Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-23

| of liberty and patriotism and that the
| chapters are doing great patriotic work in
| the public schools. There are fifteen of
| these chapters, They have placed flags
| and patriotic pictures in all the schools
and furnished a handsome flag for the
| battleship Minnesota. The state has fur
| nished $40 to the Continental Hall fund
Nathan Hale Chapter of st. Paul has a
| fund of nearly 81 900 for the erection of
J statue to Nathan Hale.
Nebraska and Michigan.
The state regent of Nebraska Mrs. Mil
| dred L. Alice, reported that both the in
| terest and membership had increased in
| her state during the past year and that
| Nebraska now has seven chapters. Mrs.
Alice made plea for the early publication
| of the records of revolutionary soldiers
| in the pension office. The reported a total
membership of $50 Omaha Chapter having
| the largest number of members, $50. This
| chapter has given 500 to Continental Me-
mortal Hall and is raising money for their
: proportion for Il stand of colors to be pre-
scented to the battleship Nebraska by the
state. The batteship goes into commits
sion in October. Nebraska has contrib
uted $500 to Continental Memorial Hail.
The state regent of Michigan, Mrs. Irene
Williams Chittenden, began her report by
| thanking the national board for the many
cCurtesies and the unfailing attention given
| to all her demands during the past year.
| The chapters in Michigan were doing
| great deal Of work along patriotic lines,
| she said, andSare studying civic improve
| ment and revolutionary history, and are
| particularly interested in raising money
| for Continental Memorial Hall. In closing,
| Mrs. Chittenden said that Michigan pledges
| herself with deeper purpose 10 the objects
| of the d. A. R., which in a broader sense
signifies our precious country and all that
| tends to her welfare and glory
From Little Rhody."
The state regent of Rhode Island, Mrs.
| Margaret B. F. Lippitt reported a pro-
| rounced addition to the Rhode Island MEM
bership of the society, now numbering S74.
| The chapters of Rhode Island, she said,
have two specially noticed days, the 10Th
OF August, the anniversary of the battle of
| Rhode Island, and the 22d of February,
| WaSblngtonS birthday. Many of the chap
| tiers offer prizes to school children for the
| best essays on patriotic subjects which the
| chapters suggest. GaSpee Chapter of Prov
idence has membership of 342. This chap
| ter is reported as doing great educational
work among the foreign population of Prov
| idence, and Mrs. Lippitt declared that it
certainly feels encouraged in its course.
l. PaWtucket Chapter of Pawtucket has in
| terested itself in the preservation of historic
| landmarks, and has renovated and restored
| the old house at Daggett Farm, $50 years
| old, which is called Slater Memorial Park.
| The Woonsocket Chapter of Woonsocket
| among the many things along patriotic lines
| this year, has identified and marked the
| graves of nine Revolutionary soldiers
| Narragansett Chapter of Kingston has been
| making a study of the historic towns
Throughout New England. William Ellery
| Chapter of Newport has offered prizes in
| the high schools for historic essays and has
| contributed to the Memorial day fund for
| decorating the graves of soldiers.
| F'lintlock and Powderhorn Chapter of
| Pawtucket among other meritorious acts,
has sent to the Continental Memorial Hall
| beautiful brass lectern and an eXquisitey
| bound Bible a free gift to the whole
| organization. The state regent reports that
| az the state conference last February every
| chapter in the state pledged its proportion
| ate part of the $1,000 necessary for the
| Rhode Island column in Continental Hall.
| Exhibit at st. Louis Fair.
The state regent of Missouri, Mrs Eliza
beth II. Delaheld, presented a voluminous
| report of the individual chapters of that
state, most of it dealing with the Missouri
| exhibit at the worlds fair and the work
done in entertaining the d. A r. guests
| at that time. Mrs. Deafeld as hostess
| of the D. A. r. had the honor of being elect
ed a member of the Hostesses' Association
| OF the Louisiana purchase exposition. She
| also gave a report of the MANY relics that
| We're loaned her for exhibition at the D. A.
K. headquarters. in the Anthropology build
| ing.
Jefferson Chapter. Mrs S. NJ. Green re-
| gent, is proud of the possession of two real
| daughters A handsome bronze tablet exc
cuted by Miss Taylor, a member of the
| chapter, commemorative the Spanish eX-
petition which started in January, in 1871,
| from the Government House, on Main and
| Walnut streets, St. Louis, to Fort St.
| Joseph, Mich, hangs in the daughters
| headquarters. The ST. Louis Chapter of ST.
| Louis has been interested in the neglected
graves of soldiers at old Fort Bellefon-
| tame, about fourteen miles north of the
| city, the west bank of the river. Mrs.
| Delafeld said that Missouri was doing
toll Il,1
The Indianians.
| The state regent of Indiana Mrs Eva
| Grass Fowler, stated that most of the
chapters in her state observe Flag day in
| one way or another; February %, Me-
| mortal day and July L. The chapters full
| fill the suggestion of the continental con-
gress and offer prizes for essays in the pub
| lie schools on patriotic and historical SUBJ
| jectS, manv of the chapters having regular
| lecture courses during the season. One of
the chapters interested itself in petitioning
| the Indiana senators to help keep Reed
| Smoot from taking his seat in the United
| States Senate.
Piandeshaw Chapter of New Albany has
| discovered quite a number of revolutionary
| graves in Lloyd, Harrison Washington and
| Orange counties, most if not ALL of which
| have been exactly located and the identity
| of the soldiers buried in them established.
| 1t expects to mark these with stones for
| unmarked graves and d. A. r. markers.
| This chapter has finally accomplished the
| work of setting up stones furnished by the
| government at the graves of Joseph Funk
! and Isaac Farir, soldiers of the revolution,
| and Daniel Funk, soldier of the war of
| 1912, buried in private cemetery on Indian
| creek in Harrison county. Indiana has fur
| nished SILT for Continental Memorial Hall.
| Old Bay State.
| The state regent of Massachusetts, Mrs.
| Evelyn Fellows Masury, who SO loyalty
supported Mrs Donald Mclean, and who
| but for serious illness would have nominated
! her, made the most volurninous report, with
| the exception of Indiana and Connecticut.
on chapter conditions made in the congress-
| She reported sixty-seven organized
chapters, representing 4,455 members;
/ 1872 members-at-large; thirty-eight real
i daughters; five regents. She reported
/ aIS hat achi To had ,tril,.