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Show CURIOUS G SIFTS FOR ' AMERICAN GIRL IN SYRIA 'Way over in Syria tho heart of the young Americnn girl is soon to bo made glad by tho possession of as curious gifts from homo as over crossod the Atlantic. At-lantic. It would be quite useless to tiy to guess, so tho statement may as well bo mndo at onco that tho gifts are apples and a mince piol Though Syria is rich in fruits, these two dclcctablcs are unknown to the country, and this American girl, who has been living thero for several years, is hungry for them. She said so to a married friend who was coming from Syria hero on a visit, but she spoke half jestingly, with- ' out any idea that her friend would remember re-member her words, and so there is a delightful, as woll as amusing, surprise awaiting her. The pie. which is of uncommonly largo dimensions, has been most carefully care-fully packed and boxed and is securely secure-ly tucked iiito ono of tho trunks of tho returning voyager. In tho same trunk, too, arc the apples, big. luscious, rosy Baldwins, each ono wrapped separately in cotton wadding and then tissue paper pa-per and distributed among soft thincs in the trunk, so that they are amply protected from bruises on tho long iouf-n iouf-n ey. |