Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-29
STATE DAUGHTERS OF 1912
Nebraska Society is Formed with Mrs.
H. E. Gates President.
TWELVE CHARTER MEMBERS
Two, Mrs. Elizabeth stearns and Mrs.
Caroline MsuEer Peters, Are
Daughters OF veterans in
THAT War.

4 social function OF more than oIuhaIy
interest was held Monday morning at the
Rome hotsl. in the organization Of the Ne
braska Society Of the United States
Daughters OF 1872. the first organization OF
a state society under the auspices OF the
national society of this order. and Of
which Mrs. Herbert Ellsworth Gates is
the state president.
The charter members of the state So
cIety are Mrs. Herbert +. Gates. Mrs.
Elizabeth Stearns, Mrs. +. G. Stimson,
Mrs. Charles oliver Norton, Mrs. j. ].
Btubbs, Mrs. Caroline Mauger Peters, Miss
Agnes Tabor. Miss Isabel Tabor. Mrs. A..
X. Gault, Mrs. John f. Flack. Mrs. Will
liam Archibald smith and Miss Alice b.
Mills.
The organization was effected by the
election Of Mrs. Herbert Il Gates as presi-
dent; Mrs. Charles Oliver Norton, first
vice president; Mrs. William Archibald
Smith, recording secretary; Mrs. f. c.
StlmSon, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
John +. Flack. treasurer; Miss Agnes
Tabor, historian: Mrs. Elizabeth Stearns.
chaplain; Miss Alice Mills. registrar; board
of directors, Mrs. j. J. Stubs. Mrs. A. X.
Gault and Mrs. c. NJ. Peters.
Two Real Daughters.
Two Of those constituting the charter
membership were real Dduknl6TS OI Ile
war OF 1914 They are Mrs. Elizabeth
stearns, daughter Of Assistant Surgeon
Cook OF that period. and Mrs. Caroline
Mauger Peters. daughter of Frederick
Mauger, a member of the Pennsylvania
volunteers, who. with James Buchanan,
afterwards president of the United States,
a member OF the same company. was pres
ent at the battle Of Fort McHenry, Md,
near Baltimore, in which engagement
Francis Scott Key received the inspiration
for writing 1.-THE star S~pangled Banner"
The other ten charter members were
R-randdaughters and Observation-Disclosures
of the War of 1912.
The constitution and bylaws of the Ne
braska society we're read and accepted and
the new organization was formally launched
with the officers named. Following the
organization Mrs. Herbert z. Gates formally
presented the society with a handsome
ebony Eavel. around which was a silver
band with the inscription: National Society
of the United States Daughters of 1872 Of
the state Of Nebraska. Presented by Nellie
Collins Gates, President"
Vote of Thanks to Mrs. Gates.
On motion of Mrs. Stearns. a vote OF
thanks was extended to Mrs. Gates for the
presentation of the gavel, as we'll as of
the seal OF the Nebraska organization,
which was made TO Mrs. Gates order. by
the 1ewelry firm Of j. e.. Caldwell 81 Co.
of Philadelphia.
The seal represents a vessel OF the old
time at sea Of a hundred years ago and
suggests the Right of Search one of
the main causes Of the War of 1872. Sur
rounding this are thirty-seven stars, in
of Nebraska being the
thirty-seventh state admitted to the Ameri-
can Union. The motto of the society, Fra
ternitv,'' is on the face of the seal and
surrounding the whole is the inscription
National Society of United States Daugh-
tiers of 1912, State Of Nebraska"
Mrs. Gates also presented the society. with
a complete set of books inscribed with the
name Of the society in gilt on the outer
binding.
Luncheon II Served.
At 1890 luncheon was served in the ladies
dining room. Invited guests to the number
OF fifty were present with Mrs. Gates as
hostess.
The decorations were white carnations,
the official flower of the society. and ferns
The napkins were arranged in the form
OF boats, suggestive of the occasion. The
twelve charter members were seated al
the east end OF the dining room. specia
cards bearing the insignia of the society
with the five pointed star of Faith. resting
on a golden anchor Of Hope. the whole
laid on a background OF blue.
Those present "a guests Of the society anC
Mrs. Gates were;