Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-10
DISTRICT D. A. r.
Annual Mass Meeting Held This Morn
ing.

The District of Columbia Daughters of
the American Revolution met in the red
parlors of the Ebbitt House this morning
in annual mass meeting, the sixteen Dis
trict chapters being represented.
Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Maine, District
regent, presided. and there was large at
tendance. Reports from each of the chap
tiers, showing an appreciable increase In
membership in the District. an excellent
financial condition of the sixteen treas
ures and an ardent interest in the erection
of Continental Hall, were read.
Mrs. Maine made brief address
+ 1--WE have come together today" she said,
"to compare notes upon the work of the
! various chapters during the past year.; to
take account of stock, as 1t were, and find
out just what each one has accomplished
in patriotic work. To us living here in the
District the gradual advancement in the
! building of our hall has been the one vital
subject of our thought and of our monetary
efforts. While this is most commendable
and altogether admirable in itself, should
we allow 1t to so absorb us that We have
no thought or energy for aught else? Is 1t
of the greatest Importance? While we are
raising a memorial to our ancestors should
we not give some thought to our descend
ants? 1t is true that we have not the same
the uplifting of the immigrants that are
hocking to our shores by the hundreds Of
thousands such cities as New York, Buff
falO, Chicago and st. Louis. Still have We
not a great work to do to make good citi-
zens of our school children?
VERY mary of them are not permanent
residents of Washington. but will go out
from our schools into every state in the
Union. and should they not be SO well
trained here that they will be a power in
civil service reform civicS wherever their
future life may be passed? Do we. as daug-
tiers. give this subject enough thought? The
gill school city system, as 1t is called, Is
being introduced into the schools of many
states, thus training boys and girls to be
good citizens, and what more patriotic
work could daughters do than this? The
ma jority of our children know nothing
whatever of the practical workings of city,
state or national government. and why
should they not be better taught than the
immigrants. instead of our training these
same immigrants so that they become our
civic rulers? l think this is a subject which
should receive the best thought and atten-
ton of every daughter in the land.
This is the last time l shall speak to
you your state regent. and in bidding
YOU farewell l want to thank you for all
the kindnesses and consideration which
have ever received at your hands, and more
especially for the loving sympathy which
came to me in the darkest hour of my life,
and the patience and forbearance which
YOU have shown me during the time when
it was impossible that should perform the
duties of my office. May success in the
highest meaning of the words follow always
every effort of the daughters of this Dis
trict.
The chapters and regents of the District
are os follows: American, Mrs Pattie Mil
Ter Stocking. regent: Mary Washington,
Miss Virginia Miller. acting regent; Dolly
Madison, Mrs. Job Barnard, regent; Conti-
mental, Mrs. George Bacon. regent; Consti-
tuition. Miss Elizabeth Pierce. regent: Co.
lumbia Mrs. M G. 8. Swormstedt. regent
Colonial Danes. Mrs. Sarah Chase Guss,
regent; Manor House Chapter. Mrs. NJ. A.
Ballinger. regent: Miriam Danforth, Mrs.
Amos Draper, regent; Thirteen Colonies,
Miss Lillian RoOme, regent; Lucy Holcomb,
Mrs. Howard Hodgkins, regent. Catharine
Montgomery Miss Mary Desha, regent !;
Martha Washington, Mrs. Gerald, regent;
Army and Navy Chapter. Mrs. Mary Win
ston, regent; Elizabeth Jackson, Mrs. Mary
Wysong, regent; Potomac. Mrs. Merwiri,
regent.
When the Star report closed nominations
for national officers were being made, pre-
cipltating lively contest.