New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-15
UlPASU MISSION Wohh'
MRS G. II. LEE GIVES AN lNIHf'f'' ''"
ACCOUNT or THE ORPHANATf"
IT WILL BE ONE YEAR OLD NEN1 II fH'N
HUNDRED AND ElGHTY-FiNh GILL
DREN CARED FOH.


IN SUNDAYS issue published the ach"o"'
alignment from Marash, Turkey, OF the re''N'"s -
sIl from Tribune reader for The supper OF '"o
ornbans in tho orohanace Of tina, place. Yesterday
tho last rcror Of the work OF the mission was re-
ceived at The Tribune office and reads as folIo"s'
our first orphanage opened on October - lNb
Ny heart led Win cy a. by yy vho had os f,thcr
mother and sister in the M acre ana VheSt il.nV
cent brother had nearly died in prison o. NPhiS
fever This Was a good bc ginning. for N"ugs r
ditch has since proved himself one OF me ihOSt
promising OF all our children. Thou cane Ola. X
eyed rosy faced little darling. whose cher l a.
light he gazed. t"3 months 1tsr on u, ",'i f.
indelibly stamped on my me'np-y NrNt w. i'U,iN,"
little fellow whose father NOM an1 un,h'lc
were al messacrcd ana thr Llou' ',d
Vahan and his sister were taken 10y MoSi"ms an"
kept for three months IN Iurk. nous r, ,t, i..
frs orphans have become 80 u.di 10 M .l"' IVA
for fear OF worrying you should 60 on IKE ipIH
mother ana des rns 'acn ,o one uore som .l,.trd
and receiy ed and the girls house. also for twenty
II was soor fun These nifty children sup
ported hy German funds. and when ne . nfjitrid
the limit. But the Marasn churches mad yoinn
he ly sf c hnG Then friend m America vo
untecred TO supper, one more. and next two such
f fSoTp S ds no nrn them on Ne them
trusting 20 raise the funds in some way .,.,
we dreamed OF, Post after post has brought us
word Of remtances from the Congr' gauonalls'
YORK: the Armenian Relief society in Switzerland
societies in Edinburgh. Glasgow ana i'owd9n En-
land tho Bible Lands Missions AID Socr'y AZ n11
priva.c individuals. IT,. work has grown 81 adlIy
and A. this date We hay I'VE arge nous. g., irii ,,
homes I'm Marash. and seventeen more IN Ieitun.
HAD TO TAKE HALF-ORPHANs
For time kept strictly TO the rule OF tax
inr no half -or phans. but lately We have admitted
children who's. fathers were killed but who.e
mothers are living Women were generally spared
in the massa OF this region. In places where
they were killed IN the Furnuz massacre, ma"
children were likewise killed In some 81 the W
lagos il Is said that the f,wncss Of tho children -
very noticeabi, Many died after the massacre,
Of cold. hunger. fright and disease Ih'rr are
hundreds Of widows families in Mar sh. Zciiun
and the villages who would perish OF starvation
bu, for tho relief given hem by us ana !: Scens
right TO take in such chdrer a. oi!h9ihir N.t,SS
a time when We refused 10 tax cnlHrrn Hlln
mothers these poor widows would eXci'' 1n 5icN,
much better 70: our chIdfrn haI W '" P ,',,
Thon you would have Yited iherl' NV n.cauSe
we were not killed they mus; live In mn y
Tho village children have. almost ,%ithout 'E-
ccption come to rs In condition OF orr ana rag
fo!c The cold Of winter had lasSed IA On "nSI ~
lujoy nothing but a cotton shiri, Nh'n We .I2rkk
10 realize that they IT." same ones WHO came
to Us il NTH and misery As one tyPical group %,
81 our orphans was heard 10 remark 20 another:
Just think that We looked Ike mem onc,e. ,o,u
mo schools closed for The summer vacation. We
have now secured teacher for each houss. W yf,
through the summer. 50 that AZ lrasi Nny WI mot
iessor. In sewing every day: we wish TO make good
ncecl~worcon OF them. al the boys over ten years
81 axe are making bc0nniTg in learning iihdcs'
Would that We had separate Industrial d'lar'II
mont for them, me best we can 90 IS 10 ~'hI
th.-1 biz fwos or ihTccs the most reliable tlad' s.,
mon In the city with -" hope hat SOM thirs WI!
he learned this first summer. The boys so on 10
tho shops in inodia'cy after breakfast. "nd return
ct I D. m. very gratifying chanhse IS son ~ r,le
character Of many Of the children IhoF are ''tin
Inc 10 love one another. to restrain h'inA'N''
from giving angry blow under shShi provo, H.
ton Bad language. which W. nam WIZ WIZ ~
who hardly knew what the word Jesus meant arc
fascinated bv tn simple Biulc stories, go 70" ana
fr.eh 70 ,her, ne DAYS ago a number ~ thcs"
ylag. boys asked permission 10 GET together IN III
rnnrr roon, tn, mother of the hou-r Vas mn n
touched to find that they were simpl! ';hoiths
one another 10 brOfhcrly love. I'VE are hro'ncrS
now" ,hoy said; this Is our hor9c We must ,oye
nd forgive one another" et". 1n"sc -hInc !oi Us
az 80 one day that Their mother troubled BY
~. dls0bcoicncc Of one In The house. lh,N tiln-
~, \ round her aud said: I'VE VIII pfat 10: him.
rnothcr W. rr1yod for s. and b, is rood NV ,4,
NJ. win nray for tfis one" Signs Ike lh'sr. IN u
,bc GOOD sood is taking root a.G spr!nSinS up III
NJ with cheer and hone for tn" future. hut we
S,ve GOOD reason to hope ti&t many Of tbs" boys
md oirIs will grow up 10 be "A bl. iirE 20 uc II
10 their nation -h''' - IL ''-'''
Narash. Turkey.