Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-10
WOMAN'S WORK MAKES
GOOD ANNUAL Showing
Fourth Annual Report Of Peggy
Stewart Tea Party Chapter,
N. s.. b. Al. r
SUBMITTED BY REGENT

al Inc fourteenth annaal session
state Conference of the Dailshiers of
the American Revolution. Tire annual
report of the work done by the women
III Annapolis who are nleiut ers Of the.
Peggy Stewart Tea Party Chapter,
was sui nlitted and read ~ the Regent.
Miss Katherine Walton.
a request has ! cen made To ullisll
The report III these columns Is i MAI
Ter OF historic record The report fol-
lows
The Peggy Stewart Tea Party
chapter IS now ii the 21st year Of IFS
organization aiih A membership Of
fifty-one ere life aeinl er three ap-
plieations pending, Two transfers IN
one marriage and one death
ii Is with pride the Peggy Stewart
counts tile present Yiee-state regent
one al her lion0red members. Fire Of
#atlr memI ers are members OF the
Emergency hospital GARD Three were
appointed Il X Governor Harrington as
delegates To the Maryland League of
Nations
For the first time our chapter day
October l9. was moi observed, owing to
THE flu epidemic, postponed meet
ing aud annual election Of officers took
place October Is, 1918 1t was With
sincere regret We saw our former re-
gent retire her three year term of
office, having expired. our lylaws.
precludcd reelection Too much
credit cannot ie given Mrs. Garri-
sons gracious and efficient regency
t.Ihe present regent has held office
four mouths written twenty-five let
ters. called the regular meetings, and
attended two state board meetings
she takes much pleasure III annouric-
ing that the chapter having reached
the Gfty memller mark. there Will he
two representatives III 2SsIl Gontinen-
ftaI congress this year,
The chapter Observed June Aih,
Flag Day, and the former regent, dis
Itriluied the fag code to the pupils of
the public schools; the annual Wash
#ington memorial services were held IN
st Anne's; eeIei rated independence
i Day. July Fourth. and honored the
French Iy taking part in celebration
4of Bastiile DAY. July 18th; marched IA
HE'D Cross parade sent flowers to the
governors when they met ii confer
ience in the state House, Annapolis, on
December I6, 1915 sent q telegram to
I President Wilson, 0cother 20. stating.
THE Peggy Stewart Tea Party Chap
ter. D A. RI, had taken action as in.
sympathy with nothing but Hneondi-
tioTal surrender To the allies.
AS Il war measure enforced the
cnrfew ordinance Of Annapolis the
Peggy Stewart Tea Party chapter was
8among the first three chapters 10 sub
scribe their full quota for the restora-
ltion Of the village of Tilliloy; gave
successful Thrift Stamp card party,
Easter sale Of Thrift Stamps .S202, 62;.
8Ienefit card party. $500 contributed
j to the Peggy Stewart room. Enaer-
geney hospital, $4,000; ieneiit tea.
$1,000: Liberty Loan, s4S.50 lecture
I on reconstruction. $500; library mems
8orial Continental hall, $500; Emer-
gency hospital ground, $1,000 Fran
els Scott Key scholarships, $500. Tot
Ill. s40g12.
All energy the past year has been
9Ient toward war relief work in which
our memhers have taken more Or less
active and prominent parts as menl-
4fers of the Council OF Defense, chair
man of War Savings Stamps and or
ganized the women Of Anne Arundel
j for the w S. S. sales: organized PUB
lie Speaking class: served as mems
Ibers of executive committee Of the
i United War Work officers and ehap-
ter and members of War Camp Con-
trnunity Service working in the can-
4 teen at the armory and Hostess house
at Camp Meade.
ssOne member directed the Red Cross
work, giving every day to II and IN
Il other as inspector of work, gave every
day during the period of the war; an
other attended and reported all public
meetings. another. as chairman oi
publicity. wrote and had published an
war propaganda chairman of the
knitting committee gave ave days ey-
cry week another used her car for
motor service and so one may con-
tinue to enumerate the vast work ac-
complished.
Chapter members subscribed 70 srd
and 9Th Liberty Loan, 81. 300. 90; War
Saving Stamps. 2.2ss00;; one member
raised for Red Cross, $575 90; another
raised. SIS 90: another managed a his
ltoric Pageant and netted, $500 90: con-
Itributed to the American fund. $500,
United war Work Campaign. s108.-
100 Total. sl1.sz3.00.
French orphans adopted. III: sur
gical pads. $500: comforts, rs; knit
ted garments. 101
Work on hand Il the preservation
Tor the Washington records owned
4 (contfnued 0n rage Four.l