The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-11
WOMAN'S PATRIOTIC WORK.
DAUGHTERs OF YHE AMERICAN REvO-
LUTON HAVE 4 "
The Bencnt the Or eanisaton Has Becn TO the
Nation In Keeping Warm Womsn's Patr-
otto I'm pulses asd Preserving she Memory
Of the GIOrious Deeds Of the Past.

Thirty thousand members In a decade Is the
proud record the Daughters Of the American
Revolution may boast for their society. which
had It's tenth birthday In October. For the
individual. membership In the society IL pleasant
and profitable. II establishes her Iedlgree
without further trouble and gives her a pass
port into the exclusive circle which is a. proud
of Its Revolutionary ancestry a. English no
bility Of its title rights. Moreover. the society
gives her an opportunity for work and play.
with congenial friends. as we'll as the pleasant
feeling Of Subtraction which comes Of having
afnger In an organization as wide ~ the nation.
No state, North. South, East or West. Is missing
from the rolls Of the society. From New York
to California. from Maine TO the tip end OF
Florida. tho dauehter. gathered into chapters
large and chapters small. are diNuslng loyalty
and patriotism in a hundred different ways.
Although the work Of the society Ia sup
posed to be mainly historical. II doe. not neg
lect the demand on it, national sympathy made
by current events. In the Cuban war the
daughters assisted tho Red Cross nurses and
other organizations with splendid energy and
efficiency. The Galveston disaster. too. met
with quick financial response from them. Tho
New York city chapter will probably prove
the banner chapter In this relief work. by reaso on
of the large amount made by its booth In tho
recent bazaar held for the relief OF Galveston
sufferer,
one OF the most interesting objects OF the
II. A. X. Is to preserve historical houses and
landmarks, and thus In time to get a historical!
background, which even the nations " no reckon
their existence by many centuries Instead OF
by ono will recognize and resi- ect Interest
ing places are often marked by tablets. which
keep the significance Of the spot constantly
before the public. Last spring a tablet was
- l.. l.. II .S, @-nA
stead In Westchester county to commemorate
one Of the dramatic Incidents which must have
made our Revolutionary ancestors feel as II
thev we're living a play In which they might be
called out for tragedy parts at any moment
Capt. Thadc e /. Avery and his wife. whom
Mr.. Dorsmus G~o"n Of New York has the honor
of claiming as grandparents. lived in the house
NJ the time Of the Revolution. The captain
was made Commissary General, and a large
sum Of money was put in his charge for paying
the soldiers and buying prisoners. He hid II
under the kitchen nDor. but In spite OF him ina
secret leaked out and csme to the ear. OF the
wa-chful iIessians. They made a raid on the
homestead one day. whom the captain happened
to be thsre on leave Of absence and searched
tho home over. but could fnd nothing, Finally
| they gathered In the kitchen, and standing Just
over tie hiding place. ordered the captain
I III III AfNtlt v lHN u Y NV'lI Nv NV 800
was. He refused point blank. They triad
h. wife with no better success. Then they
| threatened the lives Of both, but threats failed
70 daunt either one Of the courageous pair,
Then brutal and enraged. the soldiers heated
Irons red hot in the stove and branded the
| capt1in and his wife. Failing to Ard out the
I secret. evan so. they were about 10 fall on their
victims aud kill them whom a company 81 Con-
| tincn'al soldiers dashed NJ. rescued the captain
and his wife in tie nick Of time and put the
| HesS,ans TO night.
The silver tablet. 70 commemorate this brave
resistance, with a kind Of poetic Justice, has
| been placed by tho ID. 4. r. in the kitchen. where
| the treasure was hidden. above the old oven
where the Hessians heated their torture irons.
Tho work Of putting up tablets is divided among
| the different chapters, which though subdi-
| visions Of tie General Society. arc quite lnde-
pendent about the WORK they choose and tho
method o. carving II on; A CHAPTER eeCt'
| divlduol contrib ltions. or nv a patriotic fair.
or other eutertainmen', raises money FOR The
purpose. The final step il the an1xina Of the
| tahlet with enough formdity and ceremony
| 10 rs the event in the memory OF the. spectators,
With NE Ia, wear a ng tb1 M ~ h u, . ,bS,n
l. tho spot whcre the Minute Men responded
70 the en- to arms. On Agr'l !. i5,5; nov in.
n,a ,iGIlesa III. ssirt cf one of n. Massachusotts
| charters, Another Massachusetts On apter has
| tlaNpI a tablet III inc nous" IN WIl'n lIp1. IUt-
nam was born IN Danvers. Mass. formerly
Tho stirring Ne Of The gicturC,ans General
nam lin CHARTER Of Greenwich, Conn, was
he It. T." cC% 70 wG Hne Of wo ,nf iii '1c ~ ays
he had the audacitv to follow n f%urior. wolf
t drsr III i %" out ~" bT trs Tail until paralysis "a cr"rt
over him many wears aftarvard, as he was on
PEELED ~sorrovfnll,y to leave n. army. The
historc NJ his. adventures thrills sChoolhoy,s
when they read how 10, vas captnrcd by I'D
ians. tiol 20 a 'r"o. piled around with fagot'
To- which TO Indians act Ere, hut w6s caught
ont ~ his psril h. a Frenchman safc. hut
s%.@rc.h"d t.I b ~ ne ,cf srmG' ., Il 4. Is :,es ip'sg"s ri e.
| A hostile shin IN n tiny boat with a few com
rndos. hsmmerlrs in wedges between the
gear va, ho'nlssa, then emitting hnr adr.ft with
her Destruction ard tho couture II the fort
.he q1nrdsd 49, T's',t Ths es IN, ing cn .n9T
hnt hs ridc down Hor,areck stops IN Green
| vic1 is no fc.t Gov uhioh h" Is most famous.
ard a srnn force ~ men were wandering
about trying to fnd ON Ttat no ICCIish were
CON-. .rcrol ran INTO a bodtr Of English ssoIldi..rs
,rdcr Gov Trvon. tho force so far exceeding
he own that h" dared, not mako a stand lest
acorn,n,anc" With NE affair. Of, the EnrIi.6
tlen would h" pieasant Fe therefore tod
tia pOp1rn rfonG who we're uflf00llftNG 10 make
a dash for tho nareh which enci-cled tho hill,
md no hi-'solr. turning. rode down the natural
stcns, ~ wing tho English Dragons at the ton.
motior'eSs "i.h surprise Owe ~ treN r-
covS-rd enough {" serd \ hrnn' sftor hi'n
With wris''od through he n%iltarv cnn. He
reached To bottom ~ ~" hin. md looking
M with de'irious bra vsdo, va we'd lie sword
md dq-ra tho eneNv n follow. Fvcn Gov.
Trvon could not wi'hho'd his ndrirp ton, erd
snnt him , now cap for the one tho bullet hpd
riddled TIE FlorSsrect ride is ono of the
troasured stories ~ the town. and almost
everv one who secs the sters Is irnreesed
with Gen, Putngm's daring. But an English:
man who vea'a knn 10 tho tor ~ the hin looked
down the d~ccli,itv indlnerCntlv.
"Ps,llv, Is this the rla'e1" he remarked.
why our E-c'iSh hunters often ride down
worse nlaces thnn that"
We'll" rerlied TIE citiz,n who was acting
&c showrnan With due epnhssis Your Eng
lish dragons hid not follow Con Putnam
down that hill" And Tho Erglishnan was
81 ~
Tho scene ~ the ride has not been marked
before. hrt last veqr tho rItram Hrll Chauter
Of the n 4 u set there huge granite boulder,
into tho face ~ which IL cut the story of the
ride, that futur" Daughter, and Sons ofthe
Revolution NAV never fnrret II
All about tho S'1tc= the n1ught" re are irving
IN various wnvS 10 arouse interest IN history.
TNe wyoming Valley Charter In Pennsvlva-
-, ,,,op,Iv e-pc,el "a loulipr mud fablat an