Evening star., 1902-02-15

tne1on ETenine Star The genuineness Of this of
viii send medical booklet, containing symptoms
testimonials free.
o;s: Mrs. Mary McNeely. Georgia: Mrs.
Catharine Bowden, Pennsylvania; Mrs.
Lucinda D. Pierce, New York: Mrs. LYDIA
G. A. Pate. Massachusetts,: Mrs Jerusna
Taylor. New York: Mrs. Jane +. hnsseIi'
New York; Mrs Retsey p. A. Jordan, Con-
necticut Mrs. Mary A. Kerke, ONO; Mrs.
Lucinda E. Dunlap. New York; Mrs Ruth
Barney Naples. New York; Mrs. Nancy Z.
Mcdonald, Minnesota; Mrs Sarah Z. De
witt Champus, New York; Euniee Russ
Ames Davis, Massachusetts,: Mrs Hannah
d. CARPENTER. Massachusetts: Lydia Dry
den Chapman, Delaware; Mrs. Melyina I.
Powell, California
That Golden Spoon.
Mrs. Mary A. Washington Of Macon. Ga.
was the first real daughter to join the
society, and her registration number was
81 When she Joined 1t was not supposed
that there were fifty women living who
had fathers in the war for independence.
The real daughters were sought out ana
made much of, and a beautiful symponcai
gold spoon was devised to present 20 each
of them as they entered the society The
golden bauble has cost the society pretty
penny in it's eleven years, and real daugn-
ters are still coming into the organization
Five hundred gold spoons nave ALREADY
been given out
During the past year the society has is
sued two volumes of its lineage book, the
whole number now being fourteen. and 1t
has distributed among the chapters f2i or
these Volume No. Is now out Of print
and can no longer be obtained.
The great work Of the society in which
all the members are interested Is the NE. NE
have nearly reached the 100000 mark, and
plans are now being discussed. though no
site has been selected. 1t is the desire to
put up a fine building with hall large
enough to accommodate the continental
congress, committee rooms. rooms OF size
and fitness for the revolutionary relics they
have gathered and are all the time accu-
mulating and home for the national So
cietys Offices
Reports to Smithsonian Institution.
The society Is very proud of the reports
that it makes to the Smithsonian lnstitu-
tion, the third volume of which Is just out.
1t contains 800 pages, and is full of inter-
esting matters pertaining to the work OF
the Daughters of the American Revolution
and is handsomely illustrated. 1t contains,
beside the report Of the annual work of the
organization. report of the F'ranco-Ameri-
can work in connection with the unveiling
in Paris of the monument erected to the
memory of Lafayette, illustrations of
scenes that took place there lately discov-
cred rolls Of revolutionary soldiers OF Geor-
gia, and hitherto unpublished list of Mas
who loaned money to the government dur
ing the revolutionary war, in varying sums.
and of whom history has not seemed to
take much notice. Mrs. Bell Merrill ORA
per who is indefatigable in looking up old
documents, found this revolutionary roll.
quite by accident. down in the War Depart
ment where it had been lost sigth of for
hundred years.
The volume also contains a very full re-
port Of the chapters Of the organization
from their inception. The compilers OF the
report were Mrs. Gertrude Bascom Dar-
win. Mrs. Sara Thompson Kinney. Miss
Mary Isabella Forsyth. Mrs. Mary "A.
Swift and Mrs. Georgia Stockton Hatcher.
The eleventh continental congress will be
the largest in the history of the organiza-
ton, there being over 800 accredited dele
gates, One of the momentouS questions
that will come before the congress is how
this representation may advantageously be
cut down. Fifteen amendments to the con-
stitution and three to the bylaws are to
manager for the magazine are to be
elected.
Some left over troubles from the last adj
ministration will probably. come into the
congress. briefly. the members hope. to be
settled once and for all.
Two Sessions Per Day.
The congress will open at 10 o'clock Mon
day morning, and there will be two sessions
a day, with recess at one till two pm
On Monday evening the National Museum
through Invitation Of the board Of regents
will be thrown open for the Daughters of
the American Revolution, and the president
general, Mrs. Fairbanks. and the members
Of the national board will receive the dele
gates and alternates of the eleventh conti-
mental congress and the visiting daughters
in the lecture room Of the museum.
The congress will be presided over by the
president general Mrs. Fairbanks. who will
have about her as her aids all the officers
Of the national board The vice president
general in charge of organization is Mrs
Miranda Barney Tulloch of Washington. d.
c., and the other officers are vice presidents
general. Mrs. William Parker Jewett. Min
nesota; Mrs. John A: T. Hull. Iowa: Mrs.
Washington A. Roebling New Jersey; Mrs.
Jay Osbourne Moss. Ohio: Mrs. Julius G.
Burrows, Michigan; Mrs. Albert III. Tutt.e,
Virginia: Mrs. J. Heron CrOsman, New
York: Mrs. James d. Wynkoop. New York;
liam Lindsay. Kentucky; Mrs. George NJ.
Sternberg, q. s. A: Mrs. Clark Waring.
South Carolina: Mrs. Matthew T. Scott
Illinois: Mrs. A. A. Kendall. Maine: Mrs.
Jas. r. Mellon. Pennsylvania: Mrs. Moses
Moorhead Granger. Ohio: Mrs. Frank
son G. Foster. Washington state: Mrs. Kate
Kearney Henry. District of Columbia. chap
lain general, Mrs. Wliliam A. Smoot. vir-
ginia; recording secretary general, Mrs.
Eleanor o. Washington Howard, Virginia;
corresponding secretary general. Mrs. Rob
general. Miss Minnie Fogel Mickey. Penn
sylvania; treasurer general, Mrs. Charles
Carlyle Darwin. Washington. d. c.: histo-
rian general, Miss Susan Riviere Hetzel
District OF Columbia; assistant historian
general. Mrs. Green Clay Goodloe. Ken
tuciy.
The Honorary List.
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