossible to get ordinary work done and supplies of food and all kinds of necessities are lacking. One report cabled indirectly from Hun gary stated that the Countess was suffer ing from smallpox. This came with some other details concerning the condition of Hungary, the spread of sickness owing to the lack-of sanitation, proper food and' medical supplies. The Vanderbllt family positively denied the statement about the Countess's illness, but the other facts concerning the rhortage of food and the disorganization of society in Hungary ere apparently correct. It is. of course. Impossible to say Just how much each of these American women is suffering from privation, but we know officially that even the Kaiser's own family is on short rations and that the richest people in Berlin are compelled to satlafy themselves with the four end a quarter pounds of bread per week allowed by law. The Kaiser's wife and family could, of course, have all the food they wished but they are setting an example of economy la order to reconcile all classes of the country to the privations which have teen enforced upon them. ' I .The dispatches bave described how. the Kaiser'a family were living in war times. The dinner consists of a thin soup, a slice or meat or nsn, two vegetables and some tewei rru!t. Only war bread, which must contain not less than on-third potato flour and nm more than one-third wheat Is put on the palace table. Some corres pondents have described this bread as one The Former Miss Elizabeth Reid Rogers, Who Married Prince Christian of Hesse, a Mem ber of a German Royal Family. of the horrors of war, but the Kaiser Is said to have eaten it with much gusto and exclaimed: "That Is the stuff to make us fight l It Is well known that the -Kaiser, was very fond of rich game soups and these used to be served with nearly every din ner at the palace before the war. Since the shortage of food began they have been replaced by thin, watery vegetable soups on the Imperial table. Onjy on the rare occasions when the Kaiser haa made a hasty visit to his family from the trenches have his favorite thick soups been served, in order to stamp the dinner as a great festivity. Although the making and distribution of bread bare been strictly regulated by the Government, it appears that in some places rich people have been' able to purchaso whet flour for the making of cakes and pastry. This has aroused great indigna tion among people who were unable to afford the luxury or believe In atlcklng to war-bread for patriotic reasons. An American titled woman living In Berlin was the object of a hostile demon stration because she gratified her natural taste tor pastry too liberally. The conduct of those who eat cake and pastry has been scarified In a popular Ger man so n f entitled The German Soldier's Cake Bong." A battle-scarred soldier la ' supposed to sing the verses. Here is one of (hem: "Coder the enemy's shot and ahell I lie, "I suffer. I bleed, I starve, I die "And you!- you eat cake!" This song is said to have achieved V nopuiraity only second to that of ErneM Lissauer'a celebrated "Hate-Song agaiitt Emland." . Evidently the upper classes are expect ed by the Government and the rest of the Vahderbilt, IselinandOfher Heiresses and Potato Ti ckeis hytho Government Countess Terdinand Collorffdo Manrctdd.formely'Nora helin of tiVWell KnovnNewYork Millionaire Family. I ... V i S -;n ..- , J. ' i V U If V - . XS The Great American Heiress in Hungary, the Countess Laszlo Szechenyi, Formerly Gladys Vanderbilt. country to economise In the use of all food. This applies to the American wives of the aristocracy as much as to the native noblewomen. A few months ago Miss Elizabeth Retd Rogers, a very handsome and talented Washington girl married Prince Christian of Hesse, w ho Is a member of a reigning family and a nephew of the German Em press, The marriage was regarded with great interest because she is the only American girl married to a member of a ruling house. Now the poor bride, with all her rank and envied position, must eat the horrid war bread snd repress her natural Inclina- rVn.yrUht. Jrijj. hy )h Pfijr Cpmpi GivenBread v it : ' r - tions for cake and pastry. Her husband la in the navy and her position must be a very anxious and trying one. Another prominent American woman of the younger generation now prominent in German society is the Countess Seherr Tboss. who was MUi Muriel Whtte, daughter of Henry White the former American Ambassador to France. Her husband is an officer of the cavalry of the Kaiser'a bodyguard and is now on active service. Of course, ahe Is expected to con form to the laws and patriotic aentlments regarding food consumption- Countess Anton Sigray. who Is married to a prominent subject of the Emperor of ay. Orest Britain Rights Reserved V:!; ' - Six x '': 1 - V - ' 1 I - ' ; : j f Y 1 - . 1 ' ? v t w Countess Anton Sigray of Hungary, Formerly Miss Harriot Daly, Daughter of Marcus Daly, the Western Mining Magnate. Austria, we.9 Miss Harriot Daly, daugh ter of Marcus Daly, the Western mining magnate. The Countess's sister is Mrs. James W. Gerard, wife of the American Ambassador at Berlin. It is a curious fact that Mrs. Gerard, as an Ambassador's wife, la entitled to buy all the bread -she likes, while her sister Is expected to content herself with the allowance of war bread permitted in Austria. It la dreadful to think of the dainty Countess Ferdinand Colloredo-Mannateld being subjected to the horrors of war diet. She was Miss Nora Iselln, daughter of C. Oliver Iselln, of New York, the millionaire yachtsman who has helped to build most, of the America's cup defenders. Of course, she was brought up in the lux urious manner to which the most favored daughters of New York are accustomed She is now a subject of the distracted N Austrian Emperor. Many people will feel more distressed about the fate of the beautiful Countess Schonborn-Uuchhelm than of any other American woman in the Germanic coun tries. She was formerly Mrs. Dandridge Spotswood, of Virginia, and was frequent- Why "Open Winters" Are V XF va.w vusr J V Ual UC7U m TV lUVCl WlkU W very little snow on the ground, such as the Winter Just passed, the land under cultivation Buffers through lack of proper enrichment, according to the authority of agricultural experts. When the snow covers the ground it preserves vegetable life without developing K. Snow la only a third as powerful as rain as a conductor of heat, and for this reason when snow covers the ground it prevents the heat of the earth from escaping three times aa much rain would do. Even when thing are growing, especially grains, they can stand a much greater Countess Kalman de Czaky, a Brilliant American Woman Whose Hftand Is a First Cousin of GlaiA Vander bilt's Hubtnd. w ly referred to as the mosttqulslte blonds beauty In American societi The luxuries of life must seem necessity to such a . dainty creature. Her home in Vienna. The Countess Kalman dejzaky is an American woman married to Hungarian nobleman who is a first 6i4n of Count Laszlo Szechenyi, . Glady Vanderbllt' s husbanS. The Countess CV was Mrs. Maud Howard Bryan, a we&ty and at. tractive widow from Portlan",Ore. An even more cruel ordaithan any wihlch has yet afflicted tfea spoiled darlings of American BocIeymay yet await them in Germany. ItViiald that the supply of sugar is likely ie seized by the Government and that tti drls w111 not be able to get any candy. mat Is of vital Importance to the array, Vlt is a great heat and energy producin: od. Just how severe la the fatlu t food In the two Germanic empires laatter of some uncertainty and of great lrest to the outside world. Even the dtlsh Government, which Is seeking to &rv the Germans out Is believed to be Cer tain about the conditions in the en9y'a territory I It is, therefore, very interesting b tad this passage from a recent article bj xy mllian Harden, the foremost editor fer lln, in which he deals with the food tlv lem In Germany: "Our foes," he writes, "In East ia West are drunk with Joy 'In Germ,y the food stuffs have been placed unr Government control, that is the beginng of the end.' We reply, Tt is the end of, beginning of which we at home diss proved mightily, it means divesting ott selves of all shamk, whose reign could ft continue without woeful harm.' "Do our enemies rejoice that we hai taken this step? They may rest assure we have desired It for a long, long time Government supervision of supplies is i necessity. It cannot be sufficiently eever where the merest possibility of eventual dearth exists. We do not complain be cause every man, woman and child Is meted out an Iron portion of provisions, f meat, eggs, butter, bread. No one knovs 1 how long the war may continue. And the! fear of starvation must not be allowed to curtail the war by the fraction of a day. ( That Is the business of those that rule 1 It' is their duty to see that the national larder remains replete." I These are the words of a patriotic Jour-' , nalUt trying to make the best of things. They prove that conditions must ,be mighty i uncomfortable and that worse may yet be 1 In store for those American girls who ! once lived on the choicest produce of the ' earth. "An iron portion of provisions" for Mrs. Vanderbilt's daughter must seem pretty hard. Not Good for Agriculture i. drop in temperature if a little snow falls first than they can If there Is no snow. Wheat planted In the Fall will go through aero weather if the ground is well covered wKh snow, but an open Winter with low temperatures alternating with rain Instead of snow will do great damage to it. Rain enriches the soil, it Is true, hringi Ing to the ground azote in the form of ammonia or nitric acid, but anow eniichee the soil In a much greater proportion. An inch of rain water contains much less fertilizing material than an inch of watei of water caused by melting snow, and sc the wise farmer generally increases the amount of fertilizer he uses In the Spring when it has been an open Winter