The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-09-25
INTERESTING WAR
RELICS ON DISPLAY
FRANK G. LEE BRINGS BACK
MANY INTERESTING TROPH-
les FROM PALESTINE.
EXHIBIT AT LOCAL Store
DECORATED BY ARMENIANS FOR
SERVICES GERMAN BRU-
TALLY ILLUSTRATED.

During his several months ser.
vice tor the American Red Cross In
Armenia, Egypt, Greece, Italy ano
other foreign countries, Capt. Frank
C. Lee, accumulated large numbe,
of very interesting relics of The ID
European, Asiatic and African coun.
tries which he visited. A large num-
Der of these relics are now on dis
play in the large show windows Of
the Lee-Gingery Co., on Third Street
q In this connection it will be interest
ing to Mr.. Lees many friends to
know that he has just received a
personally signed letter of apprecia-
ton from Gen. Allenby, who lead
the successful British drive against
the brutal Turk, and since that time
has been in full charge administering
civil and military affairs of the
countries captured, with signal ability
and integrity.
One of the exhibits which will
please the ladies is an embroidered
doilie made by an Armenian woman
whose entire family was murdered by
the Turks. She brought this doilie
with her in a perilious pilgrimage
across the desert, from Armenia to
Damascus, where she was given re-
l.ef by the American Red Cross.
Another is a piece of unusually
beautiful silk embroidery presented
to Mr.. Lee in formal speech by an
Armenian patriarch at the head OF
! the Armenian refugee community of
$4,000 in Damascus, in appreciation
of the assistance that was rendered
to them by Mr.. Lee. T h S
embroidery is the Armenian's form
of decoration for services rendered.
Another is a piece of embroidery
three feet square made by four
Armenian young women laboring 10
hours a day for three weeks This
piece is conservatively worth $500.
There are coins from fourteen
foreign countries. Three of these
coins, two Greek and one Egyptian,
were presented by the officers of the
National museum at Cairo. They
are 1850 years old, excavateds by. the
Egyptian government from tornbs OF
ancient rulers of Egypt, together with
other relics.
Several pieces of MOSAIC stone We're
kicked from, the floor Of a building
ruined in Pompeii which was destroy.
ed 70 A. D., the italian government
having uncovered the building about
100 years ago.
There is an original petition or
parchment brought in by a native
woman who walked four days, bare
foot across the sands Of the desert
to reach the headquarters Of the
American Red Cross at Damascus
The petition was in the native lang.
uage and prayed for relief Of q
stricken people, and was signed by
the various officials Of the village.
A Damascus dagger, sometimes
called a Damascus blade, 5000 years
old, with solid silver sheath, fish.
horn handle and gold inlaid inscrip.
ton, presented to Mr.. Lee by Emil
Fisel of the Hedges government Of
Damascus. This is very unusual
souvenir.
There is a string of genuine Mer.
schaum Deeds and several cigarette
holders of unusual design, from
Eschecarin, Turkey, home of the
worlds greatest merschaum industry
Capt. Lee visited quarries neal
Jerusalem from which the rock used
in the construction Of King Solomon's
temple was quarried.E This quarry
extends 60 miles under theft city OF
Jerusalem. Several small pieces
from this most famous quarry We're
brought home with him.
There are shell cases from the
Palestine battlefield. One in particu-
lar used by the Turks was called
Jericho Jane by the English Tommy.
These shells were picked up in the
valley of the famous Jordan rived.
they have since been hand engraved.
Mr.. Lee has on display several
Turkish swords and bayonets which
he picked up on the Palestine battle
fields. One of the bayonets manu-
featured by Germany for the especial
use of the Turk has wicked notches
cut on either side. This instrument
Of torture is absolutely prohibited by