Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-14
COLUMBINE'S CALDRON
EDITED BY HELEN RODEY STAAIM
Phone 1918.

corner are the royal arms of Belgium
The document which is in French
reads; The ministry of foreign af-
fairs has the honor of informing
Madame May Sexton that in order to
rccognize the devotion which she has
proven ir the works Of the war it has
devoived upon the king to confer upon
her, under seal. on the date Of Sep
TENDER 5, 1919, the Medaille de la
Refine Elizabeth" Signed, Hymens
The bronze medal is attached to a
badge of rose and grey ribbon. ON one
side Of which is the cymbolic figure
of Belgium with the dates, l914-1916,
the period of Belgiu ms activity
Round the figure runs the inscription:
For Love and Honor of Country"
The reverse side contains the head
of Queen Eliza beth, with the informal
tion that the medal is that Of the
queen. The colors Of the badge are
significant Of this decoration and this
only the mere wearing of the ribbon
stands for the fact that the wearer is
ihc pCssesscl Of the medal.
Ne wish that we had a page to talk
of the impressions of the war gained
with eastern Canada as a standpoint,
during an interview with Mrs. Sex
ton. She paints picture which brings
a keener realization, than the cleaning
Of many books. Though she is loath
10 speak Of be- personal part the fact
that she has received the medal speaks
for her
The vast scone of the work in
eastern Canada and the province of
Nova Scotia and Halifax. especially, is
more comparable with the real front
than any other far-away point. The
pier workers at Halifax came in direct
contact with all Canadian troops 60
iu- and coming. and many American
and Australian, going
At the outbreak of the war Canada
had no civilian Red Cross and it had
to be orga sli2ed from the ground up.
Mrs Sexton and her cow orkers eff
fected this in a remarkably short time,
and there are now 21O branches in the
province Of Nova Scotia alone.
Briefly, though 1t is truly impos-
sible TO even mention them briefly,
the work in which the organizations
With which Mrs. Sexton was indenti-
fled comprised pier work. with its
canteen, and the care of thousands Of
soldiers, daily; the visiting and also
the furnishing of four large military
hospitals besides several civilian. the
provision of N-ray equipment a
splendidly furnished sun parlor, and
circulating library to various hospitals,
the tremendous purchasing of supplies
for hospitals and the different
branches of the Red Cross including
the canteen; the shipping and routing
of cargoes; the Christmas stockings
and boxes for soldiers at the front, in
hospital and trench, all extending
over a period of five years; not to
mention the FLU" epide mic and the
Halifax disaster. Mrs Sexton could
have done an infinitcsimal part Of all
this and still have been worthy of the
recognition conferred, but she has had
an influential hand in every bit of it.
She loved the pier work with the per-
sonal touch, hut because of training
and adaptability she was called upon
10 do much of the ecturng, being able
to so state true facts as to get the
support of the public mind. This was
wonderfully accomplish but the
home touch at the pier is remembered
also. In illustration we Will betray a
secret. We saw letter from a Scotch
boy, written in verse of which two
lines is the sum Of the rest:
Eye max it seem lax I've came Hame,
In many ways ye're Just the same"
o
st. Johns parish held reception on
Tuesday night in the Woman's club.
Mrs Morrissette sang responding tot
an encoure. and Mrs, George Angle
read Ruth Stewart McEnery's Gold
en- Wedding. the humorous selection
was very wen done and given much
appreciation Mrs. Angle then read
Old King Solomon by James Lane AL
len, and displayed great versatility,
there being more of pathos in the lat
ter selection. Dancing was INDUCED
in by a bunch which. as Mrs. Gait put