THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
Mrs. Silverman Returns
Mrs. Silverman lefi Kodink on Oct.
itStii. 1909 to visit her mother who
!iv»s in tht* Yilluge of Ito, ne.u Trip
oli, Syria She sailed from Nev
\«>rk \'ov. 18th, 1909011 the Ham
h irg-Ameri. an steamer “Hamburg”
after passing the A/.ores and
tbrought the Straits of (iibralter
made the first stop at Gibralter and
had (he good fort tine to see the great
Knglish Fortress bv moonlight. She
then went to Naples where she left
the Hamburg, remaining there five
days. enjoying the beautiful hav and
the quaint eity and then took the
steamer Senegal up the Mediterran
e.in for 1‘ripoii, stopping at Constan
tinople, \th<rtis «ind other old world
cities (>n her arrival in Tripoli she
w.;s met b\ Iter brother and then
traveled 011 horse hack to Ito. She
'•pent the summer visiting with her
ni 'ther ami enj'ving fill v the heau
ti!u! Syrian views, fruits and vege
t ihies and made some visits to Tiip
°*i and o her places in the vicinitv.
‘'he lef' I to Sept. 9th taking steam
er at fiipoii went to Port Said and
Klexanria and from there to Marseil
u -.l r.uiv e. She traveled b\ rail from
Marseilles to Paris and from there
to Cherbou g, h'r.iiice wheie she took
steamer fm New York arriving there
k'l 2 1910 -liter a pleasant voyage.
l'’ruiii New Vo< k she went to Cin
cinnati Ohio and spent a pleasant
time visiting her hush nd’s parents
• oid then to Seattle where she arriv
es iu time to leave 00 the steamer
•Portland on Nov. 5th.
1 he account of the w eck of the
ill f tel ste.mier is given in .mother
« oluiuii
.Mrs Si.vennan arrived home safe
ly Nov. 22nd, glad to le hark again
oid gladly welcomed by her manv
friends hei e
Joseph Gliffberg'
Drowned
On the afternoon of Nov. nth
Joseph Gliffberg broke through the
ire in Upper I.ake while skating and
was drowned before help could reach
him.
He had finished his afternoon work
and in company with a number of
other boys went to the Upper I.ake to
skate They had been prohibited
from going there, hut like some boys
in other places thought they knew
better ban older folks whether the
i c was safe or not. and as a Jesuit of
disol edience Joe lost his life He
had skated rapidly out in tlie middle
of the bike not knowing that the ice
was so thin there. When he went
through and called for help the other
boys could not get to him as the ice
was thin all •round, ami before au\
help could he gotten to him he ' d
gone down. It was two hours before
his ho.lv w is recovered. A doiv had
tube brought up to ttie lake. :d
long ropes attached to it then it w..~
pushed out over tlie ice to the hole
After Mr. Farmer who was assisted
by W.isili Agizza and Honifaie*
(.»regoriOif had found the body the
dory was pulled hack to the shore
with the ropes hy the boy« and men
who had come to helf . We worked
some time in ttying if possible to re
snsMtate the poor bov but all out ef
forts were of no avail.
joe was [5 years and 2 days old am:
was brought to the mission from
Nuchek an orphan when less th .n
four ye »rs old. So far as is known
he has no reatives in the world. Hm
death has been a great shock to 1
.dd He will he greatly misled.