Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-18
President Expresses Cordial
: Welcome to Daughters OF
the American Revolution.
ARRIVAL AT CONVENTION
SIGNAL FOR AN OVATION
New Jersey Chapters Present Him
Chair of Colonial Pattern.
PRESIDENT GENERALS REVIEW

Her Address at Opening Of Business
Session Indicates substantia,
Progress.
With a cordial address Of welcome hy
President Taft and before thousands ef
the assembled delegates and friends OF
the organization, the nineteenth annual
congress of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Re .olution was opened this morning
in Continental Hall. Every seat In the
large auditorium was filled long before
the hour Of opening. The galleries were
also filled to over1iowing. and hundreds
Of the members were unable to secure
even standing room within the hall The
police closed the doors because the aisles
threatened to become so crowded that the
danger point would be reached.
The interior Of the auditorium was dec
GRATED with flags and state emblems.
while the platform was transformed into
bower of palms Immediately behind
the chair Of the president general. Mrs.
Matthew T. Scott. was a painting In Oh
of Martha Washington, and above II
copy Of the insignia of the organiza-
ton, with tiny electric globes Illuminating
its thirteen stars, emblematic OF the thlr-
teen original states.
From the very center of the glass-cov.
cred ceiling of the hall was suspended .
beautiful silk banner of the Stars and
Stripes as the flag was first made. With
its thirteen stars in q circle In the deld
of blue.
President Given an Ovation.
President Taft. accompanied by Capt
Butt, arrived early. and he was given
great ovation rs he took his place o.
the platform. DR.. Needham. president of
the George Washington University. de-
livered the opening invocation. Under
the personal direction OF Lieut. Santsl-
MANN the orchestra from the United
States Marine Band played patriotic airs
in the intervals between the addresses OF
the morning,
Promptly at 1890 O'Clock the president
President Taft made the welcoming ad-
dress. He Gaid:
Mime. President and Daughters Of the
American Revolution:
II am here to congratulate you on. tle
step you have taken in the erection ana
completion of this beautiful building.
That. is a material step, but, after all, We
are more or less affected by our sur
roundings, and the impression that such
a beautiful mansion as tbs gives TO
try Is one that am sure you would nave
1t gives the impression of substance and
permanence to an association organized
for the purpose of cultivating and making
useful the spirit or PATRIOTISM IN tius
country.
Wisdom of the Selection.
You have selected wisely your place
You are pioneers in making this part of
Washington one of its most beautiful
parts. With the Corcoran Art Gallery on
the one side and the building devoted to
the peace and harmony Of the countries
on this hemisphere on the other. you are
appropriately situated With this classic
architecture here, following that example
which was set us by our 1orefathers, We
have on the right sample or the span
ish art, which properly typifies our union
with our sister republics of Central ana
South America, and here next TO the
great Potomac PARK that Is now In the
process of making you have L think as
fine a site as any association IN the coun-
try. Certainly there is no association tnat
deserves finer site than you do.
Now, | understand your society 10 %
organized for a numDer or purposes. one
is-and perhaps that embraces alto
keen constantly before the country that
virtue which makes for the greatness and
the usefulness of our goVernment-pa-
triotism. You wish to emphasize the
places. the persons and the events whose
memory arouses in every true American
a love of country. You proceed, Il un-
derstand what your purpose is. on the
theory that 1t is not an occasional out
burst of patriotism every four or nve
or ten years that is the best thlng for the
country, but it Is constant feeling IN
the mind and soul and heart of every one
of that allegiance that he or she owes 10
the country of which he or she is citi-
zen.
Obligation to the Country.
What I want to emphasize this
morning Is the advantage OF constantly
having before the children and the men
and women Of this country sugges-
ton of their duty to their country.
Life is made up not OF lot of grand
stand plays. Witnessed by mighty mil
lions of people every day; II is made
up of a series OF acts. and that series
of acts. Of daily recurrence, is what
makes up the character of the man or
the woman.
Now, II by such societies as this. and
If by insisting upon ceremonies OF
daily occurrence. there is brought home
TO the mind and soul OF every one
that we are citizens OF a great country.
to which we owe constantly the tfipute
Of loyalty. we shall certainly be made
better citizens
formaIisn.~ but l think we are all grad
ually-if you can judge by the tendency
In our religious ceremonies-coming 10
The IN Thought that some Journalism is nee
essary as tribute to the things we Ieel;
I am strongly in favor Of the Judges OF
our courts clothing themselves in a dig
nified uniform that shall typiIy .;n tne t, ,ac.
that in the administration OF justice they
are' are administering ad , a sacred function. in
doing which they ougnt 70 .s. ,eahZe ,oov,ns VIA
Una taa' rabes shall convince the public that
that which they do Is entitled TO respect.
LA convince themselves that in the do
ing n,.u they must earn the respect OF the
public.
Flag Symbol.
"And 80 it is with respect to the hag.
II Is symbol. and the laws which ought
to be on the statute books Of each state
and on the statute book Of the United
states, making it a sacred symbol not to
be used for commercial purposes. I at
tribute to the same feeling. The prayer
to the President OF the United States ]
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