Show America Is Is Patron Saint I Of Weary Armenian Nation CONSTANTINOPLE S March 1 2 23 By Universal Service A e A A conventionalized figure of a young American has been proposed for adoption as a sort of patron saint for the new nev Armenian nation II I The original suggestion to this effect came in a prose poem written by the celebrated Armenian writer Stepanian Ste- Ste janian and published in the Armenian weekly Copied and embossed and framed among Armenian I communities throughout the Near gear East his picturesquely phrased composition has gained a wide currency Lad and may one day be handed down as an Armenian classic While It loses hoses something some some- thing hing in translation it still retains much Df Dr f Its original fervor and flavor The patron saint of Armenia today Joes loes not look like our ouI old traditional St. St J 0 or St. St Parsegh He lie Is not a g gray J- J fe feo i bearded d and humpbacked ke o old man n He toes loes not carry a worn old sack hanging rom from his shoulder and he does not lean I heavily on a crooked stick The patron saint of Armenia Armenta is not of the aged and weary veary oriental type shivering under the I mow SnOW blue with wind and cold Our natron saint of these latter days dayss s young and strong and alert His hair hairs Es s not not glossy black but l 1 like e the golden I ears sars of the wheat waving in m tho the field field- f his eyes are bright to revive our waning I faith laith and hope nope his countenance is no not colorless s but tinged a little with the light Ugh of compassion and goodness his smile Is warm bringing bringing- new life to the benumbed benumbed be be- numbed senses of those who have suffered suf suf- much Our patron saint Is ls an energetic active active ac ac- ac- ac tive ve athletic I young oung person He Is rich not only in purse but also In heart His 5 out gifts 8 bounds are Many many His and d his gifts gUts Generosity are transported is js without without with with- by steamers he hastens to th the rescue o of those who h abide In ln the Place of famine nr Dressed in a garment ornamented ned ried with a single embroidered star he hurried hur- hur tirelessly over valleys a and d rr mountains moun moun- His star becomes eve everywhere where the symbol of peace h hope pe faith Justice and andArY merc mercy ArY We Ve have avo saluted fluted his star on Mount t Ararat we have havo seen It in th the plains of Its radiance gleams wherever one finds a hand handful CuI finns of Armenians Arme- Arme gathered suffering together sta star Do N yoU He T ask Is ls our who ho American Is Is he that bears this tie Jur uncle uncle- his St star o I Is the emblem of his generous gifts Thus there has been another star added to the starry flag flag- of Our American uncle the star or Of Armenia Ye We have bound ourselves as a nation to America we have become In spirit an Asiatic state of the U. U S. S A. A |