Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-22

themselves, and no consideration should
be permitted to turn ,us aside from the
great work to which We have pledged our
selves. Let us concentrate our efforts to
increase this fund and steadily refuse to
permit any portion of it to be used for any
other purpose Persistence in increasing
the fund and preserving it will assure sue
cess.
The Responses.
AS soon as the minutes were approved
the president general ann ounced that con-
tributions to the memorial hall fund would
be received by the treasurer general That
lady was kept busy for about an hour The
contributions came tumbling in so fast
that 1t was difficult to keep~track of them
They ran from IS up to $1,000 and the
smallest got as much applause as the larg-
est. The largest contribution came from
Mrs. Wood Of Boston, which was the sum
of 81, 900, given in memoriam to her mother
Mrs. Antoinette Emo Wood. There were
thirty or more contributions of 800 each
from individual members and from chap
tiers. Mrs. Donald Mclean regent of the
New York City Chapter, gave $50 person
ally as a memorial to her mother Mrs.
John W. Richie of Baltimore whose death
occurred last summer.
Mrs. Hall of Pennsylvania gave 500 as
| memorial to her daughter, Mrs. Ellen
Hall Bright, a beautiful woman much be-
loved by the D. A. r.
Miss Desha announced that Elizabeth
Jackson Chapter was each year laying
aside a certain sum which would be devot-
ed to putting memorial window in the
proposed hall.
Mrs Cotton of California announced that
her state would place silver memorial
tablet in the hall. At the time The Stars
had been swelled $500, and the daughters
were happy in consequence
Over Parliamentary Questions.
The afternoon session yesterday of the
Daughters of the American Revolution was
largely given over to war over how vot-
ing on amendments should be done. No
body wanted a roll call, so they decided to
try telers. The parliamentarian instructed
the president general that voting members
could not be appointed tellers. This raised
storm of protests.
"They do it up at the Capitol" said some
member. plaintively.
"They always do in Congress-" volun-
teered Miss Desha.
well, aren't they alternates?' asked the
president general. She was informed that
alternates were not a piece of congress
sional furniture. The president general
finally appointed two tellers from the floor
Then the fun began. The voting was on
the amendment which would take away
from the national board two-thirds of its
income and give the same to the chapters.
Many of the ladies did not understand the
question, and after voting on the negative
would demand the privilege of changing
their votes. Twenty women talked at one
time.
a suggestion of Mrs. Lockwood and ruled
that the vote could be taken just as a ma
jority wanted it to be taken, and the at
moSnhere cleared
The amendment was finally voted down
Amendments Adopted
Dr. Anita Newcomb MCGEE, vice presi-
dent general, was then called to the chair,
md ha fol1 i,
upon and passed:
/. Amendment offered by Miss Lillian
Pike of the District Of Columbia:
Article III, section 9, strike out the word
ARE and substitute WERE strike out
the words "shall be- and substitute "are."
,. Amendment offered by Mrs. Amos G.
Draper of Vermont:
In article ". section /. insert the words
"one librarian general after the words
"one chaplain general"
3 Amendment offered by Miss Lillian
Pike. District of Columbia:
To article ", section l., the following
words shall be added: IAN officer appointed
to fill vacancy shall serve only during the
una expired term from the previous time of
election until the next regular election
+. Amendment offered by Mrs Ballinger:
To article ", section 3, add after 1.-The
power to elect honorary vice presidents
general shall be vested in the continental
congress the words land there shall be
u
idents elected -#@
). Amendment offered by Miss Lillian
Pike, District of Columbia:
To article " shall be added the contents
of section 6, article ", Of the bylaws, viz:
mo state or honorary state regent shall
be appointed or elected who is not a resi-
dent of the state she represents, and no
one shall hold mora than one active office
at the same time in the Daughters of the
American Revolution"
g. Amendment offered by Miss Lillian
Pike, District of Columbia:
In article the following words shall
be inserted as section 1 "All legislative
and Judicial power in the National Society
of the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton is vested in the continental congress"
Also, that the numbering of the other Sec
tons shall be changed to correspond
The Evening Session.
The evening session of the D. A. R. was
called peace jubilee" though most of
the talk was of war. The stage had been
decorated specially for the occasion. Just
an addition of flags. then more flags,
though it seemed as though all the space
had been filled before. The platform was
filled with elegantly gowned women, and
all the electric lights in the business were
turned on.
The exercises were in charge of a special
committee of daughters, composed of the
following: Mrs. Fairbanks of Indiana, Miss
Forsythe of New York, Mrs. Sperry of Con-
necticut, Mrs. Howard of Virginia, Mrs.
Goodloe of Kentucky, Mrs. O'Neil of Mass
achusetts and Mrs. Cotton of California.
The presiding officer of the evening was
Mrs. Daniel Manning, president general of
the national society, who conducted the
e> ercises. The speakers were Mrs. Roberts
of Pennsylvania, Mr.. John l.. Griffith and
Mr.. Hilary A. Herbert, while Mrs. William
l.. Wilson and Mrs. Bradbury of Boston
were the soloists. All of these and num-
Der of officers of the society, including Mrs.
Stakely, Mrs. Taplin Mrs. Hatch, Mrs
Main. Mrs Henry, Mrs. Brockett, Mrs.
Akers and Mrs. Hatcher, We're seated on
the platform. AT the left, attired in deepest
black. was Mrs. Jackson, widow of the
noted confederate general, who was deeply
interested in all the proceedings.
The 4th Artillery Band gave patriotic
melodies, which stirred the standing room
only audience to widest enthusiasm Mrs. 1
Teunis S. Hamlin gave the invocation. I:
Work of the Daughters.
Mrs. Roberts of Pennsylvania opened the
exercises with THE Work Of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution" She said
in part that to perpstuate the memory of
the ancestors was the purpose Of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
Historical research she declared to be a