Evening star., 1907-11-17
LIKES OUR RAILWAYS ON PATRIOTIC LINES
MRS. MUSsEY FORMS COMMIT
TEE OF THE D. A. r.

A meeting was held Friday evening in
the library of the New Willard. at the
invitation of Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey,
vice president general of the National
Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution for the District of Columbia,
the object of which was to prepare for
,campaign along patriotic Inns Several
years ago, it was stated, the Daughters
of the American Revolution took up the
work of patriotic teaching, and, it is
stated, have widened the meaning of the
word somewhat, SO that it means good
citizenship and the teaching consists
| in teaching everything that stands for
making good citizens
Mrs. Mussey announced that she had
been appointed by the district regent,
Mrs. Howard l. Hodgkins, to the Office
| OF patriotic instructor for the District,
and had therefore called this first meet
ing. She outlined some of the more i'm
portant things which she desired to ac-
complish, saying she had divided the
work among four committees, and these
are: Child labor. Fairgrounds, Juvenile
court and probationary work and Children
of the Republic. These four committees,
she thought, would cover all the work
that the D. A. r. could do, and was in
her opinion. the sum and substance of
patriotic endeavor
| Progress of the Work.
! Mrs. Mussey stated that when she begaa
the work for children's emancipation In
the District mother had no right to her
child, nor to her own clothes, the man
who was the father Of her children having
the power over all. Mrs. Mussey had a
bill introduced in Congress, and after long
| effort was abe to assure the mothers of
the District that they could claim their
own clothes and had an equal share with
| the father in her children. This Mrs
| Mussey thought, was a long step in ad-
vance. and she had then turned her at
tention to the child labor question She
soon found, she stated that it was impos-
sible to do anything toward lessening the
evils of child labor in the District until
there was a compu sorry educationa law
| This was finally obtained through an act
of Congress, and in part, she stated, ac-
complfshed something toward abolishng
child labor but not all, for 1t is yet pos
sible to send child to school all day, and
make 1t spend good portion of the night
in earning money in one way and another.
| She believes, she said that it will be
| necessary to have a law against chic
labor. That was the reason for one COM
mittee. Mrs Mussey then outlined what
had been accomplished In the way of
Fairgrounds for the school children, and
the burning necessity for more and mod
ern facilities in this direction.
General Committee.
Mrs. Mussey said she had selected her
general committee as follows: Mrs. Van
Ness Cattna, who will serve as secre-
tary; Mrs. Kate Kearney Henry, Miss
E. E. Graham of the Mary Washington
Chapter. Mrs. Wendell P. Stafford, Mrs
J. w. Titcomb of Dolly Madison Chap
| ter, Mrs. ]. H. Millsaps. Mrs Woodbury.
Martha Washington Chapter; Mrs
William R. Lowe, Mrs. Mary c.
Beach, Continental Chapter; Mrs. Sarah
D, Croissant, Mrs. NJ E. 8. Davis
Miss Josephine c. Webster, Army and
Navy Chapter; Mrs Sarah E. Van Du-
sen, Manor House Chapter: Mrs Mary
c. Wysong. Mrs. F. H. Elmore. Eliza
Ness Cattna. Mrs. Virginia D. Lewis,
Constitution Chapter; Mrs. L. H. Mat
tingly Mrs. J. r. Miles, American Chap
ter: Mrs. M: v. RICHARDS. Mrs. Gertrude
Lucy Holcomb Chapter; Mrs. Fanny 1.
Matthews Mrs. VIM. F. Daley. nather-
inc Montgomery Chapter; Mrs. James
M Hoge Mrs. Query yo c; LUDLOW osaIy pasn,o Ioto-
Mrs. Theodore A. Kindig. Thirteen Col
onies Chapter; Mrs. Sarah c. Guss, Mrs.
Laura Bell Wright, Continental DANES
Chapter; Mrs. G. d. Merwin. Mrs. James
| L. CarOerry, sara FRANKLIN Chapter' )
Mrs. William Van Zandt Cox, Mrs.
Thomas H. Broadus. Our Flag Chapter
Mrs George G. Martin. Mrs. kathryn
Powell, Emily Nelson Chapter; Mrs.
Ellis Logan. Mrs. Charles M. Pepper,
Mrs Harry Clay Mclean. Marcia Burns
Chapter; Mrs. Thomas H. Johnston,
Mrs. Jeanette Landon, Louisa Adams
Chapter.
The appointments on the individual
committees are: Juvenile courts and pro-
bationary work. Mrs. c. D. Merwin. Mrs
William r. Lowe. Mrs. Mary c. Beach
Mrs James l.. Carberry. Mrs. Wendell
Stafford and Mrs. William E. De Remer
The chairman has not yet been named.
On Fairgrounds. Mrs. L. Fl. Mattingly
regent OF the American Chapter, chair
man; Mrs. VanDusen and Mrs. ]. R.
Miles. On Children Of the Republic, ar