Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-06-05
GOVERNED BY TWO STATES.
MRS. DONALD McLEAN AND
THE D. A. r.
The Governors Gift to The Local
Chapter - A Pleasant
Social Function.

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Revolution, Annapolis vas honored
hy visit from the President General
of this patriotic society, and the Peggy
Stewart Tea Party Chapter is doubly
honored. That the President General
of this great body of women should
be a Maryland woman is matter of
peculiar interest.
On Saturday afternoon at O'Clock
Mrs. Donald Mclean, of New York,
the President General of the ID. A.
r., met the local chapter at the resi-.
dence of the Regent, Mrs. J. dePey-
ster Douw. Mrs. Mclean, who, with
her husband and daughter, Miss Bessie
Mclean, have been entertained for sew
eral days by Governor and Mrs. War
field at the Government House, was
pleased to give a part of her afternoon
to the Peggy Stewart Tea Party Chap
ter, and 10 become personally ac-
quainted with its members. Mrs.
Douw gave reception at her home
"Leuwarden, 4. Murray Hill. which
was made more attractive for the &C.
casion by the decoration of beautiful
flowers and spring blossoms.
The guest of honor, President Gener-
al Mrs. Donald Mclean, Was intro
duced by Mrs. Douw both formally
and individually. Mrs. Douw. in her
formal introduction, madea q few happy
remarks, in which she said Annapolis
is pleased to welcome for the first time
a President General of the ID. A. X.
and the Peggy Stewart Chapter felt
highly honored by the presence of Mrs.
Mclean, who had expressed her will
ingness to address the Chapter.
Mrs. Mclean. who is woman of
magnetic presence, charming personal
ity and brilliant intellect, never ap-
peared to better advantage. She has
a sympathetic voice and spoke with
deep feeling. What she said came
from the heart and had the ring of
truth and sincerity. She meant every
word of it, and not one of her audi
tors doubted this. Mrs. Mclean said
so much in very little while that it
is almost out of the question to quote
her verbatim. She told the local chap
ter she was glad to be with them; she
wanted to know them personally; that
she felt grateful TO this chapter for
the liberal support it gave her at the
National Congress, ID. A. r., when
she was recently elected President
General
Mrs. Mclean said she would have
felt deeply wounded had they desert
ed her at that trying time, and she
felt equally grateful for their staunch
friendship in holding up her hands
She said she was touched by the tri-
butte of the local chapter when they
sent her the flowers, especially as they
were tied with Maryland colors, the
colors of her beloved native state.
She said it was happy occasion that
she should be the first President Gen
eral to visit the local chapter and the
first should be Marylander. She
said she appreciated that on this
fellcitous occasion the Regent TO well
come her was Mrs. Douw.
Mrs Mclean said she loves Annap-
oils. Around it cluster many fond
memories. 1t was here her dear faith
er, the late Judge Ritchie. sat on the
Court of Appeals bench. 1t was here
during Governor Hamilton's admins
tration she had visited the Executive
Mansion and attended the social func-
tions at the Naval Academy. She
loves Annapolis for its history and for
it's memories. She paid high tribute
to her state and said she was proud
to be a Marylander. Unlike most
women Mrs. Mclean said she had been
twice governed by the Governor of
MARYLAND and the Governor of New
York. She married a New Yorker
and makes that city her home. She
said perhaps it is because she has been
so we'll governed that she knows how
to obey as it is said she is best gov
erned who best obeys.'' and probably
her executive ability is due to having
been governed by two states.
After leaving Mary land Mrs. Nc
Lean said she felt home sick at first.
She had been told that northern peo-
pie are cold and indifferent. She had
not found them so. She said the peo-
nle of the Empire State had given her
the warmest welcome and she had
been treated royalty on her return
from the Congress and her election as
President General of the ID. A. Il.
Mrs. Mclean said she had just COM
pleted tour of the Empire State from
border to border and she knew of its
great resourcefulness for it is indeed a
great state, and both that state and
Maryland are very dear to her. She
spoke of the work that is before the
ID. A. X. and of its grand ideals and
said that our nation is founded on
ideals as is the organization over
which she has the honor to preside.
She said there is special work for the
Peggy Stewart Chapter to DO, she
wants its individual help and its work
must have a prominent place in the
great continental hall of the ID. A. X.
at Washington.
At the close of her address Mrs Nc
Lean said she had the honor to present
the local chapter from Governor War
field a copy of the mural paintings in
the Baltimore Court House, which the
Governor was pleased to give through
the President General. The gift was
accepted by the Regent in neat little
| speech and upon q motion of Mrs.
Cresap a unanimous vote of thanks was
extended the Governor by the local
chapter The guests were invited into
the dining room to partake Of a COLA
tion, after which upon invitation Of
the Governor, they went on sailing
party on the Severn to see the feet OF
warships. The evening was delight
fully enjoyed.
Mrs. Mclean wore a handsome dia-
mond star, presented her by the State
of New York upon her election as
President General of the ID. A. X.
The design is similar to the insignia
of the society. In the centre is a two
and a-half carat diamond, and radiat-
| ing from the centre are the spokes of
| the spinning wheel in diamonds OF
graduated size. 1t is a magnificent
and costly gift, and the New Workers
desired Mrs. Mclean TO wear il on
her present trip TO Maryland that the