The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-06-17


always being arrested for not having
her passport with her, and these ar
rests invariably ended with a pro-
found apology from the official before
whom she was brought. The natives
understood perfectly that she was not
to be trified with, and her we'd was
law both among officials ga ner as
sistanst.
Her perfect fearlessness was once
manifested during the fury of the
Armenian massacres in way that
placed her in the forefront of the
worlds heroes. The terrified stud
ents were huddled in a school build
ing, expecting every moment to be
dragged forth to death and torture.
A Turkish officers came to the front
entrance and demanded that Miss
Shattuck and her pupils come out
peaceably. She loked him squarely
in the eye and without tremor in
her voice began to deliver good old
fashioned New England sermon on
their sins, to the officer and his men
who crowded behind waiting for the
signal to make a dash into the build
ing. She ended her TRADE by saying
that If the Turks entered it would be
over her dead body. Then she slam
med the door in their faces. The men
withdrew grumbling, but within half
an hour another great pounding was
heard on the door. Again she open
I'd it, this time to see Turkish sold
Ter with drawn sword who had been
sent back by his superior to guard the
building The lives of 300 women
and children were saved that night
by the courage of this plucky Yankee
| schoolmarm.
The real greatness of Miss Shat
tuck S character, however, is measur-
ed not by these exceptional deeds of
personal bravery but by the perman-
ent institutions and industries which
| she has built up in the rity of Oorfa.
| Hundreds of children were made or
phans by the Armenian massacres for
whom homes must be provided. For
hundreds of women work must be
found, and boys and girls must be
trained for self-support. She set
about this triple task with character
istic energy. The result is an educa-
tional and industrial plant in the ira
ditional home of Abraham that would
make the old patriarch rub his eyes
in wonder
There are four shops where the
Armenian orphan boys are taught to
be carpenters cabinet-makers, smiths,
tailors and shoe-maKers. They make
chains, bride bits, stirrups, locks,
hammers, hatchets, etc. The work is
done between school hours and dur
ing the evening, thus combining man
ual and mental training after the
most approved modern methods. The
superior workmanship in the iron
shop has brought the patronage of
the owners of large rug factory in
Oorfa who had been obliged to send
to Aleppo. five days distant, when
ever their machinery needed repairs.
One farm boy has recently returned
from Marash where ne spent year
studying in an American agricultural
college. Now, with a pair of good
work horses, he says he is busy turn
ing up the soil that never saw the
sun before" He has two American
plows, a cultivator and a seed-sower.
The boys were very proud that the
contract for furnishings of a new hos
ptal, built by the provincial governor
was given to them The chairs, writ
ing desks, medicine cupboards, ope-
rating table and instrument cases are
entirely their handiwork. They are
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men in the city, so they always have
orders on hand. The lumber came
from trees which Miss Shattuck
bought herself in the neighgorhood,
as the expense was too great to bring
it from the nearest market. Her
freight train consists of six camels,
three of them bought with money
from the sale of her own good horse.
Her two tailor shops are the only ones
which import goods from Great Brit
ain and sell to other tailors in the
city. The master workman in the
shops also has charge, three months
in the year, of vineyard which sup
plies grapes and raisins for the Or
phans to eat.
All these various industries have
been under the direct personal super
vision of Miss Shattuck until her rec
emit return to the United States. For
years she worked with only one lung