Evening journal., 1910-01-04
FLAGS FOR THE
U.S.S. DELAWARE
D.A.R. Exhibits in Historical
Society Building Its Gifts
to BattIeShip

The flags to be presented by the Della
ware d. A. r. to the battleship Della
ware. were unpacked by representative
of Horstmann and Company before an
interested group OF Daughters in the Del
aware Historical Society building at 10
o'clock this morning.
Examination of the flags followed con-
stituting delightful social session Of the
Daughters. Governor Pennewil and other
State and city officials will be present at
the exhibition this afternoon.
There are three flags for the ship.
The Delaware State flag is Of blue silk
with yellow fringe, and bearing an en-
broidered device Of the State coat-of-arms
Under this Is the d. A. r. emblem. and a
large white scroll with tho inscription,
Presented by the Delaware Daughters.
n. S. ID. A. r.. 1870" It will be placed in
glass case in the batueship. The flag
measures 90 by SO inches, regulation size.
This flag meant four months work by one
OF the women embroiderers Of the Horst
mann Company, a young woman of o. of
Italian descent. and from a family of ar
lists. She is considered the best embroid-
erer in the United States.
The embroidery is directly on the silk.
except the scroll, which was done on a
frame The shading is superbly handled.
The Army flag is the familiar stars and
stripes. The Navy battalion flag has a
blue ground with white central shield on
which is worked a blue anchor Above and
below in yellow are ~. S. S. Delaware. -
These flags are 72 by rs inches and are
mounted on eagle topped poles.
The informal conference Of the Della
ware Daughters of the Revolution met
this morning at IL o'clock in the
Historical Society building. a shor
meeting Of the Caesar Rodney Chan.
ter preceded the session. No reporti
| were given, but sanction was givel
the program committee to select a mum.
Der out Of a list of patriotic subjects
submitted for study the ensuing year
Five minutes of each meeting vii
be devoted to current events in .tht
other societies. A letter was receive,
from Washington giving the real cul
prit in the recent misappropriation O
national funds. but was reserved 70
the next meeting. 1t is said that on
innocent person is dead and anothe
in a sanatorium as a result Of worr,
over this trouble
The State Regent, Mrs. Corneliu
w. Taylor took the chair and spok
a few words of greeting as did ais
the Vice Regent Mrs. James T. Mas
sey. A report Of the last conference
where the society was entertained a
Farnhurst by DIR. and Mrs. HanckeI
was read by the state secretary, Mrs
John NJ. Harvey.
Elizabeth Cook. Colonel Hazlitt. Johl
Pettigrew. Caesar Rodney. and Cooch'
Bridge Chapters were all represented
and their regents or secretaries brough
GREETINGS to the conference. Contri
buttons to the flag-fund were re-
ported. The entire 1888 is now Il
hand
Discussionof the furnishing Of tn
Delaware Room in Continental Hal
Washington. was taken up. The roor
itself was a memorial to former re
gent, Mrs. Dennison. from her sister
II was decided to give the furnitur
also as a memorial to Mrs. DennisoI
but other furniture may be added a
memorials to other persons. Delawar
is proud of this room. as there are nc
rooms enough for all the states; bu
the original Thirteen had first chance.
Mrs. Horace G. Knowles spoke of hC
pleasure at returning to America, say
ing she was more loya than ever to he
coun' y. In speaking of the Euro
pean esteem of Americans she quote
the tradesman who trusted her In N
matter of a hat you American
steal big, when you steal You nevt
bother about a hat" Miss Sophi
NAPLES gave a very witty report fC
the conservation committee, on whic
Mrs. Massey was a member from tn
Delaware d. A. r. She said thel
was plenty Of literature on hand to /
distributed.
Mrs. Mary Miller told of the interes
displayed by the Blue Hens Chicken
a children's patriotic society number
ing about 35 members. Mrs. Miller
its president. 1t was moved that here
after representatives Of this societ
not younger than twelve should be il
vited to attend the stae conferenc,
o fhe Daughters OF the Revolution.
> The State conference OF June IA wa
/; invited to Dover by the Colonel Has
=. lit Chapter.
The informal conference then az
. journed for luncheon.