ABODE OF DARKNESS.
CITY OF TAPPING STICKS. Although Adiyaman, a Turkish city lying in tho dust of Hisnamansour, has a population of 7000 only 209 of them are able to see, the other 6791 being either wholly or partially blind through the ravages «>t trachoma.
Never in this city of the blind is heard the joyous laughter of happy children, declare travellers, for it is the most miserable city in the world. All day long the tap, tap of blind people's sticks resound on the ground. Few aro able to give a helping hand to t lie" afflicted as they tap their weary way to their drearv'tasks of fanning and herding.
On the verge of starvation, these sightless people congregate faithfully live times each dav in the. mosque to make their prayers to Allah. But iri the house of worship there must be no complaints, so they may not even ask Allah to alleviate their sufferings No school or hospital has ever been established to relieve the distress of these people. Generation after generation inherits the fate of its fathers aud mothers and knows nothing of any happier state.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20656, 30 August 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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189ABODE OF DARKNESS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20656, 30 August 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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