The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-01
TELLS OF BEAUTIES
OF THE HOLY LAND
Princess Haider Draws Vivid Pictures
Of Native Land at Both Serv-
ices Yesterday.

Inspired with the longing for her
native land and fired with the hope
that some day its ancient glories may
be revived the Princess Rahme Haider
| in eloquent and forcefu1 addresses de-
lighted audiences that taxed the audi
forums of the First Baptist and First
Presbyterian churches yesterday morn
ing and again last night.
| Princess Rahme is a true descen-
dant Of a long line Of Semitic royalty
and her features and accept tell plain
\ ~ her native race. She appeared at
/ both services in native costume of
the Syrian Of upper rank and her mes
sage was clothed in the language Of
the highly educated and cultured
American woman.
! Choosing as her subject at the First
Baptist church Under Syrian stars, :
7 the princess portrayed most wildly
the land of her birth as she knows it
and carried her auditors from the be-
ginning to the end. Perhaps never
before have the manners, customs,
ideals and aspirations of the people of
the Holy Land been SO clearly int -
/ preted.
Last night Princess Rahme had as
her topic "Glimpses Of Palestine, tell
ing of the land Of her girlhood. She
told Of Baalbak. her birthplace, and
OF her education there and at Beirut
and Sidon and later here in America,
MY notice in appearing here to-
day" she said, is to give the people
"a clearer and broader knowledge of
the land of Syria and itself 1t is
strange so few seem to realize that
Syria and Palestine are the same. il
is hard to imagine what tiny country
Syria really is and yet there is no sec
ton of the globe of its size which has
made a more glorious history or left a
more profound impression upon the
hearts and minds of all people than
Palestine. 1t was the birthplace Of our
Lord and the scenes Of His ministry
i Princess Haider drew an interesting
word picture Of the Holy Land dwell
ing upon its scenery, climate, produc-
tiveness and people. She corrected
numerous false impressions that are
current as to the Syria of today I'm
part" she said, the false Impressions
ihave been created by the tourist who
has made only a hurried trip through
Palestine and does not come into con-
tact with the real life of the Syrians
land returns with misconceiyed i'm
preston Of the Holy Land and its peo-
lple"
The beauty and grandeur Of Mt Lee
banon, from whose top the entire land
may be seen, was told of at length by
the princess.
1t seems almost incredible, was the
opinion expressed by the princess, that
so small country has played such
an important part in the fortunes and
affairs of the human race. No other
country, save Egypt has given as much
to civilization as Syria, but its decay
she attributed to the long occupation
by the Turks. However, Princess
IIaider throughout her lectures
evinced the hope that her land would
some day regain its former position
among the nations Of the world
Tonight at o'clock at the First
Presbyterian church Princess Rahme
win present her own powerful drama
of "Naaman the Leper," telling in q
thrilling way the story as it was en-
acted in those early days. Preceding
1.-THE drama she will tell what a title
means in Palestine, why she is a prin-
cess.
on Tuesday night at o'clock at the
First Baptist church by special request
under the Young Peoples Union, the
princess will give her beautiful in
terpretaton of the idyllic love story
Of Ruth and Naomi"