Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-09

state OF Ohio who did not realize the great
| advantage to themselves or their state to
| take this home from the Woman's Relief
! Corps. Therefore the bill presented to the
/ Ohio legislature was lost and in its place
| an appropriations Of Sl2,500. to be paid in
instruments for two years, was enacted as
| substitute measure.
/ Therefore, the work Of this committee
| partook of both success and failure. In
view OF the fact that the state of Ohio has
twenty-seven out of forty-four inmates In
| this home. and that the number of re-
| naming charges are widely distributed
| among the various departments: also with
| view to equalizing the burden of main
| tanning this home and reducing the per
capita tax for departments, l hereby oner
! accommodation No. 6-That the several
departments having inmates IN the Ma
tionai w. r. c. Home make provision for
| the permanent maintenance Of said inmates
| In their own departments"
Memorial Day and Patriotic Work
Of.the work OF the Womans Relief Corps
for Memorial day Mrs. Jones speaks In
highest praise Never was 1t so widely OBJ
serted as during the current year. she says,
and adds that there was less of the sport
Ing element In IT'S observance. Wherever
lakes and rivers permitted the pretty Gus
tom OF strewing flowers on the water to the
memory of those who died at sea was OBJ
served. The Sabbath remembrance for the
dead Of the Woman's Relief Corps Mrs
| sum sent south to buy flowers and flags for
the dead in the national cemeteries there
was larger this year than ever before,
amounting to 81 .6S1 30.
| on the patriotic work of the order Mrs
Jones speaks with much pride. She reports
| 1t to be spreading into new fields every day
and feels greatly encouraged. There Is
| great demand for the Patriotic Primer, for
| the Declaration of Independence charts and
! for the History of the Flag" to place in
| school rooms. She reports the Woman's
oil f
Republic to be working in the greatest har-
| mony along these lines. Flag day was
generally observed, and many other patriotic
anniversaries have kept before the country
| the flag for which the veterans of the war
| Of the rebellion fought.
Mrs. Jones especially commends the Sons
! OF Veterans. and declares their organization
to be one of noble purpose. and that the re-
| give grand results. She calls especial at
tention to the Sons of Veterans Memorial
University, which opened its doors Sep
| TENDER 10 at Mason City.
| Mrs. Jones speaks In the highest terms Of
the delightful reception she met with in the
various departments which she has visited
during the past year. These official visits
| extended as far west as Nebraska.
The recommendations in the national
presidents address that are Of general in
terest are as follows: That January 90 the
anniversary of the birth Of the late Presi-
dent Mckinley, be made one of the patriotic
| anniversaries of the Womans Relief Corps:
that committee on revision of the laws of
the w. r. c. be made standing commit
tee; that the money remaining Of the Texas
relief fund now in the treasury be trans
ferred to the Mckinley memorial fund.
| Membership Of the Order.
The report Of the national secretary. Mrs.
Mary Ellen Conant. was largely routine.
Charters have been issued to five detached
corps, making sixty-six in all. The stand
l mo Of ho
pared with last year Is as follows:
Number of departments June 30, 1902 80
| Total number OF corps in depart
ments June 30. 1902. .............. 3,O17
Number of corps In good standing
June 80. 1902. Observation-Disclosures. 2,s44
| Total number of members June 30,
1902 .......................1 43. 42s
Total number OF members in good
standing June 30. 1902. ........... no ,3O4
Total number of detached corps June
Total number Of members in de-
tached corps June 30. 1902. ...... 1891
Showing gross loss in membership
of ................... 92s
| And a net gain Of members in good
standing Observation-Disclosures. 1000
Reports Of National Officers.
! The national treasurer. Mrs. Sarah C.
Phillips. after giving long tabulated &C
count, with pages of figures. expenditures
and per capita tax, ETC., sums up her re-
port in one sentence: Total assets $15,-
$685. So; liabilities none
The report of the national chaplain, Mrs.
Emily L. Clark. shows a growing interest
| In Memorial day, with a larger participa-
| ton OF children and young people.
! National Inspector Mrs. Fanny E. Minot
| shows by her report that she has been
thorough and most conscientious in her eff
| forts to have the very necessary work on
| inspection properly done. She finds that
| there is a wide variance In the methods of
| doing corps work, and recommends that
| the rules and regulations be strictly fol-
lowed She Is of the opinion that the Or
ganization cannot prosper when everybody
| uses her own Interpretation of the rules.
The report Of the national counselor, Mrs.
Emma Stark Hampton, deals with tech
| nicalities almost entirely and the constru-
Ing OF certain Laws. No knotty cases have
| come before her this year, and the affairs
of the national have been serene and calm
so far as contests are concerned.
The patriotic national instructor, Mrs.
Kate E. jones' reports a revival Of interest
in the patriotic work, which seems to be
| widespread. She says:
Every department and nearly all detach-
ed corps have returned reports that give
practical results in many lines OF work
heretofore disregarded because not defined
and understood. There Is yet room for
greater Improvement. but I am proud q.
this report for the year ending July. 1902.
From IS departments gather these s,a-
tiStics: 5,S12 flags, 3,G12 Declaration of In
dependence charts. 1.214 oleographs Of the
origin and history of our flag. 2.215 patri-
otto primers have been placed in the pub
lie schools, and 234 bands of mercy formed.
| Massachusetts,, Ohio, Indiana. Michigan
and Kansas of the larger departments; Col
orado. Connecticut, Maine. Washington and
Alaska Of the smaller. have presented tie
most complete reports in all lines of work -
The national patriotic Instructor makes
one recommendation that will probably
commend itself to all members Of the or
der. There was an attempt made by the
| Woman's Relief Corps to observe some Ole
Sunday during the year which was called
Citizens Sunday" and was to be patriot
ically observed. There was continual con-
fusion between this Sunday and Memorial
Sunday, which Is the Sabbath which pre-
ceded Memorial day. The national patri-
otto instructor recommends that the day be
| abolished. and it Is thought that the rec
ommendation will be adopted.
The report of the senior aid. Mrs. Isabelle
| T. Bagley Is very full and replete with In
| teresting information for the members Of
the order. 1t shows that all along the line
the members Of the Woman's Relief Corps
are taking a deeper interest in its welfare
! and are reaching out continually to widen
the horizon and enlarge the membership.
Mrs. Bagley has labored indefatigably In
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