Evening star., 1901-02-19

tional officers was declared TO be in order
and the first of these submitted was that of
Eleanor S. Washington Howard, vice presi
dent general in charge Of the organization
Of chapters. 1t was in part as follows:
The time has come for me to give up du-
ties which have been such an unceasing
pleasure for the past TWO years, and to rem
der an account oC the trust committed to
my care. Again j thank the state regents
who have so unstintngly given me their
support and assistance. In severns the re-
lations between us l feel that l am losing
friends.
ITO my leader my honored president
general and to my fellow officers. offer my
gratitude for the support and counsel I
have always received for the asking With
such strength on which to depend can any
one wonder that | have never found a
tangle too hard to unravel?
I'm London, Paris. Manila and Brazil we
have chapter regents appointed, and l hope
my successor will have the pleasure Of re-
porting active chapters in all these places
Arizona has a chapter ready to organize
and ! am sure our state regents from the
far west will testify that a chapter there
represents good work.
The Catalogues.
THE catalogues of members, ancestors
and chapters are kept with great care on
the part of the Office, and ! earnestly re-
quest the chapters to do their part. for
without their help the catalogues are worth
i L
Use from each chapter TO send, and send
promptly, to the treasurer general notice
of every change of name, resignation
transfer and death and to the vice presi-
dent general in charge of organization of
chapters every change of address and of
the chapter officers. With this help on your
part the catalogues could always be kept
correct and 50 be of real service to the
work of the society.
THE following is an itemized account of
the work done in this office during the past
year: Regents appointed, fifty-eight; re-
gents resigned, FIVE; regencies expired by
limitation, fifty-One; chapters at present
organized, 5G1; chapters at present unor-
ganized, seventy-seven; an increase of
fifty-five chapters; charters issued forty
one; charters reissued, three; letters writ
ten. 1,2S3
Before closing this my last report beg
for my successor the same loyal support,
sympathy patience and help from the
state regents and chapters that has made
my work such a delight to me- during the
two years / have held the Office"
Recording Secretary Generals Report
The report of the recording secretary
general, Mrs. Albert Akers of Tennessee.
was next presented. During its reading
one of the electric lights in the floral spin
ming wheel became deranged and some
smoke and nervousness resulted. The cur
rent was cut off and the reading of the
report resumed. 1t follows, In part:
Il have the honor to present my report
for the year 1900. / greet you on your
entrance into your tenth annual congress
with fluctuations on the still extending in
fiuence and growing strength of your hon
orab!e organization.
New members. new chapters, renewed
energy and activity, but with the same old
spirit of patriotism which took material
form and was Graded in your charter of
EhnF, hfa1 fpr fret
congress In 1892 you numbered little over
200; today you are 5000 strong.
since my report to you one year ago 1t
has been my privilege to cast the ballot