Evening star., 1895-02-23
PATRIOTIC TOPICS.
National Council Addresses on Stir
ring Subjects Last Night.

ring Subjects Last Night.
The session of the National Council Of
Women last evening was also devoted TO
discussion of patriotism In Its various
phases, but especially as it concerns wo-
men, and a number of very interesting
papers were read. The exerices of the
evening were conducted under the auspices
of the National Association of Loyal Wo-
men of American Liberty and the Woman's
Relief Corps. During the first part of the
evening Mrs. l. c. Manchester Of the for
mer organization presided and made
brief address,, outlining its methods and
purposes.
.NThe degree to which women are re-
sponsible for maintaining the sentiment of
patriotism in the nation was the subject
Of the first paper prepared by MRS: george
NJ Howe of Maine and read by Mrs.
George H. La Fetra of this city, for
merly president Of the District w. c. T. U.
The home was the basis Of the nation,
nation are responsible for their influence
and teao hing of patriotic sentiments in
their children's minds. Women should have
a deeper sense Of their personal response
bility for the welfare of the nation in the
future. The manner in which the children
are trained in the formative period of their
lives determines their course in their fu-
ture lives. 1t is the Christian homes of the
country upon which the future of America
depends Individual work wields an ines
timable influence, and the mothers of the
country should realize this fact more than
they now do.
Influenced by Women.
"The Degree to Which Governments.
Ancient and Modern, Have Availed Them
selves Of the Patriotic Services of Wo-
men" was the theme of a valuable paper
by Mrs. Samuel L. Beiler of this city. She
enumerated the great men of all ages who
were Influenced and assisted in their un-
larf "a hv Pafa 10 ha
argument that women could never be full
fedged citizens, because they cannot bear
arms, Mrs. Beiler maintained that if wo-
men could secure control Of national af-
fairs, war would become q thing of the
past.
Mrs. Boiler.
Mrs. Beiler who represented the Loyal
Women of American Liberty" from the
District of Columbia branch, is the wife of
Rev. DR.. s. l.. Beiler, vice chancellor of
the American University, and Is valu-
able acquisition to any society with which
was brought UP among the hills on the
Ohio river. Her mother was one of the
active crusaders She was educated at
the Ohio Wesleyan University, receiving
her degree in 1877. She then taught for q
year in the Normal School at Huntsville,
Ala, and the following year in the New
Orleans University. On her marriage she
went with her husband to Boston, making
their home in the old town of Quincy Here
a large w. c. 7. Z. was formed, of which
Mrs. Beiler was president. She was also
president Of the county and vice president
of the state OF Massachusetts. She has
ever since been active in temperance and
missionary work in Ohio, Hartford, Conn.,,
and in Brooklyn, n. Y.
In the charities of Brooklyn she was ac-
tive also, editing for several years papers
connected with the Home for the Aged and
the Methodist Episcopal Hospital. Mrs.
BeiIer has travelled extensively in Europe
and has steadily pursued literary studies,
graduating at Chautauqua, and belonging
to many societies. Her own church work
and her home have, however, been her
special delight. Mrs. Beiler is a woman of
broad culture and great strength of char
acter. While she possesses a most SYM
pathetic and spiritual nature, her sense of
the ludicrous is keen and active, and tho
she is quick at repartee, her heartsis large
enough to take in the whole world at one
sweep of her great soul. Her face beams
with intelligence and with light and love
for oil humanity
Songs and REGULATIONS.
Patriotic singing followed Mrs. Beiler's