Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-03
FLAGS AND FLOWERS
District Daughters of the
American Rev0Iut' Il Meet.
CHAPTERS GIVE COLORS
Mrs. Ball Brings Greetings From
Woman's Relief Corps.
MRS. MCLEAN GIVEN OVATION
Speaks Eloquently of Power of Or
ganization to Mold Public
Sentiment.


triotic instructor of the D. y. r. for the
District.
One OF the strikingly patriotic features
OF the evening was the presentation by
each chapter of the District of large
SILK flag. handsomely mounted, to the
District organization. The flags had each
long streamers of blue. edged with white.
the colors of the d. A r., and stamped
upon these streamers in silver was the
name or the chapter presenting the col
ors. AS each chapter was called the re-
gent stepped to the front and placed her
nag In half wheel-like standard de-
signed for the purpose, so that when the
twenty-five chapters represented there
MAD responded wall of flags extended
half way across the spacious audience
chamber The advance of each flag was
cheered
Gavel With History.
After this inspiring scene Mrs. Frank
Wolff, vice regent of the Lucy Holcomb
Chapter, and Mrs. William Van SAINT
Cox, regent of Our Flag Chapter, in turn
speaking for their chapters, with both of
which Mrs. Hodgkins had been connect
ed, presented to her personally a hand
some black walnut gavel, a replica of the
famous George Washington Masonic
saVel, with which so many corner stones
nave been laid. 1t is of century old wal
nut and is made from a section of the
balustrade of the White House. the main
stairway down which have passed all the
PRESIDENTS of the United States since
John Adams. and which was removed
only liVe years ago. 1t bears a large sill
yer plate, handsomely engraved with the
presentation inscription.
The arrival of the president general.
Mrs. Donald Mclean. was greeted with
prolonged applause, and when she was
presented with a handsome silk Old
Glory by the District regent. Mrs. Hodg-
k1ns, the enthusiasm broke out afresh.
Another feature of the evening was the
presentation of the greetings of the ma
tlonal president Of the Womans Relief
corps, Mrs. Mary l.. Gilman Of Boston.
by Mrs Isabel Worrell Ball. member of
the national executive board of that body
Reports Submitted.
Mrs. Mussey on taking the gavel con-
graduated the D. A. r. on the r-ogress
1t has made in patriotic work in the past
year. Patriotism. she said, consisted as
much in making good citizens as In saw
ing the nation from bad ones So she
said. the Daughters had taken up some
OF these serious problems, and she was
happy to say that they are working them
out beautifully MRS. Mussey then pre-
sented Mrs. Thomas H. Johnson, regent
of Louisa Adams Chapter of the District
who gave a comprehensive report on child
labor. To Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey
was given great credit for the work in be-
half of the child labor bill passed by Con-
gress. On this subject an instructive talk
was given by Dr. Harris of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor. He was
followed by B. F. Murch, director of the
night schools of the District, who pre-
scented statistics showing the good work
being accomplished by the night schools,
and the necessity for getting larger an
preparations from Congress-
Mrs L. H. Mattingly, chairman of the
committee on Fairgrounds for the d. A.
r. reported on the work accomplished by
her committee. She said that when she
began a year ago she was appalled, to
find that not a playground in the District
was provided with flag. Her first work
was to supply these. BY Flag day the
had provided flags for seven of the munic-
ipal Fairgrounds. and these were pre-
sented with patriotic exercises on that
day. much to the delight of thousands of
children.
This announcement was heartily APP
plauded.
She reported that only two of the play
grounds are now without flags, and the
d. A. r. hopes to supply that want by
next Flag day.
Miss Elizabeth F. Pierce presented A
comprehensive report on the work OF the
Juvenile Court, which is another pet prof.
ect of the Daughters past treasurer
general, Mrs. Grace Darwin, being one of
the probation officers
DR.. Rebecca StonerOad, who is in charge
of physical culture in the public schools
of the District. spoke entertainingy of
that branch Of the work as applied to the
Fairgrounds of the District. and expressed
the belief that these breathing spots
should be more numerous.
Work for the Children.
Mrs Morgan D. Lewis. regent of Con-
stitution Chapter, who is deeply interest
ed in the Children of the Republic and
who is chairman of the committee for the
District d. A. R.. spoke Of the splendid
training for good citizenship that young
children, get In this organization, and
then asked Mrs. George T. SmallwOod,
state vice regent, to speak more at length
on the subject.
Mrs. Smallwood was heartily greeted as
she came upon the platform and almost
every sentence of her stirring appeal for
this particular branch of the work was
applauded She spoke particularly of the
Christopher Columbus Club in this city.
comprised almost entirely of Italians, the
oldest being nine and the youngest six.
She read extracts from essays by these
youngsters, which brought laughter and
tears together from her interested hear
erS
Mrs. Mussey, in presenting Mrs. Isabel
Worrell Ball. the representative of the
largest patriotic body of women in the
world, said amid applause that Mrs.
Balls patriotic work spoke for itself, and
that her pen was ever ready to help
al that made for good citizenship.
Greeting From w. r. C.
Mrs. Ball announced that she felt hon
ored to be permitted to speak to a body
of wemen doing such splendid patriotic
work, and felt yet more deeply honored
to be able to present to them the greet
ings of 16S 900 members of the Woman's
Relief Corps, as the representative of the
national president of that body, Mrs.
Mary L. Gilman.
Mrs Ball said that she desired to
present to the president general. Mrs.
Mclean. and the District Daughters her
thanks for the loyal support the Daugh-
tiers had given her at the time of the
Clinton obseuuies and to convey to them
the thanks of Gen. Bell. U.S.A.. whose
representative she was, for the inspiring
presentation of flags and flowers on
that day Mrs. Ball referred to the
close relation of the patriotic work of the
bodies of women representing two great
wars, and to the massinS of the colorS
so dear to all. She then rected Your
Flag and My Flag" amid prolonged APP
plause.
The president general asked Mrs. Mussey
to respond. and carry back the greetings
and the love of the ID. A. r. 10 the ma
tional president of the Woman's Relief