Evening star., 1895-02-22

down over the grassy graves of million
and half of heroes, sacrificed in fraternal
strife, through the mistakes and shortcom-
irgS of our revolutionary Sires, pledge our
selves anew to patriotism, with
One heart one hope, one destiny,
One flag from sea to sea.
Miss willard Could Not Speak.
The next paper was to have been by Miss
Frances E. Willard, president of the Ma
ticnal w. C. T. u, on the subject Pa
triotism as a Factor in the Advancement
of Woman" Unfortunately, Miss Willard
was ordered home yesterday by her physi-
clan and forbidden to speak for long
time to come. She has been in bad health
for some time, and her friends have been
much worried by the thought of the possi-
BILE bad effects that might result from ac-
tive participation In such convention as
this.
Mrs. Isabella Charles Davis of New York
spoke on the topic, Patriotism as Ex-
pressed in the New York Free kindergar-
tens" Patriotism, said Mrs. Davis is not
inherent, but is an acquired virtue. In a
land like this. that is flooded every year
with vast hordes of foreign immigrants, it
is no easy task to keep up the tide of pa
triotisn to it's highest ebb. nor can in
struction begin too young.
In the kindergartens of New York the
little ones are taught to love their flag,
to make it from stripes of old white and
blue paper. to sing songs of praise to the
flag that floats above us all, and to be
familiar with the simple principles of good
government. In these kindergartens are
gathered children of all nationalities, but
all are taught love of our country. which
is broad enough for all alike. From such
as these. said Mrs. Davis anarchists can
never come.
Mrs. Mussey's Address.
what the flag has cost woman was the
subject of an able address by Mrs. Ellen
S. Mussey Of this city.
Mrs. Mussey, in the course of her re-
marks, said:
The women of the revolution were as he
roic as the men, and bore their full share
of the hardships of that time. Mrs. Mercy
Warren first proclaimed that the right
to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
is inherent, and belongs equally to all man
kind" and was first to advocate separation
from the mother country. Mrs. Abigail
Adams urged upon John Adams. without
success. the justice of recognizing woman
in the new constitution.
In the late war woman and her influence
was felt at every turn, and always for
good.
In those days man learned that there
were in woman powers and possibilities he
dreamed not of before. And there were
women who followed the flag to the hos
pitals. to the field, to the very battle
ground. giving up youth, strength and life
itself.
And a grateful country, in some rare in
stances, when the record is clear and abs
solutely nawless and fire proof, gives them
in their old age the magnificent pension of
s12 per month.
Abraban Lincoln said that without the
help of women the rebellion could never
have been put down nor the country saw
ed" Arlington bears witness to what the
flag has cost women. At the close of the
the thirteenth fourteenth and fif
teenth amendments were added to the Con-
stitution. but did not recognize the rights
of women.
Once another flag fioated over part of
this great country, and even now 1t is ru-
mored that ii is raised at times to receive
the cheers and concentrations of the ris-
ing generation. Cherish If you will that
other flag, water it with your tears. and
put it away with the shoes your baby wore,
but in this reunited country there can float
but one flag. Let the dead past bury it's
dead"
True patriotism consists in doing ones
whole duty in times of peace as well as
war. 1t is better to live for ones country
than 20 die for it. What the country needs
today is good citizens. whether they be
voters or not Citizens who are familiar
with these great bulwarks of American
liberty-the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United States.
Every woman should have a copy of the
Constitution and study it, Its study would
be no more fatiguing than to put together
crazy quilt, and vastly more invigorating
and helpful to the rising generation. How
can we support that of which We have no
knowledge? Not one person in a thousand
has read over the Constitution a dozen
times The provisions contained therein
are taken on hearsay. A bright woman
said not long ago that she knew how the
Constitution began. 1t is "All men are
born free and equal"
Women are citizens if not voters, and at
last her Interest in moral and municipal
reforms is arousng her to a sense of her
duty and her power for good. She is a
natural reformer. When the time comes
as it has now come-when politics lays it's
paralyZing grasp on the throat of industry
in what has seemed a times likely to prove
a death throttle; when the country says by
it's popular vote that it wants prosperity
without regard to party, 1T is time for wo-
man to take an interest in public affairs
Woman is the formative principle and
molds public opinion. 1t was her influence
that carried a certain district in Kentucky
In the last election. She understood the
question involved there. 1t is not purity
and temperance alone that should engage
woman's interest. but every question that
affects the prosperity of our country or in
which principle of right and wrong is
involved.
The laws that control immigration. the
proper monetary standard the tariff are
all questions demanding our attention as
patriotic citizens. Be American in thought
and deed. Let profigacy give way to pur-
ity and party to patriotism.
oiic VI llit DeSl addresses OF the morning
was delivered by Louise Barnum Robbins
on patriotism in Forming the Character
of American Citizens"
Patriotic Instruction.
Mrs. Robbins said: Patriotic instruction
should begin in the home, where the influ-
ence should be one breathing the great
poets injunction, BE just and fear not
let all the ends thou aims't at be thy coun-
try's, thy Gods and Truths" Under the
formative care of the best of teachers, a
good mother. the elements that go to build
up patriotic spirit will be instilled. She
will teach her children the national hymns
and patriotic songs. she will tell them the
story of that sturdy band of Puritans who
planted the seeds of American civilization,
and upon Plymouth's sacred rock laid the
cornerstone of the nation. She will tell
them of the supreme patriot, he who was
First in war, first in peace and first in
the hearts of his countrymen," and of that
distinguished line of patriots down to our
day. She will teach them how grand
thing it Is to acquire the principles of
obedience to law. of love and veneration
for the stars and stripes the emblem of
liberty and national supremacy. Every
child should be taught the origin of the
flag. when it was adopted, what trials it
has encountered and what blessings pre-
served. 1t should be in every home to be
cherished. loved and honored.
The books that are placed in the hands
of children should be selected with the ut
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