Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-11-13
WELCOME THE D. A. R.
ANNUAL STATE MEET
Conference of Daughters Of Amer
lean Revolution Inaugurate
Two Days Session.
IN OLD SENATE CHAMBER.
Governor GOldsbOrough Makes Happy
Address With "ROman's Practical
Work" The Theme.

Between two and three hundred
distinguished women arrived here to-
day from ell parts of Maryland, repre-
senting various Chapters of the
Daughters of the American Revolu.
tion. 1t was a very imposing gather
ing of aristocratic women OF Mary
land who were assembled in the his
| toric cid Senate Chamber when the
gsvel of the State RegeAt, Mrs.
Hogan, called ths State Conference to
order.
The initial number on the program
was America. which was sung
with vim. Scarcely had the echo
of the last note fioated away, when
the Rev. DR.. William G. Cassard, u.
S. N, Chaplain of the Naval Acad-
emy, offered the invocation, invoking
blessing on the patriotic women
assembled and the cause they es-
poused.
In the absence of the Regent Of
the local Chapter-the Peggy Stew art
Tea Party Chapter, ID. A. r., Mrs.
Weems Ridout, who was prevented
from participating in the Conference
because OF the recent death of her
husband, Miss Katharine Walton, act
ing Regent, delivered the address of
welcome in happy little speech.
The response on behalf of the
visiting Daughters was made by Mrs.
Arthur Lee Bosley, Regent of the
Baltimore Chapter, and candidate
for State Regent, who was appointed
l, OF NJ Nn Ha1f h..
Response.
The inte resting feature Of the
morning session was an address by
Governor Phillips Lee GoldsboIough.
Governor Goldsborough speech was
thoroughly practical. He read from
notes, and held the. marked attention
of the delegates and visitors to the
Ninth Maryland state Conference for
about twenty minutes.
The Governor said;
In this madde ming rush in which
we live, il is we'll not to forget the
country's early history, which has an
inspiring effect on all who make this
splendid history a study. Where
success, advancement and effort are, it
gives proof of ability. This is
government of, by ard for the peo-
pie. In this age men are not the
sole factors OF government, but wo-
man is using the talents With which
she has been endowed. Shall / dare
cite some of those in this StRtt7
First, is the Child Labor Law,
an act prescribing and regulating
children's work under certain condi-
itions. This bureau of statistics of
labor is headed by a man and a wo-
man. Second, in the work done by
women in this State is the Ten-Hour
Law. This governs the time limit of
working women in Maryland, and il
an act enforced through the interest
of women of this State.
Again we pay homage to and
thank the women of Maryland that
women have made the Bureau Of Sta
tistics and Labor what it is, and il is
governed by women of most marked
ability, who render excellent assist
ance to the State, and who | had the
honor TO appoint. Again, Maryland
daughters are giving assistance to
live stock and sanitary boards, to the
pure milk supply and women give
much time TO educational matters
that improve aud uplift the structure
of our lives. The day is MT far dis
tant when / will be permitted to APP
point women on School Boards.
| tLou0 applause.)
Continuing the Governor said that
! it is net well to indulge pride Of
ancestry depending upon deeds Of
fore fathers, but problems and circum-
stances which confronted our fore
fathers are more worthy of emula-
tion. We should study that yalor
and spirit, which enabled our ances.
tors to establish on this continent
free aud independent nation for all
people, and this should stimulate US
to greater ends.
The Governor theme was We
mans Practical Work." and along
this line he urged the Daughters ito
hold fast to that which is good, and
to perseveIe toward that which is
better" He spoke Of the glories of
| Annapolis, of the town be ing a place
without a parallel, of men who had
made the States history and were
men worth emulsting. He referred
to the historic landmark, the old, Co
lonial Council House built in 1894
now the State Board of Education
headquarters, where the Governor and
Council met in 1882. He spoke Of
the splendid specimens of colonial
homes, the Pacs House, Brice Home.
Harwood House, Chase Home, Ridout
House and others, and of the time
when Annapolis was considered the
centre of fashion. Amid such envi-
ronments he told the Daughters your
work must be one of pleasure in the
borders of this city, so rich in his
tory of the greatest nation through
out the world.
On behalf of Annapolis, Miss
Katherine Walton, acting for the Re-
gent of the Peggy Stewart Tea Party
Chapter. welcomed the Ninth Annual
Conference, D. A. r., to the city of