The National tribune., 1896-07-30

T.
RosALIE B. CONDOR.
She has filled many places of prominence IN
Corps and Department and proven her capa-
bilty in whatever work she has undertaken.
Upon assuming the duties of Department Pres-
dent she began an active campaign OF WIZ
extension, and ride Of two or three hundred
miles in that vast territory is a thing OF almost
weekly occurrence. Her earnestness, enthusi-
asm and intelligent comprehension OF her
work is moro and more recognized. In con-
Guiding sketch Of her important services, De-
partment President Mary A. Morgan says:
"Personaly, Mrs. Condor is very pleasing,
with her snowy hair, that reminds US OF our
own brave Logan's beloved wife. She is viva
cious aud active, and in short, she is typical
Nebraska woman, and we are very proud OF
our President. Rosalie B. Condor. She has one
child, q son in early manhood"
ELIZABETH MANSFIELD IRVING.
After years of patient invalidsm. John D..
Irving, agent of the Phenix Insurance Co.,
Toledo, o., passed suddenly to his rest on a
Quiet June afternoon, 1896. He was man OF
pure and upright character, and both respected
and beloved of his feilowmen; the husband OF
Elizabeth Mansfield Irving and father of two
beautiful children, the pride OF happy ana
beautiful home.
Mrs. Irving, in addition to her responsible
duties as the head of school OF oratory ana
expression, WAS associated with her husoand ~
the insurance business, under the firm name oil
John d. Irving & Co., and after his health be-
came so precarious she bad chief control. The
best proof that her duties were faithfully dis
charged rests in the fact that since Mr.. lryings
| death the Phoenix Co. have placed the sole
management in her hands.
| At the recent Con vention of the National As
LID 1ztrA hYQ
| Irving was elected TO the Board of Directors
| and, sub rosa, there is reason to believe that
Mrs. Irving might long since have been
elected President of the Department of Ohio,
| WRC, had she not strenuously declined, owing
| to home business and professional duties.
| Friends of both Mr.. and Mrs. Irving in the
| several associations with which they were
identified, while they sympathize with her IN
| her sorrow, are yet glad that she is 80 abund-
antly qualified to discharge the trusts devoiv-
ing upon her, in the sweet womaniy spirit That
is her browning characteristic.
ALL ALONG THE LINE
| Mrs. Kate Z. Putnam, of Ohio, is spending
her Summer lecturing before County Teachers
| Institutes and has several lectures suitable Tor
| the Grand Army and Relief Corps, which are
sure to be in demand, as her reputation was
| long since established as a versatile, eloquent,
and patriotic speaker upon soldier topics.
u
on Patriotic Teaching, has been very i'll, the
result of nervous prostration. She hopes to
| recover so as to be present at 14th National
| Convention.
Miss Walker, daughter of Commander.in-
| Chief /. N. Walker, who for some time has
| been favorite contralto singer in one of the
| churches at Cleveland, o., has gone to Europe
TO continue her studies.
Past Department President Flo Jameson
Miller, of Illinois, lectnred at Chestnut, H., a
| few days since for the benefit of the Relief
| Corps.
Alfred Harrison Corps, Palestine, ILL.,, held a
patriotic contest, when an Oxford Bible was
| given for the frst-prize Grafton: and Under
| the Guns" by Annie Wittenmyer, for the Sec
ond. The Corps believes that patriotic contests
| will do much good in connection with patriotic
teaching in the public schools.
| Neyius Corps l. Rockford, H., has supplied
the family of Comrade Hildebrand, of Nevius
Post--who lost his wife, daughter. home, and
household effects in the late terrible cyclone
with bedding, linen towels, aud wearing ap-
| parel of their own making.
The new roster of the Department Of Mis-
souri,, W.RC., numbers 100 Corps. Missouri is
d yided into 12 districts, with a President at
the head of each.
The Department President of Missouri ex.
tends sympathy to the many Relief Corps men,
bers and their families who were sufferers from
|
State.
Puma L. Cowles is Secretary of the Pioneer
Society of Ashtabula County, Ohio an office to
| which she has just been reelected. In this
| connection she has been compiling many i'm.
| portant records.
L. NJ. Wheeler Corps. Saratoga Springs N. Y.
reports an active Winter, a profitable Spring,
| and busy Summer in aid of relief. A sewing
society meets fortnightly to sew for charitable
purposes
Department President Julia Mason, of Rhode
| Island has been pleasantly entertained by
Lincoln Corps, Is. Hope Valley, r. l., upon
which occasion the Post, present as guests
were presented S25.
The name of Mary Scott Myers will be pre-
sented by the Oregon delegation at ST. Pau
for the office of National Junior Vice-Presdent
in consideration OF her invaluable services to thu
Department as President, and because of the
love aud confidence she has inspired in Relic
Corps work throughout the State, and believe
that her election would advance the interest:
of the Order
President Effie 3. Kennedy, of Dunbar
Corps, Decatur, H., was surprised by member
of her Corps, and presented with dozen silve
spoons in a case. There was a patriotic pro
gram and plenty of merrment>. The gift cam'
from members of Durham Post and Corps.
Department President Julia A. Chase, of Kan
sas, writes that Mother" Bckerdyke cele
DRAFTED her ISLu DlILhuay july 40, anu sussost
that she be remembered by substantial gift
from her friends in token of their apprecia
ton of her life services on behalf of humanit,
aud patriotism. dollar for copy of he
, remin iscences will not be amss. Address Pres
: ident Chase Hiawatha, Kan.
Department Correspondent Louisa Clusky
of Texas, reports lawn fete given at the hom
of Comrade Work, College flights, by the Son
of Veterans, assisted by the W.RC.
Sidney Corps. $50, Sidney, ILL.,, reports de
lightful meetings. They are making quill
for the Soldiers Home.
Past Department President Margaret Ra.
Wickins will speak at the Chautauqua Assembly
Urbana, ILL.,, Aug. IL, on Soldiers and Patriots
Day. Rev. Anna Shaw, Helen M. Gonger. an,
Mrs. Hoffman, of Missouri. are among the As
! sembly speakers.
Good reports come from the Corps of Waverl.
and Paramount Neb., and their part in Memo
rial Day. The Post and Corps of Farmoun
: own their building free of debt, and hav
: money in the treasury.
There are energetic Relief Corps workers ii
Udall, Neb some Of whom attended Memoirs
Day services in two or three places on the sam
day, including Udall, Vernon and Mulvane.