The National tribune., 1893-01-19
nxrA r;rNaxr or ILLINOIS.

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NAr:oNAL TniEuSE How true il is that
Times restless. wheels nrc iur jig
Yet, if we are mindful fIiho-e who are needy.
And help whom we can in loves sweet way.
The ysnr~ii,ny pass on; while burdens we tighten
Aud hearts ARE thnde warm, what shnl matter
the day 2?
How iert'erly The heart responds for words
fiily spoken like apples of gold in pictures o
silver" Cheerily begin duties as Father
Time" marks the hours of Oh
I'!iuoi, Department Convention will be held
early III March. The names of Mesdames VI. IL
NJ. Wallace. Chicago, nnh Lornne j. Pitk'n OF the
sam" city. arc mentioned ns candidates for Depart.
incnt President. The noble qualifications of Mrs
Wallace make it positive dsiy for her To give her
friends this opportunity 10 urge her name fos De
parinient President. She is n woman Of gentle
presence, calm and earnest In manner aud full o.
reserved f"rcc. She would serve her State and
Order well.
Mrs. Piikin j. also admired by her friends for
her executive ability and qualifications, which has
nnnied her rs candidate Tor the highes, Office III
the Department
Meanwhile Order grows in numbers and
good deeds under The noble guidance OF our loved
| President. Sarah Ecols Ilnunon.
Dixon charter will contain SO names. the largest
Corps ever instituted III Department OF Illinois
NHndniia Corps, 222. instituted Jan. with
% Charter members. Carrie Il. Geary. of East ~
Louis. Iustlu,ing md Installing Officer. After
| installation grand banquet WIS served Post ana
| Corps.
Woodstock Corrs. 223 will be instituted Jan. II.
Officer.
Cohden Corps will have 10 charter members; its
! number will. be 223
Red Bind will he orr next new sister after Cob
den followed by lcnuock OF Er1t g.. Louis; Chest
mt, OF Logan County and BeIvidere, of Boone
| County.
Contributions to Red Bud sufferers are coming
| in nicely. Department President Hnnnon and De-
| partment Treasurer McCauley will go To Red
| Bud and place The money where il will do the
most good.
The W.R.C. Columbian Board has succeeded in
! securing space IN the Illinois Binding. Worlds
| Exposition. and will make an effort make n
| grand showing. Department Circular Letter. No.
! 4. Issued Dec. 80 1892, tells the srory.-Enie Il.
Kennedy. Department Corresponding Secretary,
Dscitur III.
ALL ALONG THE LINE.
d. NJ. Rowzcr Relief Corps, Tippecanoc City, o.
which has done such excellent work since iis
gnnization. with Ella Bell Woodward President,
Ias again paid her the p!inent Of a unanimous
reelection This is ef the bsst Corps III all
good works il the Buckeye State.
The Fourth Ohio strict Convention was held
jan 10 at Tippecanoe City, and WAS handsomely
entertained by Rowzer Relief Corps and its conf
petent officers
Flo Jm,nieson Miller National Inspector, is in
receipt OF some souvenirs from the baitefields
OF Tennessee sent by comrades who remember
her Memorial Day services with gratitude. One
package contained bundle of young cedar trees,
procured from where some of the hardest fighting
WAS done mt Stones River, and from the graves
where over hundred fell and buried.
Another packet contained Two rings found in the
grave OF Union soldier, whose remains were
moved last Summer from Laver9ne 10 the Stones
River National Cemetery. The cedars are grow
ing.
Department Commander Cook of Colorado in
his annual address paid high tribute to our Order
when he said THE Womans Relief Corps
ever noble coworkers in all deeds that are chart
table. pons, patriotic and sefsacrificing. May
their noble efforts in the future, in the past, be
an incentive 10 the young women of the present
and future generations to follow"
The Illinois Relief Corps contributing noby
to the relief of the cyclone sufferers of Red Bud.
Among the sufferers were several soldiers and the
widows of soldiers.
New Jersey is agitating a Relief Corps Home for
veterans, their wives, widows and Army Nurses.
Corps Al, Decatur, H., had All experience meet
ing, when about 40 members paid so cents each for
the privilege of telling how she earned the amount
to swell the relief fund.
The Joint Committee GAR. and W.R.C.. De-
partment of Michigan, Past Department President
Sarah A. c. Plumner, Secretary, is out with
other circular. thanking nil who have contributed,
and thus renewing the call to others: You desire
to have Home where the disabled soldier go,
and take his wife with him; where dependent
mothers OF soldiers can be cared for in their last
days. where the soldiers widow can find shelter,
food and clothing. We working with you 10
this end. Let US make Il grand rally all along the
line in behalf OF the helpless Our local relief out
lay will be much reduced every year if this plan
succeeds. Let US take the wives, mothers, and
widows of our soldiers ont of the County houses
Of Michigan. Let US build this Home as the best
monument to the memory of our precious dead;
rs our best token of gratitude to the brave men
still among US, who nre n living remnant OF that
army OF young heroes OF whom the world was not
worthy"
At this season of entertainments and other de-
vices to raise funds for the charity work of the
W.R.C., Corps will find il to their advantage to
write 10 Mrs II. L. Kramer. Akron. o., for her
pretty little work, neatly complied for just such
purposes.
The Worlds Congress, auxiliary of the Worlds
Columbian Exposition, will be feature of the
Woman's Department OF the great celebration,
and will reflect the progress OF women of the
Republic in a most tangible way. Not matter,
but mind, Is the motto.
Past Department President Mary A. Mcluiston.
Of Ohio, is to be congratulated upon the enlarged
and improved appearance of her Department pa
per, The Relief Corps Record, now published at |
Urbana, O., and Astounding in local news of interest
to the Ohio Corps
Grace Corps, g.; circleville, @, which aided in
the building and furnishing of Memorial Hail. re. |
ports fine piano, dishes and furniture among |
the acquisitions Of the year 1892, and 500 in the
treasury Grace Corps will entertain the District |
Convention in February.
What shall we do for Department President; |
only our weak women seem to seek Office? ;" writes
bring out your strong women, or if you let your
work go by default you must abide the conse-
quences with what patience you can.
The Department of Indiana. w. X. c., did nobly |
in supplying the good things for n Merry Christmas
for the soldiers 600 orphans in the Knghstown
Home, one of the benefcent charities of the
Hooser State.
Massachusetts, holds her Department Conven.
ton Feb Sand 9, and arrangements going for
ward for delightful Reunion. prosperous year
Is reported.
A touching little recital of the noble deeds of
women is THE MacClenny Nurses" holiday
tribute to the Red Cross workers in the Southern
epidemic, by Clara Barton, President of the Amer-
can Branch Of the Red Cross. II give thes,
Names" says she, because they are worthy q
place in the history of any epidemic but conn-
Try, race, nor creed could claim them as q body"
What true picture of charity, which, like loyalty,
can neither be purchased nor bequeathed, nor
given from one to another.
A handsome souvenir of the Farewell Reception |
and Banquet of the Original Potomac Relief Corps
W.R.C., Auxiliary TO the Department of Potomac
GAR now incorporated rs 1.-THE Legion of |
Loyal Women" is on our table. 1t contains the
addresses and speeches of a conclave of notable
'odlers and loyal women of Washington, among
:em Past Commanders in-Chief Burdett and
Veasey, Judge Acknowledgement Tanner, Gen.
Dudley, Mrs. John A. Logan, Miss Clara Barton,
md others. Potomac Corps retires from the
W re. with nm honorable record. having raised
md expended over $4,000 in the five years of its
existence, and securing employment for hundreds.
Past Department President Mary E. Bancroft
has been the recipient of many congratulations
ipon the graceful and elegant manner in which
The installed the officers of Mccoy Corps No. 56
o. As Mccoy Corps was organized
within the year this its first installation with
he Post, and of its success Mccoy Post is Justly
proud. About $50 people served with re-
at the close. The floral exchanges |
we're pretty episodes of the evening. The newly |
Installed President. Elizabeth Jefferson presented
lowers to Mrs Bancroft. and was in turn presented
With flowers by the retiring President, Annie w.
Clark. Then Mrs. Clark was herself surprised by
presentation bouquet by Myrtle McGraw Corps