The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-28

urday evening. They were chaperoned
by Mrs. Lied.
The Misses Anna and Elizabeth Lamb
of Moorhead entertained a few friends
at dinner yesterday.
The Baptist church Sewing circle
will meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs.
j. M. Johnson, % Tenth street south.
Mrs. John Wooledge and children
autoed to Fair Hills Saturday after
noon to spend the coming week at the
lake.
Mrs. L. c. Topping, Ais Ninth avenue
south, has as her house guests Mrs.
Ogema.
Mrs. A. l.. Wall and daughter, Mrs.
ink who have enjoyed an outing at
Lake Cormorant, returned to the city
yesterday.
Miss Ella Bohnsack left for st. Paul
last evening where she will be the
guest of her sister, Mrs. George Bohlig
for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F.. Norton of Lisbon
have been guests Of Mrs. c. w. Cramer
for a few days. Helen Cramer return
ed with them. q
Miss Rasalie schjeldahl, who has
the twin cities returned to her work
at The Fargo Forum today.
Mr.; and Mrs. J. H: Plat will leave
the first of next week for Ohio. They
will make the trip in their car and
plan to be away the month of August.
Clarence Reynolds went to Grand
Forks last evening to join his mother,
Mrs. j. F. Reynolds Of Genoa juno
ton, Wis, who has been visiting there.
They left this morning on an auto trip
to Winnipeg and expect to be away
about a week.
News has been received from Curfa,
Turkey, Of the engagement of F. FL.
Leslie of the American Mission to Miss
Elvesta Thomas of Michigan. Mr.. Les
lie is a member of the class of 1911 of
Fargo college and Miss Thomas is a
graduate Of Olivet college and the past
two years has been teaching mathe-
MATES in the high school at Petoskey,
Mich Mr.. Leslie will reach America
next month when the wedding will
take place and in the fall Mr.. Leslie
and his bride will resume the formers
work in Turkey. Mr.. Leslie writes in
te~restingly of his work: we are hav-
ing a fine annual meeting of the Cen
trial Turkey mission. There is no
meeting OF the native union on account
OF the fear of a massacre because of the
uncertain political conditions Of the
country. But personally 1 do not fear d
massacre, and a wire from n Of the
missionaries In Constantinople in re-
ply to a wire I sent him says that it is
safe to pass through that city. Tur-
key is again under autocratic or oil
garchic government, and parliament
and constitution a w long since been
forgotten. Force is the only principle
by which the Turks know how to rule.
j shall go overland via Adana and Tar
sus to Constantinople, thence through
Vienna, Munich, Basic, Paris and Rot
terdam to England, when ] expect to
sail about Aug. IL for Boston. This
"trip across Europe is partly for pleas
ure and sightseeing, but mostly fol-
business, as our big handkerchief In
/ dustries in Curfa are in bad condition
because of greatly decreased orders
for our goods, and / wish to try tic
interest some European business mer
in this class Of goods. am glad To
say that in spite of a economic con.
ditions, the first six months of 1918 al
the Curfa station show a great i'm.
provennent over 1912 In everything ex
cept the handkerchief Industries. There
We're no locusts this year, and in spite
of disturbed conditions, our work hal
grown beyond what 1t did In better
years. There has been al complete re,
Versal&o of attitude towards the Moslems
on the part of the Armenian Protest
ants, who are now taking a keen In
terestin the salvation of their Mosien
neigfbors, among whom work Thu
year has been attended with surpris
ingIy encouraging results. ON LITTLE
opposition has arisen both from TIL,
government and the Moslem clergy
but 1T ig not serious and III has no
discouraged us; At has taught us tina