The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13

want these bOons. and they want them
right away. Failing their immediate
realization. they turn their faces
toward America.
From One Land Of Promise to Another.
One morning ] witnessed the week.
~ exodus Of Bethlehemites at the Je-
rusalem station Of the Jaffa railroad
1t was a scene for II painters brush
The young people who were leaving
for America were dressed in foreign
style; only the young men still wore
the fe2 of Turkish subjects. This they
would exchange for hats as soon as
they got on board ship. The stern
tisaged old men, clad as their fathers
had been clad before them for gen.
"rations. grimly tried to suppress all
signs Of grief; they must abide the
old conditions to the end The women
did not wall aloud. as is the usual orr
entail way. over the departure Of sons
and daughters; for these fine-looking,
strong-featured women are almost
Anglo-Saxon in their appearance.
thanks to the strong strain Of Crusa.
der blood in their veins The fight
from bethlehem to America has been
unusually large because Of these ira
ditional qualities of aggressiveness
and independence. The loss to Syria
is great. for the Bethlehemites are ia
nous workmen. especially in the cary
ing Of mother Of pearl.
The magnitude and importance Of
tho migration to America from Syria
can hardly be overestimated. More
than quarter of million are now
in the new Land Of Promise, to which
so many more have their faces turned
The government sent the CONSUMPTION
officers after $50 Christians in Jeru-
salem; it could find only 20. the 9TH
ers having fed. mostly to America
The return of emigrants to America
and their letters home have power.
full influence in increasing the unrest
an autonomous Christian government.
and where property is therefore safe
the returned emigrants have built fine
houses-and then. in surprising
number Of cases, have left them and
gone back to America, usually taking
number of their neighbors along
The town of Zahleh. in the Lebanon,
has 10000 Of its people in the United
States. where they have created a new
village with the same name. More re-
markable still in the case of HANNA.
ia. which now has 500 OF its native
born remaining here. while 1900 are
in America.
American Oh 1.-THE Light Of Asia"
In other ways America is contribut.
ing directly to the awakening Of this
old nation. Probably the most typical
single accessory OF the life OF Pales-
tine is the water jar, carried on the
heads of women. As it was in the
days when Rebecca went to the well
with a clay jar upon her head, so 1t
continues until now. But a change
is coming. The water jar. as an In.
stitution. 10 beginning to crack. Stand
ard Oh tins are taking its place.
saw a woman at Jacobs we'll at Sy.
char carrying water on her head in
one OF these square tin cans. The
water. by the way, was used in max
ing mortar for the building Of the new
Greek church over the we'll. At the
fountain Of the Virgin. In Nazareth.
have watched the village women fill
their Jars and carry them of on their
heads. just as Mary used to do at the
same spring: but some, l noticed, car.
ried the square cans Of the Standard
OH company.
These same cans furnish most of
the tin that is used in ASIA As
have watched long caravans Of camels
bearing :n1as e Standard Oil into the