Evening star., 1895-02-22
Mrs, Louise Barnum Robbins.

Mrs. Louise 1tNrhuIn
Mrs. Louise Barnum Robbins, patron of
the National Council of Women. Is cul-
tivated woman of marked literary tastes
and high intellectual endowments, enrich
ed by liberal educat ton and quckened py
executive ability of high order.
Born in Potsdam, n. Y, she is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Royal Barnum, lead
ing citizens of Michigan of New England
ancestry, and the wife of Col: Robbins OF
the fourth Michigan cavalry. Her home a
center of culture and wide circle OF
friends is at Adrian, Mich where also is
located Adrian College, her alma mater,
whose alumni association she serves as
president.
| She organized the Woman's Relief Corps
of Adrian and served as its first president
and later was chosen president of the de-
partment of Michigan, inst1tutlnS supor-
dinate corps in many cities, ana IS con
sidered one of the ablest presidents Mlchi-
merous offices in the National Association;
Is now a member of its executive board
and is secretary Of the reiiet corps com
mittee on National Council OF Women
ana by her enthusiasm on woman s WORK
and her faith in organized unions, has been
instrumental in winning the interest anu
co-operation of many representative W.
men and men throughout the country, par
ticularly In the philanthropic anu patrlo'ic
possibilities of the council
n,urhters of the American RevOlu-
tiOn.
At the conclusion of Mrs. ROBBINS
speech, Mrs. Sewall introduced, IN a lie"
remarks appropriate to the OCCASION
deputation of visitors from the continental
congress OF the Daughters OF the American
Revolution, Mrs. Mary Mcpherson roster
Miss Mary Desha and Mrs. Mary Temple.
Miss Desha acted as the spokeswoman OF
the deputation in acknowledging the lhtro-
duction. This was pleasant lea'ure sa ~,
the morning, but it was followed by tie
prettIest incident that has yet marked the
sessions of the council. 1t was an lllustra-
ton of what is known as the Balch salute
OF the flag. ,,,
1t began with the appearance of the John
3 Henderson Fife and Drum Corps, COM
posed of boys, in handsome ZouaVe uni
forms. They came In from side uoor VI
the hall playing in excellent style .he
war song, Wen Rally Round the Flag,
Boys"
Mrs. Sarah c. Mink.
AS the notes died away Mrs. Sarah c.
Mink began the reading of a paper on the
subject of the Balch salute.
Mrs. Sarah c. Mink, past national pres
ident Woman's Relief Corps, is a New
Yorker of revolutionary ancestry and the
wife of Maj Mink of the famous Mink S
battery. Syracuse, N. Y, has long been
her home. She is a broad-spirlted woman,
of culture and great force OF chdraCtef
and was the first national president of the
Relief Corps to represent that great asso-
ciation in the National Council of Women.
Upon her retirement as president she was
made a life patron of the council by her
co-workers She is a valiant worker In the
cause of patriotic teaching, and 1T was dur
ing her administration that the Grand
Army of the Republic, to which the Relief
Corps is auxiliary, through their COM
mander- -in-chief. Gen. j. Z Adams of BoS-
ton, set their seal of approval upon the
councils extension of patriotic teaching in
the schools.
American Patriotic Salute.
Mrs. Mink said:
To Col. George T. Balch, late auditor of
the board of education in New York city,
we are indebted for the earliest sugges-
ticns in regard to patriotic education and
the practical application of it in teaching
patriotism in the schools Of America. He
is also the author of q series of patriotic
papers and Methods of Teaching Patriot
ism," which has received the highest in
dorsement from the United States commits
sion of education and many of the best
educators and distinguished men and wo-
men in the country. Col Balch was
brought up in New York city, and always
in touch with its growth and progress.