The National tribune., 1909-04-22
DEPARTMENT OF MARYLAND.
National President and Other National
officers Attend w. Il. c. Convention.


Officers Attend w. II. G. Convention.
The Department Convention of Mary
land Woman's Relief Corps was one of
the best that Department has ever had,
and it has had many. 1t was held April
6, in Claggett's Hall. Baltimore, and
the attendance was very large. The
Department President, Mrs. Alviare
| Briscoe, and her charming daughter,
Miss Henrietta, with the efficient corps
of officers, and a lot of jolly Past De-
partment Presidents took good care of
all the guests, and they were numerous.
The center of attraction, of course,
was the National President, Mrs. Mary
L. Gilman. who arrived the evening be-
| fore the convention, and was the guest
of the Department President at her
beautiful home in Baltimore, where the
convention was held. Mrs. Isabel Wor-
rell Ball. second member of the Ma
tional Executive Board, was also the
guest of Mrs. Briscoe. Among other
| prominent guests were Mrs. Ida V.
Hendricks, Past National Senior Vice
President and Mrs. Mary A. Dow, Pres
ident of the Department of Potomac,
with several members of her staff, in
cluding Mrs. Julia Mason Layton, her
| Department Secretary, who is the ora
tor of the administration. Among the
lay members attending the convention
| from Washington were members OF
Lincoln, Burnside, Farragut and Phil
Sheridan Corps.
| The reading of the reports took up
most of the morning session, but space
was left just before lunch for some
speeches. The National President was
greeted with rounds of applause when
| she was presented. She spoke encour-
agingly to the convention, and compli-
mented them on their large delegations
and their orderly procedure. She urged
harmony and the exercise of fraternity
and charity in dealings with others. She
declared that without harmony no or
ganization could prosper.
Mrs. Ball was also received with
hearty enthusiasm. She spoke more
particularly OF the patriotic work of
the Relief Corps, and urged a keener
interest in 1t. She spoke of the good
work that was growing down in Vir-
ginia, where she had presented several
| Flags to school houses, and the interest
| that these events are rousing. She told
| of the interest taken in the Flag salute,
which was exemplified by the drill team
of the Isabel Worrell Ball Flag Associa-
| ton, which accompanied her, and said
she would yet place a Flag over every
school house in Virginia if her strength
| held out. Mrs. Ball stated that she
presented the Flags in memory of her
| father, Capt. James Purcell Worrell,
who was born in Virginia. Later both
the National President and Mrs. Ball
were asked to speak to the veterans who
visited the convention in company with
Col. Robert Sunstrom, the Department
Commander.
Department Commander Sunstrom
spoke with much feeling of the good
work he had been able to do with 5000
that the Department of Maryland had
given him. He said the Grand Army
could not live without the Relief Corps,
and especially eulogized Mrs. Briscoe.
When Mrs. Layton was presented to
| the convention she received an ovation.
lShe made splendid speech, as she al
ways does. Mrs. Layton combines the
picturesqueness of the Indian metaphor
| in her talk with the soft diapason of
| the negro tones. and she has wit like
| a rapier.
| Mrs. Mary A Dow also made a good
| impression in brief speech, in which
she spoke also of the necessity for har-
mony and the touch of shoulder in the
work of the order or it must fail.
Luncheon was served to over 200
| officers and guests by the ladies of the
convention, and the table did actually
groan with goodies. So did the guests
when they finished, but the tables had
quit.
One of the most delightful features
Of the day was the presentation to the
boys Of st. Mary's Industrial School. of
Baltimore, of a handsome silk Flag.
The band of the school. some so strong,
came into the hall and serenaded the
ladies. They were accompanied by
some of the good fathers of the school,
including Father Paul. The Flag was
presented by Mrs. Laura " Enoch, Pa
ing speech, and the Department
Chaplain of the Grand Army of
the Department of Maryland made a
beautiful talk to the boys. The Ma
tional President addressed the boys in
patriotic language, and Mrs. Ball was
invited to give toast to the Flag, both
ladies being roundly applauded.
Mrs. Briscoe was presented with nu-
merous presents, among them being a
handsome lace scarf from Mrs. Ida G.
Williams, former Patriotic Instructor,
who is now in Panama. She also re-
ceived handsome flowers from the Ia
dies of the Department of Potomac,
thru the Department President, Mrs.
Dow, who also presented flowers to the
National President. The Department
of Maryland presented the National
President with a sterling silver fruit
spoon Mrs. Siebold, on behalf of the
Department of Maryland, presented an
armful of flowers to Mrs. Ball, of Poto-
mac, In recognition of her patriotic
work.
In the evening Mrs. Briscoe, the re-
firing President, entertained a large
company at supper at her home to meet
the National President. Among the
guests were Mrs. Mary l.. Gilman, Mrs.
Robert Sunstrom, Mrs. Barbara Schill-
ing and her sister and Mrs. Isabel Wor-
rell Ball.
The officers elected were: President
Mrs. Robert Sunstrom; S. ". p, Mrs
Ida Schilling; Chaplain, Mrs. Mary
Frye; Treasurer, Miss Henrietta Bris-
coe, serving her fifth term; Executive
Board, Mrs. Ida B. Hooper, Sara Hoop
er, Lucy Oglesby, Sara Askins, Sara
Williams. The officers appointed were
as follows: Secretary, Mrs. Laura "
Enoch; Patriotic Instructor, Mrs. Mar
tina Miller; Press Correspondent. Miss
Annie Leasure; Councillor, Mrs. Alviare
Briscoe; Chief of Staff, Mrs. Wilhelmina
Treff; I. and l. Officer. Mrs. Annie Alex
ander; Inspector, Mrs. Mary Brandau.
The officers were installed by the
National President, Mrs. Isabel Worrell
Ball assisting as Installing Conductor.
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