Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-09-21

bath I attended church with the family
in the morning, and Mrs. Anderson
! took me to the Congregational church
/ in the evening. On Saturday there
was a demonstration of the children
of Glasgow at the city hall. There
were many thousand children in the
audience, and the choir of children,
mostly in white, was lovely sight !;
and sweet to hear were their temper
ance songs. I especially noted the
chorus of one which ran something
like this:
"There'll be more work.
And be more play.
When all the ruin
Is put away"
Mrs. Gourley, the presi lent of the
Glasgow w. C. T. u. made a fine ad-
dress. The addresses were indeed ex-
cellent, but in paper like this only
little can be said of these things. l
must mention that little girl sang. 1
Think When l Read That Sweet Story
of Oh" in a wonderful voice, sustain
ing the tones like an experienced
singer, and filling that large hall
with her melody. To the persistent
encores, she finally returned and sang
Worlds Home Sweet Home" When
the Sunday School superintendent gave
the report. she had two children bv
her, and the flags of the nations in
her hand. She would hold up flag,
tell how many were in Sunday School
in that country then hand the flag to
one of the children. OF course. the
stars and stripes flo lted on the larg-
est number, and how the whole audi
ence did cheer. There were hearty
cheers also for the large number in
/ Great Britain.
| When / learned, afterward. that
/ only one hundred fifty tickets were
issued to the many hundred delegates
| there in the convention, I wondered
! favored few. The convention proper
opened on Monday. at st. Johns
! church where all the meetings were
held, and where the delegates from the
different countries had their seats in
! dictated by the flag of their nation. l
think the United States delegates
must have filled about third of the
/ church. Around the gallery were the
national flags, and the department
! banners. The school savings bank
| banner with its .streamers with
Economy, Thrift, and Industry" on
[
ess of Carlisle, who was the president,
had been i'll, so she did not occupy
| the chair at all in the convention prop
err. She presided at one executive
meeting only. Our own Mrs. L. NJ.
N. Stevens, from Maine, presided at
all the meetings. When the election
of officers came, the Countess was
chosen again for president and Mrs.
| Stevens for vice president. The re-
ports showed good work in all the de-
! partments.
Monday evening, the city authori-
! ties gave US a reception in the city
chambers. the largest reception ever
/ given to women in the city of Glas-
gov. There were six gentlemen-no
ladies' in the receiving party. They
were arrayed in their gold and ermine.
and were very gracious. verything
was luxurious from the furniture and
stairW3ys to the refreshments, and
the speeches and music were most
pleasing. The array of beautiful
dresses among the guests, did full
honor to all that was provided for
them. On Tuesday evening, and also
on Thursday evening meetings for the
public were held in the st. Andrews
Hall. At the latter, there were SO
many who could not gain admittance,
after the hall was crowded to its ut
most capacity that an overflow meeting
was held, but here again | was one of
the favored ones, having a good seat
in the hall. A hundred one minute
speeches were on the program, and
responded at call. Mrs. Stevens was
very prompt to call them at the last
second of their time. When Mrs.
Graham of the United States, SANG
in her sweet, powerful voice, taking
just her minute, the audience
claimed, by repeated encores, another
minute, Mrs. Stevens raised her COM
handing hand, and started to call the
next, but the clapping was renewed.
Again she tried to go on with the
program, but after two or three
trials, she yielded to the demand and
turning to Mrs. Graham she said,
laughing, "Sing another verse quick. -
So again that melodious voice filled the
hall with music. All were so delight.
ed with Mrs. Stevens remarkable way
OF conducting affairs, that some one ir
the audience began to sing, "She's a
jolly Good Fellow, "and though not or
the program. the song rang out with
spirit. At proper place in the pro
gram the American delegates sang
America" but the organist forgot
himself and started "Star SpangleC
Banner. However, he was quickly
notified and the song was sung power
fully by our large delegation. Aftel
speeches, the Scottish delegates sang
"Auld Lang Syne," and when the
next turn came, the British delegates
sang their national anthem. And a
last, we all Joined hands and sang
God Be with YOU" Everything wa'
finished on Friday, and Saturda!
morning, we babe adieu to Glasgow
and our sweet Scottish friends.
AS our train was about to start
. they. standing on the platform. t.
wave US good bye, sang, "Will Ye N
Come Back Again." and eyes, w
will come back again." was reptile,
from the cars.
Amy B Fisk.
Orleans, Vermont.