The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-18
WEATHER FORECAST.
 washington. April i7.-For Alabama Fair Tuesday and Wednesday, warm- CT Tuesdayt light variable winds.

faculties m the way of the completion of the Memorial Hall
 Responses were made to President General Fairbankss address by repre- sentative members from the North. South. East and West. Mrs. William L. Liggett, State Regent of Minnesota, re- spondsd for the North. Mrs Henry W. richardson. State Regent of South Car olina. presented as her response scholarly paper on the intellectual de- partment of the South and concluded by saving to President-General Fair banks: NO greater love will pc cher ished for you anywhere than among the daughters way down South in Dixie land"
 Mrs. KendalPs Toast.
 In responding for the East. Mrs. Al fred A. Kendall, State regent of Maine earnestly and eloauently urged the kindline of fires of patriotism in the breasts of the children of foreign-oorn residents of the country. Then she proposed the following toast to Mrs Fairbanks: = years ever toward the heighW; who has kindled through the fire of sHhtriot- ism in her own heart the fianl8of pa triotism in the breasts of thousands Of daushters: who has ruled wftn love, fairness and justice toward all dpd has shown to us in her noble exanltle the fairest type of American wom4nhood; who has become dearer and dearer with each meeting and Is enshrined Tn the hearts of the daughters as our first lady. May we live to see her some time as the first lady of our land in the position she Is so pre-eminently fitted to fill But wherever her lines may fall she will be bound to us by the tenderest ties. May she live long and prosperity. @
 The delegates rose to their feet and enthusiastically applauded Mrs. Ken dalrs toast. It's reference to Vice. President Fairbanks's Presidential as- | pirations was recognized instantly and the big hall hummed with interest and | the applause broke out afresh.
 Mrs. Miranda Barney Tulloch pre- sented the report of the Credentials Committee. It showed that twepty-one l chapters of the society, not having | conformed to the rules, would not De able to participate in the business of the congress. During the past four years the membership of the orgsniza- tion has increased from 35,0es to 5l,662 1 The report indicated that 1,Os4 dele- gates were entitled to vote in the pres ent congress.
 After hearing report on the Pro- gram Committee and the making of some announcements, the congress ad' journed.
 Mrs. Fairbanks's Portrait.
 The principal feature of the jubilee exercises of the D. A. R. held tonight in Continental Memorial Hall was thu unveiling of superb portrait of thu president general. Mrs. Charles War ren Fairbanks. The portrait is t' adorn the new memorial hall when f shall have been completed. It wal presented to Mrs. Fairbanks by thu Daughters of the American Revolution and by her to the Continental Memoria Hall.
 The exercises of the evening wer' devoted to reports on and promotiol of the memorial hall protect& Mrs Fairhanks aszchairmanl of the Cont mental Hall Committee reported tha $10s, 900 already had been disbursed fl constructing the building and that
 surplus yet remained in the treasury Mrs. George M. Sternburg, chairman O the Ways and Means committee, pre- sented an elaborate report on the con struction work. She was followed b Mrs. Charles Warren Lippitt, State Re gent of Rhode Island. who presente to the society for use in the hall
 beautiful brass lectern and a hand somely bound Bible on behalf of Flin Lock and Powder Horn chapters c Rhode Island. Both Mrs. Sternbur and Mrs. Lippitt are candidates fo president general and their respectiv friends seized the opportunity of thei appearance to give them an ovation.