Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-18


ton which was rescued from the British
by Dolly Madison.
Speech of Acceptance.
President Taft accepted the gift and
made humorous reference to the fact that
the chair probably never would be called
upon to give ease I'D chief executive OF
more substantial proportions than it will
during the present administration. He
promised that the chair should be placed
IN the same room as the Washington pic
ture. He said:
Madam: In accepting this chair for the
White House. l can only say that we
cannot exactly put it under the painting
of Washington rescued by Dolly Mad
fson, for to put it under there would
sub ject it to incineration- But l can say
that we will put it in the room where
that painting is hung, and where it will
doubtless be seen by many admirlng
American citizens.
With respect to your presentation |
am glau to see that the chair has arms of
a generous character and I felicitate you
that it has happened in your presenta-
ton to the White House that you had
to subject 1t to the test of President
than whom you are not likely TO find
weightier one. physically.
Seriously speaking. my dear madam. I
shall accept and put it in the White
House and see thar during my term OF
office it is carefully preserved, and that
ii is shown to those, of whom there will
be very many, who have an intense in
terest in all that You have spoken of. L
am glad to add to the collection in the
White House this record of the evidence
of the bravery of our ancestors In the
revolution.
The orchestra played The Star Span
sled Banner as President Taft left the
hall. and the delegates arose and re-
manned standing until he had left the
platform.
Immediately following President Taft's
address Mrs. Herbert Gray Ashbrook was
introduced and she sang the patriotic air
"Ohio" as a soprano solo.
President Generals Address.
The opening address of Mrs Matthew
T. Scott the president general. was one
of the features of the initial session of
the convention.
Mrs. Scott welcomed the Daughters to
the convention and to their magnificent
newly finished home i'm Washington. She
referred in a coneratulatory way to the
gain of 6,61J in the membership of the
organization since it's last meeting and
spoke of the d. A. r. as an aggregation
of equals. She voiced great appreciation
of the increasing powers of cohesion in
the organization
Speaking particularly about the trials
which have beset the D. A. II. during the
past year. Mrs Scott said:
''In spite of barbed wittcisms and ig-
norant ridicule We have gone on from
strength to strength until today we stand
serene in the consciousness of our power
and in our splendid sense of mastery
over the elements of weakness within
ourselves But unfortunately. in a world
like ours, some such condition of affairs
is inevitable: an interesting analogy is to
be found within our own physical organ
ism.
NO living creature, whether man or
beast, can hope to keep wholly free from
the incursions of pernicious microbes But
unpleasant as is this recent discovery of
medical science, we may at least take
some comfort from the fact that as long
as We enjoy reasonable degree of health
and strength, by that same token we
know that we are keerfng the upper hand
of them, or. rather. that the benefcent
microbes are maintaing a satisfac Glory
controlling majority within our body
structure.
But whether it be in the bodies of
individual creatures or in organizations
like our own, or in nations the perma-
nent preponderance within the organism
Of the predatory and self-seeking over the
beneficent forms of cell life means in
evitably disease degeneration and death.
No Cause for Discouragement.
Ladies' the facts furnish us with Mo
cause for disbursement. On he contrary,
they merely reveal to us one of the con-
ditions of life in this country which must
be frankly recognized in order to be sue
cessfuliy met. From time to time I hear
Daughters who are discouraged because,