The National tribune., 1897-08-19

the members will be otherwise benefited BY r.
gaining the self.con idencs in their innate
abiiity which has possibly lain dormant for
years.
Influence your friends to Join you in your
".RC. work. but remember to make each
meeting so full of interest that no member will
willingly absent herself Should she do so, A.
certain the cause and. IL within your power,
remove 1t; visiting the sick aud affi icted, and
extending assistance in their misfortunea AL.
low no good member to become delinquent or
dropped through her inability to pay dues bus
remit the amount in so kind aud sisterly o
manner that her heart will beat Respectively,
and no duty required Of her will appear tes
great to perform"
NEW HAMPSHIRE CORPS ACTIVE.
Department. Correspondent Martha Gssrgs
reports much Summer activity among New
Hampshire Corps. District meeting was held
at Summersworth Little6eld Corps being the
hostesses of the occasion. Sampson Corps,
Rochester, have presented the Soldiers Home
at Iilton large flag to float in 'front.' OF shs
Home
Corps IA. Concord, N NJ. visited the Soldisrs'
home IN a body, where they were glad to se0
much-needed improvements going on, though
sorry to lind that 81 out of 81 inmates were In
the hospital.
At District meeting held in Concord, " a.,
much attention was given 10 the work Of pat
rIotic teaching. and the flag salute was given
aud greatly enjoyed. Delegations came from
the surrounding towns members from Center
Barnstead driving 20 miles to be present.
play entitled the "Old Country Storen
was part of an entertainments of Henry II.
Stevens Corps, Marlowe, n. H.. which ended
oy the Sheriff taking possession Of the store"
and selling the contents at auction TO the audi
snce These were great variety of fancy and
useful articles made by the Corps.
The CoIpS at MiIford " n hama nf pssk
President Lizzie III. Foster which introd need
the Independence Charts and Patriotic Primers
into four of the schools will greatly extend the
work this Fall. This Corps attended union
meeting at Milton, when Department Presidents
Miliie A. Worcester and staff were the guests
of honor. They have just sent large bundle
OF furnishing supplies To the Soldiers Home.
Helen MEG. Ayers. Chairman of the Con-
mittee on Patriotic Teaching, Department. Of
New Hampshire, reports that the action Of Z.
Il. Sturteya0t Corps in placing flags in each
school building in it's district has been much
appreciated by the teachers, while there il "a
increased interest in the flag salute in all parts
of the State
The Journal of 18th Annual Convention,
Department of New Hampshire, IS an interest,".
ing compendium of l20 pages, with portraits
OF the retiring President, Sophia E. Dodge -
the frontispiece. New Hampshire spent for
relief last year 81 asa cash. S403.61 supplissJ
numOel Ol persons assisted, 495.
PATRIOTIC CONTESTS
The Committee on Patriotic Teaching Of the
Department of Iows-Clsrs Hardness Chair-
man-rec0mmends the continuation of the pat
rIotic contest work also, the following plan
for the same: Each local committee will seiecs
SIX or eight pupils from the public schools. On
a given date they will recte patriotic selec.
tlons, selected or approved by the committees,
who will engage hall and decorate it. The
contest will be well advertised. The Judges,
strangers. Admission 10 cents to defray az.
penses. The Department Committee will pre-
pare gold medals. wbich will cost S2.25 each, 70
be furnished to local committees on applies.
ton.
The medal has bar for name of winner.
from which is suspended star On one side
Is engraved the date of the contest; on the
other the motto, Our Flag Forever" There
will also be a silver medal contest 70 be held
under similar conditions.
These contests ought to be promotivs Of
greaty-lncreased interest. The plan has been
tried by the w. c. T. u. and the Americas
Humane Educational Society and other Ns-
sional associations with gratifying results.
large number of pictures have been pre-.
sented by the Relief Corps of Iowa to the
Soldiers Home Hospi tal and Past Department
President Helen K. Griffith rejoices in .
gavel presented her by the inmates of the
Home. through Col. Ratekin, the Commsndsnt
in appreciation of her invaluable services -
that institution while head of the Depsrtmsnt
The Commandanis of Soldiers Homes very
greatly appreciate the services of the Relief
Corps of the several States in supplying tom
poral and spiritual comforts to the veterans
under their charge. Gen. Manning F. Forss,
Commandant of the Ohio Soldiers Homo,
visited the Ohio Convention and Col. Ratekin,
of the Iowa Soldiers Home, the Iowa Convex
ton to express their thanks in person.