Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-15

after her installation
Mrs. Weaver said in her presentation that
the flag, she believed, symbolized to Mrs.
Ball all that was worth possessing in life;
that her devotion to its principles and to
those who had defended 1t with their lives
had been an Inspiration, and that the slken
banner represented only 1.-THE OF the de-
votion and love of Phil Sheridan Corps for
its department president.
Mrs. Ball was for a moment unable to
respond but the deafening applause which
followed the presentation gave her the
opportunity to collect her thoughts, and
she thanked her baby corps for it's ex-
preston of patriotic sentiments and love
for herself, and then sketched briefly the
story Of how the work which, she declared,
fell upon her through the absence and i'll
ness of the other officers of the department
District of Columbia She declared that
next to the cross of Christ and the Bible
there is nothing in the world dearer than
the flag, and that the two should rest side
by side in the churches and the Sunday
schools of the land a sentiment which
met with applause
Little Josephine Oldroyd Tiefenthaler then
recited to Mrs. Ball Your Flag and My
Flag and retired amidst applause and the
waving of flags. Mr.. Arthur Storm re-
cited Oliver Wendell Holmes tribute to the
flag. and Mrs. Grace Ross brakes Ode
to the Flag both being greeted with ap-
plause.
Addresses by Veterans.
livered by two veterans, Judge w. w.
Brown Of the Department of Justice, and
Col. John McElroy, past senior vice COM
mander-in-chief. Judge Browns address
was a presentation of the patriotic princi-
pies which are necessary to good citizen
ship, and the urgent necessity for early
intoxicating in the minds and hearts of the
young a love for the country and its nag
and its institution protected by the
flag.
Col. McElroy was presented by Capt.
Arthur Hendricks "a man whose fame
as a veteran writer and thinker is almost
world wide" Col McElroy said that 1t
was lifting and proper on the birthday an
niversary of the flag, which was born 40
years ago. to consider why our flag should
things.
Not merely because it is the flag of the
land in which we life, for that has In 1t a
SAVIOR of place pride and neighborhood
bigotry," he said.
mot merely because it is the flag of the
richest the greatest, the most prosperous
miles of territory, it's S5,OCO,OO0 people,
and it's more than one hundred billions of
wealth. for that has in 1t a suggestion Of
the arrogance and vainglory of riches
poses of war, is far the most powerful in
the world, since, If need be. more than
10, 600. 600 peerless soldiers would rally In Its
defense. That has in it a thought of the
swashbuckler and bravo.
''These claims are of the nature that other
nations may make for their flags. They
have little to do with the spiritual exalta-
ton which invests our own banner OF
beauty and glory.
For ours we can say that it is the only
banner that was born of principle. All
other flags originated as emblems of the
pride and power Of nations. Ours was set
up by our forefathers as a visible sign of
their infexible conviction that freedom,
justice and right should prevail for all
men,
Closing Exercises.
The exercises closed with the singing Of
America" by the audience, Mrs. Karl Curry
at the piano, and the benediction pro-
nounced by Rev. Bradford. The department
president thanked Capt Hendricks for the
able manner in which he had presided over
the exercises, stating that Mrs Hendricks
had been the president in the infancy of the
department, and the first national officer
from the department. having been elected ma
tional senior vice president in 1893. Mrs.
Ball also stated that the department patri-
otto instructor, Mrs. Hart, had had divided
duties all day, having been in demand In
various sections of the city for addresses
on her work, and had gone to the f1ag-night
exercises of Geo. H. Thomas Corps to
make address after completing her
duties at the department exercises.
Thomas Post Celebrates.
Flag day exercises were also held last
evening at the Eastern Presbyterian
Church. 9Th street and Massachusetts ave-
nue. northeast under the auspices of George
H. Thomas Post. Woman's Relief Corps, of
the G. A. R. The auditorium was prettily
decorated and the blue uniforms of the
members of the Grand Army were in evil
dence in the audience. The opening number
was a medley of national airs, by Miss
Gussie Palmer. Chaplain Honn pronounced
the invocation and Miss Rosamond
Moo ohoy, Nhn Crn lnI
ner"
Col E. A. Keller, post instructor, spoke
Of the counterfeit" flags that occupy such
prominent part on occasions when moth
ing but the nations emblem, he declared,
should be in evidence. He said the United
States was the most lenient and charitable
country in the world regarding the respect
due the flag. Deputy Auditor Andrews,
formerly Of Hastings, Neb., also spoke.
Mrs. Morgan president of the George H.
Thomas Relief Corps, recited 1.-The Flag
That Makes Men Free Miss Marion Nc
Coy sang Our Own United States" and
Miss Marion Mckay recited Barbara
Frietchie.'
The color bearers were Miss Dorothy
Grips. Marion Mckay, Madge Macmillan
and Edith Luke The committee on ar
gee, Mrs. Gertrude Morgan, president; Mrs.
Mary w. s. Thatcher, Mrs. Nora B. Atkin-
son, Mrs. Lizzie Grips, Mrs. Langham and
Miss Jennie Stretch.
Flag day exercises in the public schools
yesterday afternoon, additional to those
published in The Star yesterday, were held.
with the following participants:
In Honor of the Flag.
meeting of the Edith K. Roosevelt
Auxiliary to the Spanish War Veterans has
been called for this evening at Pythian
Temple by the president, Mrs. Harry F.
Ashton. At the conclusion of the business
session, it is said, exercises in honor of the
130th anniversary of The Star Spangled
Banner will be held.
At the Boys Reform School.
Flag day was appropriately celebrated
last evening at the Boys Reform School,
Bladensburg road, by musical and literary
exercises, conducted in the assembly hall
by the acting superintendent. Col. Porter,
and Mr.. Macleod, the instructor of music.
The hall was tastefully decorated with the
national colors, and patriotic songs and
odes were rendered with instrumental
compartment. The history and origin of
the flag were outlined in a brief address.
and the meeting closed with the singing Of
"Amerca'' by all present.
Tenth Division.