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sonhofnnre ID entertain

Members of the sophomore class
OF the local high school are making
plans 70 entertain the faculty Of the
school, their class sponsor and a
few other friends at tho home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert darlington on
Thurs day evening OF this week. The
Talkington honl0 Is always o popu-
lar place for a good time and this
meeting Is being anticipated as one
OF the pleasant events OF the week.
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EXCLUSIVE TAILORING. Let us
make your suit or oyercoat. w.
p. HARTMAN & CO., 225 Jefer.
son st. 12-S1.26t2S65A
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HEMSTITCHING and Picoting AL
tachInent; fits any sewing ma.
chine; easily adjusted; price $2,0o.
Personal check 10c extra. MARSH
BROS, Wilmington. Ohio. 2sS7A
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WE MAKE CLOTHES. DAUGH.
ERTY & CO., Over Leopold's
Store. 1.s.26t.2404A
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REQ Sales AsSn SERVICE STA.
TON. New md used cars. Easy
payment plan FAnklin service.
Call $751; MOUNTAIN CITY
SERVICE STATION.
12-si.sst2soiA
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Miscellaneous For Sale

WE BUY OR SELL ANYTHING.
I. Funt. 2607A
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Furnished Rooms

THREE FURNISHED BEDROOMS.
4s6 Monroe st. 1929 Est 21s5 a
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AppendleItIs operation

p. j. Sypult Is a surgical patient
AZ Cook Hospital, where he wa7
admitted the last Of the week and
where he has since undergone IN
operation for appendicitis. While
the operation was somewhat COM
Dictated the patient was doing very
nieely ct last accounts.
pavis.Zhoney
John Davis and Miss Helen
ZhoneySwere united in marriage the
last OF the week, Mr.. Davis is EN-.
ployed by q local coal company
and VIII reside near here.
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Autos and Accessories

CORONA CORD TIRE co.
OPP. WEST YIRGiNIAN
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as ACRES GOOD TARMING
LAND. 8 acres timber In on
and gas district, Lays we'll, Very
rich ground. At a bargain for
quick sale Address Route No. Il
Box IS, Dola, w. Va. 2s12A
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unfinished Rooms
Poultry and Supplies
WYANDOTTES Butter

REGAL WYANDoTTEs, Butter
Cups. Our business is raising OK
hibitIon poultry. Foundation cock.
erels, pullets, Matching eggs at rea.
sonsble prices. Get new blood.
MT. RYDoL FARM, Amherst, Va.
2501A
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Little Virginia Wdseman, who re.
Gently underwent q surgical opera.
ton az Cooks Hospital at Fairmont
has sufficiently recovered TO be re.
moved 20 he homo Of her aunt, Mrs.
Powell, In Locust avenue. II she
still continues to improve she will
be brotEht to the home OF her
parents mere in a few days.
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rW6 DESIRABLE LOTS on
Reeves Ave. Phone 1063.M.
266oA
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THE EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND. TIE land Of
Beulah. Learn about 1t from
FIRED QUINN, srRoUT FARM
AGENCY, Pocomoke City, Nd.
12-19-5Gt-2153A
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Dentists

D ENTAIL BARGAlNs-Gold
crowns, $500 up. False teeth
$3.50 up. Teeth extracted 75c.
DR.. SMITH, 304 Merchant St.
12-1s-2st-21O5A
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BARRAcKv1LLE, Jan. THE
evangehstic services in progress
here 1T the n. I'd. Church have met
with good results and q general
awakening Of the church member.
ship totlew spiritual life. Rev. w.
b. Kerr, who Is in charge OF the
work here, Is very we'll liked and
Will he rs young in the conference
he Is q whole .souled worker. With
tho cooperation Of his members he
hopes to- accomplish much good
work In; the coming year.
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Financial

WANTED Someone 10 take adyan.
stage Of this heading. It will
bring results to anyone who has
money to lend. 2s45A
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Sale. or Rent

ATLANTIC CITY SALES. Hotels
and cottages. all sections, w.
OLIVER, II segal Bldg, Atlantic
City, N. ].
12-1s-9st-2124A
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Male Help Wanted

GOVERNMENT needs Railway
Mail Clerks, GALAXY 1888 to S192
month. Travelling expenses paid.
Examination announced soon.
Write for free specimen questions.
COLUMBUS INSTITUTE, Colum-
bus, Ohio. 2421A
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WAsHINGsE WANTED. Work guar.
anteed. Call 1921. 2516A
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IMPORTANT keep UP keep down
BY using Gates snpor.Troad
Tires. TIRE SERVICE STATION,
229 jackson 81. i-s-2st2iOsA
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Help Wanted

YOUNG MEN, WOMEN, over IL.
desiring government positions,
$3.50 monthly, write for free list Of
positions now open, R. Terry, (for-
mer Civil Service Examiner) Ss6
Continental Bldg, Washington, D.
G.
2572A
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From Iowa

o. @. Boor, a former resident of
Barrackville, has arrived from Iowa
and Is being entertained at the
home % relatives here, Mr.. Boor
IS the owner Of a fine farm in the
western state, and speaks in glow.
ing terms of the opportunities OF
the West And yet he setms glad
20 be back in old West Virginia,
where he certainly finds cordial
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Female Help Wanted

WOMAN WANTED to do weekly
family washing. 4S1 Jefferson st.
Phone $50. 2s47A.
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HOUSE CLEANING WANTED By
expert. Phone Pleasant johnson,
52s-W. 70 30 2st 22eS a
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WANTED SMALL NUMBER OF
PUPILS. VIII teach at pupils
home. For interruption write AT
High st. Falrmont w. Va.
2s22A.
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Situation Wanted, Male

HIGH SCHOOL BOY wants a lob
after school and on Saturdays.
Can work at soda fountain. Phone
457-M,
2545A
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Farms For Sale

1915 ACRE FARM. 1o,room house.
On paved roads and cur line.
Easy trade on town property. MRS.
IDA QUINN, Downs, ". We.
" 12-2S-6t.22SsA
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CARS WASHED. Hot & cold
water service. HALL GARAGE.
near Post Office.
ascsA
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mp oRTAST keen up keep down
BY using Gates Super.Tread
Tires. TIRE SERVICE STATION,
22s Jackson ST t,5.ast.2isfA
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Tailoring--Pressirlg

WHO'S YOUR TAlLoKf Vein.
borg! ZIG Jefferson st.
1,22et2ss1A
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Wires Eat after
Husband Is Through
Tho women were alu,

Tho women were always kept IN
th'lr SprarNt" quarters during our
VISITS. Once nskcd Turk if BID
WIVES uusht not bc permitted TO share
the meal with VI,
oh .\nd is that your custom 10
.Amerca:' he asked.
Yes said. The women alwsys
eat with the men in my country"
so as u great concession lie peIs
mitted his wives to come in and eat
some fruit with us, but they remained
standing and were not allowed To sit
down.
"If Turk takes his women TO the
fields. he sits in the shade under su
umbrella While they work. and in case
one of lhem~-n Christian girl---trics 10
"s'uro, She rs brought back and chain.
81 (" -,ump nnI compelled to stat
ibcr" uutrl ia" cart comes 10 take thpiu
back h"ur
"Vbr Turkish WOMEN are lust like
children when they are amused. They
laugh and clap their hands uud skib
around. remember In one harers
where we visited there was q vomaS
who ss!d that she would givo tn So0Gn
Of her life u oall ~ 6o1N - +
ride IN an suteoebns." T- ,s
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HundredS of Them, Dar1nx
Death, Manage to Flee I
From Bondage
FREEZE AND STARVE
IN MOUNTAIN W'HDS
Amer1can Flag Is Best Pro-
tectlon and Many Seek
Its Shelter 4

return Of Christian girl who had
escaped from his harcm. brought
tho girl. but before bcr I placed an
American Gag. Take her, IL you dare.
from this protection said, and with
out word the officer turned aud gave
tho order for his soldiers to 20 away.
ut is n very difficult matter to cs q.
cape from the barems, Mrs. Airgood
said. walls seycp to nine feet high
surround them, and q guard IS con
stantly on duty At the gate. In the
wealthicr homes there are two guards
Ono for the day and one for the night
but in tho poorer bones there is only
one, and he has = little shelter nca,
the wall where b" sleeps. Bits Of glass,
brush and an overhanging ledge make
it almost impossible to get over tho
wall
"But n Christian strl Is always
ready 10 help another escape and some (.
times by forming human ladders or
making ropes Of bed clothing they mou.
age to get away. it is always danger.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-28

1t II the duty of tho Turkish wives ID
sec that the Christian girls do not eAS
cape frVu the barsms, aud II they dU
the wrath OF the Turk is poured forth
on them.
Divorce is such simple process
with thom, she continued. IAN q
Turk has tp do is 70 say, Leave nv
h"usc. or. without even speaking, bring
tho slippers Of his wife and place them
in front "f her, and she Is compelled to
60 back to her own home. Tf he repcDta
Of his divorce he cannot bring the
woman back until utter she has been
married to another man. Then II IL
all right for him to take another mans
wife back 30 his harcn, but not bis
own divorced wife.
Even the poorer classes OF 1urke
have taken the Christian girls into thcir
harems. One camel entities q man To
two wives. according 10 their code.
bnvc seen Christian girls being sold IN
The market places" she said. "ws
saved many OF them, but there were
many VIC were helpless to aid.
"The rescue stations are usually col.
| lcge buildings We have taken ovef,r
said Mrs. Larson. I'VE had about 8OC
girls at lIarpoot. They lived thena
all the time, Of course. Some Of then
taught in our orphanaec. Others did
the cooking and tho bousework. Bur
they oil had work of some kind 70 do
,-wbatever they had been accustomen
to doing. II it was weaving or hand.
work--many Of them do exquisite hand
work-they do that. That lie the differ
ence between the Armenian and Turk.
isb women. The Armenian woman al.
ways work., and tho Turkish wonai
never docs IL Ehe can avoid It. :
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Girls Made II Human
Ladder for Her Escape

"Thc girls formed human ladder.
aud Pilotzoo climbed to the top und sct
over the wall. But there she was In
,thn mountains. It was cold. She had
no shelter, no food, ~nd littlo clothing.
For weeks she roamed the mountains,
living almost like little animal, bur.
rowing into the brush, and hiding
among the rocks. She did not dare
to travel in day time lest she be recap
turcd, 80 she hid when IL was light
and waited till darkness cams before
she fed further away down tho noun.
tains.
"At last she found her way to the
rescue station at Harpoot and We took
her IN there. Sho was only fifteen when
we rescued hcr--shc had been captured
when she was Just about twelve.
"IIer family, with the exception OF
her sister, who was a. lovely looking
as she, had all been killed In the mas
sacrc, aud she was left alone. a mis-
,iopury und his wife adopted her SIS
for lust before Pilotsoo WAS captured,
and brought her to America, whero she
is now attending one Of tho lsrys col.
lcges. cges.s,.,.-.< - A.,.
more edueatioa. She y9e!a yes2 W.
- d060s je111A !na0 - -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-28
Weekly Bath Really
Ceremony for Turks

'Tbc Turkish woman's only form el
recreation is her visit 10 the baths once
week. These baths arc dirty anI
dark. not beautiful st all. az We arr
accustomed to picture them. Tho baths
last virtually all day; the women pour
ing the water, which sprays continu.
ally. over their bodies. always pouring
from the top of the head. They think
we are very unclean because we battle
in water which is not running. They
lie on the hot stones, md then they
will ba,hc again. .
The richer TURKS send their women
in carriages: the poorer class are COM
PEELED to walk. 1t is really n ceremony
--a sort of pnrade--this going to the
baths. The Turks take great pride IN
decorating their women with all sorts
of jcTelry and ornaments-all Of which
are rented. There arc stores for that
purpose, and once the women are safely
back in the harem the jcweir, is strip.
ped from them and returned to thu
renter. Bracelets, anklets. chains--ths
women arc almost covered with them,
but few Of them arc valuablc-they are
Just bits of colcrcd stpncs and chains
OF brass.
I'VE were always treated with tho
greatest courtesy when we visited in
Turkish homcs,' said Mrs. Larson.
hut the women were never permitted
10 appear. The heed OF tho house acted
aS our gracious host, aud the eldese
son served Us the meal. There wcre
often twelve courses. and the greatest
! .gnlty and ceremony uas observed,
| from tho serving of the coffee and"
sh" Em!icd-"the offering of cigarettes
The minute wc got in the house TO the
serving uf the last course of fruit. The
coffee WAS brought in cups Of '6ngine'
Of 'hincst china with silver and bronze
ho,l"rs. >Nd they cat cucumbers lust
"a Vs. would 4 bauaua only skin aud
all,
The food was placed on a carved
brass tray which rested on q low stool.
4 spoon was the only tableware ~
had the handle being o. carved ivory
or 'h"Il. Livery one ate out of this
ono bowl, which the eldest son brought
III with such ceremony onl dignity,
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lego In Caesarea. She Was captured
by n Turk and held for three years.
" was the mcrest luck that we managed
To rescue her, 4 party Of relief work.
crs was going to Noagard, investigating
conditions on the way, This girl
.hc WAS hardly more than child
heard the noise OF the automobile
"A sound 20 curious. so new ana
strange. as she told W. atterward. that
she thought something must DO about
to happsn. She bed as!er sssn an
q. asssss ssssS 4 a - 49, sss e "a
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u ices in Interior
CheuD at 10 Cents

Once when man brought his Wife
to a relief station to be treated and
was told that II would cost MIN $l1
for the operation he shrugged his shoul
ders and said in great wonder, why
should pay $l4 to save wife when !
can buy another for forty crnts?'"
when n Christian girl escapes the
Turks always try TO got hrr hac,.
many messengers I" u 'hri>tian gil.
ASKING that shr return in his harcn.
but she refused. At last he sent enc
Of his Turkish wives with the Christian
girls baby to plead for her return, but
che again saplisd that shs eosld asvsr
80 back svsn for ths ssts % The ehald.
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But while thousands Of these girls
nave been taken from the harcms
and placed in rescue stations, thou
sands more arc still in captivity.
Anything they wanted would be
given to them if they would re-
aounce Christianity" said Mrs.
Pearl Larson, who, after spending
tro years in Asia Minor doing med
zeal work in rescue stations, is now
n Philadelphia.
I'VE rescued thousands Of girls, and
though We have seven rescue stations
established now. there arc literally
thousands Of other Christian girls who
have been carried by the Turks into
their barems and whom wc have not
been able to rescue shc said, land
many more stations are needed"
The Turkish women know nothing
else but the life Of tho hnrem. Mr..
Larson said. but even to them It Is u
drat, miserable existence. Unhappy
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average HareM Unlike
those Seen in NOuieS

lne harem itself is far from tcUS Il
place Of beauty.
Inc waving plumcs, rich brocadcs,
'piashing fountains, and gllstrninG
snss are seen only in the movies,
."'led Mrs. Larson. II don't think
mere Is a harcm even in the Sultan's S
S.nee which would approach a movie
%a'em In beauty. The ones saw were
~" and uncomfortable looking--thc
vn,s ornaments Of any color and beauty
oe'ne tho rugs on tho wall and the
>'cu!ons scattered around.
lhs Christian girls are forced to
war the Turkish earmcnt--thc chart
a ~" The Veil or b"addrcss burukc,
"se ure OF dark colors-- ,ln3cuuiiiul
W not even rich in texture.
Ono Of the girls we rescued told us
Tor seven days she was forced
aer tho tortures Of being branded
usas each day until the deslgs ol
- vss eeaelsAsd. 1alA ~
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Cross Burned Upon Their
Bodies Fails to Make Them
Turn to M0SIem Religi0n
HOT IRON x4ND Whip
FOR OBSTINATE ONES
77Lc1nIc nf ToAx:. C..1,I
Thousands of Captivey Still
Held at Mercy of
Brutal Masters

40 LESS than the stoned and burned
ages ago. stoal than tho carly Christians forced into III.
arena death by lions tigers more tragic than ev
ss Christian girls taken TO the Turkish harems who suffer
daily rather than their faith osems
Treated with less consideration the dogs which belong 70
Turkish household and bearing the symbol Of their faith which
wait day day behind the closely windows Of the harem
day and week by week Of onoonous idle existence broken
by the sharp pain OF beangs and i'll treatment and
4 hope that they may be rescued.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-28

spite Of hcr hope. tho almost urhcar-
able agony Of suspense, shc was help
Ices. Even hcr voice left hor. She
! could not cry out. Ono Of the women
In tho party succeeded IN brbing the
gate.keeper to let her In. and there
she found this girl. swayinc as she
stood in tho courtyard, her arms out 8.
stretched, but her voice silent She
could not even cry When tho wonder.
ful fact Of her rescue was assured, tho
thres years waiting and longing had
almost made hcr incapable Of believing
u.
''Shc had been told that hov family
bad been killed. all the Arnrnnns
driven out OF tho country, and that
there was no hope Of hcr ever escaping
from tho harem.
When We took h'r with US We found
that she could speak English, and we
asked her how It VAS that after all
those years away from any English.
speaking peoples or English influence,
shc still remembered tha language she
had learned in school Ard sho explained
It to uy. She said that after they wuuld
beat her and torture her, often for hours
at a time. che would taAe Little Bible
which che managed to coutcnl III the
folds Of her buruke and whisper the
English verses over and over to her.
self"
Mrs. Helen Airgood, 6549 Media
street, who has been teaching French
In tbs Camden High School since hcr
return from Harpoot, where she was
In charge Of rescue station, also told
Of tho work being done to free the
Christian girls from the hnrcmr.
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they would tell her that she would not
TIC injured any more II she would be.
come n Moslem, but she refused, and
to mock and scorn her they put the
sign OF the cross upon her, and upon
her forehead the seal of the owner Of
the harem to denote possession.
'Thcrc was another girl--so beau.
tiful, so charming. with such shy dig.
nifty that she reminded you Of a little
Priscilla. Filotzoo was captured when
she was ut the Eupbrutcs School at
llarpoot and taken into the mouutains,
where she was compelled to live for two
and half years.
Hers is one Of tho many remarkable
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'ecausc OF the jealousy which exists
smong the different wives Of the lord
'na master Of the harcm. they spend
"ucs OF their time qunrrcl'ng and
"'ahg!ing; their hands and minds al.
""'s Idle; smoking innumerable Gig
srsttes and closely confined TO tn"
s"ons OF the harem and tho court.
ae'r weekly visit to the bath is their
only diversion.
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American Flag Best
Protection for Girls

The Turks are afraid Of America,
and have the greatest respect for the
American dag" shs said. zone day
q Turkish e@o0 vitA oCsss soldisrs
ssas - ~ snA1sa - lsoaadsA IL
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-28

and almost unbelievable escapes said
Mrs. Larson.
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an orphan and after many months abe
escaped. I found her on tho streets
Of Malatia, exhausted, almost starving,
half faintins, and took hcr 10 the
rescue station. aul from that time on
she brramc my guide and interpreter.
She was us clever ~ she could bc. and
spoke several languages.
Speechless at Thought
That Rescue Was Near
"A1etAw S1Et" continued Nrs. Las.
lsa.ss:'ss' - 4. !. S:R'6 II. Fl: ~