The herald., 1897-08-01

| An end Of the century movement
! which is now centering the attention
of the patriotic women of this country
is that set on foot by the Daughters of
| the American Revolution, New York
| City Chapter, to present memorial to
France at the Exposition of 1900. This
memorial is intended as an appreciative
recognition of the help given by the SOL
diers of our sister-republic during the
Revolution.
| AS Washington is called the Father Of
his Country, so Lafayette is justly re-
garded as the godfather of the Great
American Republic; and associated with
him in his noble efforts were those
other brave F'renchmen, DEstaing.
Rochambeau, and De Grasse. The work
that they accomplished, displaying at
all times the gallantry that marks their
race, and on one occasion virtually de-
Gliding the fate of the war, has as yet re-
ceived no national recognition from this
country; but that it has been through
our citizens is evidenced by the response
that the plan of memorial to France
| has met with.
| The originator of the scheme was
Mrs. Donald Mclean, Regent of the
New York City Chapter, d. A. r. Mrs
Mclean proposed her plan at dinner
of the Chapter, and it met with warm
approval; indeed, so great was the in
lterest aroused that several members are
devoting the summer to spreading the
plan through the country among the
various chapters, in order that when the
Continental Congress Of the national
society, of which Mrs. Adlai Stevenson,
wife of ex-Vice President of the United
States. is the head, meets in February at
| Washington, where Mrs. Mclean will
formally present her scheme, steps may
at once be taken to put it in execution.
Every week information is coming into
headquarters from Western and South
ern state chapters, showing the deep in
terest taken by them.
| Mrs. Mclean when questioned about
the matter, gave the following informa
ton of her plans and methods:
I'm the first place it seemed emf
nently fitting that our society, formed
as it is of the descendants of the men
who so benefited by Frances assist
ance, should offer, at the end of the
| century in which we were organized, a
permanent memorial to France as an
evidence of the feeling of gratitude we
owe her. 1t also seems that the time
| of the Paris ExpoSltlon Will De partlcu-
larly suitable for the presentation of
| this memorial to the President of the
French Republic, to be received by him
as the representative of the state, and
preserved as the property of the ma
| ton.
| There is another movement now on
foot, which I wish it distinctly under
stood is quite separate from this. Its
aim is to present a statue of Washing
ton to France, as France gave the
statue of Lafayette to us. This, how
ever, is to be from the nation at large,
anyone contributing who wishes, while
our memorial is to be from the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution alone.
"For raising the necessary funds, I
have very simple, and, it seems to
me, feasible plan, which I intend to lay
before our Continental Congress in Feb
ruary with my formal motion to pre-
sent the memorial. The National So
ciety has large yearly income, prin-
cipally arising from the dues of men,
bers You know the society's roll now
shows upwards of 10000 names, and the
annual fees are sufficiently large. OF