Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-10
TURKS DESTROY
TABRIZ MISSION

Operate the Dlspensary.
The following letter from Kazvin,
Persia, dated July 1, is continue
ton of the story of Dr. Mary Flem-
ing's flight from Tabriz last summer:
We reached Kazvin day before yes
terday, and now Jean and I are writ
ing letters hoping there will be some
way of sending them. A full account
Of our journey of twenty days lover
the hills and far away" I will not at
tempt now.
1t was certainly over hill and dale,
plain and river bed. We crossed two
tremendous passes that even as Hook
back now, I wonder how the wheeled
vehicles accomplished them. One of
them we did on donkey back, and on
foot. I did not like donkey riding so
l journeyed on foot almost the whole
of the six or eight miles thru the
pass.
We spent one whole afternoon ina
river bed, sticking in the mud and
getting out again. We crossed wide
plains that reminded me of North Da
kota. 1 slept three nights in the
open all covered with a steamer rug
while the rain battered down. There
was fine weather most of the time. I
preferred walking to the jurgan they
are horribly jolly things. am SUM-
burned until 1 could pass easily for
my Indian ancestress, Pocahontas.
We were cordially welcomed and en-
tertained By the three English cap
tains at Zongan. Our last night out
was spent at an English camp. Next
morning they put us in a big motor
and brought Us spinning over good
macadam road made by the soldiers.
Kazoin is a sub-station of the mis-
sion at Teheran. We have an old
building, with dispensary, and also
a new building in another part of the
city, the latter now occupied by the
British as headquarters.
Tehefan Notified By Wire.
Messages by wire have been sent
to Teheran of our arrival. When. an
swers come we will separate. Miss
Holiday wishes to remain here, as
the languages she uses, Turkish and
Armenian, will be an advantage in
her work.
DR. and Mrs. Lawrence who are the
regular missionaries, are on vacation
furlough in America.
AS Miss H. should not be alone
here, nor even with native helpers,
have volunteered to remain with
her. She is pleased at this. l shall
not attempt anything very big.I
shall devote myself to taking care of
Miss H. conducting our simple house
keeping, and aiding as much as can
with her Turkish work. She will
want to do some work among the
English soldiers too. TheArmenian
preacher and the Syrian Bible woman
from Tabriz will also stay here. I
shall open the dispensary for women
and children, and continue my study
of the Turkish.
The house is native one in good
repair. There is a central room with
a passageway on each side. From
each of these a winding stairway in
the wall leads to small room above.
Beyond these passages again on each
side is a good-sized room and beyond
them is kitchen.
These four rooms face yard with
two or three trees and three pome-
granite bushes, just now in full
bloom. Facing the house at the other
end of the yard are the rooms of the
There are three rooms
on one floor with a balcony in front.
1t is simple, unpretensious little
place, but Miss.H. and I can do very
we'll here.
I am somewhat disappointed not
to see Teheran. However, if there is
an annual meeting of the East Per-
sion Mission, we will attend it, and
get chance to see Hamadan too. My
infected finger is much better, but
not yet in good working order.
Yesterday we were, all invited to
the British headquarters and had tea
very pleasantly with Gen. Dunster-
Vile and some of his staff. We took
carriages out and back. Kazvin has
a widemain street with fine big trees
on each side. 1t looks strange to see
such in Persia. At night Mrs. Jessup
Jean, Mr. Peters, Mr. Sands, of the
bank in Tabriz, and I went
to the French club for dinner, 1t
was good to have, clean table linen,
and we'll prepared food, and iced
water, with deft service after weeks
of camping.
Tabriz Hospital Destroyed
Last night we got letters telling in
detail of the almost complete destruc
ton Of our hospital in Tabriz. 1t
with two other buildings are COM
plete wrecks, and whatever we left
in them are gone.
This means a big money loss, es-
pecially to the Pittsmans who are in
the United States on furlough; to
Jean and to myself and to the hos
initial hesideS the loss of things