The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16

You could tell in minute that she
 was a princess. For she was beau | tifully gracious-she was thoughtful and her whole heart has been given
 over to doing good for other people
 weaker than herself.
 | For pretty soon--almost before she herself knew it-she was telling. | with all the fire and sadness of her
 native land, of the suffering, the ter
 rible oppression of her people by the
 Turks. ..-as ..s.t...-.,. 1 She shook her head over the trage- | dy of it, and spread out ker little
 hands--"A million of my people killed
 and starved to death!" was her cry.
 For that reason-to aid them-she
 has come to Birmingham to lecture. | Society is agog over the event. and | the public is on the qui vive for the masterful lecture she will give at he | Tutwiler hotel next Tuesday even-
 ing, September 20. Admission of s1 will be charged, and half the pro- ceeds will go to the Katherine Inn acre, that home that has been found | by real Big Sisters of Birmingham
 where business women can have a | comfortable and kindly dwelling place to call their very own. | I shall give you a glimpse into the heart of the princess, what she will l do here, and what her ideals are. But beforehand, here's what she has
 to say:
 H'The American girls skirts are | too short" She took look down at
 her own skirt, modestly stopping where shoetop would naturally be. T think they are not so graceful l when they are too short---unless," | she gave a quaint little grimace-
 the girl has just the figure. And | that is so rare--is 1t not?"
 One had to admit it was rare.
 - T do not wear the short skirt
 but everything else-oh yes. I love | the American clothes--so easy 10
 wear-so light.
 l Now the clothes of my country 1 those of a princess are very beautiful | but heavy. They have gold and l silver upon them, and they are very 1 warm, Oh, but beautiful, and with colors-you call them pastels, but | Syria has known how to make them. | oh, so many thousands of years!" Her ideals she said were that Sy- l ria and Syrians could give to Amer | ica full expression of their art in all lines even down to their exqui 'its l needlework.
 Now Princess Haider comes from her home is near Damascus, on beau tiful Mount Lebanon. It rivals the
 palaces of fairy stories, with it's glistening white walls and columns
 in dense green forest.
 l "The city lies there just as 1t
 looked 4,000 years ago. Next year | Miss Burgess and I shall go bVK | to visit it." she said. W 1 Miss Burgess is her assistant-her name is Lucile-and she takes part
 in the play that the princess will pre- 1 sent to Birmingham people called ''The Carnival of Damascus" She i has the role of a captive maiden. In 1 the story Princess Haider is the 1 wife of the syrian Captain Haaman, who at the height of his glory is stricken with leprosy. This is re- l vealed to the broken hearted wife. l At the moment of darkest tragedy
 the prophet Elisha appears, -@who ad- vises the great man to bathe in the
 Jordon and be healed through the I spirit of Christ. It is the captive maiden who bears the message, and brings happiness back again. to the ] two.
 This is only small part Of the wonder play as it will be revealed
 in the auditorium of the Tutwiler. I The hour is 8 o'clock. Oriental rugs
 and drape les and hangings will give | the setting of Damascus. The gown l the princess wiN wear Is very elab-
 orate one worked h hammered 1 silver.
 l The prnt ss wishes 70 make Amer.
 ica love the Syrians and the Syrians | America. fa her play. she will use s
 number Of ieNat syrian girls. dressed
 in native cosfrne.
 Why not Sirmingham have fre- ouent play rom It's Syran colony? | Would tha not be our peoples con l trbution to The art of this country l They wculd Re Elad.'
 Amusing were scine of the things the princess has Co say about her f home. we live aiWaYs within the
 walls. Our hqfass thsre are meant
 tq shut us away as 8 real refuge. We
 do not minEle with he poorer classes.
 But 1t seems sc pstiepl. For those
 who are of hlsh caste must never go
 with those rho sre roor."
 She spoke ai hew supple was the dress of the syrian psasantry. and