Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-21
NOTES FROM TIE NATIONAL
CONVENTION At ST. LOUIS.

The two balconies were decorated
with bunting, flags and banners, pre-
senting brilliant panorama of rich
and varied colors and designs as
strange to many beholders as the fig
ures and legends of ancient tapestry.
Over the great platform hung two
American flags on either side Of the
English colors, and pendant from
this last was the flag of Armenia. 1t
is formed of three blocks of equal
size, of red, pale green and blue.
Crossing the line of the green and
blue is red Latin cross, and upon
that the picture of the face of Christ,
as upon the celebrated handkerchief
of Saint Veronica. Crossing the line
of the green and red is the figure of
the lion of judah. A pathetic flag it
is. A lady in the audience, gazing
upon it, recalled the story Of the
legend and seemed to hear the words,
.sThis is my cross. In the sufferings
Of these, my brethren, suffer again."
and she longed to minister to the
Armenians Taking off ring which
was the most precious thing
she had she sent it to Miss Willard
saying she hoped the dear Lord
would estimate its value by what it
cost her to give it. Many beautiful
and elegant banners contrasted with
the deep green foliage of ferns and
palms upon the great platform.
Speaking of banners, two new ones
are particularly worthy of note. One
from Ohio was presented to the con-
vention by Mrs. Hammond, editor of
the Ohio Messenger. 1t is of white
silk upon which is painted a saloon
with women kneeling before it.
Above the picture are the words,
"Ohio, the Crusade state;" below, the
letters, w. G. T. U. 1t is trimmed
with a fringe of buckeyes. The back
of it is yellow (suffrage) upon which
is painted bunch of nasturtims. The
other was presented by the railroad
men of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
road, represented by thirty men, ca oh
wearing the white ribbon, to the rail-
road department of Pennsylvania at
the last annual convention of that
state. 1t cost one hundred and fifty
dollars. Upon it is painted an engine
and tender. The letters, w. @. L. u,
are upon the tender, and below are
the words, "Blessed art thou when
thou CONTEST in, and blessed shalt
thou be when thou goest out" Both
banners are handsomely mounted.
The two meetings of greatest in
terest was the one for the Armeni-
ans and that of the L. T. LIS. Over
six thousand people came together
Sunday afternoon to hear addresses
in behalf of the Armenians by Rev. f.
ID. Greene, secretary of the Armenian
Relief Committee, Miss Rebecca Kirk
orian, Aintab, Armenia, and others.
No more deeply interested audience
ever listened for over three hours to
tales as strange and horrible as are
written anywhere in the annals of the
world.
The impassioned eloquence of Re-
becca Kirkorian, the arrangement OF
Christian nations and peoples by DR..
the pathetic stories concern
ing the arrival of the refugees in
Maine and Massachusetts anu the
finding of homes for them, with the
touches that showed the gentle char
acter, gratitude and love of the refu-
gees, held the audience spellbound
from first to last. The collection
taken was, cash, six hundred and one
dollars, and signed pledges, two
hundred and sixty five dollars. Two
colored churches took collections for
the Armenians, one receiving nine
dollars and the other twenty one dol
lars. Plans are being devised where
by the work in this line will be great
Iy augmented.
The l.. T. L. meeting was presided
over by Mrs. Helen G. Rice, national
of the Loyal Tenn
perance Legion. A chorus of one
thousand children from the various
schools of the city were
seated upon the stage and presented
an inspiring picture. The children
had been drilled to give the national
rallyIng cry; song; ''The Temperance
Train" national salute of the flag, and
the rallying cry of the states having
ing the fewest number of unions
without L. T. LIS. The first row of
children was of little ones scarcely
more than babies, but they marched
and counter marched and kept time
with the best of them.
An arbitrary and unreasonable