. Life and light for woman. here are girls fromAmasia, the center of Mithridates kingdom where the ruins of his castle stand and where there are mag-nificent rock-hewn tombswhich Strabo wrote of asancient in his day; there aregirls from the strip of landalong the Black Sea famed asthe home of the Amazons andwhose women of to-day aresaid to be of extraordinarystature and vitality; there aregirls from Van under theshadow of Mt. Ararat; thereare girls from the region ofBoghas Keuy where thereare splendid ruins of a cityof the time of Moses; thereare girls from Constantinoplewhere he who will can
. Life and light for woman. here are girls fromAmasia, the center of Mithridates kingdom where the ruins of his castle stand and where there are mag-nificent rock-hewn tombswhich Strabo wrote of asancient in his day; there aregirls from the strip of landalong the Black Sea famed asthe home of the Amazons andwhose women of to-day aresaid to be of extraordinarystature and vitality; there aregirls from Van under theshadow of Mt. Ararat; thereare girls from the region ofBoghas Keuy where thereare splendid ruins of a cityof the time of Moses; thereare girls from Constantinoplewhere he who will can spenda lifetime in reconstructing itshistoric events. The Turkey we know to-day is a land of beautiful rugs,embroideries and laces, of richarchaeological relics, of won-derful scenery and wonderfulclimate, a land rich in fruit andin all manner of natural resources which are as yet is too, the land of tumult—swept by massacre, war and pestil-ence, and burdened with poverty, degradation and sin; its people—. A ROMAN MILESTONE FOUND IN VILLAGE NEARMARSOVAN Raised to erect position by these village men. igi4\ A Garden Spot in Turke-^ 103 a strange mixture of nations each keeping its own language, customs,education and religion while living side by side in home and businesslife. Such are the surroundings of Anatolia Girls School whichis in its fiftieth year of work. Its work began when there were veryfew women in the whole city who could read and when few could befound who wanted their girls to learn. For many years there hasbeen a steady growth in the popular demand for education but withinthe past five years this demand has increased with surprising and Mohammedans alike are feeling that their daughters mustbe educated, and are thinking and planning not only every man for hisown children but in broader ways to provide schools for the the teachers that we can possibly prepare are in immediate country has forthese many c
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