The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
Daughters of the
 American Revolution


 i has been remarkable, and the unani- mity of spirit and energy of endeavor | among so large a number of women have been striking features of a period characterized by incessant feminine &C., gtivity. The National Society has now assumed such proportions. that intelli- gent inquiry among all classes of cit | izens is directed to its aims and ob- Jects. with the result that the attitude | of many whose respect and sympathy are worthy and desirable is changed | from that of amused curiosity to in | terested admiration.
 It Is now fully recognized that pa tr1otism is the motive prompting the | fifty thousand women banded together, | and that this noble impulse is mani- festing itself in many channels for the improvement and elevation of all who como within its influence. Among the notable incidents of this great and enthusiastic congress was one which If carried out to it's logical conclusions will rebound to the good of our country and the benefit of man. kind long after the speakers shall have joined, in the better land" those whose disinterested spirit she has in- | herited. This incident was the report . of Mrs. Heron Crossman, of New York, on patriotic education. She advocated | a system in the schools which would educate foreigners and their children into a conception of the rights and du- ties of citizenship. In the furtherance of this measure she proposed lectures and several other methods of teaching the duties of the ballot. Is 1t too much to say that this system would be help full to many who are not foreigners? The privilege and the power of the bal lot are most greedily grasped, but are the strangers within our gates alone in their ignorance of it's solemn and sacred duties?
 Another brave step forward was the Antf-Mormon resolution adopted by the congress in the conviction that the safety and glory of the country are built upon the unity and purity of the home of which woman Is the guardian angel.
 The dedication ceremonies were im- pressive; the addresses made by the different orators showed their reallza- tion of the importance of the society and the worth and dignity and beauty and sacredness of their aims. The last address of the congress was made by Mrs. Mclean and upon her motion a unanimous vote of thanks to Ambassa- dor Porter for his successful work In locating the body of John Paul Jones was adopted.
 Contributions to the Continent Hall fund were made by twenty-seven States, the District of Columbia, and the Indian Territory, amounting to $19,2S5. In memorial pledges s3.o52 was reported, as well as $10,S91 for columns, and s1,OS5 for portrait busts and rooms. The Treasuerer General announced that the total contributions for the fourteenth congress amour ted to s32,363.
 After the adjournment of the con- gross Saturday night at 11:2o p. m, Mrs. Mclean held a reception at the Ebbitt House.
 At the Fourteenth Annual Congress the Alabama delegation elected Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, Regent; Mrs. A, P. McClelland, Vice Regent. The election was confirmed by the Congress.
 During the same week the Children of the American Revolution held their annual congress in Washington, and made their annual trip to the tomb of General Washington at Mt. Vernon. The D. A. R. adopted motion, made by Mrs. Day, of Tennessee, that the Children of the Revolution were eli gible to membership in the D. A. R. without the payment of initiation fees.
 MrS. Murpny, OI OnlOt OHeTeu d TS- solution which was adopted, providing that the President General appoint special committee to promote the in- troduction into the public schools of the United States of the system of a "school city" The idea is to promote the teaching of good citizenship in the public schools and induce the children to govern themselves in their schools.
 The Triennial Session of the Sons of the Revolution was brought to an end the evening of Thursday, April 20, 1905, by a brilliant banquet at the new Willard Hotel, in Washington, D. c. Ex-Gov. John Lee Carroll, of Mary land, President of the General Society, presided as toastmaster. Addresses were made by Gov. Carroll. Hon. Ed mund Wetmore, the French Ambassa- dor Monsieur Jusserand, Hon. W. G. Charlton, and Hon. James M. Beck.
 The Founding of Cahaba.
 By Mrs. Thomas St. John. of the Mo-
 bile Chapter.
 Cahaba Is a tract of land at the confluence of the Cahaba and Alabama Rivers. In 1918 the last Territorial Legislature was held at St. Stephens, and Governor Bibb was commissioned