, 1909-11-20

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received in st. Thomas and in st. Croix. In
the former island, we understand, they will
be sold for the benefit of the Ladies Asso-
citation, here for the benefit of the Chill
dren's homes. The design this year is a
man-of war in q white circle on q blue
shield. Below the warship are the words
eDansk Vestindien, Jul 1909"
The stamps are for sale at the Post Office,
also at Mr.. R. Armstrong;, Mr.. Niles the
National Bank, the Apothecary's and the
Christiansted Stationery and Fancy store,
at the price of one cent each, or 23 cents per
sheet of %.
AS these stamps open q way to give the
smallest possible contribution. as we'll as u
larger one, to a good cause, we hope that they
will find many purchasers.
The transference of the new building to DO
used as the Leper Asylum was made on
Monday with due formalities by the Grand
sire of the Odd Fellow Order in Denmark,
DR.. Beyer, to the Colonial Council of ST.
Croix, in the Councils Hall, GovernmentHouse
III response to the published invitation Of
his Excellency the Governor, a large num-
Der of gentlemen and also a few ladies had
assembled. Shortly after eleven o'clock His
Excellency introduced DR.. Boyer to the
audience as follows
Ladies' and Gentlemen, l have the honour
to introduce to you DR.. Petrus Boyer, Grand
Master Of the independent Grand Lodge for
Denmark of the Odd Fellow Order. The
Doctor has come all the way out here to
hand over personally to the Municipality of
St. Croix the new asylum for lepers at Rich
moud, which has been built by the agency of
the order that he represents.
His Excellency then introduced the Grand
Sire to the Chairman Of the Council, who in
troduced him to the Councils members.
DIR. Boyer then made the following ad-
dress:
"Deres Excellense.
Mine Herrer at st. Croix Kolonialraad
bet er som Stor Sire for Oddfellow-
Ordenen Danmark at jog i Dag har den
ERE at henyende mig tilDem for paaOrdenens
Vegne at overgive til Dem Diet til Brug for
de Spedalske paa de dansk vestindiske Ger
byggede Asyl; og jeg beder den hoit@rede
Formand for St. Croix Kolonialraad ON at
modtage Asylet, som Raadet er gaaet ind
paa at drive n@vnte Oiemed.
Forinden jeg ~oyergiver Gavebrevet. maa
Diet v@re mig tilladt / korte Track at minde
ON Asvlets Tilblivelseshistorie. Bet var no.
gen lid linden den vestindiske Kommissions
Udsendelse her til Oerne for 6 Aar siden, at
6U Ill u6uu0S OlSu40lnnCL uLuLu AS116
Jacob Scavenius henvendte sig til mig paa
den dav@rende Finansminister Christoffer
Hayes Vegne, for at foresporge om Diet
kunde t@nkes at Oddfellows, i Lighted med
hvad der var sket sin It'd paa Island, Wide
bygge ct Spedalskhedsasyl paa de %vestin-
diske Ger, hyor der fandtes ct ret betty
deligt Antal Patienter lidende af denne
Sygdom. NJ vii de mindre mine Herrer at
der i Danmark den Gang, hvad der forester
ogsaa er Tilfeldet nu, fandtes ct stort
Onske ON at skatfe disse fjerne danske Be-
siddelser saa code Livsvilkaar som muligt,
og dertil h6rte ganske sikkert, at befri Be-
folkningen for den Fare der laa at disse
Stalker der ware syge af den forf@rdelig7te
Sygdom der vii nok fndes, ferdedes rundt
imellem de Sunde, o9 kunde brede Syg-
dOmmen videre og videre omkring. Jeg sva-
rede, overensstemmende med Diet Princip
hvorefter Odd-fellow-Ordene leder sit Liv;
sat virke for social-humane Fremskridt Yer
den over" at den Mulighed. at vi kunde
Wide paatage os denne rationale Opgaye,
fandtesj men at jeg forinden jeg forelagde
Sp6rgsmaalet for Ordenens ledende Mend,
MATTE stille som Betingeise, dels at der
caves en- SpedaIskhedslov. i Lighed med
hvad der fandtes paa Island, der mulio-