The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-22
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v1fs;s irssSis In 1sii. ~What helps Mobile helps AabsuiA. wkn once renarked by The Advertiser; ana 1t piskses us to know mat the simple st&tsmsnt was much ccpisd, beeause it ts true.
 Now. as often bsfofss the women Of Mobile are hslpinE the whole ssasss by At the Arual Congrsss of the No tional socfsty of the Dsuehtsrs of ths American Rsvolutioa. which mests q Washington tomorrow. the Mobile Chapter D. A. R.. of which Mrs. J. .Dt 0eorge Tucker fs presidsnt. will De representsd by its life rsgent, Mrs. Richard H. Clarke. Mrs. Hhstt ooods, State vice regent. also attend to rep rsssnt Alabama division. and her old chapter. Mobile Daughters. To these popular and seaIous ladies'. the Mobile ch apter has entrusted it's pretty and apropos compliment to its National Sis terhood This fs . small. but very dainty ieaflst. In the red. white an< blue of the twinsd fags of France q c the Union. The dedication to .he Mother Order. nils the first page su-. sounding the shield of gsan P rt iste Ie Moyne di dBienvilis. who 'ndee the city in l7i1; his accura' Aot arms appearing on the . he'  when wet with rain, z sne to "a, foot and stds of the -.9.e lgct.zt statue of "The Ere 5ahrao tr fork townrs
 Tho nnal two saxss are give "a Mr. T. c. De L4or's poem "The Tli- ute" on the 6, g. p -ea. tr1l5t- vet =- ed by the n bjtad suta1r ' and put 1t 20 feIae. causil sch comment the Faur eye0t- the dedication of .tarnb esr'2 .e on June [. 1902.
 sfrhe Tribute Ina H14g sill thus become . far and va spread afl- |nouncement of ,daoils's 9 ,th year from her founding D gre<t Frenchman. and the later odsafp between the Trans and Cis.Atian.fc Republics. will be kept green l. every State of our broad Union. Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. Goode are known Co the delegates to place the thousand leaflets sent, with view of their going to every section. State and city. and of fraternization and mutual respect.
 When the French envoys came to Washington, headed by the descend ants Of Count Rochambeau and Lafay- cite. to present the magnificent statue and unveii t on June [. 1se1. in La fayette Square. as brief but brisk rain sweiisd the cords that held its onis yelling. the French and United states flags - X Countess de Rochambeau. the hero's granddaughtsr. was to pull the cords that ioosed the fiags. They would noi yield, until President Roosevelt sfG. nailed a Jackie to assist. Then tht French flag fioated of gracefully. and nestled at the very foot Of the figure The Stars and Stripes chung to the bronze shoulder, siid slowly down it's left side and enveicped the hand hold declared had won Yorktown and ths freedom of the states.
 Mr. T. c. DeIeon. of Mobile. the now blind author Of "Belles. Beaux and Brains of the 6o's." caught the poetry in the incident. He wrote the lines below. which were published in Wash |ington that same evening. entitled:
 The Tribute Of the Flags. Upon the shores of Memory. today,
 clasped and true:
 One. built on Old World Kingdoms far
 Seeking her sister. rooted in the New.
 An age ago. when struggling to be
 This infant sister 0rok. her cnaf,ns That bound her instinct of the great
 France aided her, with sympathy and sword. Z el sss4 =. 1nat age passsa sys Nov, children ot \ the man s4f s'>A, e.S sfs a-se \ Of mens who rendered .couHsel and S his atfz.E Es ztt4Rf.9s Sail to these shores. thatan the world may scan
 The Peace perfected out of time and strife.
 Fitting the hour: 1t the theme and f place.
 heart to heart.
 And patriot-glery. rust shall ne'er
 lIncarnate stands beneath the touch s of ArtL . The gathered great--the bands--the peace-b booned gum The echoing welcome of the earnest \ crowd: Above. the flag draped hero; to the s sun
 Raising the hand that points his E mission proud:
 Its index finger-chance aiding Arts
 intent
 Straight pointing to Mount Vernon'a
 sacred gloom.
 Where sieep the great First ,Rebsi:'
 as 1t meant
 To strew fresh giories Der his moss
 grown tomb.