The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-12
keokuk Chapter Listens to Interest
Ing Paper on How Britain
10 Conducting Her
War.
DELEGATES SELECTED
Mrs J. F. Elder and Mrs. H. w.
Huiskamp win 40 to WASH
Ineton to National
Congress.

The Keokuk chaptec daughters OF
the American Revolution held large
ly attended meeting on Saturday aft
ernoon at the home of Mrs. A. G.
Decker on Grand avenue. Forty-two
memers Of the chapter were present
and the following guests. Mrs. Sam
Hitler and Miss Sarah Hitler OF ka-
hoka, Mrs. A. Hollingsworth. Mrs.
James Huiskamp, Mrs. O. s. Stanbro,
Miss Mary Collins and Mrs. Murdoch.
In the absence of the regent, Mrs. w.
G. Blood, the vice regent presided.
Mrs. Robert M. Lapsley served as
made by Miss Lucia G. Pittman and
Miss Gage made the registrar report.
Mrs. Beverly Dickinson was received
into the chapter by transfer from the
Quincy chapter and Mrs. Harry frost
and Miss Lillian Miller having pre-
scented lineage papers, were unani-
mously elected to membership In the
chapter.
Mrs. A. c. Decker. reporting for
the American ambulance service en-
had been sent to headquarters OF
which ten dollars was gift from an
absent member. An invitation was
read from the Y. w. c. A. to the
Daughters to attend patriotic meet
ing at the Y. w. G. A. auditorium on
the evening OF February %.
Mrs. H. Boyden Blood, chairman OF
the social committee. reported that
the annual luncheon in celebration OF
Washington's birthday will be held
in the Tiffany room Of the Hotel Iowa
on Saturday, February "a. The
state regent, Mrs. Dixie Cornell Geb-
hardt has been invited to be honor
guest. Miss Anne B. Davis reported
the Philippine scholarship fund to be
S34 to date.
Mrs. J. F. Elder, the regent, IS by
virtue of her office, a delegate to the
continental congress held in Washing
ton in April. By unanimous vote,
Mrs. Henry w. Huiskamp was elected
as delegate and much satisfaction
was expressed that Mrs. Huiskamp
will 60 to Washington The acting
regent read Mrs. Story's call to the
D. A. RS everywhere to be prepared
to render whatever service may be re-
quired of them as patriotic women In
the event Of war.
Mrs. John D. Rubidge read a tele-
gram which had come to Mrs. Collier
from the woman's branch Of the Ma
ticnal Security league, urging that
first aid classes be organized and
similar preparedness steps be taken.
Times Have Changed.
The program for the afternoon
opened with a piano number by Miss
Clara Gertrude Fry, the national
hymns of Russia, Belgium and France.
She closed the program with the Eng
lish national song, God Save the
The afternoons business SEES
sion and program both illustrated |
how evils and rancor are forgotten !
with the years. Here was a group Of
women made up of descendants OF the |
men who fought England for Ameri- |
can independence, applauding the |
English national hymn and speaking |
words of appreciation for the part ,
is playing now in the Euro
pean war.
Mrs. Robert NJ. Lapsley had for |
subject England's part in the war.
and her paper showed much careful /
research and her conclusions were |
drawn from many sources. Mrs. W.
G. Blood read three Of Rupert Brooks !
poems and brought again to mind the
loss to literature which his untimely /
death brought. Miss Winnffred Jones
read two letters from English SOL |
diers, illustrating the marvellous brav-
cry and the good cheer shown by |
Tommy Atkins even when wounded |
unto death.
Realize ,EngIand's ProbIems.
Mrs. IApsley said In part: For most