The clipping, published under the date of August 3, 1909, is as follows:
FRIENDS BID FAREWELL TO MISS ELLA GINGLES
_Impressive Reception for Acquitted Lace-maker
Is Given by Illinois Orangemen, Who
Present Bible and Purse._
"We believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth;
in Jesus Christ, His Son, our only Mediator; in the Holy Spirit, the
Comforter, and in the Bible, His revealed will."
Quoting these words from the declaration in the constitution of the
Orangemen, adopted more than two hundred years ago, Robert F. Brown,
Illinois state grand treasurer of the order, presented a leather-bound
copy of the Bible to Ella Gingles. The Bible was the gift of the
Ladies' Loyal Orange Order of Chicago, and the presentation was the
climax of an impressive farewell reception given by the Illinois
organization of the Orangemen order at Hopkins' Hall, Sixty-third
street and Stewart avenue, to the young Irish lace-maker, who is to
leave Chicago next Sunday evening to return to the home of her parents
in Ireland.
On the fly-leaf of the book presented to the young girl, who had passed
through one of the most grilling experiences ever witnessed in this
country, was inscribed the following:
"Presented to Miss Ella Gingles by the 'Chosen Few,' Ladies' Loyal
Orange Order, Chicago, August 2,1909. May the Lord watch between me and
thee, while we are absent one from the other.--Mrs. Jane M. Herbison,
Mrs. Rebecca McKeag, Mrs. Sarah Doonan."
More than five hundred persons, friends of Miss Gingles, had crowded
into the hall, filling every available space. She sat throughout the
ceremonies, during which there were a number of addresses, with Mrs.
Mary Brem of the Catholic Woman's League, and at whose home at 5488
Ellis avenue she has been living since her acquittal.
William Russell, state grand master of the order, presided. Addresses
were made by Samuel J. McCarroll, past grand master; H. H. Van Meter
of the Chicago Law and Order League, and Rev. E. Keene Ryan of the
Garfield Boulevard Presbyterian Church.
Mr. McCarroll declared it was a blot upon the citizenship of Chicago
that conditions were such that a young girl found it necessary to
return to her home in Europe in order to be entirely safe.
Miss Gingles also was presented with $100, which was a part of a fund
raised by clubwomen in Chicago and by Rev. Mr. Ryan at a service at
his church on July 11. Out of the remainder of the fund the expenses
of the trip of Miss Gingles and Miss Grace Van Duzen Cooke, who is to
accompany her, are to be paid.
Miss Gingles will leave Sunday evening for New York, where she will be
entertained by a committee of Orangemen Tuesday and another committee
of the order will receive the girl and her escort upon their arrival in
Liverpool. Her home is in Larne, Antrim County, Ireland.
"THE MAIN LINE"
of Popular Paper Covered Books.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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