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Show BERTHA KRUPGUNMAKER sfl? fV VVV m -ill U Is a strange thing that in the great European war one Bide personifies personi-fies its destroying force as a charming young woman and the other as a venerable ven-erable old gentleman. It is "Bertha Krupp" who fights for the Germans and "Papa Creusot" who fights for 'the French. The German Ger-man soldiers often say "Bertha is talking talk-ing again" when they hear the shriek of the terrible Krupp guns and the French soldiers say "Papa Creusot is giving the Germans a lesson." Of course, everybody knows that Bertha Krupp is the principal heiress of the great Krupp gun works at Essen, Es-sen, probably the greatest establishment establish-ment of its kind in the world. The name "Papa Creusot" is really taken from the place Le Creusot where the French guns are made. The Baroness Bertha Krupp von Bohlen, or, as she will always be' known, Bertha Krupp, is unassuming. charitable and beloved by all those who have the fortune to know her. Bertha is one of two sisters, the only: children of the late Alfred Krupp, the gunmaker of Essen. Because of the fact that the kaiser, recognizing the gunmaker was an important factor in the empire, acted as godfather to Bertha, she has received more attention and is better known than her sister. The young matron is noted for the charities that she supports with her immense fortune. |