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Show A Luncheon With den. StoeaifilMl An orderly opened the doors ln(o ,. Kfl ndjo nlng room and announced ,lb4 Mil luncheon wns ready. Clon. Stoci 1 R us to Join him at table. In thn . W'M i W room we found the General's wife .' t Iff -i young lady whom I took to bo h ,u?,4.1 ML tor. They were vory simply dreaH Kr morning gowns of brown nnd blarv Sf ton. Introducing ouraolves after th t?4- slan fashion we all sat down at th?a'-! E table, ono ond of which had been , 1 J L us. I found myself placed beWrn li: ; IP General nnd the younger lady Shi. as well ns Madame Stopssel sroft &il Russian. It was a frugal meal in nfi71 KM slan style, with the usual accompxnlrn!; Wi of vodka, wlno nnd ten. Hearing - W) liked kvas, tho refreshing Russian Wl ; v agc modo of fermenttd bread. MiS,l ' T Stocssel ordered a foaming pitcher nn? which the General and I divided I beilU1 feus. fe-us. In vlow of what wo had heard nr Jv31 t dearth of fresh food at Port Arthur r ' & pressed my surprise at finding a f, , bocksteak Got before us. At thli oT7 tc Stocssel and the othorB laughed htartrir i - I It was explained to me that what I h,v ni taken for beof:Ueak wan reallv horao i HI The entrance of a white-haired ollW f&LL very brisk, but deaf as a poat, broutvi BT general nnlmatlon. He turned out to 2 WS Gen. Baloshoff, chief of the Red CroJi Er hospitals nnd a hero of the Turklah-Rni: W fllnn war- Tho grizzly old warrior W his cross of St. George danRllng from hl W collar, gallantly kissed the hands of pii Eg ladles, and, sitting down now In one bm Eti and now In another, addressed my nvJ Kkf In French nnd me In German, whlle" 6?;, helped himself from any dish that cimi' Is?, handy. Throughout tho moal we co-jiij hear the dull booming of the big I from the rampnrts anfl outside Edb K Emerson, Jr., In Harper's Weekly. p |