Evening star., 1901-01-17
Mrs, Fairbanks Boom ed for Presiden
General of D. A. R.
CHOICE OF The DISTRICT CHAPTERS
Enthusiastic Demonstration in Her
Favor at Recent Banquet.
RESPONSES TO TOA SITS

did at the banquet given Tuesday evening
at the Portner, where Mrs. Charles Fair
| banks was the guest of honor and Con-
| stitution Chapter the hostess. Mrs. j. Ellen
| Foster, the regent. did the honors, assisted
! by the members of the chapter. The BAN
Quet brought together notable body of
| bright women, and made the vehicle
for launching Mrs. Fairbanks boom for
president general of the national organiza-
ton Among the guests We're members of
| nearly every chapter in the District, all
| enthusiastic in their support of the wife
of the senior senator from Indiana for the
| highest gift at the hands of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution.
The long banquet hall of the Portner was
hung with large silk flags and festooned
with southern smilaX. The T-shaped BAN
quet board was spread with snowy linen
and decorated with pots of pink azaleas
set in mats of ferns. The tall silver can
dleSticks of antique pattern were gaily dec
Grated with small silk flags. and at each of
the fifty covers We're punches of pink car
nations, tied with the continental colors of
Constitution Chapter, buff and yellow satin
| ribbons. The pret1ily designed menu. bear
ing the insignia of the order in buff and
gold, was tied with red, white and blue rib
bons and attached was a tiny pencil with
which to fill i'll the autograph pages, at
the head of which Mrs. Fairbanks placed
her name in her characteristic style Just
fifty times during the evening 1t was a
pretty scene when the elegantly -gowned
women gathered about the tables. dia-
mondS flashing. historic jewels cleaning
ont from heirloom laces. and ancestral me
dallions displayed with fond pride.
Mrs Foster sat at the head of the table,
with Mrs. Fairbanks at her right and
Mrs j. p Dolliver at her left. At the
right of Mrs. Fairbanks sat Mrs Gilbert
and Mrs. Draper. and at Mrs. Delivers
left sal two of the three living founders
/ sho
Mary 5. Lockwood. both wearing the spien-
did jeweled badges presented to them by
the national society two years ago. The
dainty little toastmistress of the occa sion
Miss Helen Narck Boswell, sat at the foot
of the table. and the speakers of the
evening were scattered along the expanse
between her and the guest of honor.
Melody and Merriment.
The Viands We're discussed with evident
zest. but in a quietly decorous fashion, un-
til the wide doors of the banquet hall were
thrown open and the walters came in bear
ing aloft fifty glasses of sherbet, surnamed
punch Waving above the frozen delicacy
We're fifty little silk flags on tiny ivory
stafs. The sight was inspiring, and in an
instant every guest was standing. and
strains of THE Star Spangled Banner"
/ started by Mrs. Sarah Chace Guss. filled
the banquet hall, as the fifty voices sang
as one. This was the signal for an hour
Of patriotic melody and merriment Three
l
lowed, then Dixie Maryland" Ken
lucky Home "Suwanee River and a
dozen others, the flags waving. and Miss
Boswell playing dashing little accompani-
ments the piano. All reserve fed. and
! from that instant the rarcst of good fell
I lowship reigned.
When the toasts reached Miss
Boswell introduced each speaker with
graceful tact. laughingiy mounting foot
stool, that she might see over the flowers
and candles. Mrs. Fairbanks, who was to
come later in the evening with her re-
sponse to the toast Patriotism, the Soul
| of the Constitution had to keep second
| engagement and she was called upon first.
She was introduced as "the next president
| general Of the Daughters Of the American
! Revolution utterance which brought
forth a salvo of applause. Patriotism was
the thread that Mrs. Fairbanks used to
| tie together some very loyal sentiments.
She said that the Constitution was in truth
the "bulwark of our liberties" the grandest
/ instrument that ever emanated from the
| brain of man.
She paid high tribute 10 those who have
! died in defense of the Constitution and the
I flag, ald TO the Daughters of the American
Revolution. who are. she said perpetuating
! III every way possible the noble deeds of
their heroic sires The soul of Con-
| stitution is also patriotism, she declared.
our aim is TO perpetuate the memory of
the men and women who achieved Ameri-
can independence; to carry out the injunc-
tion of Washington, TO promote institutions
| for the general diffusion of knowledge; to
cherish. maintain and extend the nstitu-
| lions of American freedom; to foster true
| patriotism and to aid in securing for man
kind all the blessings of liberty. This"
Mrs. Fairbanks declared, in conclusion, lis
indeed. the soul of patriotism. -
Should Mean Women md Men.
THE Constitution in Literature was
Mrs Mary SLockwood's theme, and she pro-
! ceeded to satrize the Supreme Court, which
she referred to as the Browning Club on
would never be more than empty term
until we was decided by the Supreme
Court To mean women and men,
|. The Constitution and Religious Liberty
was responded to by Mrs NJ f. Hartsock,
who took the opposite of the pessimistic
view held by many that it must have been
a Goddess crowd that left all mention of
the Deity out of the Constitution.
Mrs. II. b. Sperry gave brief but COM
prehensive review of the Constitution in
Journalism" in which she declared that
''Feritas." 'Vox Populi'' and all the others
aired their views on the Constitution and
other things in the newspapers century
ago, exactly as they DO today, though posi-
bly, somewhat more profoundly
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, to whom was
assigned the toast The ConsttutiOn-The
Law" began by picturing the consterna-
ton of the fathers of the Constitution had
fifty women 100 years ago undertaken.
first to hold a banquent, and, second, to
discuss any constitutional point whatsoever.
i relationship between her two subjects.
, | The last speaker of the evening was Mrs.
; j. lsllen Foster, whose subject THE
Constitution and the Flag AS Mrs Fos-
ter was the one woman selected by the ia
uorai republican committee to enter and
subjugate the far west in the last cam
= paign it can easily be conjectured that her
trenchant and patriotic utterances, free
from all party bias however. reused her
hearers To a high pitch of enthusiasm.
v Pleasing Feature.
Z One of the pleasing features Of the even
ing was the singing by Mrs. Mary F. Pierce
of Felicia Hemans poem The Breaking
( Waves Dashed High Mrs. Pierce, who is
one of the oldest members of the D. A r.
, sang the quaint old song of her girlhood
? in a clear, musical voice, little touched by
, time. Her daughter Miss Elizabeth Pierce,
[ sang Handels Rejoice Greatly, Oh Daugh-
ter of Zion, and Miss Wood sang 1T Is a
| Rose
At the close of an evening which pushed
| morning closely all stood and sang
| America
Among those enjoying the hospitality of
| Constitution Chapter were Miss Doiliver,
: Mrs. Farrar, Miss Gilett, Miss Prall, Mrs.