The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-31
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~ CONVENTION A"tH ~ BA@@AtsAs ~@a
beautifully decorated with aags OF ev-
err nationality. Tor our motto II. For
God and Home and Every Land
lady Holder 81 Australia explained
the symbol found on their aag. first
and foremost smong which Is the Tn
ion 1ack 81 England
TIE exercises % Saturday after
noon were Illustrated By living pfc.
lures. several hundred children TAX.
ina part In the demonstration.
one particularly pretty exercise was
Nisen By the sunbeams from the sun.
rise kingdom.
There vas also q demonstration by
the Girl Pioneers. which was very In.
teresting. and also one b. the boys
against boys worst enemy-the cigar
ette.
Then came the coming voters WIS
are golng 20 help carry the nation
dry IN 1897 The first OF these were
the boys Of the L. T. T.. closely fol-
lowed by the young voters-to-be. the
small girls carrying the sunragette
flower. the beautiful yellow chrysan-
themum.
One baby. about eight months old.
received the white ribbon. thereby
joining the cradle roll. He was ac-
companied by hts father. mother and
grandmother More than 900 Chris
tian EndeavOrers sang a rousing tenn
peranee song. and each waved a flag
during the singing OF the chorus.
In the evening two grand recep-
tons were held for the delegates and
visitors. transportation was furnish
ed free. had the pleasure Of attend
ing the one given az the beautiful
home at I044 Park Place. The house
IL magfifcently furnished. and the
guests were received 50 cordially and
heartily there was no sense OF
strangeness among US. Among the
guests were Lady Holder OF Austria
liza, Lady Aurea Howard, daughter of
Countess Of Carlisle. the Baroness de
Laveleye OF Belgium. and others Just
as noted. There were about one hun
dred and ffty al this reception and
the hostess and her assistants were
beautifully gowned. Many were the
speeches OF appreciation that were
made BY the delighted guests.
As We cot on the car TO return to
the Academy OF Music, the first ones
I noticed were our own Minnie f.
Neal OF Jacksonville and Mrs. Fl. c.
Packham OF Ocala. They had been
enjoying the other reception.
The addresses after the night ses-
sion were given by Lady Holder of
Australia. DIR. L. Pearl Boggs of Chi
ma. and Mrs. Mary Harris Armour of
the U. $. A.. Mrs. Armour. true TO
her name. The Georgia Cyclone"
carried the house by storm, and the
applause was almost continuous.
II seems wonderful that so many
gifted women from all parts of the
world should be banded together in
one common cause.-The betterment
of the human race.
In connection with the rest room
is a check room, where anyone can
have packages or wraps checked and
cared for free of charge.
The convention came to a close on
Tuesday night. The vast auditorium
was packed One page of this paper
could be filed with an account of the
closing night of this wonderful con-
vention.
One OF the main features was one
hundred minute speeches, all full OF
condensed information and interest.
Canada was represented by about
thirty ladies, England by twenty. and
when 1t came to the demonstration OF
the flags of different nations. the En-
glish ladies first occupied the front
of the platform and gathered around
them the delegates from the countries
controlled by England: Scotland,
Wales. ireland. New Zealand. Austria
liza. Canada. Africa, India and other
countries that | do not recall now,
all of which made a large group,
which was loudly cheered by the on
lockers. AS the flag of each country
was presented, the national air was
sung by one hundred trained voices,
and was accompanied by great APP
plause. but when a large American
flag, our own dear Stars and Stripes
was brought TO the front to the tune
of the Star Spangled Banner the
cheering was deafening. and the
cheering was not all done by Ameri-
cans either. Then followed the last,
the large flag with cross and the
r,ntto. ssRs- This Sio, We C0nuupr I"