The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13
URGES WOMEN TO SHOW PATRIOTIC
 DEVOTION TO FLAG
Mrs. Orville Rector Makes Inspiring Address Before
 Silliman Chapter.


 The regular monthly meeting of the Mary SilIinnan chapter. D. A. R. was held yesterday afternoon in Odd Fellows hall. Besides the business meeting ktaere were two interesting talks, Mrs. George T. Hathaway, his visit to the tomb of John Paul Jopes and Mrs. OrvilIe Rector giving an in spring address upon eThe Flag"
 Mrs Ethel Poland HubbelI, sopra- no, was the so1oist for the afternoon. Accompanied by Miss Mary Louise Peck, chairman of the music commit tee, Mrs Hubbell sang "An Irish Love Song Lang, 'oh, Tell Me Nightingale Liza Lehman and ''To Messenger = Frank LaForge.
 Considerable business was accom- p1ished at the meeting Reports of the state meeting at Hartford were made by Mrs. Elizabeth Cable, Mrs. Mary K. Tones and Mrs. Minnie Brad ley.
 Mrs. Rector said among other things in her address:
 tsNow as our organization means all that stands for the name of Inde- pendence and Washington, let me just bring to your mind some of the things that helped to make that flag stand first in war, first in peace and first in our hearts.
 lover half a, million of lives have
 
 those stars and stripes might float over 1 a united and peaceful people.
 .tIt might be said truthfu1ly that our flag has never waved on any bat. l t1efie1d or ship of war but for the sin l gle purpose to defend and uplift man kind and it is older in years than any of the principal notions of the world, 1 older than that of Great Britain, France, Germany. Italy, SWedens Por- tugal, or Spain. John Paul Jones kept the flag made by some of the Portsmouth hoistede it July 4, 177S on the ship 1 stRichard. and it went down with that ship. It is the oply flag that ever went down flying on the ship Ithat conquered and captured the ship that sank her.
 1 sWhen Jones returned in 17S1 he found Miss Langdon at the home of Betsy Ross in Phi1adeIphia- He had intended to bring the flag back to the l girls when it's career ended with all 1 it's gIories, But. said Jones. Miss Mary, I could not bear to strip the I flag from the old ship, nor could [ de- Thy to my dead boys who lay on her decks and had given their lives to keep it flying. the glory of taking it with them
 Esaid Miss Iangdon, That flag is where we all wish it to be- flying at the bot Il tom of the sea over the only ship that ever sank in victory
 Il Nearly all of our states have words to this effect upon their statute books. Amy person who in any man ner shall display, shall place or cause Ito be placed a word, a, figure or a mark, picture, design, drawing or any tadvertisennent of any nature upon any I flag, standard, color or ensign of the I United States of America shall be | 01 on q
 1So you see we have a written law ! made by authorized men which nusi be obeyed but it is the unwritten law Of courtesy to the flag to which would call your attention. I .sHave you. members Of the D. 4. R. l a full sized flag? If so, will you not see that it is displayed on all so-caIlec national holidays? Your failure to dc this indicates a lack of sentiment a< well as appreciation of that nationa. emblem and tn eprinciples for whicI it stands Do you ever handle a toy flag and ruthlessly cast it aside to be treated as rubbish?
 ssCan we in times Of peace guard ou1 flag too carefully? Can we afford tc
 make it common by using 1t as play thing to be dropped, thrown aside ol tramp1ed in the dirt? Can we as dDaughters of the Revolution encourage in any way the belIttIing of our na- tionaI hag2 Let us make it our worl to see that the Stars and Stripes are kept sacred and holding the place thaf they do in the world today let then not be used commonly or shown disre. spect.
 My plea to you in begging you tc keep the precious flag choice and big Inot little and common. is embodied ir this verse by one of our American poets:
 :. No tyrant hath claimed that flag fo1
 his ownsN
 Its bright folds were never unfurled To datter or shelter the glare of 2
 throne,
 That banner was born for a world :