Arizona republican., 1918-02-23
!. 4. E. ELECTS
 OFFICERS FUR
 COMING YEAR

"The United States flag IS one or the oldest standards in existence. t is older than the flags now in use ny Great Britain, Germany, Soaln, Portu- oal italy or the South American states: It is older than the present flags oI China and Japan. It has never peer conquered. 1t has supplantea 'ne standards of England, France, span, Holland and Sweden and though me American government does not seer foreion possessions it has been planted in Alaska. Hawaii, the Philippines, Cuba. Porto Rico, Guam. Tutulls, Pan- anna and even at the North Pole"
 So said Mrs. Etta Clifford Young Tn gbe course of m address on Our Flag, made before tne initial meeting of the state organization of the Daughters of inc American Revolution held at the Indian School yesterday.
 The all-day session was attended Dy representatives of the PhoeniX ana Tucson chapters and their guests anu a patriotic program was presented py leading members of the two cnapteIs' the feature being the paper read py Nrs Younr who was elected state re- gent Mrs. R. F, Reed of Tucson was chosen vice-regent; Mrs. William L. Pinney. secretary; Mrs. William Gretz )f Tucson, treasurer; Mrs. k. J. Oll- Ter, historian and Mrs. A. G. Cate, H. 0rarian
 The morning session was presided over by Mrs, George F. Freeman or Tucson and was devoted largely to business matters At the noon hour a luncheon was served in the domestic science building and was followed py d flag program featuring the hatloildi state and service flag. The musicri rs numbers were contributed py MS; n' Payne Palmer and added to 'he 0''0' ment of the occasion. x,,r .d- dressed the members in the styie ele- ated Inv Naricopa chapters first hlstor- ian Mrs. B. V. Cushman, and cohtlilu- ing in her own particular style con cluaed with Walter D. Nesoits trlpute to fhe flag.
 Mrs. Young said:
 History of the Flag And loi it came to pass, in the lalo of the Maricopeans, that Emma ol tnr house of Guild, who dwelietn all1oms .s green fields by the side Of sun Md.ers, ,Itn,.s was called to rule over the Ddus Sa of the American Revolution lne of scendants of those valorous warrlors oi @IS. to eff in their chambers of councli and to lead the people as Wlse heruei shepherdeth his sheep.
 Now the time being ripe, the day dp- nroacheth when the Daughters gdtnel together to celebrate with the sounuiie or hrass and the tinkling ot cympals ana the sweet speech of maids ana or ,,atrons. the day of nativity or that iliustrious George of the line Of Wasn- ington. who aforetime didst ledo Ia .iieia forefathers against that other Georse inc German who didst greatly l"n " grace a British throne. ..,, +be Therefore Emma who guldetn liie dostinies of the Daughters who dwell eth among the Maricopeans, calete 1,nto her an handmaiden, Etta, wile ol oliver who sitteth as chief scrlpe among the rcd skinned sons ot Haih shc whose price is above rubies, Wn0 with the one hand reareth SIX sitlaiI oistars and serveth her husband atteI ench manner as delighteth Hoover ano on the other acteth as chief among tne handmaidens of Emma the ruler. ,.
 Then came Etta of the House oI ..I,s;. Uil. yer and saycth unto the ruler; Wna. wouldst thou?' and she respoiiu.,sn .,. sewing. "The day approachetn, the ha,,r is ot hand when we wouldst honor him who vast first among the warriors first among the peacemakers ana llrst ,to discover cherry wood as a supstltute for mahogany, yet the meat are hot naked for the feasting, the cymbals are r',st ana tbe brass tinlxleth not but hoardeth still the dusts or yesler Seu' . Haste we therefore to that other Etta, v,ife of Otis of the House of foung' sho who sitteth within the gates or her household and sniffleth into the Ioios of pocxet handkerchief, while she Ndln- fully boasteth of the two big, plue stars ,n her service flag. Say ye unto her,
 Of o1Oth' Shake out vour garments and prepare ye paper for inc Daughters of the Maricopeans and their guests the Daughters ol pima. Read unto them the history or That banner, which, since its inception, hath flown ever from the ramparts oi humanity: that flag borne by those lynirhts of old. our forefathers, in thelr crusade of liberty; that dear emblem oi decency and right that now resteth loV- ingly within the bosoms Of those, oul sons who in the crumbling, mud-iiileu trenches of northern France, sltte,n unon the fire step in the numbins cold or goeth over me top 'o i"Oe a barbarous foe ,
 Then Ftta. wife of Otis. who kecpetn inc Chronicles for the Daughters, be- someth shamed of her sloth, pocketeth ,er handkerchief and delveth among he parchments that telleth or Betsy mouse of Ross and of Francis Scot' Key.
 Dates From Year 1777
 Many and divers were the flags ano remnants used both privately and bS he army and navy of the original thlr' cen colonies but the national banner n any such design as we now know I tas not used, probably, until TIT. Ills orians give its date of birth as Jun' 4th of that year, when it was pro- baimed by resolution of the Continen' hl Congress That the flag of th' jnited States be 13 stripes. alternate ed and white and ls stars, white on ; due field, representing a new constel ation." In this flag the stars were ar anged in a circle upon field Of blue
 As to the genesis of the flag, ther' rems to be little authentic informa lon. The picturesque tales of beauti hl Betsy Ross sitting among her maid sorking through the night that, tn tarry banner might be ready with tn
 avn, for the commendation of Wash hgton and his generals, seems to hav
 cen largely romance. There was how ver, Mrs. Betsy Ross, flagmake
 v trade living in Philadelphia at tn inc, who did probably make the flai 'Som penciled drawings brought to hei is claimed that the designers hal
 rawn the stars with six points am hat Mrs. Ross called their attention { he fact that there should be but five
 The official records of the Continen al Congress record an itemized bi
 endered in 1776 by Francis Hopkinsor ioner of the Declaration of Indepen