Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-23

of the four handsome jeweled badges of
| Founder" Of the d. A. r.. said that she
fore she died. and moved that the con-
gress give the authority to bond the
| building. This was carried with en-
thusiasm. Further action was not taken
| said that having gained so much 1t was
well to stop and think a little about the
| next step.
Reports by States.
The reporting of contributions to the
to be halted for the clock exercises that
far turned in are as follows:
Arizona. SO; Alabama. 1855: Arkan-
sas. $50: Colorado. SIS: Connecticut.
$1,000 Delaware. $50: District Of Column
| ba. $S92. 60; Pennsylvania, $1,O35.25: H.
| linois. $2.050; Florida. $40: Georgia.
$1s1.75: Idaho. SIS; Tennessee. $535: Iowa.
Maryland. $445; Maine. $3.50: North Caro-
lima, N.311.19; Missouri. 1902: Massachu-
sets. &. &35; New Hampshire. 1851: New
York. 81 geo (only a small part of this
state has r SIs OHIO o
| $S1125: West Virginia. 500: Kentucky
$156S5: Wisconsin. $40: Virginia. $21O
Louisiana. SOL: Montana. $: Utah. SO;
Rhode Island. $50: Wyoming. SO.
"Grandfather's Clock" Presented.
The presentation of the great grand
fathers clock ~by the Berks County
Chapter. D. A. R.. of Pennsylvania. as
| fully outlined in The Star took place late
| in the afternoon. with one of the largest
audiences in attendance during the ses-
| sion. The Marine Band lent color and at
traction to the program. and Representa-
tive Marlin f. Olmstead of Pennsylvania
| paid high tribute to the Daughters.
Pennsylvania" he said, ''has more
| houses and more churches than any other
state. Pennsylvania contributes annually
more to charities and more to public
schools, while imposing upon her people
lighter burdens of taxation. than any
other commonwealth. And where shall
be found more splendid manhood or more
glorious womanhood? The best blood of
all the best peoples the world has ever
To the Daughters he also paid high
tribute.
1.-The Sons" he said, "were organized to
commemorate the deeds of the men and
women of revolutionary days. In direct
opposition to them. the Daughters were
organized. as we are told by Miss Eu-
genie Washington in her most interesting
paper. to perpetuate the memory and
spirit of the women and men OF the revo-
lutionary period The only radical diff
men come first, while in the other the
men come after the women. Either way
you put it the object Of the society Is
| most noble and worthy one.
when we cease to honor the memory
of those who achieved for us the BIRTH
right of freedom we shall deserve to lose
it's blessings. Any organization which
tends to keep alive the spirit OF IS rem
ders an important service to the nation.
Mrs. de Bonneville Randolph Keim. re-
gent of the Berks County Chapter. an hon.
orary vice president general. made the
presentation address. in which she dwelt
upon the part Pennsylvania had played
in the revolution and praised the patriot
ism of her sons and daughters of today.
Address by Mrs. Keim.
Mrs. Keim said in part:
1.-THE installation of this beautiful me-
mortal of events and participants Of the
war Of American independence is q
| longed-for contamination of the efforts OF
| our society when Mrs. Caroline Scott Har-
rison. wife of the twenty-third President
| of the United States, our first president
general suggested the project
| She told Of the distinctive relation Of
the people Of erks county. Pa. to the
war of American contention with the
crown Of Great Britain and added:
Although not allied by ties OF nation
atty nor assimilation Of thought or habit
with the English Puritans OF Massachu-
setts they were. the first to rally to their
support by public declaration of hostility
to the king and parliament in the spring
| of 1774 by denouncing and resenting the
Boston port bill.
First Company In the Field.
''When, in June, 1875 two months after
Lexington, the Continental Congress
passed q resolution making requisition
70. twelve companies Of expert rihemen
= ;oin Of Of the eight
quota of Pennsylvania. Berks furnished
her first company in the field under George
Nagle, a German. consisting OF seventy
six officers and men. surgeon and drum
mer. In three weeks after called the
Berks company on the march crossed
the Hudson at New Windsor. near West
Point, and reported at headquarters at
Cambridge July 13. ITS. about one fort
night after Washington took command.
According to q contemporary writer, the
company created sensation In camp
the men being stout and hardy, many
over six feet. dressed In white rife
| shirts, round hats. and were remarkable
for striking a mark with great certainty
at 200 yards. It is recorded each man
carried a rife and tomahawk. a long
blade called a 'scalping knife On Au-
gust p they were In action, and mention
Is made of their efficiency as sharpshoot-
his majesty's officers.
3 X0mS 0pIS00 xSVOA0 IA0 " OAAOs
THE present continental. congress-,
Mrs. Keim concluded, lis the 1880 ami
versary Of the hashlight of liberty sent
forth from the belfry Of old South In
warning to Lexington and which ignited
the flames that spread round the world.
.'It - peculiarly appropriate that Penn
sylyania chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution should choose a
clock as the lasting memorial Of It's par
ticipation in the equipment of this temple
of liberty.
1T recalls the July day Of 1713 when the
bell over the state house at Philadelphia
rang the glad tidings Of the Declaration
of independence. and the OCTOBER MD
night of 1881, when its notes were again
| heard as the Waterman on his ROUNDS
startled the slumbering inhabitants with
| shouts. TITS twelve Of the clock Corn
wallis is taken. All Is we'll!
Mrs. McLean's Response.
Mrs Mclean responded in happy vein
complimenting the Pennsylvania Daugh-
tiers on their spirit as shown by their
gift. The clock is especially handsome
and is valued at $500. 1t will be placed
temporarily in the Corcoran Art Gallery
for exhibition.
| , Senator Penrose, who was to have
spoken, was unable to be present. Mrs
Alexander Ennis Patton. vice president
| general for Pennsylvania. presided at the
ceremonies. The state regent, Mrs. Aklen
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