The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-02-19
WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS
WANTS FLAG RESPECTED
Congress Asked to Pass Law to Pre-
vent Dissertation of Old Glory.
(Robert M. McWade. }

(Robert M. McWade.)
!. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Mrs.
Isabel Worrell Ball, national chair
man on Prevention of the Dissertation
OF the American Flag, and promin-
ent and earnest member of the ma
tional executive board of the Won
ans Relief Corps. has presented to
the house committee on judiciary a
number of the many disgraceful uses
to which the flag is put, and cited the
laws of different foreign nations PRO-
tecting their respective national
flags from such dissertation. This
movement, in which Mrs. Ball takes
an energetic and aggressive part. Is
backed up by the members of the
Woman's Relief Corps all over the
country, as well as by the Grand
Army itself, and commends itself to
patriotic men and women everywhere
as worthy of their enthusiastic and
united support. A glance at some OF
the following use to which Mrs.
Ball directs the attention of congress
will convey to the readers Of the
Woman's National Daily an idea Of
the imperative necessity of the flag
and protect it, as well as the shield
and coat Of arms of the United States
from being used for commercial pur-
poses:
Printing the flag on the back of
trolley transfer tickets to advertise
brewing companies and placing
upon the white stripes the words,
Stands for the best beer"
Printing the flag on paper and
pasting upon casks of beer and ale
and bottles Of whisky and other
liquors.
Printing the flag on thin paper,
and using for wrapping OF lemons,
fruits, oranges, small cheeses, hams,
spools of thread, soap, chewing gum,
fireworks, cigars etc.
Attaching to the flag advertise
ments, or writing on the white
stripes of the flag advertisements,
some Of which are of bicycles, books,
beer, whisky, fine cambria, bone
knoll, sour mash, tar soap, American
pepsin chewing gum, theaters, cigars,
charity balls, cuff buttons, dime
museums, door mats, fireworks, fur
riers, living pictures, picnic grounds,
patent medicines, pool rooms, prize
fights, restaurants, roof gardens, real
estate agencies, sample rooms, shoe
stores, soapmakers, saloons, shooting
galleries, tentmakers, variety shows
vendors of lemon acid, and for avn
ings, and host of others.
Writing or printing commercial adj
vertisements upon the white stripes
of the flag.
Attaching to the flag advertise
ments.
Attaching to the flag political
tickets.
Printing the flag on confectionery
boxes, boxes of chewing gum, trolley
car transfer tickets, pillow covers,
door mats, paper napkins, handker-
chiefs, plotting pads, water-closet pa
per, etc..
Printing the flag upon the sides of
wagons with advertisements of bust
ness.
Printing upon and burning pictures
Of the flag into porcelain or crockery,
water closets and urinals.
Using the flag for clouts of prize
lighters and of contestants in foot
aces and bicycle races.
Making clothing of the flag for
clowns, representations of Uncle Sam
ind of Columbia.
The flag has been used for sacks
o contain coal and other merchan-
lise.
The flag has been stripped from
he staff and torn in shreds and
tamped upon by anarchists and
'thers in excitement and in anger.