Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-15

The Daughters of the American Revolution
10 Convene In This City.

The Daughters of the American Revelation
To Convene In This City.
THEY WILL ASSEMBLE ON THE 22D INSTANT
LARoE NUMBER OF INTERESTING PAPERS TO
BE RkAD-THE ELIGIBILITY QUESTION TO BE
DISCUSSED AT LESorH.
The second continental congress Of the
Daughte OF the American Revolution will
convene in this city on the 22d instant This
congress is composed Of all the active officers
OF the national society. This society numbers
2, 1873 members and a state regent from each
state and the regents and delegates Of every
organized chapter in the United States. AL
the meetings OF the national board are held in
Washington As it is not always possible for
the state regents to be present at these sessions
aud voting bv proxy ia not permissible it is
necessary in some way that the state regent, the
chapter rexen, and all the members of the ma
tionsl society should, in order to arrive at the
wish Of the board Of management and also to
have the opinion of the society ut large,
have the eligibility clause, which is OF
great importance to tho future welfare
Of the society, presented at this congress for
Its thoughtful investigation.
THE ELIGIBILITY CLAUSE.
Tho eligibility clause, which Is section 1,
article III, Of the constitution, reads: ANY
woman may be eligible for membership who is
of the age of eighteen years and who is de-
scended from ancestor who, with unfaiing
loyalty, rendered material aid to the cause of
Independence as a recognized patriot, as q
soldier or sailor. q civil officer in one OF
the several colonies OF states or of the United
States or colonies, OF from the mother OF such a
patriot provided that the applicant shall be
acceptable to the society,"
Many members protest against the portion
Of the clause ''or from the mother of such
patriot" a. it il thought to weaken the his
toric purpose OF the organization; the lineal
descendants OF n tory can through the mother
OF that tory, IL she had also a patrio. son, sit
side by side on the same level and bearing the
same name with the descendants Of that patriot
Those who are coming to the congress will
discuss the eligibility clause, having first thor
ougbly investigated it in each of the several
chapters which they represent, and are fully
prepared to carry out the wish of the majority
Of the members of these chapters.
AN AMENDMENT SUGGESTED.
The amendment suggested by Mrs. Julia r.
Hogg, regent Of the state of Pennsylvania reads
as follows:
ANY woman may be eligible for membership
who is Of the age OF eighteen years and who is de-
~
ing LOYALTY rendered material aid to the cause of
Independence; from a recognized patriot. a SOL
der or sailor n civil officer in one of the SOW
eral colonies or states or of the united colonies
or states; provided that the applicant be accept
able to the society,".
President General Presiding Mrs. Vim. ID.
Cabcl Interesting papers will be read by the
following ladies':
PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED.
Mrs. Edward Inngerich Smith, chapter
regent. Philadelphia, Pa, subject, Colonial
Philadelphia"
Ars. Mary Stuart Smith, chapter regent,
Charlottesville, Va, subject, The Annals Of
Albemarlc."
Miss Gertrude Van Rensselar Wickham
Cleveland. Ohio, subject, The Mission of the
Daughters"
Mrs. C. E. Severance, ST. Paul, Mimi, sub
ject. Revolutionary Love Making"
Mrs. Mary Seymour. Springfield, Mass, sub
ject, Boston Tea Party"
Mrs. Mildred Spotswood Mathes chapter re-
gent, Memphis. Tenn, subject, ''Romances and
Incidents on This Side of Mountains
Miss Mary Isabella Forsyth, Chapter Regent.
Kingston. NY, subject, Lessons From Local
History"
Emily Deb. Goodrich. Pawtucket, RI, sub
ject. Two Rhode Island Patriots
Mrs. Sailie N. Ewing Pope. Chapter Regent
Louisville, KY, subject, Three Great Mems
Wives"
Miss Elizabeth W. Morrison. Chapter Regent
Portsmouth, NH. subject, Tea Drinking
During the Revolution in Portsmouth,
Mrs. Ebenezer J. Hill, Chapter Regent. Nor
walk. Conn, subject, AN Old Connecticut
Town"
Mrs. James A. Townsville, Rome. Ga subject.
Xavier Chapter and Its Colonial Associa-
tons
Miss Emily Hinkley, Baltimore. Md, subject,
Maryland and Her Governor, Robert Eden,
1775-i776"
Mary Spaulding Brown. Chicago. H., SUBJ
ject, The Policy of England Toward Her
Colonies"
Maria L. Darlington. Richmond, Va, SUBJ
ject, "A True incident OF Colonial Times"
Mrs. Mary NJ. HalioweH, Chapter Regent,
Washington. ID. c.. subject, "Quakers in the
American Revolution"
Miss Henrietta Brinton, Lancaster, Pa, sub
ject "Patriotism.'
Mrs. John NJ. Chretien, San Francisco, Cal,
subject, An Cnseaed Book"
Mrs. Elizabeth Andrew Hill Griffin Ga, sub
ject. Georgia Heroes Of 70"
Miss Susan Revere Hetzel Chapter Regent,
Fairfax county, Va, subject, 'Dunmore' s
Death Blow"
Miss Kate Cassat Mcknight, Pittsburg, Pa,
subject, The Story of Grant Hill"
Miss Janet L. II. Richards, Washington. ID.
C.. subject, The Great Objects ofthc Daughters
OF the American Revolution"
Mrs. Ann G.. Ross, Frederick. Nd. subject,
Thomas Johnson of MARYLAND"
Mrs. NJ. A. Lipscomb, Historian. Athens, GA. ,
subject, Georgia Indians and Their Legends. ~
Mrs. Anne Green. Chapter Regent. Culpeper,
Va, subject, The Daughters OF the American
Revolution, Historical Society"
Miss Anna Caroline Benning Chapter Regent,
Columbus, Ga, subject. Sergeant jasper
The Historian of Green Mountain Chapter
No. /. Darlington. VT. subject, "A Few Notes
on the Captivity of Ethan Allen
Mrs. Albert Hill Cox, Atlanta. Ga, subject,
''MonitiOus From Our Mothers OF the American
Revolution and the Republic"
Mrs. Maria Fuller Rice, Wikesbarre, Pa,
subject Frances Slocum, or the Captive Maid
Of the Revolution"
Miss Minnie F. Mickey, Chapter Regent,
Mickley's, Pa, subject, Columbian Bell Of
Freedom"
Miss Mary Anne Greene, Providence, r. l.,
subject. christopher Greene, the Hero of Red
Bank"
Mrs E T. Bvington, Columbia. Ga. subject
..Georgia's Monument to the Heroes of the
Revolution"
MUSICAL FEATURES.
In addition to tho reading of the various
papers by the ladies quite a musical program
will be rendered by some of the best musical
talept he eli off arfi