The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-06
LOCAL FOLKS
GIFTS BRING
JOY FAR AWAY
Mrs. Kerr Thanks Bismarck
People For Boxes Sent
For Near East Relief
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ELlI,S Of Dis lRlbU HUN
In Il letter under date Of February
=, 1924, which has just been received
by Mrs. Alfred Iuger from Mrs. AL
ma Kerr who is engaged in relief
work in the Near East, Mrs. Kerr
expresses her appreciation and
thanks to all who contributed to the
box which was sent at Christmas
time for the orphanagc. The box did
not arrive in time for the Christmas
celebration and all articles except
the clothing, which was so badly
needed by the children, has been nut
away for the Easter celebration. Elk
tracts from the letter will show how
very welcome each single thing sent
to the orphanage was, how grateful
~ received they were, and what
pleasure the receiving of the gifts
brought. Mrs. Kerr says:
Il want to thank you all deeply
and sincerely for your generosity
Everything in the box showed what
big hearts you have. We nearly
wept over the coat. / had just re
ceived letter from Elias, one Of four
orphans in the tuberculosis Sanitar-
um in Lebanon, saying they were so
cold up there that they had to stay
in bed all day. He just begged for
Il coat for one of the little girls,
saying, that if they had one, they
could take turns in using it. We
were simply so perpleXed, wondering
what could be done. One man gave
us his soldier overcoat, and yours
came while two great big sweaters
were made by my little sunshine
girls, so that we had something for
each Of the children at the sanitari-
UNI.
Keeps Dresses For Spring
THE lovely little dresses put
away for spring. as they cannot use
them now. The suit went to little
boy called George Homsieas as did
one of the shirts. His sister and he
are the only survivors of a family
of seven. When | saw that
suit | thought of him and walked
over to his class that same day. /
found him among forty other little
ones and as usual he was smiling
and happy. We call him the sun.
beam. His little hands were blue
with the cold. He had only the or
binary orphanage clothing which is
khaki. If you could have seen the
gratitude in his eyes and the love
in his teachers when he came back
to class all dressed up it would have
been ample recompense. The chill
dren all clapped for him and his
good fortune and no king could have
been prouder than he. To show you
something of the spirit of the chill
dren, I am going to tell you about
the other boy, whom ! wanted to give
pair of trousers and jacket. ! took
him into the office and offered him
the clothes, he looked at me and
said, he did not need them. He said
he had warm suit put away that
had been his fathers, and would
please give it to someone else. AL
though | had never seen him wear
ing these. shall always remember
Jurban for that.
Every child in the Orph anage
blesses you and your friends. At our
little sunshine meeting, a little bit
of girl got up and asked if the
angels had carried our prayers to you
for the coat and brought back the
box. She offered little needle lace
dolly, which she had made and asked
me to send it to you from the Sun
shine club" -.
French Influence Seen
This is a little club which Mrs.
Kerr has organized with the object
Of the little ones doing something
for the sick. A few of the girls
from the interior that had attacks of
mental trouble at times were asked
to join. 1t has been the making of
these girls, for in the work of doing
things for others, they have forgot
ten their own trouble. They have
knitted socks. sweaters and mittens
and sewed garments of flannel. The
lace dolly sent to Mrs. Zuger is very
beautiful and the workmanship is
something wonderful. The children
seem to have an abiding faith in
Tod and Mrs. Kerr finds them so pure
and good.
In her description of visit to
Beirut, Mrs. Kerr explains how the
French influence has crept into all
phases of society and Beirut has be-
come so influenced with French
tastes that the oriental is almost
vulgar. 1t is not so much the French
as the Syrian people who are respon
sible for this. They want to>b so
much like the French that the result
is cheap and tawdry. The sweet
faced peasant maid is gone and in
hereplace walks an imitation French
with bleached hair and paint
ed face.
Mrs. Kerr mentioned each gift
that-had been enclosed in the Christ
mas-box and was so anxious that the
giver knows how they were appre
ciated, that Mrs. Zuger takes this
svaysof letting the public know of the
and joins with Mrs. Kerr
IN thanking all who contributed to
The box Of Christmas supplies.
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