The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03
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The 5000 descendants of John and
Priscilla Alden. who are organized in
to the Alden Kindred of America. In
eorporated, will hold the twelfth an
nual reunion of the association at the
old homestead in D%uxbury. Mass,
Wednesday. August !. The associa-
ton was formed in 1900. and is said
I" be the largest family association in
the country. The Alden Kindred will
have as their guests the American
society of Colonial Families. of which
Lean Hodges of the Episcopal Divinity
Srhoo of Cambridge. Mass. is presi-
DENT.
The story of John and Priscilla AL
Iren is told by the poet Longfellow in
the verses which describe how John
Alden went to Priscilla to plead the
love of the warrior. Miles Standish,
and was met by the immortal ansWe err
f Priscilla why don't you speak for
yourself, John" The directors of the
Alden kindred are now formulating a
plan to build a memorial to the fam
Gus lover at Duxbury, Mass, in 1920.
the 3ooth anniversary of the landing
Of the Pilgrims.
1t is expected that the attendance
at the twelfth reunion will be double
the usual amount. A special train will
leave Boston at s:4S o'clock on the
morning of August 1. and returning
will leave DuXbury at sos in the aft
.ernoon. The exercises will start at
1915 O'CLOCK in the morning, and will
consist of an Grafton by a prominent
speaker. music. and a chalk talk of
the history of the Pilgrims. a group
picture of the gathering will be taken
at > o'clock in the afternoon and auto
trips to the Myles Standish monument
will be taken later. The officers of
the Alden Kindred are: Vernon A.
I'iolI ~~1c;l1~%. ~- WA.
vice president: Charles l.. Alden. sec
rotary; Mrs. Flora S. Mathewson. sec
rotary.
Mrs. Sherman. wife of the vice
president. acknowledges many fads
and says that the more varied the in
terests a woman has in life the Young
q" she keeps. In the past ten years
she has possessed more leisure for
such occupation as flowers. hooks. pa
triotic and philanthropic work than in
the DAYS when her family was small
and her husband lust beginning a ca
.reer which has rounded N with the
vice presidency of the nation. One Of
her chief joys is in the love Of growing
things. M as the years have passed
she has added extensively to the mod
est gr%eeneries, ferneries. and gardens
of her Utica home.
80, 49, 49, = AAiC It.tt
has managed her end of the dual re-
spcnsibility of making a home and has
taken entire control Of domestic mat
:ers. 1t WAS she who selected and in
many instances planted the man~
choice trees. shrubs. and flowers that
till the well-planned gardens. and it is
she who attends to the house piants
and their transfer into winter quar-
tors.
Fer years Mrs. Sherman made il I,
habit not to come to Washington until
after Christmas in order that she
might give undivided care to the
plants removed from the grounds and
distributed through her home aud
paced in the greenhouse. For wears.
also. she discouraged her husband in
getting a Washington home for the
reason hat her plants and flowers are
such an essential part of 1t that she
could not conceive a pleasant environ
inent without them.
Among the large and influential
group of New Workers resident in
Washington she is held in particular
esteem and is in a way a sort Of dean
and arbiter of social affairs for hem.