Show NEAR EAST BELIEF twelve thousand beautiful orphan children down on their knees cneesh tn ter fir vent thanksgiving tor for americas americ ds aid that has rescued them from the tortures ot of starvation afforded an inspiring spectacle that broke the haunting monotony ot of tragic scenes witnessed by northwestern in investigators vp astl who recently returned from a two months tour lour of 0 armenia and southern russia where unknown thousands aro are in the grip of hunger this wag was at Alexandr opol armenia where samuel K F newman of middleton addleton idaho until a few months ago west washington director of 0 near east relief with headquarters at seattle Is with mrs irs newman engaged in perilous relief and reconstruction st work beset by famine and cholera that are killing cozens there daily mrs irs newman formerly miss ethel long of caldwell idaho graduated I 1 in a 1920 from the 0 A C dr sherman L Divi Divine neof ot spokane northwest general chairman of the near east relief committe who with J J Hand sacker of portland was sent to the big hunger zone to investigate at private expense pictured the scene or of the vast assemblage of children in prayer to near east relief workers of of washington montana idaho and utah who gathered in conference at spokane last week it was a scene that would inspire anyone even the most hardened to their most desperate effort to save the little children of the near east from starvation that awaits them this winter said D divine a scene of seven thousand little girls and five thousand little boys from our two big orphanages at alexan doropol on their knees thanking god fr americas care and protection they were as bright and beautiful as any little childr children erl one could find anywhere hundreds ot of them owe their lives to the funds and the food and clothes sent from right out here in the northwest they depend tor for their survival this winter upon the success of our appeal to the producer and town people of the anotn no tn west to unite in giving and buying wheat milk and other food for their needs there are a hundred thou sand more just like these in our oth er orphanages in the near east who must be provided for then too there are three outside starving for every child we have sheltered |