The Washington herald., 1912-04-16

bodied IN our governmental structure
TO insist that they shall not be de-
/ parted from, but that they shall be
nain7ained in their vitalizing force to
continue our pursuit Of happiness and
| the guarantees Of our institutions for
the maintenance OF liberty regulated
BY law.
Repeat Your Prayers.
II am saying these things not be-
cause I believe It Is necessary 10 say
them to you to convince YOU Of the
soundness OF such principles. but be-
cause I know they are with you al
ways, even in your prayers and that you
believe them as thoroughly as ! do. But
II does not hurt to repeat your prayers.
II does not hurt to repeat your creed.
whether It be religious creed or politl-
cal creed
Now, I have said all that I can say.
am glad you are here. Every time I
see a Daughter on the street feel like
taking on my hat and shaking hands
with her and giving her an Individual
welcome. even though It cannot lead 20
the union or annexation to which your
president has referred.
You are very welcome. I hope you
may stay as long a. you can. and en-
Joy, as I know you do. the beauties OF
this Capital that bears the name OF the
greatest American"
After President Taft had finished his
address. Mrs. Scott continued the read
ipg OF her annual report. and said. in
part:
Ladies'. regret to state, that there
are people in this land who stili persist
in Misunderstanding our aims and pur-
poses. There are those. who. in spite
OF all the evidence TO the contrary. de-
F1tum - A.
Of mutual admiration society, for the
promotion Of pink teas and ancestor
worship. To whom our chapter meetings
as well as our State conferences and ma
tional congresses. seem to be mere in
consequential gatherings OF q semi-so
nature, for the purpose OF reading the
minutes OF the last meeting. and elect
ing ofncers for forthcoming ones. To,
them our patriotic principles and efforts
are merely a cloak, to hide our real pur-
pose, namely, the furthering OF the pal
try. tawdry ambition Of the alert among
US, to gain admission to the social cita-
dels Of the elite. What a fatuous and
himsy travesty upon our unrivaled so
eiety, is this nightmare OF the destruc-
tives Imagination. Our great organiza-
ton has never done anything, and I
feel sure, never will do anything, 10 fur
nish basis for such uncharitable and
unworthy suspicious.
Explains ID. A. r.. Mission.
Speaking Of the duties Of the organiza-
ton. Mrs. Scott said:
1T IL our mission to bring to the solu-
ton Of every national problem with
which we are confronted the same spirit
of unselhsh devotion. the same invincible
belief in the expectancy Of doing right
though the heavens fall, that was shown
by the generation of great and good
men who baptized this nation with their
blood in order that Il might become
Mt habitation for free men and free
women. and an example or prototype for
al the tyrrant-oppressed nations Of the
earth.
we no longer are regarded as the po-
htcal and social experiment station Of
the world. Critical foreigners are begin
ming to feel that our beautiful statue in
New York Harbor OF Liberty Enlighten-
ing the World" might. perhaps. be more
appropriately located on top Of the Mat
terhorn or the JunSfrau, in the heart of
little Switzerland, the most truly demo-
cratic country In the world.
las a nation, we have been content
in recent years to doze and sleep on our
moral and political laurels of world lead
ership. Americans, like the Germans Of
this generation. have focused their at
tention too largely upon the victories OF
the market place"
Mrs Scott deplored the lack among
women OF successful, homemakers and
the large number Of household mistresses
who might be charged with extrava-
gance and ignorance Of household econo-
my. our country is in dire need OF
q woman who will do for the home
what 9 distinguished inventor has done
for the factory" said Mrs Scott, that
is. introduce an efficiency system"
The speaker said that homemaking |
like piano playing, is an art, TO sue |
coed In which requires more than tenn |
Demand Pure Goods.
Referring to the high cost Of living |
and kindred subjects. Mrs. Scott said: |
Il call your attention to the fact, that |
II the women of America would but pool |
their purchasing power and resisting |
all the Establishments Of the bargain |
counter and the 'sale'-based on sweat |
shop labor-would demand pure goods, /
made and sold under sanitary and salu-
tary conditions more could be accom-
plished for the moral and material up |
lift OF the factory worker and the |
saleswoman than by the enactment Of a
volume OF restrictive statutes. the
breaking of which we thoughtlessly |
connive at and practically become a
party to, in our mad scramble for
cheapness at any cost OF human degra-
dation and wrechage.
"A superb organization. known as the
Consumers League has come into be-
ing. for the express purpose OF enabling
men as well as women to utilize their
purchasing power in the great work Of
raising the standards Of the business
and Industrial worlds, both as TO the
purity of the product and the fairness
of the treatment acceded to employees"
Words of greeting were expressed by
Mrs A. W. Greedy, one OF the organizers,
Who referred to the HillsviIle tragedy.
aging that there Is plenty Of work wait
ng for the Daughters in educating those
solated people Of pure American stock"
Mrs Alexander Ennis Patton. Of Penn
ylvania. said to be a candidate for the
nice OF president general, was intro
uced as the next speaker, and was given
generous applause as she stepped to the
ront OF the platform. She deplored the
oss OF reverence on the part OF the peo-
lie for sacred institutions and patriotic
traditions, and exhorted the Daughters to
york to re-establish the sense of rever-
nee and sentiment in the child.
The address Of Prof. William Libbey,
Z Princeton. secretary Of the Sons Of the
american Revolution, proved somewhat OF
sensation. He handled certain public
uestions without gloves and expressed
is opinion in unqualified terms and Ian
uage. He said In part: II
Speaks of Improvements.
I'VE pride ourselves upon our obedi-
nee to the law Of the majority, and we