Deseret Evening News | 1900-02-17 | Page 24 | The Order of the Starry Cross

Till UI OP 01 One of the oldest of lh the few I Ito to whIch women mn may belong d Ir r ba b a in inthe inthe the past belonged Is the rd r rf Ir the Community ot of Noble Laths of f the Starry Cro This Thill an and was found founded ed cd b by the Tom Em Empress press Eleanor Elennor w the wife or of Em Emperor Emperor Ferdinand Ill III It was so son n named from the fact that what p was believed to tobe be bc a portion ot of the true cross crOSB of Lord i iwas was I ly preserved from destruction t b by fire and thIs relic belonging to the empress led her to commemorate the wonder by establishing the The Tho empress Is III fu head an aoi all It its I members have hae to be countesses or other burn la ts The accompanying n In Ih U theIr Insignia The amount silver ot of dollar dollars b by our government under the act df I mo 1670 restricted b by the repeal or of 1511 has increased In three You rUfI