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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph by Melville Chater 



'PLEASE, MISTLR, LLT US RIDL 



This brother and sister, orphans, were begging for a train-ride to some other town, where 



there might be bread. 



have been receiving about seven ounces 

 of bread a day per head and are given the 

 opportunity of gaining a living wage in 

 the Committee's weaving factory. There 

 one sees them at loom, compress, and vat, 

 working the Georgian wool into an excel- 

 lent fabric, which is put on sale at mod- 

 crate prices. 



( )ne also sees the Committee's splendid 

 work among the Armenian orphans, of 

 whom there are some 4,000 at Tiflis. 

 These, housed in donated residences and 



unused school buildings, attend class 

 daily, cultivate vegetable gardens, and 

 even carry on in playtime their people's 

 tradition of industry. It is a droll and 

 pathetic sight to watch little boys and 

 girls, each with a ball of wool and a set 

 of needles, moving in and out amid scenes 

 of leap-frog and dolls'-house, knitting 

 their own socks. 



Having remained long enough at Tiflis 

 to watch the unloading and distribution 

 of several cars of flour, the American 



