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A MISSIONARY CARGO.

When the N. D. L. S. S. “Prinzess Irene" sailed from New York
harbor on September 7, she carried a missionary party of thirty-two.
This picture of the party, with the captain of the steamer, was taken
on the voyage. Besides the six members of the Zvvemer family were
fifteen others going with them to Egypt, four were going to Syria,
three to India, three to Turkey and one, Miss Gertrud Schafheitlin
was going to join the Arabian Mission in Arabia. The lady sitting
beside the captain was styled the “honored worker" of the party.
She is Miss Smith who has spent forty-one years in Egypt. In the
center back row Dr. Zwemer will be recognized and in front of him
stands Mrs. Zwemer. At the extreme right of the middle row is
Miss Schafheitlin and by her side Miss Bessie Zwemer. The remainder
of the Zwemer family Raymund Lull, Amy Ruth, Mary Moffat, are
in the front row.