The independent-reporter., 1910-03-10
MAINE DAUGHTERS"
IN COUNCIL
State Chapters Well
Represented Here
And Fine Weather Stayed With Them
Right Through Their Visit

The Daughters of The American
Revolution were welcomed to Show
hegan by the sunniest of spring
weather and many of them were in
attendance at the meeting of the
State council here last week.
The State Regent, Miss Louise H.
Coburn, called the Council to order
Thursday morning in the Library
parlors. The rooms were prettlly
decorated with pine branches and
flags, Washington portrait smiled
from the walls upon the Daughters
and Old Glory waved from an upper
window of the building and beside
the entrance. The opening prayer by
the chaplain, Mrs. G. l.. Peaslee of the
the Mary Dillingham; Chapter, Au-
burn, was followed by the singing OF
America" the address of welcome by
Mrs. Bertha F. Steward, Regent OF
Epnice Farnsworth Chapter and the
response by Mrs. Wilford c. Chapman,
Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter, Port
land. The words of greeting and re-
sponse were both expressive OF the
pleasure of meeting one another ana
the hope of gaining new inspiration
for better work for the preservation
of historic spots and relics; for patr1-
otic education and conservation OF
Natural Resources.
The roll call of the Chapters fol-
lowed OF II Chapters, Ia responded
The minutes of the meeting at New
Meadows Inn, June II, were read ana
the reports of the officers followed,
viz: Corresponding secretarys re-
~ r.
er's report given by the Auditor in
the absence of Mrs. Elliott showed
a balance of $11S62 in the treasury;
Auditors report, Mrs F. E. Boothby,
Portland, calling attention to the i'm
provement in the paying of Chapter
dues. The report of the historian,
Mrs. Ernest A. Allan of Bath, was
of special interest. She said in part:
Nothing has daunted the women OF
Maine. When Turner was asked for
the secret of his success he replied
that he had no secret but hard work.
II has been so with us. We have II
Chapters in Maine with 949 members.
Portland has the largest, 210 mem
bers, Gardiner the smallest ana
Pennington presents the most re-
markable work in proportion to age
and size.
Next came the reports of the stand
ing committees. The Committee on
Patriotic Instruction called attention
to the work among the Mountain
whites. 1t was recommended that
the d. A R. give active assistance in
the work for founding schools for
these loyal mountaineers who are
cut off from educational privileges,
Work like Bddeford park, furnishing
Fairgrounds for children was COM
mended, in fact anything that Will
help make good citizens. Some of
the means for promoting patriotism
that have been used are prizes of
gold medals and flags offered for es-
says; presentation of pictures, busts,
books and magazines to school or IL
braries; children's storytelling
hour in the library; night schools;
work in the South and kindred eff
forts
The Magazine Committee report
given by Mrs. A. w. Bangs, was prac-
tically a recommendation of the Am
erican Monthly magazine, SO copies
of which are taken in the State. The
report of the Committee on the
awarding of prizes read by Miss Cora
b. Bickford of Biddeford, was sub
stantially reading of circular pre-
pared by them for distribution among
village and rural schools doing gram
mar school work, Offering prizes of 8,
five and two dollars for the best three
essays on any Revolutionary subject
by pupils of such schools. The limit
of time was at first April l, but later
in the meeting 1t was voted to ex-
tend the time to June l.
The Committee on the Year Book
Weston was followed by vote to
send greetings to Mrs. Matthew T.
Scott, the President General of the
National society. Condensed Chapter
reports follow:
Elizabeth Wadsworth, Portland:
Club for street boys organized under
auspices of a Ladies' Auxiliary OF
which the Chapter Regent is head;
membership of 40 boys increased to
480; Portland's Tag Day for them re-
suited in $2,375.15, of which 81 900 was
in ten-cent pieces and 800 in pennies
and no bill was larger than five dol
lars; all debts of club paid and be-
tween $500 and $4,000 in treasury.
Further the Chapter reports MEM
orial costing 800 erected in Eastern
cemetery to commemorate many Re-
volutionary soldiers who lie in un-
marked graves. They have also pre-
sented seven copies Of the Declara-
tion of independence to schools.
Mary Dillingham;, Lewiston: Eighty
eight members; has given flag to city
social settlement, also copy of Declar-
alton.
Samuel Grant, Gardiner; 19 mem
bers; lost /; gained two. Years
meetings have taken up current
events of Revolutionary period and
facts concerning great men of that
period
Rebecca Emery, Biddeford: Mem
bers 81; new members this year 6;
planning to mark several historical
spots, the Oldest one being the stone
on which Mogg Megone stood when
proposing for the hand of Ruth Bony-
thon,-last one In point of time, a
church in which Lafayette wor-
shipped; have also been at work for
children's park.
After noon intermission the Chap
ter reports were continued.