The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-12
BISMARCK TOYS !
bring JOY IN
! FAR-0FF SYRIA
Jackie Zuger Receives Letter
Voicing Appreciation of
Boys in the Near East
CONDITIONS DESCRIBED

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| straits of people in the Near East
is related by Mrs. Alma Kerr. Near
East Relief worker, formerly OF
Bismarck, in letter to Mrs. Alfred
Zuger and son, Jackie, thanking
them for gifts to the orphans.
81 used the letters and books in
the Kindergarten. l never knew
what lot of joy those things could
bring the little ones. gave one
marble to each of the little ones
in the hospital and they just beam
ed and kissed them" said Mrs.
Kerr, writing from Beirut, Syria,
where she is in charge Of relief
work.
Mrs. Kerr visited with friends in
Bismarck early this spring and took
with her 25-pound box of toys and
clothing packed by Mrs. Zuger for
the orphans Of the East. Mrs. Kerr
had been in Syria for three years
prior to her return to this country
last year.
Little Boy Writes
Something of the appreciation
felt by the little folks for the gifts
sent from America is indicated in
the following letter Victor Mickle,
orphan in hospital maintained by
the American Near East Relief at
BEIRUT, Syria, wrote Jackie.
'"With thanks send this letter to
you telling you that have received
the suit which you have sent me by
Mrs. Kerr. l am very glad to thank
you for this gift and to send you
my best wishes and l ask God to
bless you and reward you for your
good DONE"
Tells of Conditions
The following delightful descrip-
ton of Algiers and Athens, the only
two points at which Mrs. Kerr stop
ped on her way East, is contained
in her letter to Mrs. Zuger.
81 love Algiers more than any 9th
err city have been to in the east
but that possibly can be explained
since it was the first eastern city
I'd seen in year. The city is most
picturesque with it's white houses
and mosques, located on the shores
of very blue bay and dotted with
palm trees and gardens through the
city. When the French bombardeC
the city, they entered at night anc
\could scarcely distinguish even the
outline of the buildings on shore
They had been ordered to fire a
dawn but when the men awakened
they were spcllbound to find a snow
white city, too beautiful to de
scribe, some said. Since then it ha.
been La Belle Vile Blanche, OF
snow white Algiers. A friend o.
ours, French doctor took u:
around the city, by automobile. W.
drove out to the botanical garder
and had to drive slowly SO as no.
to go over some of the slow moving
white clad Moslems, who Away
move along as though they have
time to burn. The Moslems or Arab:
here are much larger than an!
AIabs I've seen Beforehand 81
handsome!
The "Sheik" Fails
at was very good thing fo
each of us five relief workers tina
the ship stopped only one day in thu
harbor or l might have gone off o,
the Sahara with one. When we wer'
oiting our lunch at shop, fou
huge Arabs came in, and seate'
themselves opposite us. They wer'
wrapped in their snow white abbial
a hood sort of affair that goe
over their shoulders. One of them
an older man attracted my atten
ton. We carried on quite CONVEX
sation-mute-however, and whe
we arose to go, he was careful t.
push back the folds of his abbial
and l saw the red ribbon, Legio1
honor decoration which would hav
+, given me grounds for talking to hir
had we not been in such hurry.
''We took a car after lunch an
drove up to the old quarter on tn
top of the Mills which is called Kas
bah quarter. Kasbah is Tur
kish word meaning amber and
may have been in ancient days
head market or factory. The GENE
terry is the most picturesque of al
with the pine trees and the hun
dreds of crude headstones, the VIC
men and old men huddled over tn
graves, some chanting as thei
bodies swung to peculiar rythmi
motion. They eyed US suspiciousl
as usual. We went through tn
3 leather markets, for which Algiers
very noted, got back on ship boar
at o'clock and set sail. It wa
beautiful during the entire evenin
as we voyaged along the Africa
coast and the sunset was almost
i deep daring orange with glints 9
green.
Extremes in, Greece
"Athens' has two extremes,-re1
ugees from Anatolia, ragged, vel
min ladened and~-scarcely able
stagger about,-and Fashionable
well clad Athenians in Parisia
garments promenading between tn
sunset and dusk to the music of tn
many orchestras or bands about
the gardens. I do not like Athens
never did, but they say those VIII
have lived there long enough do.
looks far more dowdy than in 1911
Most of the men use clutches an
4 limp-the effects Of war and suffer
ing being evident.
1--WE drove first to the Royal Pa
ace which is now our headquartel
and orphanage. We have numb'
of Armenian girls there. They q
smiled at us so sweetly. We me-
drovk around the city passed Il
home of venizelos which has bes