The Arvada enterprise., 1920-08-05
ARTHUR WHITE WRITES FROM
FAR OFF ARMENIAN COUNTRY

We publish excerpts from a priv
ate letter written by Arthur E.
White in far eff Armenia to his sis
ter, Mrs. Chas. F. Allen:
We IRE having glorious weather
now, the rainy season is over. Have
had no rain now for two weeks. per-
haps it will be toe dry. The country
is certainly beautiful. We rode in
automobiles from Alexandropal to
kars and lovely ride it was. The
soil is wonderfully rich in spite of
the fact that they only scratch the
top of the ground in their blowing.
The crops look fine in many parts
and the wildf!owers-m millions Of
them, and SO very choice. Think Of
oriental peoples growing wild and
for-get-me-nots larkspur, etc. We
have house full of boquets. One
Of the managers of an orphanage
sends out every other day to bring
us flowers. You ask about our food,
We have very good food and quite II
nice variety. Our Russian cook is
very good. Yes, we have sugar, and
regular commissary supplies such as
the army has in France. We have
chicken for Sunday dinner and ice
cream. Have two cows, each with
new calf. I have milk with cream in
it every day at luncheon and dinner.
l drink coffe in the morning and
don't drink tea-can you imagine
that? For breakfast we have oat-
meal, rice or grapenuts, eggs, coffee
and buttered toast. At luncheon a
meat or fish, two vegetables. Some
times dessert. For dinner always a
delicious soup, meats, two vegetables,
salad, dessert. Topsy our cook,
makes excellent chocolate cake and
good pies. We do fare well-of
course no one IN Kars eats as well as
we do. Our expenses are not heavy,
as we do not have to pay for the
house or electric lights or water
have fine spring alongside the
house. The house is dandy, very
and nicely furnished
given us by English officers when
they left. I have three quite nice
rugs given me by the girls when they
were taken out. My room is very
nice, faces the front of the house
(south) toward the valley and the
'lver-have lovely view-have run
hing water, (cold) fire place, ward
robe, two chairs, a table and army
ron cot.
I am in civilian clothes now since
he military left. We alternate civ
ilian and military Just as we choose.
had suit made here, material and
making only cost me $1O.OO.-A
good suit, too. would have cost ST.
1t home. Bought the material in
'ur com.nissary and it cost me $500
% nave IL matc.
Hammond suggested yesterda,
hat he and l motor thru England
md Scotland and Ireland next SUM-
ner. All his rc'at es are ir Eng.
and and Scotland and he can get
machine from them. They are veal
ny people. His grandfather is chief
'tockholder in the J. p. Coates
Thread Company. Hammond is n
line chap. On the same boat coming
'ver-I did not know him then-did
not think I'd like him. He, Fox and
were great pals. We do miss Fox.
but hope that he will come back if
It is possible. Everyone likes Fox.
The best liked American there has
been in kars. ! should like to have
him come back and an American doc
tor. Then we wouldn't need any
more. Major Rathjen leaves July /.
That will leave Hammond and ! to
carry on the work that eighteen were
doing. This is the finest and the
biggest work I have ever done. And
l do hope the Turks or Kurds will
not interfere. We have orphans
coming in fron' Tiflis and Karaclis.
where The work is being closed out.
When they arrive We will have about
5000 orphans here in Kars. 1t
is some job to look after them. Just
imagine more than twice as many
people rs there are in Golden. We
have n small orphanagc of Turks
ITO of thcm-cutc kids they are too,
and very polite. When we Amcri-
cans come in, hey all in chorus call
out welcome" and goodbye"
when VIC leave. We hire a Turk to
teach them. make n round every
day Of all the orphnnages "a hospit-
ais 90 work shops, laundrics H)
kitchens, mes halls, etc.-havc
charge of sanitation and that means
continual inepoct i'm W.. l.,,. ,,i,,