The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-05-10

The gewiy-appointed Press Core
spondent OF the l~rr.-rtment OF Massa-
chusetts Betsie c. Sampson, ~. rnounces
tnat she Will do everything she can Tor
the Department. but that the Massa-
chusetts papers will rot receive matter
| that Is week oil. No more will any
I'VE newspaper. Corps and Depart
".-i.t Tres. Sss.rasnondents should Ia .,:.
this in mind when preparing matter for
the daily press. Get the matter i'm while
] it is fresh. No newspaper wants cold
| gravy news.
| Patriotic Nassachusetts.
i Nettie NJ. streeter. Department Pa
4 triotic Instructor of Massa chusetts,
seems also to be the right kind Of an
| officer in the right place. She has is
sued a circular of instructions replete
with useful information. She urges the
| proper and sacred observance of Me-
I mortal Day. She requests parents to
instill into the hearts Of their children
the spirit of patriotism by teaching
them to stand when the ''Star-Spangied
Ba incr is sung, jnst as e. cry officer
i al man in the United States Navy
an Army does. and by pre.ent and
i example To teach the children the
meaning of our Flag. She urges OBJ
Sc. vance of Flag Day. June Ii, and
/ that every member of the Womans Re-
| lief Corps display thc l. lag on that day.
Ny, just think what hutterirg Of Old
/ Glory there would be on Flag Day IL
on'y the 10000 homes dominated by
the members of the Woman's Relief
i Corps were to fly Old Glory on :hat
i day. She calls for the observance Of
/ Citizens Sunday. tie first sabbath in
i october. and asks that you induce your
pa stor to preach special patriotic SER
mon on that day, and get the ministers
i in your town to hold Union Services,
if possible. All get together fo' )nce
on one subject, the good of the "oun-
try. She lao believes that "Woman's
Relief Corps Day July &c. The aunt
versary of the organization of the Wo-
I mans Relief Corps, Is d good day for
! all the members to get together and
compare trials and tribulations that
they may sing paeans of praise for the
good that has come out of them. List
ly, but not leastly-really. the whole
4 law and the gospel" as it were, she
/ urges the general observance of all le-
gal holidays. And why not? TO stop
a day now and then is rest for soul and
body in this neutrality-suspicious.
i world, and 1t is wise TO stop once in a
while and get acquainted with our own
souls and to smile at our neighbors.
What days more kindly i'm which to do
this than those marked by the white
milestOnes of a country's trail to pros.
perity and greatness. led by great
soued men and guided by the Flag?
Let us accept these precepts laid
| down by Betsie Streeter, and see if we
do not feel soulwashed by the process.
i South Dakota,
Mrs. Clara A. Lukens, President, and
Mamma N. Moore, Secretary, will hold
its Department Convention at Yankton,
| June 10. 20 and q. The Department
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/ membership Of her Department has in
creased during the past year. and urges
/ the observance of Memorial and Flag
Days.
/ Away up in Minnesota is a Corps that
i Is doing great work. 1t is Auxiliary
to Mcintyre Post, of Austin. They have
| erected monument in their cemetery
1 to the Soldiers of the War Of the Re-
bellion. 1t is 1914 feet high on it's base.
| with the figure Of a soldier five and a
half feet high, Is constructed OF blue
| granite, and cost $1,000. 1t is to be
unvailed before Memorial Day. That is
a great work for one Corps to do.
Department Convention of Iowa.
Iowa will hold the 23d Annual Con-
vention of the WOman's Relief Corps
June 3, and at Boone. The De-
partment President, Mrs. Eleanor ].
Hawk. asks the members of her De-
\
a handsome Flag to present to the High
School Of Boone, i'm accordance with the
suggestion of National Convention that
this be done In each city where a De-
partment Convention is held each year.
Mrs. Hawk also urges financial help for
the Memorial University. Mrs. Elizabeth
Saunders, President Of Dubuque Corps
has been presented with a gold recog-
/ milton badge for initiating the largest
number OF members from June to De.
i cember of last year. During the quar-
! ter just ended Iowa has expended near
iy $1,000 In relief. From the General
| Order it would seem that the various
/ Corps or Iowa are interesting them
selves in the Soldiers Orphans Home
and in the State Soldiers Home as well.
i having made substantial donations to
them. During the months of October
and November, last year, the Depart
ment President, Mrs. Hawk, and the
/ Department Secretary, Mrs. Nellie II.
Wilmer, visited each Of the IL District
II Conventions OF Iowa. Mrs. Hawk also
reported delightful trip to the Sol
diers' Orphans Home, in company with
s. H. Harper, Department Commander,
G. A. r.. to make the official visit to
the Soldiers Orphans Home. I'VE
j were accompanied by Representative
McAllister. of Linn County" she re-
ports, land the following members Of
: the Visiting Committee: Capt j. O.
Stewart, of Cedar Rapids, Chairman,
and Comrade NJ. .. Stanwood, Of Mus,
4 catine: also Past Department President
Georgia Il. Worker Addie Unangst,
Comrade karwath and wife, Julia Kari
wath, President of No. "a Davenport.
Superintendent Sessions and wife gave
US a most cordial welcome, and we
T spent an interesting and delightful
afternoon and evening with them and
, the dear children Of the Home In the
evening all were assembled in the
chapel, and, after a concert OF patriotic
music by the band, choir and school, in
behalf Of the patriotic women Of the
Woman's Relief Corps Of Iowa, we pre-
sented IL beautiful bunting Flags four
by six feet in size-one for each of the
IL school rooms and one for the Su-
; perintendents office. They were joyful
ly and enthusiastically received by the
children. Superintendent and teachers
assuring US that this generosity of yours
was most highly and sincerely appre.
: ciated. During this visit grateful ac-
acknowledgement was made of the splen-
did Christmas boxes received from
Corps throughout the Department.
heartily thank all who responded SO
| promptly and literally tn these calIS