The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-14
KENTUCKY GIRL
Tells OF ARMENIA
CONTRASTS spIENp oRs OF
HAREM WITH MISERY or
STARVING CHRISTIANS.
Driven To Seek Refuge In crsveysrds
And To Zee Rats For Food PEG.
pie Have Hope Only In Gen.
srosity OF America.

Surrounded by pictures Of starving
women and children and also thos.
~ riches and luxury. Miss Constance
Sheltman. daughter % Mr.. and Mrs.
Wade Sheitman. Louisville, II living
In the midst % the scepe Of the trag.
edy Of Armenia
Miss Sheltman Is we'll known to Ken.
tucklanS. She was formerly connected
with the Pine Mountain Settlement la
Harlan County During the period fol,
lowing the armistice she served a. re-
construction aid In Germany. France
and Belgium.
Miss ShsltmAn II supervisor OF one
~ the Industries established by N.
Near Fast Relief al STEAMBOAT, near
) C"ns',antln"pIe In letters 10 her par.
ents and friends she tells the story OF
the Arnenisns. who are homeless and
dy ng and awaiting crumbs which fall
frum Americas hands She also q.
scrihrs visit 10 a Turkish harem, the
magnificrnce Of which formed a strik.
!ng contrast to the suffering all about
her. she said
Wiring ~ the general conditions
Miss Sheltman say. the atmospher,
% ConStantinopl~ i Qua OF constant
turmoil. strife and hatred.
The TURKS try H. nun over the Ar
menians and the Armenisns Try 10
run over the Turks" she said. And
all ~ them try TO run over the Jews.
who In turn retalIaie"
Eats Dogs ard cs,a
She says that the former verdant
fields OF the Armenians are without
vegetation or 'ife of any sort There
ac no houses for the refugees. no
crops. no living animals which might
be used a. food All the eats. dogs
and horses have been killed and eaten.
she writes She tells % one Instance
when she sav group OF persons
carefully guarding live rats whlca
were TO be- Killed and used az food
when hunger could not be satisfied
Otherwise
Describing tile homes Of some Ar
menians who have ceased wandering
back and forth from place TO place.
she says
y followed the old sea walls for
several miles and saw persons living
In ruins-in duEoats. even In grave
yards. utilizing ton.bston-s for part Of
their Impoverished novels. The filth
and wret hr,lness were unspeAkable.
Even the beach was nothing but sims
and tin cans and refuse OF every Kind,
aud tie waves we're black with the
NTH ald debris that washed out with
one wave and back with the ney,"
4 visit to Que OF the places OF the
Sultan % Turkey affords a contrast.
lng scene
Yesterday we went to the Serag.
Ito. one OF he Sultans places. go
ing through the different siosks (Sum-
m-r hauses). he library. the harem.
etc II was all beautiful. Such ex-
qusite rich colorins. have never seen
before We wsre ushered into a grea.
reception roon. where No sat around
very sin and formally. while The al.
ten ianis ia ssed cigarettes aud Turk. I.
ish cofree. served Ia gold cups, each /.
OF which was set with thirty large
diamonds. Speaking of dlamond,. |
though Consiantinople Is at prescn;
the most expensive place In the world
to live. jewelry Is one OF the things one I
can get for a song. Much OF IL has
been brought Ia by Russian refugees. |
Where the Money Goes.
Miss Shcltmau i experimenting I
the buying OF materials for a "fabrica."
an Industry which furnishes employ. /
ment for several hundred Armenian /
women and girls. Near the "fabrfcn"
are orphanages OF the Near East Re 4
lief organization. where thousands OF |
children are cared for. Enough fool /
f. given 10 them 10 keep the breath OF
,ife. II II here that the money sol /
lected In America goes after CONVEX
zion into food and supplies
Miss Shel;man says she has no per
tonal fear FOR her safety. for Ameti- 1
can ships are anchored In the harbor
OF Constantinople. and the Turk. be-
cause OF his respect for Americas
power. does not disturb American cit.
iEens or the Ariaenians In Industries
and oFphanagss operated by Amer.
cans. However. la the outlying ais
tricts. the people are unprotected and
the massacre goes on. ouch the same
as II has for years. she writes.
Writing OF the work 81 the indus
tries. Miss Sheltman tells with regrel /
of the laying on OF 100 workers. Ne
cause OF Insufficient funds 10 prov de