The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-05-20

or table or FURNITURE OF any KIM tAccpt
few copper dishes. This Is true of all the
families visited, and of hundreds of others.
She has two children In the orphanage aud
believe two or three others with her be-
sides her mother. fine, venerable looking
old lady.
next visited a woman whose face has
always reminded me of my mother She
had one small room, a window with no
glass-or place for any. There are seven iD
the family, the Oldest being boy of four
teen, learning his fathers trade and he re-
ceives about two cents day from his mas
tiers, but not regularly. Two or three of
her girls are learning TO read the bible.
Neighbors hurried In with 'mong0l," Ia
small iron pan fnll of ashes with a handful
of blazing Goals on the top This was in
honor OF my visit, of course, for the luxury
of fire every day is not for her. Wheat was
given her in the autumn and with the TWEEN
ty-6ve cents week that she earns the whole
family gain their living.
AT the next place l risked breaking my
neck climbing the broken stairs that lead to
the broad, rude porch formed by projecting
roof. The lower part is stable, and open
ing onto this porch were five rooms; occu-
pied by six families, and the porch is common
property. l found my worker there stitch
ing away. learned that her husband was
gun maker-by permission of the govern
ment, of course-but he was imprisoned
few days before the massacre and poisoned
in prison fifteen days afterwards. She said
they lost everything they had but that we
gave her enough from relief funds to buy
bread, which she carried to her husband in
prison to keep him from starving
until the guard treated her so badly
that her husband forbade her coming, and
then they poisoned him and sent her word
that she might have him now. She mo-
toned to bright, merry looking boy of
twelve years to come to greet me.
thought he was going to shake hands, but
IN ste ad he bowed over mine, lifting 1t to his
lips and forehead and then retired He is
deaf and dumb, and so is his brother, she
explained There were six in the family,
and one of the Older boys is learning to
make shoes, earning IL cents week. She
had no shoes on her feet 1t must be she
porrows to come up here. AS was about
to leave the Bible won an said that l must
see her room. STOPPING considerably |
entered what seemed dark closet. AS my
eyes became accustomed to the darkness l
saw that the room was unusually small, so
tried reaching across it, and found that
my fingers came within a few inches OF
both walls. do not think it was twice as
long as broad. The floor was of loose
boards, and the wind came up through
great cracks. Yet that whole family lie
down there at night with insufficient cover
ing and nothing but thin mattresses of cot
ton on the floor under them. There was nc
furniture, but she possibly had one or two
wooden spoons and copper cooking dish,
the cover answering for plate.
don't know where to stop in telling you
of these women. l must speak of PrOpione
Boju. have always felt little uncom.
Portable with her, for know am in the
presence of one whose suffering has re-
moved her from her fellow creatures. She
is magnificent looking woman with the
story of tragedy written on every feature,
but she never talks of it to me. From 9th
ers 1 learned her story. She is closely re-
lated to a family of rich people here, q
niece of an influential priest. She was the
wife of wealthy man near Marash who flee
here only to have his eyes cut out and Other
barbarties committed of which the Bible
woman refused to speak, and then he wa:
killed. Their property is all gone, and she
is living with her two children in a room
about SKIS feet with an earth floor, with the
walls so open that 1t is not a fit place t
shelter animals. She had no shoes ant
neither did her two lovely children.
think she Is somewhat Imbttered by Tho
way her her church has treated her, bu
she persists in learning to read the Bible
land In going to church. l suppose they
are very angry about it.
The next place was merely ruins of mut
brick with water way running immediate
ly under the earth floor and making 1t wet
An old woman was devoid of clothing be
low the knees. She and the young woman
to whom give work we're both made wild
ows that memorable day. could not hell
thinking how much more cheerful thu
tombs In which the lepers lived must hav,
been.
The last house, ~ or rather, room, wa
of mud brick, like the others, plastered will
mud, and certainly not more than eigA
feet square. The women ran on to tell he
that our ''khanum" (lady) was coming, ant
then laughingly invited me into Haloon'
'house." "Why are you laughingP" sh'
said, smiling herself. 'I'm thankful TO
even this much. Everything in it wa
given me by the good friends, and pra!
for the ones who sent 1t the first thing II
the morning and the last thing at night
Here Is the bed, and this (pointing to reet
mat which kept her bed from the ground