Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
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Former President TAFT Leads
Eloquent Plea for sunoort o.
Near East Relief.


tn save the lives or H'"'''" FP"f''"
IN Armenia and other western As.aH
committees and 10 care Ter more IMAM
80 eco orphans vs." Af@ homeless
'h"rp former Pres .""Tt !'l1am HOW
ard Taft. Henry Hi'"F"i.ii an former
ambassador to Turkey. 'h1 A''Nah'5'F
J Hnmphill the New '''f' ''"ii'''. in
r?cilHers nt the itXfr'''i'' "'''';'''feP
II Near Fest Relies 'h' ''i'-''i A''''f
irau N"f7m'uev c' Ar"FH'a9 '"':
Syrian 'Cfi"f taF" iSNb"" = ''f
rms or"""l far r"nf'nn"d SHW'"rt |
is Organization and its work,
%car East Relief IS nov "'"Tat''r
-H'tcr IL government ru9"ef ara 80
~,rtiraIly alone In ':f' W"F.rr" Assn
I'D, The Red Gross several 'A'f''I'S
- n Ing announced ITS W"A'if"N'':.
TIE Christmas letter classic OF lis
Ind Is e fellows
'1Nff Friend-An"'a'r H'fl' en-
- SATvo'9d up and 'f'ed'
) "'tte neither creeping ha"S' %a'f
-ad cold from the desert, MS J'H'
-.''>i' the thin liftte homes "''N 'h''SF
II streW the rosa ana i'9" h"lA Nv
!" hem, never 10 rise AGAIN,
only a httle cltllf ana h'"ii''
+ on the bleak Armenian fo""! hN'
.5Nat is that vision hoVer'7S 5h'T" ahf
hat is that voice the colo 0li'aS n'aF
NE oars # our sonls--1 was n''f'ST'
al ve gave n'p no "teat; WIS naheG
M 20 clothed me not
"Todav-yes, todAy-whi'" We are
"ol'artng our Cifls Tor !'r'S' mas
any more Of these f}tfi" chI'"f"r-
4 hundred L." 4 'hruSan"- max
=. " Of t!9m--aFe &tili Wahf'"'f'-
:'"Hred for ara alone III lha' @-@''
I'D. their WH@I'ned S"'h~ 't''1'''' IT,
ar to their rafting "tit"S, a"t' fh"E
-+ crying out with Ga423pe hT"atu'
g.. hungry, am hungry An" i-'a
'"o OF one VINO "aff!eH Tvs as VIZ
-rei'arH gifts to celebrate ms t'Ff"-
ny comes again 20 the ears of o&F
-rls-I am hungry am hungry -
.' hungry J"
''Now, the chtldreh and the mofhPrs
Armenia are dreacing the winter
last human remnants they are nor
protected, many of them. from the eie-
vents by even the dignity o. rags
We most favored have merely shred
| ~ rags. How SNAIL we sing our
Christmas songs and laugh and iiSh'
| 'hH candles and give heaut1Inl glIIs
h,i> that pleading voice cries IN the
| ars Of our souls, l an naked ana colo
naked md color
"But we can feed ahf ciothe these
| H"riShiDg ones-soTA2 81 fhotn-peTof'
r * too late. Herbert Hoover has ca
| led from the Caucasus. II Is impHsSi-
| 70 1hat the loss Of @'oN" lives can al
| : day be prevented. hHt tAH remain
= 100000 can possibly he saved
| ey need not starNe ana freeze ahi
| f we will save them In IN" Hain'
him who saw The mrltl'H''f SIS
r"p NOT having = shepherd @n' vas
| owed with compassion loWarU theiA'
To e%claimed when Ills d'S'lpieS
| '"ulI turn them away, They "Fed not
| 'rpart, give We teen to ear Open
our heart and prS" and give 10
hese Christians whom he loves VIII"
re suffering for HIM and with wh"m
lie is suffering They need not DE
live We them to eat
"Fifteen dollars month will pro
vide food, clothes. shelter anG educa-
tirn toward self support for one or
| 1han child.
| Ten dollars month will provide
| food, clothes and shelter for one or
| phan child