Evening star., 1898-12-14
MOVE FOR MEMORIAL
Association to Execute Will of Fresi
dent Washington.
IN SESSION At ARLINGTON HOTEL
Address of the President, Mrs
Ellen A. Richardson.
VISIT TO MOUNT VERNON

VISIT 10 MOUNT ' NERNON
The George Washington Memorial Asso-
citation met in its second annual session
this morning at the Arlington Hotel. Dele
gates from all over the United States were
in attendance. The meeting this morning
was given up for the most part to business
and at o'clock the delegates visited Mount
Vernon in a body. Owing to misunder
standing the meeting not called to or
der until nearly II o'clock. Mrs. Ellen A.
richardson, president of the association,
was in the chair. and as soon as the dele
| gates were seated proceeded to business. A
roll call of the delegates showed a large
attendance.
Annual Address.
Mrs. Richardson's annual address was de-
| livered, and was, in part, follows:
1T is my pleasure and honor to greet YOU
| all on this morning of December IA, 1895.
"One year ago we met here in Washington
as a voluntary committee, with definite
purpose before us, but in all else was
Vagueness and uncertainty and trembling.
| We tried to begin to formulate and at the
end of the three days conference we sep
arated. each to take up the separate duties
| aSS,%hed and to report in a body at this
| chosen time. How well the separate duties
| assigned have been done will be for you to
| determine, as the reports of the officers ana
| committees shall be presented before YOU
| during tie meetings of this week.
To be brief in stating what has been
| accomplished by the president in organiz-
ing the movement. L would say thousands
| OF nlles nave beea travelled, and the states
OF tan, Colorado, North Dakota Ne
bfaSka, Illinois, kentuo ky Connecticut
| New hampshire. Maine, Rhode Island and
| 'he District of Columbia have been visited
| some OF them a number of times; having
f,,.
| prdsha, ana once going as far west as Utah
| ana as far north as the Black hills
nave spoken before ninety-eight audi
| ehces large and small in all over 300 O
| letters have been written since the work
| began of which full three-quarters have
been written during the past year.
Many thousand circulars have been sent
out, hundreds OF Senate documents have
Deen distributed and leaflets bearing up II
the university have a.so been ustd freely
RESOLUTIONS have been passed by large ma
Iiollal organizations of men and women,
ana some of the state federatiOus. and
some of the chapters of the patr.otic orders
nave enrolled as members with US or have
passed resolutions of indors ment and CO.
formed.
Much of the matter which has been sent
out has had to be specially prepared by
your president out of nothing far
the memorial committee W, rk was con-
cerned, while our books Of help have been
the wise and thoughtful words which have
been 50 carefully compiled in the Senate
documents by the chairman of the commit
tee of one hundred.
Pioneer Work Done.
''All of this and much more your president
could tell you, but [ forbear, and simply
add that the pioneer work is about done
the breaking of the ground is never easy,
the applying of the tools, the fitting tools
and the tact to know in each person their
ppcnli9r W ad
special duties, is no small duty.
Il could ell you pretty story of how
the mite boxes were suggested by little
girl OF Nebraska, and the envelope system
by young girl from Fall River, Mass,
and the coin card from a lady in Illinois |
could tell you with pride Of the fulflIment
of Utah's proportion toward the fund, and
new gifts in view. and prospective promise
of large organization cooperation for your
centennial observance, but | have skipped
only hastily over all these facts to ac-
knowledge what each and every helper has
been to me, and say that this hour is main
ly one of welcoming you all-welcoming
you into all that has been created by our
combined efforts; welcoming you into the
harvest of possibilities which are now reali-
ties for you to begin to enjoy
Associations objects.
The objects Of the association are to car
ry out the wishes of the first President of
the United States as indicated in his will,
learning. About two years ago a few
patriotic women got together to discuss the
matter a bequest of $4,000 in stocks for
the founding of a national university
left in President Washingtons will. 1t was
a shame, they declared, that nothing had
been done to carry out the provisions, and
they banded together in an association with
the sole purpose and object of executing
the purpose he had in view. The move
a popular one, and soon the association be-
gan to increase in numbers.
Last December the association held its
first meeting in this city. During last sum-
mer Mrs Ellen A. Richardson, the presi-
dent of the aSSOcia ton, made tour of the
west, and spoke a number of times to large
audiences. AS result the influence of the
association spread, and now every large
city has a chapter, and delegates are sent
to the annual meeting.
While it is the purpose of the association
to build the national university. its imme-
diate object is to raise S250,0OO with which
to build an administration building, to be
used for postgraduate work, the corner
stone to be laid on the Tooth anniversary of
the date of the will, July ., 1899. The asso-
citation has set aside the coming
nVersary of Washington'S birthday as an
offering day, when it hopes every man,
woman and child will contribute something.
The association will be in session three
days, finishing its business. with the cleo
ton of new officers the 10th instant.
Committees in Charge.
Inc following committees nave CnarSe
of the annual meeting:
Prograrfl-Mrs Ellen A. Richardson Mas
sachusetts; Mrs. l. S. Boyd. Georgia; Miss
E. T. King, Maryland; Mrs. T. St John
Gaffney New Jersey.
MuSic-Mrs Henry R. Mallory, Mrs.
Frank NorthrOp.
Ceremony-Mrs Orange ]. Salisbury,
Utah, chairman; state and specially chair
men, assisted by local temporary commit
tees, Mrs. Chas j. Bell, Washington, d.
c., chairman.
Finance-Mrs. w. A. Roeb.ing, New Jer-
sey; Mrs. VIM. T. Carter, Pennsylvania:
Mrs. J. X. Goodloe, Kentucky
chairman.
HEALTH CONDITIONS.