The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-23

R IN ndous applause greeted him, which
lasted fer fully five minutes.
/ Mrs. Manning mex. introduced Gen.
| Horatio c. King Of New YORK. who de-
| livered short address on the Significance
: Of the day, which was iuterspersed with
! f-egCCGJ numerous sayings and funny
/ stCries. Tie also dwelt c. The high con-
! CsptiOn OF character and pure life and lofty
J patriotism ct Washington and Lincoln.
The next speaker introduced by Mrs.
Manning vas Mrs. Lockwood. who made 4
stirring address On the subject of the cree
I ;ioh Of a memorial building. to carry out
. the idea Of The first president.
Mrs. Manning announced that the end Of
/ the programme had been reached. and
when The audience was leaving q motion
was carried TO adjourn until this morning
/ nj 10 O'Clock.
The programme for today includes the
/ report CT the Committee on Codification of
. Resolutions OF the Tenth Continental Con-
gress, unfinished business; new business;
adjournment.
Il is generally believed that inasmuch
. as . considerable amount OF unfinished
business is yet before the congress the
( consideration Of the amendments 10 the
constitution and bylaws will have TO lay
over for another year. The duration of
, the congress is defined by the constitution
and according to its provisions ii must ad-
D
I sim unfinished. II is said that this is
exactly what the National Board Of Man
aEement desired so as 10 dispose of the
question of annual dues for another yaSr.
An amendment which, if accepted, would
considerably diminish the revenues of the
national society has been offered ever
since the inception of the order is on the
programme. and it is said that the meth
DDS of obstruction which marked this
congress were instituted to accomplish the
putting off for another year the debate on
this amendment.
The Delegates Tired.
The election bsing over, il appeared yes
terday afternoon as if the members Of the
. y A. r. had exhausted al their energy
and had lost almost all interest in the
unfinished business still before the
/ congress. They put in their appearance
at the afternoon session in not very strong
force and arrived an hour later than the
appointed time which was o'clock. Mrs.
Naming was not able 10 call the meet
ing until after O'Clock. when she arose
and said:
The FIRST balcony will be opened TO
members and visitors, aud to The general
public during this afternoons services.'
The audience in the upper tier quickly
ayailed themselves of the privilege and
occupied every available seat in the FIRST
bs lcony
The programme OF the afternoon con-
sisted OF a memorial service in honor of
the late Miss Eugenia Washington. one OF
the founders OF the national society of the
ID. \ Z. The first number on the pro-
sramme was the vocal presentation Of
Calvary Rodney, by quartette. con
sisting Of Miss Amy Law. soprano: Miss
Salome Wingate contraito: f. :. Pierce
tenor. and r. F. Meyers bass.
Miss Desha paid a beautiful tribute to
the pure life and noble character Of Miss
Washington.
The quartette then sang De Koven's
'Recessional." words by Rudyard KiplIng
in beautiful harmony ard with great ef-
feet
Mrs. Ellen Hardin walworth. of New
York, then spoke of The significance OF the
day and said:
'Cn this memorable day our hearts are
filled with gratitude. As society and as
a nation we rejoice on this anniversary of
the birth OF George Washington. the
Father OF His Country. To all the world
his name IS the symbol. the embodiment,
of he spirit Of freedom. He is our ideal
as citizen. warrior. and statesman, an
ideal of heroic mold. Books have been
written Of George Washington as he was,
as he is-books intended to bring this
ideal down to the common level. We read
them with eager interest and smile at the
transient weakness of our hero or the
common need of his human Lature; then
We cast the book aside and smile again
to find our high ideal untouched, unsui-
lied; it still lives in our Imagination as
it lives in the thought of every people
on the earth who struggle out of tyranny
into liberty, Deprive US Of our ideals and
We are degraded: preserve them and we
Il
Leaders of the Society.
On this anniversary We rejoice in a
review of the first ten years of the ex-
istence of our national society. so typical
and strong in its representation Of Amer
lean life and principles. Yes; we rejoice
in these ten years of development Yet
on this holiday. while our thoughts rise
on :he swelling cadence of thanksgiving
there is a minor note of pain as we recall
the first great sorrow that came to our
society. at the close of its first year, in
the death of our honored and beloved
President General Mrs. Caroline Scott
Harrison. She was indeed an ideal leader !
whose memory we fondly cherish; /
woman good and great. who neglected no /
household care. and whose mind had |
breadth to grasp the larger needs of |
woman. Happily, our society has err !,
bodied her charming ne---oi-z;1tv in 2 ;S,55r- /
trait b. fzmous A.::--77iican artist-Hunt- !
presented it to the Executive |
Mansion of the United States Government /
as a type OF the IDEALS of this society.
And now, as our anthems of gratitude |
still rise on this anniversary. the minor |
key again appeals to our responsive |
hearts, calling for remembrance of our
more recent loss, in the death of our hon
ored and beloved leader Eugenia Wash
ington, On Thanksgiving Day, day well
fitted to such transition, in the quiet and 1
solitude of her own modest home the
gentleand cOura geous soul of our founder
our leader. our sweet sister. passed from
among US TO the eternity Of the blessed,
You we'll know her claim TO your re-
She was our Washington,
Her veins rich with the blood of heroes:
her spirit fired with their indomitable
spirit; her principles fixed on their I'M
standards Of truth and honor.
descended from John Washington the !
emigrant. member OF the House of Bur
gesses of Virginia, and slgner of the first
indie pendent declaration of the patriots !
of TIE Northern neck; descended from
his son. Samuel Washington, oldest own
brother of the Father of His Country
and who was a fighting colonel of the
Virginia Line through the Revolutionary
war. and from his son, Steptoe Washing
ton, like his father. also a colonel OF the
line in the Revolution; and from his
son, another Samuel On the side of Eu-
senia Washington's mother, too, was the
rue Revolutionary blood of both French
md American ancestors engaged in our