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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 37, 14 September 1899, Page 6

The only statue of a nun on a public monument in North America is the portrait statue of Jeanne Maiioe, the first Sister of) Charity who landed in North America. The statue (says the Irish Catholic) is of oolossal size, and is in the Plaue d'Armes, Montreal. She is represented dressing the wounds of an Indian. Nothing could be more exquisitely beautiful than the unspeakable tenderness, firmness, and skill pourtrayed by the artist in the monumental bronze. The Indian was modelled from life, the model being a descendant of the tribe which, occupied the site of Montreal when Sister Mance landed there in 1642. Like the good knights of yore, Sir Thomas Lip^on has taken unto himself a crest and coat of arms. To bis oredit, be it said, the Independent observe-), he has invented his own arms, and has not tried to steal the family label of sooae ancient name. Sir Thomas Lipton has chosen for his crest two horny hands of labour, one bearing the flower of the tea plant, the other that of the coffee plant. The shield h.is in chief the shamrook in memory of his native Ireland, aud the thistle in token of his begiunings of business in Scotland, while a horn of plenty fills the base. A further touch of autobiography is supplied by the motto, ' Labour conquers all things.'