Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-07

born a CabeN. She married first Mr..
CLAIBORNE. then Gen. William Ruihh
Cox of Richmond. Besides this com
cidencH in her names, it requires three
C's to describe her character-courtesy,
courage and charm. Even casual
glance into Mrs. Cox's administration VIII
show that this praise is not exaggerated
After national existence of nearly
twenty years and more than that period
in detached particles, the society of the
Colonial Danes should be familiar to
those who have followed the growth Of
patriotic IDEALS said Mrs. Cox during
a recent visit to Washington. mo words
can more elequently describe the raison
d'etre of the DANES than those used IN
our constitution as amended by the Ma
tional Council of 1900. This document
relates that history bears out the truth
of the statement that nothing stImu-
lates a nation to future greatness and
endeavor more than the remembrance
of the past glory and achievements Our
society has been formed by the descend
ants of those men who in the colonial
period, by their rectitude, Self-denial and
courage, prepared the way for success in
the struggle which gained for the country
its liberty and constitutional rights. IN
banding ourselves together we honor the
memory of our forefathers and encourage
all who come after them to initiate their
patriotism and heroism and become
worthy of the inherited traditions.
'AnalyznG this assertion a little more
closely, it seems appropriate that in this
age when the nation is receiving such
floods of foreign emigration We with
other groups of devoted women
should keep prominent every tradition of
the past The usual foreigner, be he
visitor intending citizen, does not in
the least comprehend that back of our
modern condition and tremendous COM
Tal rinl aGV1f
Il solid background of splendid achieve
ment. The foreigner thinks that the
co!onist became imbued with the free
air of the new world. and that his re-
volt against kingly domination, that
in the blow he struck he declared mon
archy defunct establishment and that
he and his descendants condemned 1t
forever. Now, we see 1t, the Amerl-
can revolution was sublime declara-
ton of the rights of man, and 1t was
fought on the high principle involved IN
that utterance. we nave no ennlty
against the knSly domination which pre-
coded the government by the people On
the contrary, we wish to keep alive what
was accomplished under the kings, the
work of the colonistS which made the
work OF the revolutionists possible.
We have one special object in the So
ciety. to collect and preserve manu-
scripts. traditions and relies of the ear
each individual member who gave aid
TO the great cause. so that we collect
and publish every detail bearing on the
life or services of those whom we honor
among the founders of the nation. We
preserve and restore buildings which
have traditional or historical Significance
The Jamestown church is one of our
good deeds. The treasury of the society,
together with the services of its men,
bers, all at the disposal of the gov
eminent in times of national stress.
During the Spanish american war
we collected large sums, and many of
the members did noble work in vari-
Gus philanthropic and patriotic capaci-
ties. After the war the society erect
ed the exquisite memorial shaft in Ar
lington cemetery in honor of all who
persisted for the countrys cause. We
are just now engaged in one of the
most ambitious enterprises ever at
tempted by an American society-the
editing of the letters and papers of the
great British premier. Pitt. This will
shed new light on the struggle, and
will be an achievement of which any
society might well take pride"
The Colonial Danes have accomplish
ed their work so unostentatiously that
partial jSt of what they have done