Show MONSTER ULES RULES R IN ASIA MINOR american woman physician tells of osman abah known as of Kera soom 11 acknowledges ha MASTER threatens to kill anyone who aids suffering armenians Armen ians in any way ur dr norton contracts trachoma while treating children new york it science event eventually unity succeeds in checking the ravages of trachoma the scourge of ancient egypt and since the beginning of history one of the most moat baffling of human ailments the achievement be due in no small measure to dr blanche norton tin nn american woman physician who ullo herself contracted the disease while treating greek and armenian orphans in the near east relief orphan age in Kera Nera soom a little village on the asia minor coast of the black sea though suffering severely from a virulent attack of the malady dr norton come came to constantinople and ana during her treatment one of the most painful known to physicians she continued her efforts in behalf of the tra chamous clio thousands of the levant As a results result a hospital has been opened in the sultans capital capable of caring for about greek and armenian orphans at one time in recognition of her service at ker where her patients were largely orphans of greek parentage the greek government conferred on her tile war cross of king george the first woman to be so honored 25 per cent of children afflicted trachoma Is more prevalent and it a greater menace than we realize dr norton declared on returning to new york to complete orn her treatment in the armenia and greek orphanages in constantinople an extensive S urvey survey revealed more than 25 per cent of tile the children suffering from the disease in addition there are thousands of adults and turkish children in the city who become infected the high degree of contagion of tra choma according to dr norton Is one of iti worst aspects she caught it when one of the children she was treating was seized with a violent fit of sneezing and shook a tiny molecule of the discharge from his eyes into hers bers maybe it Is a good thing that I 1 caught the disease however she said 1 I begin to think that sometimes it Is well for a doctor to suffer from the disease he be or she treats to any extent until I 1 had to undergo tile treatment I 1 never realized the pain that I 1 inflicted on those tiny little aalfs waifs in the damp schoolhouse cellar in kern kera soom where here they were segregated tyrant of Kera soom 11 it was while treating these orphans that dr norton met osman afuli the tyrant of Kera Kern soom tin an erstwhile erste title erman who fought in the world war returned with a wooden leg and became a hero in the eyes of his townspeople ne ire Is the most fearful creature I 1 ever saw she said the native christians that have so far escaped his wrath live la in abject terror of him and of the band of moun mountain tain robbers that he has haa surrounded himself with few armenians Armen ians are left in the town most of them died of starvation in the streets with no one to help them for osman had bad promised to have killed immediately anyone who might dare to teed feed or aid them in any way he has placed oil 11 and gasoline all LIT about the outskirts of the town and had threatened to set it afire and drag all the greek population to the mountains it if allied warships or hilled allied coops troops attempt to move against him ue he Is holding the leading greeks of the city as hostages no christian Is 13 showed allowed to leave the city mustapha kemal himself could not move him lor for osman acknowledges no one to be his master lie ile Is the most absolute hylant that I 1 believe lias has existed existe d since the lie days of imperial rome the brigands brigande bri gands that this creature haa h its gathered about him are at once the most fearful and tile the most wonderful group of men I 1 have ever seen |