Evening star., 1924-04-15
OVATION IS ACCORDED
COOLIDGE BY D. A. R.
Presidents Plea for Use of Suf-
frage Applauded by Typical
! American Audience.
PERSHTNG AMONG SPEAKERS
Jusserand and Howard Represent
France and Britain.

American womanhood must preserve
the last best hope of the world
American institutions" by exercising
their newly gained right of suffrage.
President Coolidge told the Continen-
tai Congress of the Daughters OF the
American Revolution. in Memorial
Continental Hall last night.
LAS it was the initiation OF America
which made manhood suffrage a mod
ern ideal for the world. so we want
now the initiation of America to make
citizen suffrage a demonstrated sue
cess for the world" the President
said. II have absolute confidence that
if American womanhood will eXer-
else the right of franchise after fair.
conSiderate and mature deliberation.
voting for what is right as their best
judgment shows them the right, that
right will nightly prevail"
Must Face Obii.sa ton.
1t is not sufficient. President Cool
idge asserted, for some women to say
they did not seek the ballot. Neither
did the founders Of the nation. he
pointed out, seek the revolution. But
it came" the President continued,
and they met 1t by heroic action.
Surely the womanhood of the nation
cannot long neglect to par
ticipate in elections that they and
their children may continue to have
the advantages of government that
is clean and wise and sound
Never before in the history of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion has the society been Favored by
so many prominent speakers in a
single session. on the platform with
the President were NJ. JuSSerand, the
ambassador from France; Sir Esme
Howard, the ambassador from Great
Britain; Count de Cartier, the am
bassador from Belgium: Augusta
Cochrane de AlenCar, the ambassador
from Brazil; Gen. John j. Pershing
and many other persons of lnterna-
tional fame.
Audience Is Typical.
The audience was a brilliant one,
typically American, and drawn from
every state in the Union and most of
the American territories. More than
1000 persons were packed into the
auditorium and overriowed into the
rooms on the side. A musical pro-
gram was furnished by the United
States Marine Band Orchestra and
the music and addresses were broad
cast over most of the continent by
the radio stations of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company
and the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge
were given an ovation when they ar
rived, Immediately after the national
officers had taken their places on the
stage Mrs Coolidge was accorded
another compliment by the audience
when she took her place in the lower
righthand box. When she left she
sent her corsage of ostrich feathers
and orchids to Mrs. Anthony Wayne
Cook. the president general of the
Daughters of the American ReYolu-
tion, who presided
Jusserand Is Speaker.
NJ Jusserand, dean of the diplomatic
corpS followed President Coolidge in
the list of speakers. Referring TO
Americas part in the world war. he
said Lafayettes visit to America had
been repaid a thousand times by
'thoSe American Lafayettes, who went
to France and laid down their lives in
the cause of humanity and justice.
France the diplomat declared with
marked emotion, will never forget her
debt of gratitude to the American ma
tion.
Sir Esme Howard spoke in a light
or vein and referred briefly to the
American revolution. He stirred his
audience to laughter when he casual
ly remarked that British diplomat
might not have been quite so wei
come lin so redoubtable a company
of patriots" a few years ago. The
newly appointed ambassador from
Great Britain brought rounds of ap-
plause when he declared he would
like to see the story of the life of
Lincoln made d text book in every
British school.
For then" ne said, IT would know
that the ideals of America would be
understood thoroughly by our future
generations. May 1 say, in parting,
that it is my earnest wish that
America, France, Belgium. Great
Britain and the other nations who
fought side by side in the great war
continue to work together for the
progress of civilization and man
kind"
Pershing Makes Appeal
Cen. Pershing made a stirring ap-
peal for an adequate Army and Navy
and the continued applause with
which the audience received every
reference to that subject left little
doubt as to it's Endorsement. The
Surest guarantee against war, the
commander Of the American armies
said, is adequate means of defense
and these cannot be had except
through a sufficiently strong Army
'I would like to see the time when
the young men of given age will
be called to the colors for even a
month each year" he said. "A few
months of military training would
not only prepare them to defend their
country in an emergency, but it would
improve them morally and physically.
! dare say if such a law were passed
the crimes of civil life would be les
sened SO per cent, because one of the
main things the Army teaches is rec
ognition of constituted authority"
Invocation and benediction were
pronounced by Rt. Rev. James E.
Freeman, Episcopal Bishop of Wash
ington. Nine Peralta. of the Metro
politan Opera Company sang three
numbers. She was accompanied by
George Fl. Wilson and the audience
was SO insistent in it's applause that
she was obliged to give an encore
number