The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1921-01-26

MvlxUHL LLLUIAUlS
At the regular meeting of the Mt.
Hyalite chapter of the Daughters of
he American Revolution the yearly
election was held. The following
officers were elected: Regent, Mrs. o.
A. Lynn; vice regent, Mrs. w. T.
Thompson; historian, Mrs. M. P.
Griffin; registrar, Miss Winnie Lee;
secretary, Mrs. w. f. Schoppe; treas
urer, Mrs. Mary Doane. The meet
ing was held at the home of Mrs. M.
! M. Duncan. A number of commit
tees reported, including that for the
annual essay contest and that for
the military bridge party in February.
The names Of a number Of prospective
members were acted upon and let
ters were read from former members, |
including one from Mrs. B. A. Conard !
of Idaho, Miss Edna Lewis of Berkel- !
ey, California Miss Gertrude Lice of |
Washington, D. c., Mrs. Richard Hill
of Rosebud and Mrs. E. H. Riley of
Hammond, MINI. A paper prepared
for the meeting by Mrs. NJ. p. Crit
fin, was read in her absence by Miss
Rosalia Lee and at the request of
the d. A. R. members it is reprinted
here.
Decimal Points.
: A decimal point is an important
thing. On one side of the decimal
! point the figures stand for units. On
the other side they stand for tract
!, ions. On one side are finished, COM
plete things. On the other pieces of
> things like the ends of boards sawed
+, :, off in building on the "spalts", chip
u ped off stones that have been laid in
the wall. On one side dollars, hun
u dreds and thousands and millions of
dollars. On the other cents and tnous
!: andths and millionths of cents.
/. Looking out of the window OF the
;, night train as dark deepens, little
lights spring out of the dark, just
d rays of lamps through the windows
e of homes where the family gathers
for the evening meal together. Little
> lights but decimal points in human
J. progress b-csrae they light a home.
= Every one OF them, on either side of
the train stretching to the arctic
IF circle on the one hand and to the
ID gulf OH the other marks, hCme, a
ID family, possession under the law,
love and hope and effort and the de-
* sire that lives on that children and
n grandchildren may be woser anC
P. stronger and happier than those whC
made and keep the home and kindleC
ID the fire on it's hearth and lit the
r lamps that shine through the window:
Is with their message to US as we speed
m by on our juorney-away from home
Daylight or dark the homes are
G. the decimal points. Country roads
ok or railway lines or city streets the!
nd stand on either side the decimal point
NJ of evolution and advance of the race
The breast works and redoubts of or
d. ganized socitey. The fine new farm
m. house with its modernity or the lit
Is, tie tenant house set one side for tn
IS, hired help, the big arrogant man
he sion on the boulevards or the modes
house on the unpaved street, all deci
RS. NAL points, all equally impirtant be
nd cause they are homes and becaus
Tor the home is the anchor that hold
ID the world off the reefs in spite o
re- all the winds of bolshevism and sc
cial insanity that blow in the equir
av oxes of change.
eli. Decimal points, anchors, light
nth houses, shelter, inspiration, respor
ian sibility, hope, purpose, place to /
the born or to die in, to suffer and EMO
in, little governments and natior
mr. and worlds within four walls whel
aid the sun shines in o. mornings and IL
mn lamps glimmer in the dusk O. evening
ca and the flock flutter out in the earl
.at day and in at night like doves
r. their cotes; spot to which the ey
II and hearts turn from afar, that liv'
ms with us wherever we go and draw
us as the magnet draws the steel
homes.
RIM
Naturally one would expect to he
of at D. A. R. meeting a dissertati,
pom on some patriotic subject. / am wit
tur- ut data for such an article, OF if
Gus were at hand, my mind and body a
ger so saturated with internal, extern
oze- and eternal applications of miner
0uis water that my muse would refuse
and soar beyond the waves in the wake
ave the Mayflower, which might pro
nge more tiresome than this little ia
lar about homes by a homesick patri
own Greetings and salutations to y