The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-04-22

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Constantinople-80 miles away-and,
there to prepare myself to go by a.
U. S. destroyer to Batrom, thence to-
Ii1is, 1000 miles from Constantinopfer
there to aid General Haskell in general
relief work. So, dear people, leave
on Tuesday with an American soldier
boy in an auto truck for Caeserea.,
where I will spend New Years day.,
then on to Oula Kishla.
Oula Kishla, Jan. 8, 1920.
Interruptions came thick and fast,
then partings and so on. Never have
l left children and people who so SCOT
me as those dear people Of mine. Ny
last days among them were sweet
My room was full at all times, all
helping me in every way they could
My big boys, with tears in their eyes,
would say, ''Tanhadan shrock Tif1is=
hose,"- not go to Tifis. Stay
here. No one will love you as we
have.) My poor mirachs, my native
women who have been through so
much, would shake their heads and
say, "She will never come back to U.s..
We must be satisfied. The Armenian
must always suffer"
How I love these dear women I
served tea once week to them in my
room and talked over their work, each
having her own special work, of course,
Takouhi and Much Marian with Sc
rope, the cook, were my kitchen force,
Serouphi and Arer the sewing women,
Norma and Zarig, scrubwomen, Ra--
chel in charge Of the sick room, Maui
|som BuSdig, my private woman and
in charge of babies at night, and. Que
Harig in charge of all washing. Their
I had an old chore man, Bobie, and y
night Waterman, two woodcutters and
two gate men-quite force. (These:
were besides the native teachers, for.
the 300 orphans(.
I left at 7:30 a. m. in an auto truck.
Everybody was out-aH my orphan
age; it was impressive, all calling
"San hadanah Fanhadanah" fGod be
with you). We all wept. It has all
been a wonderful experience. I wag~
taken with nausea, chills, fever soon
after leaving, and the result was :
five days stay in the hospital at Gaze
serea. We did not know but what it
meant typhus, but it didn't. I am al
most normal now, but weak We
leave in three box cars, with our cook
and eleven soldier boys for Consta11-
tinople. This will take week. I am
now in a regular soldiers hut witIHa>
great snowcapped mountains on every
side. The boys are doing every thing
to make it comfortable. They have
rugged up a great gounau-bedon into
bath tub, and I had a fine hot BATH
this morning, the tub being surround
ed with kerosene stoves, Americas
make. Oh! Things are so funny but
just love it.
| We sleep aboard train tonight as we
pull out at $50 a. m. No word from
anyone at home for months except a
| letter from Miss Miller and five films
guess we are going to miss out OH?
Christmas boxes as they say the ship
went down bearing all the A. c.. R. NJ
e. boxes with it. I get lonesome for
my old friends and will be glad to get
back into normal life again, but first
l want to get out of this all I can.
~ Constantinople-
Have finally reached here after a.,
hard, cold journey. We are just about
all in; are staying at the Personnel
house on the Grand Rue Para. Won
derful city, it's charming! Going
over into old Stamhoul to sight-see
today. I love this eastern atmosphere.
| We sail tomorrow on an Italian ship
Am surrounded by people and can't
write more. Will write from there
Am loaded down with roubles. They
are valueless so have to take busheY
to buy a dinner Oh, this is Won
derful experience. How wish you all
could see this country-this wonderful
city of minarets and mosques.
Afectionately,
Address: A. M. T..
Care of A. c. R. N. E. Hdqts.,
L.