Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21

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| f,hnreh of TIE Covenant. and Mr.. HAm1fn.
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yitsd 9 3 ths arst Chaplain <sn:rsI: 1s,'
| NJ Hsr,iin attended the third mssting Tor
| or1anixation. election Of o11cers and adop-
/ ffcSs Of the constitution. This meeting she
S6s ~ re the foiiowins year. when
| Ter term OF once expired by limitation. In
| 19OB she was again elected to dll the ofltcs
ana was the only NOMINEES In 1900. and was
unanfrncusly reelected. With the explra-
| tipn Of this term. she viii have served nix
years a. chaplain general. the longest term
Of any Incumbent OF the of1css.
| Mrs. HAmlin II intensely patriotic and be-
assistsd in the organisation Of the Children
Of American Revolution. and II serving her
tenth year ~ their chaplain.
Miss Agnes Gerald tho private secretary
| to the president general, carries the weigfA
| Of the whole society upon her shoulders.
| She b supposed to know exactly where the
president general II. exactly what she u
going to DO at all times, exactly what she
has said about certain things why she said
them. and the probability that she win or
will not say them again. why some peo-
pie seem to think am . talking machine"
she declared plaintively, yesterday, ''or .
phonograph and all you have to do IL to
turn a crank and I'll tell all the president
general knows Really, you know, don't
know anything" but all the same she Is q
always courteous and sympathetic, and just
about as secretive a young lady as can be
found In the society. She's one young lady
who can keep secrets, and II you don't be-
ieve It ask the reporters who have tried to
pump her.
Mrs. Donald Mclean, president general
Of the Daughters Of the American ReyoIu-
ton. will go to Annapolis with a great deal
of pride in the Paul Jones exercises At the
Fourteenth Continental Congress, when she
was regent OF New York Chapter and was
sitting under the galleries" she assisted
in introducing resolution looking to the
burial OF Paul Jones In Annapolis, Mary.
land being her native state. Besides that
she thought the first naval hero OF the ma
ton should be buried near to the great
naval school
There was tremendous opposition to the
resolution, and the Congress voted to lay
Paul Jones on the table," as the parliament
tartan OF, that Congress put it. Later they
took him of. but voted against taking his
body to Annapolis, and favored bringing It
to Washington for burial in Ellington. AS
president general this year. ,tfrs. Mclean
will see one of the dearest wishes OF her
heart carried out and she as the head OF
one of the greatest societies of patriotic
women in the world will be one of the
guests OF honor, surrounded by the Daugh-
tiers Of the American Revolution who have
been invited in body to attend the cere-
monies she has done SO much to enhance.
There is no parliamentarian for the fif-
teenth Continental Congress. There Is q
lady who Is wearing the white badge OF
parliamentarian. but the Daughters have
got so accustomed to having that badge
made that they did 1t through force Of
habit this year. The lady is Mrs. Emma K.
IT, ,l~D II i've
parliamentarian." Mrs Fox is from Detroit,
Mich, and has achieved considerable fame
In the world OF parliamentary teachers.
Two days Of the Congress have already
passed and Mrs. Fox has not once been
called from the recesses in the green back
ground of the platform to help untangle
the president general from parliamentary
intricacies. There have been no parlia-
mentary tangies, no appeals have been
taken from any decisions
The Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton have q chapter in Mexico City. 1t
was organized July 2. 1905, and has q
membership of thirty, all being Americans
resident In the capital OF Old Mexico. 1t
is named the Benjamin Franklin. and 10
the first chapter to be organized in a
foreign country.
An incident of the Louisiana purchase
exposition Is told by the ladies OF Missouri.
Just before the close OF the exposition 1t
will be remembered the Missouri building
caught fire and burned to the ground. Flag
day. June IA, had been observed in the
with speeches by the president general,
Mrs. Mclean. and several others, and
among the decorations was large Ameri-
can flag. which hung suspended above the
western portico. The fire ate up the build
ing 80 rapidly that 1t was impossible to
rescue this flag. People watched 1t breath
lessly, lamenting that 1t must burn. for
the flames kept leaping around 1t. almost
1nytp of zinc fp1A
Just as 1t seemed that the flag must be
burned the fire ate through the combining
cords at each side, and the flag fell to the
ground unframed. amid the cheers of the
people
The Daughters firmly believe that the
| Bible sanctions and even directs their So
| ciety. They find the authority in Numbers
| i:3: Take We the sum of all the congre-
| cations Of the children of Israel, after their
| families, by the house OF their fathers.
with the number OF their names"-'eproof
strong as holy writ" you see. being holy
| writ Itself.
Mrs. C. Hamilton Tebault. state regent
| OF Louisiana, Is a Georgian by birth. but
most OF her revolutionary ancestors were
men prominent In Virginia affairs. One
Of her ancestors, William Bradford, was
the first and for twenty years governor OF
Massachusetts. She has a half dozen OF
| the priced ancestral bars on her d. A. H.
ribbon. She could be Colonial Dame, and
| is a member of the Daughters of 1912, and
| of the Daughters of the Confederacy and
might be member of the Auxiliary to the
| Spanish War Veterans, for she had son
DIR. c. Hamilton Tebault-who was In
charge of the hospital at Santiago. Mrs.
Tebault is serving her sixth year state
regent.
Continental Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, held an open meeting
on the eve of the Congress, which was we'll
represented by the distinguished visiting
members. Short addresses were given by
Mrs. Mathews, honorary vice president gen.
era1 from Tennessee Mrs. Barker vice
president general from Rhode Island, Mrs.
Merriwether from Kansas City and Mrs.
Franklin Smith from Lexington, Mo.
The musical program was rendered by
Mrs. s. ID. Carser Mr.. Jewel. Miss Will
son and Mr.. Hutchinson. And the last and
unexpected pleasure was the song from
Mrs. j. Franklin Smith, the regent from
Lexington, Mo. Charming recitations by
Miss Grace Ross delighted the audience
The best was reserved for the last in a
thrilling short speech by the president gen.
eral, Mrs. Donald Mclean.