Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-10

''To carry out the injunction Of Wash
ington in his farewell address 10 tn ne
American people. To promote as an
tons for the general diffusion OF
knowledge thus developing an en-
lightened public opinion and a1ordlng
shall develop in them the largest ca.
pacity for performing the duties OF
American citizens; to cherish, MAINTAIN
and extend the institutions of Amer1-
can freedom; to. foster true patriotism
and love of country. and to aid IN Sc
curing for all mankind all the bless
ings of liberty"
One of the first women to add her
name as member, after the organ1za-
ton meeting. was Mrs. Harrison. wlfe
of the President From the first she
was Mrs. Lockwood's choice for presi-
dent general. but it was not until after
repeated conferences and much urging
that Mrs. Harrison allowed Mrs. Lock
wood to offer her name as first presi-
dent general of the society. The term
of office is for two years. Mrs. Harrl-
son was elected to succeed herself in
1892, but died shortly after her cleo
ton for the second term.
society was Mrs Stevenson. wife of
Vice President Adlai Stevenson. The
wife of another Vice President of the
United States. Mrs. Fairbanks. served
the Daughters as their chief officer
from 1901 to 1905.
Continental Hall Erected.
1t was under the presidency of Mrs.
Fairbanks that the erection of the
beautiful home of the society, Mem
orial Continental Hall. was begun and
of ground upon which the building
rests the Daughters paid more than
$4,000. The marble structure already
has cost them more than half mil
lion dollars. They are about to make
additions.
Through the work Of the Daughters
of the American Revolution many facts
have been unearthed concerning the
life and condition of the colonists dur
ing the struggle for liberty. Massa-
chusetts printed seventeen volumes of
colonial records of 1000 pages each.
Now. due to the wealth of material
brought forward by the chapter and
work is found hopelessly incomplete.
Several other states have had similar
experiences.
In Maryland few months ago a
Daughter. rumm6gi1g in musty old
archives in the state house, discovered
the oath of allegiance to the cause of
revolution wherein 100 freeholders of
Maryland had been guilty Of that trea.
sonable act to the British crown of
swearing their lives and property to
the service of Liberty's cause.
Before long there will appear. with
the approval Of the Daughters, a new
history of the United States. 1t Is
prophesied this history will tell such a
Americans hitherto have not read.
Thousands of historic sites and lines
of army marches. as well as many
hitherto unknown graves of revolu-
tionary heroes. have been marked
through D. A r. efforts, and In many
cases at their expense.
Pensioning the real daughters Of the
American revolution was task that
the d. A. r. early took up. During the
twenty five years since the society was
organized the Daughters have given
adequate support to more than 1000
aged women who were daughters of
men who actually fought in the revo-
luton
While few real daughters now sur
vive. only last June Washington
Daughter filed the duly attested rec
ord of a South Dakota woman who is
now past eighty years of age. and
whose father. member of Washing
tons life guard, married a fourth wife
kotan is the issue Of that union
Nor have the Daughters been neglect
full of patriotic service in time of war.
Immediately after the Spanish Ameri-
their assistance to the government in
the raising of nurses and gathering Of
hospital supplies.
The exigencies of the situation re-
'eaiSu tie Adol ehdl the =. a. n. was
at the time the only society Of wom-
en- with an organization perfected
throughout the country. This caused
Surgeon Gen. Sternberg to refer all
women applying for service as nurses
to a committee of the Daughters.
But by far the greatest work they
have undertaken is the educational eff
forts they are making among foreign
born as we'll as native Americans.
A few years ago Connecticut Daugh-
ters issued small volume in five
every alien should know. This move
ment has been taken up by Daug ter
in practically every other state. So
highly is the little book regarded that
the National Council of Jewish Women
is buying the publications by thousands
and sending them abroad so that they
may be given to emigrants at the port
of embarkation.
In night schools and before societies
of foreigners. lectures on the theory
Of government and the history of the
lantern slides, are provided by Daugh-
tiers in all cities where there is a
large foreign element. In the noun
tains of the south the assistance which
the Daughters have given to the
educational movement is inestimably
large.
Mrs. Lockwood. the founder, who is
with President Wilson to be the princi-
pal speaker at the celebration tomor-
row afternoon, is now in heI eighty
fourth year, physically active and
society in many capacities and at the
last congress was unanimously elected
chaplain general.