The age-herald., 1901-02-07
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Mrs. NsrIhingtOn Entertains
 Daughters of the Revolution.

DduunIeTS LII tne ntHUtutiUHs
 The members of General Sumpter Chap ter of the Daughters of the American Rev olution were the guests yesterday after noon of Mrs. William T. Northington at the Morris, the occasion being one of the most brilliant in the history of the chapter.
 There was charming musical pro- gramme, which included numbers from Miss Marquis and Miss Cline, and in addi- tion to these selections the eloquent greet ing from General Sumpter Chapter to the Birmingham Law Mote was read.
 Mrs. Northington received in the draw ing-rooms and at 5 o'clock the guests were entertained at an elaborate and beautiful luncheon in the private safe. The long ta- ble at which they were seated was ex- quisitely decorated with red carnations, and there was a charming and brilliant party of patriotic women who made the scene in the cafe most attractive one. On Mrs. Northington's right sat Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, Alabama's regent, while at the foot of the table was Mrs. William G. Estes, the retiring chapter regent, and on her right sat Mrs. L. G. Woodson, the newly-elected chapter regent
 
 ing women, notably Mrs Harry Jenkins of Baltimore and her sister, Miss Mott, Miss Sutherland of New York and others, and among the members of General Sumpter Chapter who made brilliant the occasion were: Mrs. Edward H. Cabaniss, Mrs. Rob- ert Jemison, Mrs. s. Perry Fowlkes, Mrs. Thach, Mrs. John Ryan. Mrs Joseph V. Allen Miss Lucille Smith, Mrs. Norman Brooks, Mrs. John w. Tomlinson, Mrs Ar thur Adams, Mrs. Read and many others.
 After luncheon there was a brief business session in the drawing-rooms, when mat ters of interest to this patriotic organiza- ton were discussed.
 The following greeting to the Birmingham Law Mote, on the occasion of its banquet in honor of John Marshall Day, was read yesterday:
 The General Sumpter Chapter greets the Birmingham Law Mote. As Daughters of the American Revolution we need hardly excuse our claim to assist in celebrating man who belonged to one of our great his- toric patriotic families and who illus trates in himself those high qualities which gave birth to the revolution, sustained it's course and magniflcently justified its sue cess. Were any excuse needed we might point to the coincidence of our having chosen for our organization an important anniversary in Chief Justice Marshalls ca- reer, and also to the descent from him of our first State degent, Mrs. James Bruce Mason, who Is still a valued and honored member of the General Sumpter Chapter.
 It was Marshall who defined Washing toms position in American history whom he presented resolutions upon his death which were unanimously accepted and in which was embodied the sentiment, First in peace, first in war and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
 It is at the tombs of our great men that the torch of patriotism must be kindled for the youth of each generation. So long as the bar of America finds it's inspiration and example in so noble an exponent of justice, so fearless a champion of princt- pie, as the great Virginian, so long may we safely trust to it the inmortant func- ton of guiding and restraining popular feeling; that even in moments of the wild est agitation they shall not pledge away their liberties nor trample on those of others.
 To you, gentlemen of the bar, we look to spread about you In your several communi- ties that Roman respect for law, that love of liberty to do right which alone can save us from the fierce and fanatic heats of popular rule, which have left behind them so many wrecked republics. In this as- sembly we cannot doubt that our conli- dence is well grounded and that our hearts may safely trust in you.
 As Daughters of the American Revolu- ton we are apt to glorify military genius and to applaud military success This is the tendency of popular feeling. To you we look to remind us that our ancestors invoked these things only in defense ef outraged law and used them only to re- establish it.