Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-07
ADDRESS ON RED CROSS WORK
MISS BoARDMAN BEFORE COUN-
GIL OF COLONIAL DANES
Committees Submit Reports-Par.
ticulars Of Memorial Exercises at
Jamestown Exposition.

Miss Mabel Boardman Of the Red Cross
Society in Washington. spoke Of the work
Of her society in an address this morning
before the Colonial Danes biennial coun-
Gil.
Miss Boardman spoke OF the origin Of
the Red Cross and its spread throughout
the civilized world, and Of the necessity
Of the societies being the official relief
societies Of their respective governments.
She laid great stress on the need Of ex-
perience, system and organization In such
work. She told of the failure of the
United States and Great Britain to pre-
vent thousands Of deaths from prevent
able diseases during the Spanish-Ameri
can and British-Boer wars. and drew a
sharp contrast by illustrating the effective
work done by the Red Cross in the Rus
sian-Japanese campaign in Manchuria.
Reference was then made to calamity
relief work and the need for the CEN
tralization at such times of all relief
work under an experienced and organ
lied head. Mention was made Of the
grant from the Sage founde ton of 5000
emergency relief plans. and upon the pro-
priety of obtaining from the charity or
carnations expert workers for relief.
She told Of the ready co-operati ton of the
Department. at San Francisco following
The earthquake.
A Anal appeal was made for the cooper
alton of all patriotic societies in the main
Cross society equal in efficiency to any
other in the world.
Reading of Reports.
The second day of the council was de-
voted to the reading of the reports of
standing and temporary committees ap-
pointed for the purpose of carrying on
the work of the society. TIE report OF
greatest interest to the delegates was that
of the committee on the publication Of
Pitts letters Mrs. Sioussat of the Mary
land society, has been engaged for two
years in collecting the letters of William
Pitt. Lord Chatham, and has succeeded
In publishing a volume containing all the
available correspondence Of William Pitt
in reference to the American colonies. She
reported that the royalties received by
the society from the sale Of the book
amount to 500. Her committee is now
undertaking to compile the life and let
ters Of Richard Lee.
From other Committees.
Other committees scheduled to report
today were:
Standing committees-On revising min
utes and codifying acts appointed 1909.
chairman, the secretary; on printing zap
pointed 1905, chairman, Mrs. Dexter
Connecticut: on memorials necrology).
chairman, Mrs. Goddard. Colorado; on
relics loaned the National Museum. cur
ator, Mrs. Benjamin. Massachusetts,: on
historic research, chairman, Mrs. Sious-
sat. Maryland: on reciprocity bureau.
chairman, Mrs. Miller Delaware: on pres
ervation of ancient paintings and other
relics, chairman. Mrs. Hill. South Caro-
lima; on auditing treasurer's report.
Temporary committees-On the memo
rial at jamestown. chairman. Mrs Wen.
dell. Massachusetts, on scholarship In
the George Washington University. chair
colonial exhibit at the jamestown EXPOSE
ton, chairman. Mrs. Page. Virginia: on
Colonial Danes day at the jamestown
exposition. chairman, Mrs. Lea. Tonnes
see. >.
Memorial at Jamestown.
The committee on the memorial at
jamestown. through the chairman Mrs.
Wendell Of Massachusetts, reported on
the events OF the presentation of the So
ciety's building at the jamestown ex-
hibition The society building represented
building of the colonial period. and was
filled with colonial feiics. This building
was one of the principal works of the So
ciety In the past two years. Speaking OF
1t yesterday. the president of the society.
Mrs William Rufin Cox. said:
town. June ). emphasized the causes OF