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Lock Haven Of our loved Department Treasurer,
Eva NJ. Evans.
The next day she met with Corps 80 at Empo-
rum. This Corps, though labOrinR under the diff
Guilty Of meeting alternately AZ Driftwood and EN-
poFlunl, IL doing grand work In relieving their
own poor. They have also sent a box from each
place TO the Memorial Home, and check for
Sly7 TO apply upon the Indebtedness on the Home
property, besides a small sum for the Matron % Do
used i'm purchasing deIicacies for the sick. Presi
dent Lennard entertained by Senior Vice
President TaRgart and made some delgh tful
friends among this Corps.
The next day a wreck upon the p & f. r r
delayed Mrs. Leunnrd IN reaching North Clareu-
don, her next stopping-place. bat on her arrival
she met by the Senior Vice and taken directly
TO the hall, where the ladies Of Corps 81 awaited
her. The inspection showed them to be good
workers They have recently assisted two COM
rades whose houses had been burned down, IN re-
placing the necessary dining room and kitchen
furniture to the amount Of 500. As they do not
have any poorin their community 20 work for they
have assumed the Of the wardrobe Of an
inmate Of the Home.
Corps IS. Warren. was the next on the inspection
route. Past Department. Senior Vice-PresidsEt
LINDSEY met and escorted Mrs. Lennard to the hail.
where the ladies were in waiting. The Corps was
at called too rider by the very efficient Pres-
dent Lindsey; the officers all had the work Of the
Ritual memOrlZed, and performed their duties with
accuracy This Corps - full Of enthusiasm for the
Home, and have taken a little girl TO dress. Here.
again, the work Of inspection found very CHIT
and the Inspecting Officer was ready TO pronounce
No. - a model Corps. Shs was the guest of Presi-
dent Lindsey, and was delightfully."- entertained
Al Enc she was met by Department Secretary
Reayley, writing OF which she says: Z" In the home
Of Mrs Reavley 1 spent delightful week. our
time being filed in looking after the varied inter
ests Of the Order and in social pleasures During
the week Inspected Corps 8, whose loyal members
found had, after the great trials through which
they have passed, settled down TO earnest work for
the cause which all loyal members Of our Order
love so well. found them doing good work both
for the dependent veteran AT home in Erie and for
the Pennsylvania Memorial Home. Having passed
through the IRE, ! trust that they have come out
purified a By fire
reception was given President Lennard at the
lovely home Of Mrs. Reavley by Corps 8. The
large parlOrs were well filed, and the occasion
adeiightful and very enjoyable one. The members
OF the Corps seemed so enthusiastic, 50 united and
We'd with each other In kindly attention 10 the
Department President, who will long remember
her pleasant visit 70 the beautiful Lake City.
President Lennard also inspected Corps Al, AZ,
100 and l2l all Of which she found well up in the
work, and was most cordially entertained by all.
Since my last report six Corps have been instituted
In this Department: c. Mechancsburg; 90 Lang
ham; ia, Psasantvile; l23, SchuyIkiu County
l5b, Berwick, and 80, IlOuesta. The first named
starts out with charter membership OF Sc, all
enthusiastic in the work 10 which they have
pledged Themselves. Hielner Corps, Of Lykens,
IL one OF the workers, and always on the alert TO
bring about something for the good Of the Order.
Nov q after the regular meeting of the Post, the
hall was thrown open to the public for an enter
tainment TO be given under the auspices Of Hielner
Post, GAR, and its Corps The audience
called 10 order by the Post Commander. after
which. on motion Of Hon. A. F. Thompson, Hem
rietta Bateman, Senior Vice President was called
to the chair, giving briefly the work done by the
GA. X. and the noble auxiliary. Excellent music
by the choir, an excellent address by Commander
,. NJ Williams, an able paper on the work Of the
W.RC. by Lucy Atwood President Of the Corps,
and earnest address by Hon. A. f. Thompson,
President OF the Board Of Directors fthe Pennsyi-
yania Memorial Home, made up the program.
COmTade Thompson's whole heart Is enlisted in
this enterprise, and hs address was eloquent and
well timed. Rev. p. :. Hooper gave y resume Of
what the GAR. and w @. have DONE and what
they are still doing for the old veteran and his
family. President Atwood was reelected for 1891.
Kate NJ. Scott, Department. Correspondents
ILLINOIS FLAG PRESENTATION.
DEAR TRIBUNE: Past Department President
Augusta NJ Bradford OF Illinois who has len
August H., with her husband for new fields Of
labor, had farewell reception rendered her at the
home Of President May Meade, Of Corps 81. On
this occasion Miss Mead presented Past President
Bradford with a fine flag on behalf Of Corps 30, In
the following well-chosen remarks:
Il have been delegated the pleasant task Of pre-
senting to you on behalf OF the sister members OF
the W.R.C.. this flag; a silken emblem of Frater
nifty, Charity and Loyalty. You will soon march
away with your loyal heart, but will leave behind
you many loving friends who will always cherish
your memory and the many good deeds you have
done. The same may be said Of you was lately
said OF one Of our noble men, that he reminded one
of the tapestry weavers Of the Old World, whose
eyes were never fixed upon the swlftly-hying shut
tie, but upon the pattern suspended above the loom.
IL Is only when the weaver stops, and the web is
lOosed and turned that he sees his real handiwork
that his marvellous skill Is learned.
"Ahl the sight of its delicate beauty how IL pays
him for all its cost no more daintier work than
his ever done by the frost The years Of man
are natures looms let down from the place OF the
sun, wherein we are weaving always Till the mys-
tic web Is done sometimes blindly but weaving
surely. each for himself his fate. We may not
how the right side looks; We must often weave
and waltz
"a nd now please accept this emblem OF American
freedom, and may IL ever carry you victorious
through the battles OF life"
This was responded to by the recipient IN a very
lnughinur MenbRra nf yypr In
vited in on their way from their regular meeting,
and the evening, passed pleasantly, with refresh
etc.-Kate Kelcharn, Augusta, Ill.
ALL ALONG THE LINE.
The executive officers Of Corps 8, San Antonia,
Tex installed Dec. - by Department President
Hettie A Loring, assisted by the officers OF e. o.
Ord Corps s. are Pres Emma Richardson Sec
Emma Lefiel, Treas, Mary Steubng
TyIor Corps 8. Cumberland Md, realized 500
from a six days fair. cOmrade compliments the
Corps upon their grand work for the Post and adds
that on New Years day they fed Is Of the poor
OF the city at GAR. Hall.
Department President Jennie T. W. Smith. Of
Connecticut. has been invited TO make address
before the Department EneRmpment GAR, In
which she will touch upon the Importance OF
w0man's work, during and since the war.
Miss Kate Coolidge, MatrOn of the National Re
lief Corps Home receives great praise for her able
and excellent management of that institution, from
the inmates of the Home. Two letters before US
from Army Nurses at the Home pronounce the
MatrOn admirable In every respect" This Is
praise from the best source, and well deserved by
Miss Coolidge.
sarah NJ. T. Battels, Past Department President,
who recently visited Steubenvile on a tour of in
speotion, says the Corps at that place Is a good
one, with between 500 and $500 Ia the treasury"
This Corps has begun its work for the Department
Convention, W.R.C., to meet there in April next
Julictte G. Howe, Past Department Chaplain of
Nebraska WR.C., and an Army Nurse with
noble record, had a fall IN November injuring her
spine from which she still suffers
Mrs. v. :. Patterson, BelletOntnine, D., who got
up The Business Mems Jubilee " so successfully
given by many Posts and Corps, Is the wife Of an
invalid veteran who served three years in the Navy
and one IN the Army Send a stamp TO Mrs. Pat
teFson for full particulars and help soldier family
while YOU secure good thing.
Relief Corps 80. Hyde Park Mass, cleared over
$500 at a recent fair, benefit fund.
Forsyth Corps Toledo, o., voted IS TO the
Orphans Home Christmas at Xenia, and $40 to
procure gifts for the soldier children assisted
by the Corps, TO the number Of 81. The pretty
actress Susie Kirwir, sent her annual Christmas
donation Of candy. Mrs. TOpHG, Chairman of
Relief says there was not family assisted where
gifts could have been provided the little ones,
except for the Relief COrps. This Corps furnishes
q Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner every
year to solder families, additional TO ehildrens
gifts,
The wives OF the members OF Volunteer Post, us,
Toledo many OF whom are members Of Forsyth
Corps. presented the Post with n silk Tag, gold
bullion fringe Iettered " Post IT'S, c. A. r.. Toledo
o. stars and letters embI OideTed in white chenille.
10 Is the hand5omest dag Ia Toledo. Annie Hop
kins the handsome daughter of Captain aud Mrs.
O. j. Hopkins. held the nag, and Frank Baldwin,
8. Of ", presented It.
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