Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-23

Just once" The motion prevailed without
serious opposition Tellers and inspectors
| of election came forward. and so were the
| first to deposit their ballots, the voting be-
ginning at IL 30. When the tellerS had voted
| the general officers presented their ballots
| as their names were called There was con-
| siderable applause as Mrs. Manning voted.
| The call of states was proceeded with.
| During the progress of the voting Mrs.
| Manning announced that the Senate had
| just passed bill carrying an appropriation
of 100000 for the erection of a monument
! to prison ship martyrs The Information
| was received with loud applause.
| At / o'clock tie last ballot had been cast.
| The box was sealed and taken possession
| of by the tellers, who entered upon the
| count. A recess was taken by the congress
| until 2 o'clock.
Complain of Slow Progress.
| The Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton who gathered in the congress this
morning were not many, and they were not
| happy. There are a hundred places they
| want to go, thousand things they want to
| see, and the business of the congress has
! dragged its weary length through five days
! they say, and nothing has been accomplish
ed. 1t is openly asserted that one reason
| for the slowneSS of things is that the ma
tional board does not want certain matters
to come into the congress for discussion, for
the temper of the body is such that it would
| DC likely TO take a course tndI would NAM
per the national board for funds.
AS before mentioned. the matter Of the
| chapters paying half their income to the
| national body is sore spot, for which a
! cure has been attempted in several con-
crosses, but the remedy has not been found
A determined effort was made this time in
| the shape of an amendment to the constitu-
! ton. but although it was to have been dis
cuSsed on Thursday the greater part of
| the work of that day remains Enacted upon
and the session is closing. Two other
| amendments that will curtail the power of
the national board suffering the sane
| fate and also amendments looking to the
| changing of the time of the sessions of C IN
| gress to mlder months
| An amendment that is meeting with the
| determined opposition of the ma tiona boa rd
is one that looks to the official recognition
| of cheaper emblem for the society. The
| badge to be presented is a dainty little but
| ton In white and gold, which those of the
society who have but moderate means and
| there are few Such-deSire to have adopt
ed
| Oppose WOman's Suffrage.
| The mention of '.Womans Suffrage" in
the d. A r. makes most of the Daugh-
| tiers angry. Yet not many of them, it is
| admitted, would care to cross sabers with
Miss Susan B. Anthony, for instance, who
has revolutionary ancestry that gives
her bars enough to build "a picket fence
across city lot. Miss Anthony is a Daugh-
she says, but because she thinks the leaven
| of suffrage will help them. ''Too much
fuss and feathers, girls!' she said, when
here last winter Now. if you'd just roll
| up your sleeves and get down to business
| but the suggestion was too much for her
audience. Daughter roll up her sleeves.
Among the many bright, brainy suffra-
| gists Is Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper a news
paper woman. Mrs. Harper is the close
friend of Aunt Susan" She wrote the life
OF Miss Anthony, and is now compiling the
| last volume of the History of Woman's
| Suffrage. under her direction
! Mrs. Harper has travelled extensively and
| her horizon is as broad as the world. She
is one of the best gowned women in the
congress. And you are a suffra gst too"
| remarked a Daughter in some surprise AZ
ter t aamrin ng,s gowP that Mrs; Harper was
qulet response Il am strong minded you
| know, ana nave to dress we'll to explode
| the theory that a strong minded woman
| does not know the ethics of dressing we'll"
MRS. Harper is a notable housekeeper.
| also and born politician She was for
| many years one of the editorial writers on
the indianapolis News, and now has a syn
| dlcate OF papers, besides doing much for
| magazines.
Mrs. Foster Uses a Smile
II Is as good as picnic to be around In
| the vicinity Of Judith Ellen Foster regent
| OF the Continental Chapter District of
Columbia; president of the Woman's Ma
| tlonal Republican Association, a LAWYER
master OF parliamentary law and several
ON; things, when the congress goes off
INTO one of its fits of parliamentary effu-
SlVeness Mrs Foster is one of the women
VINO knows how to do things, but she never
Irles II In an organization like that of the
Daughters She has not opened her mouth
In the sessions since they began some
| one demonstrated with her because she did
| not try to set things right, as she could do
IN three sentences often. 'Oh. my DEAR
| sAo11
lions have to go through just such spells
as this. 1t is like babe with the collie
| These childish ills will pass away and
When we nave grown we shall be body
OF splendid, law-abding women. You must
| not be so harsh with US. You wouldn't
spank a sick baby because it had fits Of
temper, now, would you? Then don't deal
| us so many harsh raps." And then she
smiled benignly.
The Youngest Member.
Mrs. Claybrook of the Austin (Tex)
| chapter is the youngest member Of the
congress; she Is also newspaper woman
of marked ability and bright as western
| women always are. She is somewhat
amazed at the methods of doing business
In the congress- and does not hesitate to
characterize them as questionable at times
Down in my state some of the things
| done In this body would call for gun play
| II the particpators were men," she re-
marked demurely. Mrs Claybrook has
many friends in Washington and Will re-
main till after the inaugural.
| WashingtOn's Birthday Anniversary.
| Services in honor of Washington's BIRTH
day anniversary were held by the Daugh-
| tiers Of the American Revolution at the
Grand Opera House last night. The name
| of Secretary Long was the program
| as the orator of the occasion, but he did
| not appear though the Daughters were In
| constant expectation that he would arrive
| and no announcement was made of the rea-
| son for his absence.
| At $50 a section of the Marine Band
| conducted by Mr.. Walter F. Smith, began
| to play, and the spirited strains Of Sousa's
| Hail to the Spirit of Liberty rolled
| through the house and did much to heal
| the wounds caused by the election and It's
| resultant controversies. The band next
played 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner" every
| person in the theater standing till the
| sic ceased.
| Mrs. Manning introduced the Rev. DR.
| Frank NJ. Bristol Of the Metropolitan M. E.
| Church, who said the disappointment of
| the audience over the non-appearance of
| Secretary Long was equaled by his embar-
rassment, but his excuse was that he would
in ho he nf