Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-15

quires its members to have aided in main
| tanning the honor, integrity and supremacy
of the national government. She declared
that no circumstance of birth. or heritage
of wealth, or store of learning could gain
one membership in the veteran organiza-
ton, but that honorable service in defense
of the Union would admit the humblest
who helped to hold up the folds of the flag
from 81 to SO.
The mission of woman during those days,
she said, was to relieve distress, minister
to the wounded and dying on the field of
battle and in the hospital, and to carry
cheer and comfort to the desolate ones
whose comfort and support had gone to
the front.
siasm of the establishment of the Woman's
Relief Corps, of the observance of Flag day.
June a. many years ago, and he earnest
effort put forth to get legislatures to make
1t state holiday. and especially to the
placing of flags above the school houses
throughout the land. Over ten thousand
women in the Woman's Relief Corps, it was
stated are engaged in this special patriotic
work. She said that so well had the mem
bers of the Woman Relief Corn done their
work that one could travel the broad land
over now and scarcely be out of the sight
of Old Glory.
In closing she said: Devoted espeeially
to altruistic and patriotic service. the Wo-
mans Relief Corps jCins with the allied
organizations in the National Council of
Women in striving for a grander and
broader outlook and loftier ideal in daily
living. Mrs Minot's remarks were plen-
tifully punetuated with applause and many
of the delegates expressed pleasure at
learning of the remarkable work of the
Woman's Relief Corps.
Mrs. Manchester's Remarks.
Mrs 1. C. Manchester of the National AS
sociation of Loyal Women of America made
a stirring address in which she paid par
ticular attention to the foreign immigration.
She spoke in part as follows.
ut is estimated that over 900 600 emf
grants will be cast upon our shores the
coming year, the easy prey to ignorance and
superstition. The late war of the Trans
atlantic Steamboat Company has started
tens of thousands of emigrants from a
land of slavery to a land of liberty and
freedom There has seemed to be con-
spiracy between the paid agents of the
steamship company and the European gov
ernments to empty upon their pestilen-
tial human rubbish-the former for the
mighty dollar and the latter to rid them
selves of the pest.
This is not natural emigration but one
forced upon us by designing men"
She stated that it was discovered fifty
years ago that there was a skillfully laid
plot in Europe to overwhelm the United
States with papal emigrants, so as to get
majority here and thus obtain control,
and asked, rs not that force at work to-
daE?"
An address was delivered by Secretary
1eOi sc w llSoI VI the DlSIIlcI DOdTO Ol
charities on THE Responsibility and OPP
portunity of the Government Toward the
District of Columbia" Mr.. Wilson said
that there is a general ignorance through
out the United States IN regard to the re-
lations of the national government to the |
city OF Washington, and pointed out what |
makes 1t equitable that the United States |
government should pay half or even more |
OF the expenses of the District government. |
He said that the women at least should |
with citizens of the District as |
the latter are not allowed to vote, though |
in some parts of the country the former are |
allowed to do so.
A song written by Miss Emma j. Hughes |
of this city, entitled Our Flags Motto" |
was sung by Mrs. William T. Reed con- |
tralto soloist of the Foundry Church. ac- |
companied ny Miss Alma Ebert, and met |
with hearty applause