The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-07-22
THE RELIEF CORPS
News and Gossip Of the Great
Auxiliary.
National Council of Women-Advice from a
Past National President-Busy Times In
Nebraska-NOtes of the Corps.

National Council of women-Advice from
Past National President-Busy Times in
Nebraska-Notes of the Corps.
Owing to the serious illness of Mrs. Mary
Lowe Dick nson, President of the National
Council OF Women of the United States, the
second triennial. which was to have been held
in Washington, d. c., February. 1893, has been
postponed for one year, or until February,
1899. This was made necessary from the TACT
that the Vice President, Rev. Anna Shaw, could
not take upon herself the duties OF arrange
ments, which are usually begun many months
in advance, owing to her public engagements
in the lecture field.
The question then comes to the Relief Corps
What need is there of increasing the volunteer
relief fund il the triennial is not to take place
as soon as expected? A reply to this is very
easily made. In the first place, there is an
annual meeting of the Executive Board OF the
National Council, which the President and
delegate from the Relief Corps are expected to
attend. At these meetings is a series of pro-
grams running over several days in which the
Relief Corps is expected to participate. The
last meeting Of the Executive Board was in
Boston, December, 1896, and was only second
in Importance to the great tIiennial itself.
This year the meeting Of the Executive
Board will be combined with the meeting at
Nashville in connection with the Tennessee
Exposition, place on the program having been
offered to the National Council of Women by
the Exposition management. This meeting
will take place in October, and will occupy
several days, the meetings being held in the
Woman's Building. Ex-President May Wright
Sewall has been appointed by the Executive
Board to take charge of these meetings. 1t is
expected that they will be of very high order
of interest and that the Relief Corps repre-
sentation will do their part towards extending
knowledge of the patriotic work in which
they are engaged.
1t will thus be seen that there will be as much
need Of money to defray the expenses OF the
President and delegate this year as there would
be were the triennal to take place in Wash
ington, while the field for patriotic eudeavor
is more ample. The Relief Corps is charged
with the work of keeping up the patriotic in
terest and extending knowledge OF their sys-
tenn of the incubation Of good citizenship which
has already been adopted by the Council.
Members OF the Woman's Relief Corps in
Nashville and Tennessee generally should
make it point to attend the meetings Of the
Woman's Council at Nashville, in order to put
themselves in line with the Council movement,
which is destined to unite in great solidarity
all the associations of women in the United
States working for the elevation of woman,
individually and collectively, through the
home, the family, the Church, the State. and
the Nation.
From Secretary Lou Stuart Wadsworth, Of
the W.R.C. Committee, we learn that q De.
partments of the Woman's Relief Corps have
forwarded contributions to the Council Of
Women fund. Massachusetts, leads, as usoal,
followed in succession by New York, Ohio,
Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa and so
on. In response to the circular sent out Secre-
tary Wadsworth has received fattering re-
sponses. There are still Corps to be heard
from, and 1t is hoped that they will take some
action in time to be enrolled in the volunteers
column of the Secretarys report to be pre-
sented to 18th National Convention. As the
Secretary says, "the benefits derived in the
affiliations of the Relief Corps with the Ma.
tional Council of Women are boundless and its
work has received much greater recognition
in our land by such affiliation."
The first result Of the Washington triennial,
after the National Council had taken up the
work of patriotic teaching, was the movement
to secure Congressional appropriation to place
flags over the Washington schoolhouses. 1t is
hoped that an educational movement Of like
Importance may begin at Nashville and extend
throughout the South.
The effect of the Grand Army Encampment
and Relief Corps Convention at Louisville was
to place flags over all the schoolhouses in that
city and TO bring about the observance of Ma
tional holidays In at least one important town
in the interior. A like impress can be made
in Tennessee, II our Keller Corps women are
alert and make the most of the opportunities
offered them at Nashville.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Elizabeth Darcy Kline. Past National
President, San Francisco, writes: Is An article
in your columns of July was to me especi-
ally interesting. 1t was headed Move to Re-
trench and treats of the position the Depart.
ment Of Ohio found itself In ut the last Depart
ment Convention.
THE great Department of California and
Nevada. covering more territory than all the
New England Departments with New York and
PENNSYLVANIA added, does not need warning,
from the fact that 1t could never be placed from
the same causes in the same position. The
Corps in this Department number but go, and
are scattered over this vast territory, and some
of the delegates to Department Convention
travel over 300 miles at their own expense to
attend Conventions. The only expense borne
by the Department for any of its officers or
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