As tangible results of her work abroad, she was given an amethyst cut in the shape of a pansy, by the Grand Duchess of Baden, also the Serbian decoration of the Red Cross as the gift of Queen Natalie, and the Gold Cross of Remembrance, which was presented her by the Grand Duke and Duchess of Baden together. Queen Victoria, with her own hand, pinned an English decoration on her dress. The Iron Cross of Germany, as well as the Order of Melusine given her by the Prince of Jerusalem, were among an array of medals and pendants--enough to have made her a much-bejeweled person, had it been her way to make a show of her own rewards. Truly Clara Barton belonged to the world, and a suffering person had no race or creed to her--she loved and cared for all. When at last she returned to America, it was with the determination to have America sign the Geneva Treaty and to bring her own country into line with the Red Cross movement, which she had carefully watched in foreign countries, and which she saw was the solution to efficient aid of wounded men, either in the battle-field or wherever there had been any kind of disaster and there was need of quick aid for suffering. It was no easy task to convince American officials, but at last she achieved her end. On the 1st of March, 1882, the Geneva Treaty was signed by President Arthur, ratified by the Senate, and immediately the American National Red Cross was formed with Clara Barton as its first president. The European "rest" trip had resulted in one of the greatest achievements for the benefit of mankind in which America ever participated, and its birth in the United States was due solely to the efforts of the determined, consecrated nurse who, when eleven years old, gave her all to a sick brother, and later consecrated her life to the service of a sick brotherhood of brave men. On the day after her death, on April 12, 1912, one editor of an American newspaper paid a tribute to her that ranks with those paid the world's greatest heroes. He said: "On the battle-fields of the Rebellion her hands bound up the wounds of the injured brave. "The candles of her charity lighted the gloom of death for the heroes of Antietam and Fredericksburg. "Across the ocean waters of her sweet labors followed the flag of the saintly Red Cross through the Franco-Prussian war. "When stricken Armenia cried out for help in 1896, it was Clara Barton who led the relief corps of salvation and sustenance. "A woman leading in answering the responsibility of civilization to the world! "When McKinley's khaki boys struck the iron from Cuba's bondage it was Clara Barton, in her seventy-seventh year, who followed to the fever-ridden tropics to lead in the relief-work on Spanish battle-grounds. "She is known wherever man appreciates humanity." * * * * *