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Show Patriotic Panama Women. Mrs. Jose Amador and her beautiful niece. Senorlta Maria Emella Ossa, are the two women who most Influenced the Panamanians to throw off the yoke of Colombian Co-lombian domination. ?,lrs. Anmdor. the brilliant and patriotic wire or Dr. Jose Amador, dominant spirit In tho Junta, urged upon lsor husband and other men of the Isthmus tho need of taking ta-king advantage of Colombia's refusal to acci'pt the Ilay-IIcrran treaty. Largely through her efforts, her husband and his associates In the revolution of November 4th accomplished their purposo and created cre-ated a now nation. Dut even more enthusiastic In the cau of new Panama hns been' Senorlta Osa the nleco of Dr. Amador and tho flanceo of It p Picccott. tho young American ngent for the Panama railroad. Her hands blended the colora of the flr-t flag of the new republic, and this fiag , made in the seclusion of her unclo'K homo and In deadly fear of her life uh tho revolution revo-lution had not yet been declared was llrt seen In New York harbor on October 21st. fiylng from the stafT of the steamer City of Washington. Senorlta Ossa said rcccntlvi "After 1 am a Panamanian, I am a lankec. "The dread and guilty satisfaction I '. felt , in weaving the pen- flag was Indescribable. Inde-scribable. Every moment aftr Dr. Amador Ama-dor told me I was to have the honor of making the first fiag for tho new republic Tfanclod that cndleis columns of Colombian Colom-bian soldiers w.-ro marching Into our hom to capture me and have mo shot. I have read of how Betsy Ross made tho first Amerienn fiag but I do not believe thai she endured greater fonr or more delight than did I In the making of this p'rettv i emblem of our Independence from Colombian Colom-bian tyranny." |