The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-29

n INCIDENT of great interest 10
n the Daughters of the American
4 Revolution was the cordial reeep-
ton accorded them by President and Mrs.
Roosevelt on April 10 at which Mrs
Lindsay Patterson. the first vice presi-
dent general of North Carolina VINO
is also equally well known in Alabama,
was one of the guests of honor.
The following account is taken from the
Washington Star:
THE White House had been made beau
tiful with roses and carnations, lilies and
ferns in the vases scattered about the
various rooms The President was in his
MANIFEST humor and Mrs. Roosevelt never
seemed to be more charming. She wore
a pretty new gown of soft blue in severe
princess lines Mrs, Donald Mclean,
president general of tine D. A. r., wore
princess gown of white renaissance lace
over silk and a large white picture hat
with many dropping white plnmes.
1.-THE attendants at the White House
thought there must have been nearly 1000
guests in the two hours which the Pres
ident gave to the reception. and it is
stated that not only is it the largest
crowd that has visited the White House
this spring, but it is by long odds the
largest reception of the society ever held
at the White House.
Mrs. Mclean stood by the President
and presented the members by name and
by state to the chief executive. The Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt knew a great
many of the guests and often stopped a
delegation to chat with its members for
a moment.
After being received by the President
the ladies wandered around the parlors
enjoying the view from the windows and
examining the priceless historical bric-a-
brac In the basement rooms. The scraps
of conversation were as interesting as a
story book. when my great-grandfather
was on Washington's staff "Oh, yes
this was presented by Lafayette. My
grandmother was tiny girl then and
my great-grandmother took her to call
on his old commander" Yes right over
there is Arlington, the home of my peo-
pie for generations" This is the picture
the British didn't get because my an
cestress, Dolly Madison, cut out of the
frame and saved it from = Vandal
hands" and so it went.
I'm the crowd were women whose an
cestors, as officers in the revolutionary
DAYS directed the fortunes of war under
Washington. and many of them dated
their ancestors far back beyond that.
Among them was Mrs. Lindsay Patterson,
who is a descendant of the lighting Gra-
hams" of Scotland. of whom the Duke
of Montrose Is the head, and of whom
tradition says that since the crusades'
when they won their title, there has
never been a war in which they nave
not taken part Her great-grandfather'
Francis Patterson, was "out In 49, with
Wolf Tone and Robert Emmett, but was
saved from their tragic fate by the time
" assistance of his schoolmate, the Duke
of Abercorn, who helped him escape to
America His son. Robert Patterson,
fought through three Wars-that OF lSlE,
I'm which he was made captain at 10; the
Mexican war, in which he was offered the
chief command, but refused on account
of his devoted friendship for General
Scott, and the civil war. For fifty years
he was one of the most notable hosls III
Philadelphia. -
elizabeth Patterson of Baltimore, who
married Jerome Bonaparte, was a dis
tant cousin. When dying she sent in great
haste for General Patterson He spent
several hours with her but could never
be induced to tell vnat the conversation
was about and many were the family
Spc culat1OnS or the SUBJECT. Joseph DUH"
paria was warm friend and the tall
candelabra now In the blue room OF the
White House were given by him to Gen
eral Patterson who in turn presented
them TO the White House when his COM
rade, General Jackson, was inaugurated
Pre- sident.
"Origlnally they formed part of the cor
onation gifts which Napoleon presented
to Joseph when he was made King of
Spain General Patterson also owned the
coronation china, but that he kept, using
It only for his most elaborate entertain
ments. II was of Sevres. with scenes from
Napoleons battles painted on the va
rious pieces The full set pictured every
uniform in the French army.
General Patterson married Sara Engle,
n Quaker. whose father, when a boy, ran
away from home to Join the revolutionary
army. 1t is through this ancestor that
Mrs. Patterson is eligible to be a Daugh-
ter.
THE interest Of Mrs. Patterson's father,
Col. William Houston Patterson, i'm the
future of southern literature particularly
that of North Carolina. was so great that
after his death his daughter presented
to the North Carolina Historical society
the William Houston Patterson Memorial
Cup It Is of gold set with a specimen
of every precious stone found in the
state. and is given annually to the North
Carolinan who during the year shall have
produced the best piece of literature. AT
the expiration of ten years the cup be-
comes the property of the writer winning
II oftenest. The first award was made
last October, when the cup was presented