The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-05-10
NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY ORDERS.
The Womans Relief Corps-Wha the Organization Doing All
Over the CotryCanddaes for National President Getting
ne-Massachuses New York. Missouri and Other States
Have Candidates.

As the time is nearing for the Ma
tional Convention of the Woman's Re-
lief Corps. candidates for the National
lead are beginning to get in their
work. When there are so many splen-
did women who would fill the office
with credit to themselves and honor
10 ,nc ~..,... it is always hard
to ca.vc1A, ou, Il choice must be made,
end it should be made on merit alone.
There are plenty of mighty good wo-
men who make fine Corps and Depart
ment officers who would be utterly at
sea- all but swamped with the maeni-
tude of the work if elected TO the Ma
tional Presidency. The woman who
aspires to be National President should
have tenacity of purpose, strength OF
will. undauntable spirit. capacity for
hard labor, executive ability and judi
cial temperament. she should be I'M
bued with the spirit and love of the
work in the Woman's Relief Corps,
utterly unselfish, be possessed of
long purse, and have the temper OF
an angel. If she is going to make Il
success of her office and bring pros
perity to the organization which she
dominates she should possess most OF
these qualifications, at least.
The candidates most spoken of for
the National Presidency at this time
are Mrs. Kate f. Jones, of New York:
Mrs. Mary Gilman, of Boston, and
Mrs. Carrie Sparkin. of Missouri. Now
isn't that a plethora of riches? Every
body knows Kate E. Jones. with her
great big heart. her generous nature.
her splendid efforts for the extension
of the patriotic work and sentiment
through the country. and her fame as
speaker. Then there is bsautl-
full Mary Gilman, of Massachusetts,
who has not made so very much noise
about 1t. but who has been instant in
season and out of season in her labors
for the woman's Relief Corps. And
who in this country. or out of it. for
that matter. since the st. Louis Ex-
position. does not know Carrie spark
lin, who did such prodigies of labo:
for the patriotic organizations at the
Louisiana Exposition, and so much for
the Woman's Relief Corps? All three
are Past Department Presidents OF
their various States, all three have
come up to those Offices through the
various grades and have performed
their labors so wisely and so well that
you hear of them only gracious, kind
" things. New York has had the Ma
tional Presidency but once, Mrs. Sarah
c. Mink who died several years ago.
Massachusetts has had it three times.
and two of these are living, Mrs. Sarah
f. Fuller and Mrs. I.iZabeth A. Turner.
Missouri has had it but once. Mrs.
Sarah ]. Martin, and she died shortly
after her term expired.
May the best one win.
The Department of Texas,
under the admirable leadership of its
President Mrs. Mary Scott j. Under
hill, and Mrs. Anna Heelan, Department
Secretary. has been doing excellent
work during the past year. Mrs I'm
derhill reports the Aids TO be perform
W.T. nd
and she prepared a pretty gold recog-
milton pin for the Aid who did the best
work and made the best financial rec
ord for the Department of Texas The
18th Annual Convention was held last
week.
The 23d Annual Convention of the
Woman's Relief Corps, Department of
Indiana, Mrs. Nettie +. Wink, Depart
ment President, and Minnie Elizabeth
Wink, Department Secretary, will be
held in the Christian Church, corner
Fifth and Ferry streets. at Lafayette,
May %. % and "a, 1906.
Department headquarters of the w.
r.. c. will be established at the Lair
House. where all members of the W..
r.. c., G. A. II. and kindred organiZa-
tons will receive a hearty welcome.
The Department is making a special
effort to have every Corps in the De-
partment on the Honor Roll, all indebt-
edness paid and all reports in on time.
A laudable effort and one which any
Corps that wants to see the Department
prosper must see, will help along that
prosperity. A special plea is also made
for money for the Southern Memorial
fund, that there may be sufficient
money collected to give lavish decora-
ton of flowers and flags to the graves
of veterans in the Southland.
The Department Of Massachusetts,
Mrs. Alice NJ. Goddard, President, and
Miss Mary E. Elliot. Department Secre-
tary, is among the first to ask for aid
for the suffering people Of devastated
San Francisco. the city out by the sun
down seas which treated us 80 magni-
fcently two years ago when we at
tended the National Encampment
there.
Among the sufferers by the terrible
calamity at San Francisco" she says,
ARE thousands of veterans of the civil
war and their families and many mem
bers of our Order. Our hearts go out
in tenderest sympathy TO all the af-
fiicted, and the appeal that comes to us
from that stricken city is the most ur-
gent that has ever claimed the atten-
ton of our people.
The broad charity and patriotism
that has always characterized the Nom
bership of the Woman's. Relief Corps
ance to our friends and co-workers in
that far Western city in this hour Of
their affection. Every Corps is urged
20 take immediate action whereby con-
tributions may be raised for the relief
of those who are homeless and in dig
tresS."
Mrs. Goddard's example has been
emulated in almost every Department
of the Woman's- Relief Corps, in al
probability. Lincoln Relief Corps, o,
the Department Of Potomac, Mrs Jean.
ME Street, President. appropriated 81.
the day that the disaster was made
known in Washington, and was follow
ed by contributions from the other
seven Corps in the Department, 81
which Mrs. Vina NJ. Calhoun lis PreSi
dent and Mrs. Sue NJ. Carey Department
Secretary.
Mrs. Goddard also issued a beautiful
Memorial Day Order. from which TN,
following is quoted:
'O'er these graves where all strife !.
ended.
Where the past and it's memories lie
Rise the grateful hearts Of the people
In prayer TO the Lord Most High.
For the hope Of prosperous future,
The gracious gift OF His hand
For a great and united Nation,
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