Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-21

ing this place. And it is the hope of
your chaplain general that not alone In
the hour of PRAYER. but i'm every hour
of every day of this congress. and in all
the days of our lives we may have a
/. spirit of prayer i'm our hearts. for where
there is spirit OF prayer there cannot De
an unkfnd word. an unkind act. or AN
unkind thought. For the spirit of prayer
IS the spirit of love. and you know what
St Paul says of love in his immortal
thirteenth of Corinthians: Love snf-
| fers long and is kind: love envieth not
| love >aunteth not itself. behaveth not it.
self unseemly: is not puffed up: seeketh
not its own: is 1ot easily provoked: think
eth no evil
THAT this love may dominate our
| hearts and iNumine and slorify our lives
| is the hope and the prayer o. your chap
| lain general
Recording Secretary Generals Re-
port.
Miss Elizabet F. Pierce. recording sec
rotary general. in presenting report
which showed that the affairs of the ma
tiOnal society within her jurisdiction are
! in a f1ourishing condition. spoke of the
society's participation i'm the jamestown
exposition. which. she declared. shed lus-
ter upon the organization and gave IL
recognition anew as working factor VI
the government. She said. in part:
Success is ours. if we. as body. feel
the sanction of the spirit of our ancestors.
who, felt assured that their cause was
just. Eligibility TO membership is that or
inheritance Our country. in this day OF
Internal iOnal patriotism inheritS COM
plicated responsibilities unknown to the
revolutionary period. If our society is 10
serve its generation as our reVoiutloiiarH
ancestors served theirs. We must work for
! a modern ideal of liberty. for a truly
sweet land of liberty.
ponorf IN rorrosnoodenco
In the beginning of her report. which
| followed that >of Mrs. Pierce Mrs. John
Paul Ernest. corresponding secretary gen
era!. declared that the correspondence of
the Headquarters Office had been dis
pat ched promptly. She also made a Sc
we're comment on the mail service. in eX-
PLANTATION of correspondence to headduar-
tiers. which was never answered. In that
connection she said:
I'm case letter mailed To my ONCE
has had reply l assure YOU il is be-
cause it has never reached me. The mail
service at times has been very much
at fault. especially in this city. where
it has been so poor as to excite severe
comment i'll tine pun,ic press.
Her report also presented a record OF
supplies sent cut from the office from
April l. 1887. to April L. l"ts. as follows:
application blanks. :;n.Ti: supple
mental blanks 2G1S: constitutions. 4.:'54
circular How to Become a Member 2.Sfo;
miniature blanks LII: circular for same.
1o1I: transfer cards 1.:U': letters re-
ceved. LIP: Letters written. LIS July
10 1891. proposed amendments TO TN"
n S -. \. X. constitution were ma!leu
to national officers. state regents anu
chapter regents. and February 20. l@S.
proposed amendments to the bylaws were
sent out.
Registrar Generals Exhibit.
Mrs Amos G. Draper. registrar general
in her report stated that 80 new MEM
bers have been admitted to the society
since the beginning of the year. nine OF
whom are real Daughters. She also re-
ported the death OF 500 members. two
of whom were pensioners. The speaker
stated that when she became registrar
general she found an accumulation OF
papers of five and seven years. which,
have all been examined. and either Veri-
fed or returned She also stated that
her predecessor had started an ancestors
catalogue of great assistance in Ter Of
flee. and another one. started many years
before. was i'll the office of the vice p"esi-
dent general. These two have been con-
soidated. and system of comparison
has been inaugurated. With the consent
and cooperation of the recording secre-
tary general. a new system has been
adopted in regard to the notification of
new members. In former years this noti-
ficatiOn took place within ten days or
two weeks after the board meeting. but
under the present system not only the
card announcing to each individual MEM
Der of the 7A who were admitted Sat
urday morning. was sent on its way by
= O'clock Saturday evening. but each
chapter registrar was notified of the
names and national numbers OF the pros
| pective members of her chapter who
were to be admitted to full membership
| at that time. and also that the cards
giving the full name and address of each
! individual were ready to De inserted into
the catalogue of numbers.
! Treasurer Generals Report.
! Mrs Mabel G. Swormstedt the treasur-
CT general. submitted her. report OF the
satisfactory condition of the monetary at
| fairs of the society. Her exhibit was
greeted by applause.
An interesting feature of the morning
session was the announcement by the
president general of the committees on
the recommendation of national officers
as follow: Mrs. Alexander Patton, Penn
| sylvania: Mrs. Robert Park, Georgia
! Mrs. Chamberlain. Tennessee: Mrs. f.. S.
! Mussey. District of Columbia: Mrs. Egg
| bert Jones. mississippi; Mrs. H. G. Mum
ger. New York: Miss l.athrop. New York
| city; Mrs. William Stevens. Michigan.
and Mrs Sinclair Smith Chicago
The morning session was closed about
1870 O'Clock. Following the recess the
report of the auditing committee. Mrs.