The National tribune., 1907-04-25
WOMAN'S
RELIEF CORPS.
Departments Of Illinois, Potomac,
and Massachusetts - Good
Work All Along the Line.
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Gen. VIM. Z. Strong Corps, of Hi
nois. is raising money, toward the sup
port of a room in,the new Ravenswood
Hospital, of Chicago
VIM. B. Hazen Corps, Chicago, has
been doing much relief work. and has
remembered many of it's sick members
with flowers. The Press Correspondent
of the Corps, Hattie L. Robinson, de-
scribes a peace Flag which the Corps
has had made to order for presentation
to school. She says:
1T is the same as any Flag, only a
plain white piece of cloth about three
inches wide is sewed on the edge of the
Flag all around, making plain white
border"
The only comment on this that can
be made is that it is not an American
Flag. Our Flag is too high and holy,
too sacred a thing to patch anything on
it. print anything on it, paint any
thing on it, One thing only can
be printed on the Flag and not be
names of the battles in which the grand
old Flags were borne to be riddled with
shot and shell and stained with blood,
but brought back in unsuIlied honor.
Peace and arbitration may be all
right; | am not going to commit my
self either one way or another, but /
can say this-that no power, no con-
centration of power among the Nations
of the earth could have settled the diff
culties and brought about peace by ar
bitration from 81 to '65. Peace when
things are peaceful and all is peaceable
with a Nation that dominates the
islands of the sea, controls the worlds
great highways and swings the rest of
the world by the tail, is all right, I'M
doubtedly. But, for heavens sake, don't
sew our blessed emblem of liberty and
independence into the center of flag
of truce. Teach peace-it is your duty
and mine-but at the same time teach
also that the Flag of Washington, Lin
coin and of Grant is the one Flag in the
world that can force peace and enforce
it, because that Flag represents mil
lions of fighting men, backed up by the
biggest guns. the richest Treasury, the
Those are the things that make for
peace, and don't you forget it.
The Corps of Illinois have been pay
ing particular attention to the observ
ance of patriotic anniversaries, such as
the birthdays of Washington, Lincoln
and Mckinley. 1t is part of our pa
triotic duty to do this and these cele
ebrations should be made as public as
possible. Let the world see how we
reverence our heroes.
Many of the Illinois Corps are maxi
ing their Posts presents OF goodly sums
of money to SWELL their relief funds.
They are also organizing sewing socie-
ties to make articles to send to the SOL
diers and soldiers'dwidows home, GER
tainly a worthy charity. 1t is noted
also that there are q number of new
Corps being organized with large char
ter memberships. On, general princi-
pies. large Corps, are, better than a
number of smaller ones. A large band
of earnest women can accomplish a
great deal more than small ones can.
Massachusetts Corps.
The Department of Massachusetts,
lras chosen good bunch of women
for its Department officers. They are:
Annie c. Shattuck, Department Presi-
dent: Lue Stuart jWadSwortI, Depart
ment Senior Vice President: Eliza beth
p. Sawyer, department Junior Vice
President; Sarah f. Fuller, Department.
Treasurer: Fanny 4. Hazen, Depart
ment Chaplain.
Executive Board: Hattie L. Shute,
Chairman; Florence Haynes, Susie p.
Alice G. Sears, Nellie +.
Libbey.
The following are the appointive
officers: Mary E. Elliot. Department
Secretary, Corps 81, 657 Washington
St, Boston; Marie j. Kendall. Depart
ment Inspector, Corps SO, 179 So. Main
St, Gardner; Alice NJ. Goddard. De-
partment Counselor, Corps I, 81 N.
Monticello ST.. Brockton; Alice F.. Chap
man. Department Instituting and In
stalling Officer, Corps IA, 81 Marble St,
Springfield: Nettie NJ. Streeter. Depart
ment Patriotic Instructor, Corps So, Is
Myrtle ST., Holyoke: Nellie A. Tracy.
Press Correspondent, Corps
SO, So Green ST., Charlestown. These
officers will be obeyed and respected
The following named members arel
hereby appointed as the Department
Relief Committee: M. Susan Goodale,
Chairman. Corps 5, Medford Rebecca
4. Pickett, Secretary. Corps 80, Bev-
erly; Lydia P. Hall, Corps 81, Somer-
vile: Marie G. Blake, Corps GO, Rox-
bury; S. Jennie Tirrell, Corps %. Lynn;
NJ. Lizzie Bullock, Corps 40, Everett; |
Lucy l.. Turner. Corps 100. Brookline.
Lue Stuart Wadsworth is one OF the !
bonniest and brainiest women in the
She made splendid Ma
tional Patriotic Instructor, and was the
originator of the Memorial Service to
the dead. With Annie c. Shattuck and
Lue Stuart Wadsworth, Sarah E. Full
Ter, of blessed fame, and Mary E. Ell
lott who could be Department Secre-
tary in her dreams, so long has she
held the office, Massachusetts should |
prosper this year as never before. To !
add to the charm, the Department Off |
GERS were installed by National Presi- |
dent Mrs. Carrie r. Sparklin. |
At the annual election of officers of
Willard c. Kinsley Relief Corps of Bos-
ton the following ladies were elected to
serve the ensuing year: President, Mrs. |
Flora NJ. Cragie; S. V. p, Mrs. Eva /. |
Hadley; J. V. p, Mrs. Nellie f. Ma
hoffey; Treas. Mrs. Fannie M. Jones; |
Chap, Mrs. Mary A. Dexter; Conductor,
Mrs. Lena E. Holden; Guard, Mrs Laura |
A. Hatch.
The members of F. P Fl. Rogers
Post, G. A. r., of Boston, were given an
agreeable surprise recently, when about
IL members of f. p. III. Rogers Re-
lief Corps called and presented the Post
with $3.50. The presentation speech
was made by the President of the Corps, |
Mrs. Egbert Draper. This gift makes
a total of $3.50 tur he'd over to the Post
by the Woman's Relief Corps duringl
the year.
Another mighty pretty thing that
Rogers Corps, Mrs. Lucy Carpenter,
President, did at Christmas time was to
prepare baskets of fruit, candy and nuts
TO be sent to shuttins. who are MEM
bers of the Corps ht the present time,
or who have been lin the past. Thirty
of these baskets were decorated with
ribbons, holly and an appropriate
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