Arizona republican., 1918-05-26

 the Daughters of the American Revo- lution never had a truer meaning to the members than at the present time and they are periodically spreading the doctrine of democracy.
 The local chapter has rendered valu- able war service and have served in all the campaigns for patriotic causes that have been waged since the declara- ton of war The D. A. R. booth was one of the most attractive scattered about the city for the collection of funds for the Red Cross and brought generous response. Those in charge were Mrs. Otis E. Young Mrs. w. J. Oliver and Mrs. George W. Vickers. The chapter closed it's season re- gently with a largely attended meeting at the home of Mrs. R. c. Dryer. Mrs. Otis E. Young. state regent, gave an | interesting report of the work of the | committee in forwarding flowers, | jellies and magazines to the base hos pital at Douglas. In addition to this work, members of the society con. tributed over 100 books to the collection sent to Con Cronin who has charge of l the collections for the soldiers li- 1 braries.
 l Another interesting feature of the program was the talk by Mrs. H. A. l Guild chapter regent who told of the l activities of the biennial convention | of women's clubs in Hot Springs, | Arkansas, which she attended.
 l Mrs. Will c. Barnes of Washing ton, D. C., a member of Maricopa chapter and a delegate to the conti- mental congress forwarded a report of the meeting to the chapter which was read at the last meeting. Extracts from Mrs. Barnes report:
 As was anticipated. the attendance at the Continental congress-the twenty in number-was small CT than usual owing to war conditions but one constantly heard it said, This Is the finest congress we have evel had
 Of course the present war condition: lent great interest to the sessions Patriotism, ever the key note Of oul gatherings, was almost the sole theme this year, as may be easily imagined.
 In her address as Present Genera
 Mrs. Guernsey was very fine. Thi
 address will appear in the next issu'
 of the D. A. E. magazine and should
 be read by all
 Representatives of the allied coun l !
 the first day. They counseled goo,
 cheer, gave assurances that their coun
 tries will fight until Prussianism i
 crushed, and praised the spirit witt which the women of America are sup
 porting the war.
 President Wilson was not present much to the disappointment of thos , who had never seen him, and Secretar Lansing spoke in his place. He calle ? the kaiser "barbarous monster wh : seeks to crush liberty and civilization. Today" he said, mo one asks wh the Daughters of the American Revo ]. lution exist, and no one will dare as { it in the future. The value of keep 2 ing alive the spirit of patriotism or re : calling Americans of this and ever 3 generation of the noble sacrifice C X their forefathers. of awakening mem k ories of the past, are today manifes t to every man and woman who lov | their country"
 n Count V. Macchi di Cellere, th . Italian ambassador said that this wa Q is being waged more for the safety ( women and children than anythin ,. else, and told of the heroic manner [ which Italian women are supportin
 the war. Ambassador Jusserand COT
 graduated the government for remoy
 ing from in front of the War. colleg
 the statue of Frederick the Great, !. | gift of the kaiser. The French am ' bassador said that at the dedicatio e of the statue, he and his staff wei 6 the only persons who remained seate e when the German national air WI 5. played.
 Maj. Gen. J. D. Machlachlan, mil
 tary attache of the British embass
 speaking for Lord Reading. told of u
 work accomplished by the women ,, France in the earlier years of the wa :. and he said that English women a now doing their share and the Amer
 can women are carrying on."
 A message of gratitude from t
 women of Belgium was delivered |, E. de Cartier de Marchienne, the Be ' gian minister. We Belgians." he sal ,c |. Twill never forget that in those da x, days of October. 1914, when thin y looked so menacing and difficult, wh ,s ls famine was threatening our devastat :. land, American efficiency, sympat ID and devotion came to our help"
 The Spartan spirit of the Serbi
 women was brought out by Lioub
 mir Michailovitch, Serbian minist
 who said Servia is now passi 4. through the same experiences th '' America passed through in her fig
 for independence.
 The report of Mrs. William H. w
 of Michigan, publicity director of
 war relief service, showed an ( VI. penditure of s9,41S,043.50 during { .a s. past year. This was expended .es Liberty loans, thrift stamps. Red Cre ol o work, Y. NJ. c. A. and Y. W. c. A. a ns other societies. knitted garments a s comfort kits. Included in this amol o- is $41 1,063.13 to French war orphans a
 $16,272 to devastated French villag
 There are 63 members of the D.