The National tribune., 1909-07-22
THE woMAN's RELIEF CORPS.
What Is Being Done I'm the VariOus De-
partments - Massachusetts Prosper
ing-Julia Mccarthy Patriotic In

M NAT ISelng DOtc tlC N0TsOus DC.
partments - Massachusetts Prosper
ing-Julia Mccarthy Patriotic In
structOr.
Woman's Relief Corps. of which Mrs.
Elizabeth P. Sawyer is President and
Mary f Elliot Secretary. is making
grand preparations for the trip to Salt
Lake City Headquarters of Massa-
chusetts Will be at the Kenyon. Room
| 35. where the ladies of the Department
will be at home after / o'clock on Nom
day, Aug. 9. Everybody is cordially
invited to visit them. The Department
President and staff, assisted by Past
Department Presidents and Delegates
| in attendance at the convention, VIII
hold a reception at their headquarters
parlor on Wednesday evening from 1:3o
to $3.50 o'clock. The Department OF
Massachusetts feels that il Will be spe-
cially honored this year. as the presid-
ing officer of the 29th National Con-
vention will be their well-beloyed menu
ber, Mrs. Mary L. Gilman, National
President.
Massachusetts gave $24S TO the
Southern Memorial Fund, and has do
mated $71 to the Soldiers Home of
Massachusetts.
At the last Department Convention
of Massachusetts it was voted TO give
a testimonial of some kind TO Mrs.
Sarah E. Fuller, who for some 20 OF 80
Years has been Treasurer of the De-
partment of Massachusetts; who is a
Past National President and Il member
of the National Executive Board or
the Woman's Relief Corps. Mrs. Full
| ler's whole life since the closing of the
war has been devoted to literary and
patriotic work. While in Washing
ton trying to secure the passage of the
Army Nurses bill many years ago, she
lpcf har l,narinV and iS
totally deaf. Her sweet, Christian char
acter, her devoted loyalty, her enthu-
lsiastic patriotism have endeared her to
every person who ever came within the
radius of her acquaintance. She IS to-
iday one of the best-loved women in the
whole National organization, and her
friends everywhere will be delighted to
know that nearly $400 was given as a
testimonial of the love of her own De-
partment.
| Mrs. Fuller Grateful.
In accepting the present Mrs. Fuller
said: II deeply appreciate the efforts
of the committee which had the mat
ter in charge that resulted in such q
happy social gathering of my associate
icoworkers and friends. I am also in
debted to the members OF my own dear
Corps. No 3. of East Boston. for their
hearty cooperation and assistance.
such an expression of fraternal love and
good will was well worth the work of a
lifetime in the interests of the Union
veterans.
Dear ones all, accept my loving,
grateful thanks for this added ray OF
Sunshine. as / retire from official work.
| in the grand old Mother Department
of our loved Order Mrs. Fuller has
resigned the office of Treasurer of her
Department and all official duties.
The Department OF Massachusetts has
also given 5000 to the Trustees OF the
Soldiers Home in Massachusetts for
the endowment of four beds in the new
hospital connected with the Soldiers
Home, to be named in memory of Past
National President Mrs. Turner, Liza
beth A. Turner beds"
/ The Department of Massachusetts is
mourning the death of Mrs. Anna Nj.
IWharne, who was Department Presi-
dent in 1904 when the National En-
lcampment met in Boston. Every wo-
man who participated in the festivities
of that splendid week will remember
the gracious hospitality of the ladies of
Boston and the exquisite courtesy of
Mrs. Wharne, who did everything in her
lpower to make the hours pleasant ones
for the guests of the Department of
Massachusetts.
In Kansas.
Mrs. julia Mccarthy Wood, who has
been recently appointed Department
Patriotic Instructor of Kansas, has Is
sued a very pretty circular letter to her
Department. Mrs. Mccarthy says in
her letter that she is proud of the honor
conferred by her appointment, and as
sumes the duties, trusting that she
may have the hearty cooperation of
the Corps Patriotic Instructors, and
says very truthfully that without their
h. 10 k1 lt-1af
Ms. Mccarthy realizes, as so many
Of US do. that when an officer is ap-
Ipointed the Corps or the Department
IOfficcrs get IL into their heads that the
jofficer is the whole thing. and that she
may do 1t all by herself when, as a
matter of fact, no officer will be able to
lido good work unless she can bring
around her the willing, enthusiastic as
sstance of every member of her De-
apartment Mrs. Mccarthy is very
,energetic little woman, much loved. and
will undoubtedly be able to achieve
much along the lines she has laid down.
She recommends that Corps Patriotic
Instructors urge upon County Superin-
! ltendents of Schools the observance Of
all Flag Days and that patriotic litera-
iture be placed in all the country schools
land that they request the teachers TO
daily remind the pupils 10 show rever-
ence to the defenders of our country
tHc Il boSs ahU ~ nave iuc II ldk 3D.
lutte made part Of the opening exer-
Icises. She also recommends that Corps
patriotic Instructors request Superin-
ltendents of city schools to appoint a
Flag Committee. whose duty it will be
to see that the Flag floats on every
Ischool house in the city every day in
the school year and on patriotic days
In closing her circular letter Mrs. Nc
Carthy says of that banner of the
lSouthern Confederacy, flag that loyal
people believe should never be permit
ted to see daylight:
"Furl that banner. furl it sadly,
lOnce ten thousand hailed it gladly
And ten thousand wildly, madly,
Swore 1t should forever wave
Swore that foeman sword could never
Hearts like theirs entwined disseyer,
And that flag should wave forever
IO'er their freedom or their gravel"
The Press at Salt Lake City.
The American Woman's Press Asso-
Iciation will meet Monday, Aug. 8, 1909,
lat 3 O'Clock in the afternoon, in w. X.
&c. Headquarters, Hotel Kenyon, and
Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 3 o'clock in the
iafternoon. in Hall No. 8, Federation of
Labor Building, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The officers of the American Wo-
mans Press Association are:
President. Mrs. Mary NJ. North, Snow
Hill. Nd; Vice President, Mrs Marga-
ret G. Wright, Los Angeles. Cal; Core
sponding Secretary. Mrs. Florence Earl