Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-04-21
Daughters of American Revolution
Dedicate Their New Home.
SHOW PLACE IN WASHINGTON
When Completed. the Beautiful
Dut1dinG. constructed Of Marble
and steel, VIII Have Cost Up
wards Of SiOO,OOO.

note OF the ceremonies, held Monday, |
In the dedication of memorial CONT
mental hall the new and handsome home
of the national society of the Daugh-
ters Of the American revolution. While
the white marble and steel building is
not completed yet, its construction has
progressed so far that the annual
meeting of the society, which began
Monday afternoon, is being held within
Its walls.
When the exercises of dedication be-
gan the hall was nearly filled with
members Of the society and their
friends. Despite the unfinished condi-
tom Of the structure, the arrange
ments for the comfort and convenience
of the delegates and Others in attend
aice were admirable. The auditorium
was beautifully decorated, the basis OF
the decorations being great American
flags. The auditorium, including the
gallery, will seat about three thousand
persons.
The president-general to the society
Mrs. Charles Warren Fairbanks, was
escorted into the hall by the First
regiment of Minute Men. acting as a
guard of honor. AS she passed down
the main aisle in the personal escort of
Col. Charles S. Bromwell. and of Com
mander Cameron MGR. Winslow, of the
navy. who were directors of the cere-
monies, she was received by the mem
bers of the society standing, the Or
chestra of the Marine band playing
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner" Rt. Rev.
Henry Y. Satterlee, bishop Of Wash
ington, pronounced the Invocation, the
assemblage sans America under the
leadership of the band, and Rev. DR.,
II. Periera Mendez. minister of the
Spanish and Portuguese congregation
Of New York, led in prayer.
Address by Mrs. Fairbanks.
After Hail Columbia had been
sung by the male quartette, Mrs. Fair
banks, the president-general, delivered
an address. She welcomed, on behalf
of the society, the distinguished guests
present, and then gave a brief resume
of the history of the memorial hall
project. She said it was "A tribute of
gratitude TO the promoters of the war
of independence and to their generous
hearted allies from across the sea, to
those brave soldiers who had turned
the struggling colonies into a vast re-
public.
Senator Jonathan p. Dolliver, of
Iowa, delivered an address, in which
he paid an eloquent tribute to Ameri-
can manhood, and particularly TO the
women hose energy and patriotism
had enabled them to erect this lasting
monument which. he said, had been
created out of the dust of he earth by
so, 900 patriotic women. lie suggested
that one of the objects of the society
ought to be the preparation Of a thor
ough and complete history OF the Unit
ed States. Then he said:
rcciatiOn of French Help.
II am particularly glad that Ambas-
sador Jusserand is mere to-day, be-
cause this occasion will afford him an
opportunity to see and to understand
how the women of this day appreciate
France of the last century. We appre-
Ciated the help France gave us in our
time of need, and the people of Amer
lea never failed in their love and ad-
mlration and regard for that great
community across the sea, which has
made so much for the best and wisest
development of Europe"
At the conclusion of the rendition OF
"The Marseillaise,' by the Marine
band, Ambassador JusSerand vas in
PRODUCED by the president-general. He
was given a cordial reception by the
members of the society and responded
in a brief address, in which he paid a
glowing eulOgy to womanhood, and
particularly to the women Of the revO-
l~utionary days.
Promise Of Valuable GIFT.
He said he had received, recently, a
letter from the daughter of the famous
French sculptor, David Dangers, in
which she had requested him to inform
the Daughters of the American RevOlu
ton hat IL was her purpose, o 70
present to the society "A replica in
bronze of her fathers statue of Gutten-
berg, on which are grouped about 81
of the more famous Americans of the
early days of the republic. Franklin Is
in the middle, holding to view the new
printed sheet, on which is to be read
the act OF independence; Washington
Jefferson, Hancock, Adams, Lafayette
and a great many others around him.
The first formal session of the four
teenth congress of The Daughters OF