| Show t harem victim tells story stolen from her home on tile the ril bi before her wedding and imprisoned tor for live anve years la in a turkish harem aghavni an a beautiful nineteen year oll old armenian Arme ninn girl arl from mills has at lasi iasi been discovered by tier her lover anil adf through throng the assistance of the near east relief forcibly taken from lid bet gnaster and brought to one of tin american rescue hescue homes in constanli nople here alere she yell stay until or cr can be made for her mar ariage and lier her return to her old home my lt it Is like hundreds of others aghavel laid simply 1 I 1 was stolen from my hornc home on the file night that thai the massacres first began in BI ills ll it was the night before I 1 was nas n as to haie bale beer been married I 1 was just folding my wedding veil away when the turkish soldiers broke into the house they carried me oft off I 1 they took me A AGHAVNI WILLIAM MILLIAN up to constantinople to the house of the man she stopped and put one hand over her e eyes es a liand hand that bore the telltale tell tale tattoo of her turkish mas ter but what does my stry story matter mat terl I 1 site she exclaimed 1 I am only one of so many it Is ray my people and their fu ture lure that mat mailers lers somehow we must rebuild our nation and show to the turks who tried to beat out our life aud and to the alie whole world that despite what we have surf suffered ered armenia Is still unconquerable I 1 aghavel 1111 fan Is as site she says saya only one of runny many it Is estimated that one hundred tho thousand wand girls are still held in turkish hagemi harems the new nea rast east relief americas off lelal agent in armenia Is making this or of rescue one of the most important tea fen buies of its program and it Is to them and the support they receive front from tile hie american people that unfortunate sisters still captive must look for their release |
