Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-14

professional of visitors move through
our headquarters. The museum, radiant
as sunset, allures youth and maturity.
The library. welcomes alike the tourist
caller and the studious reader.
Through the congenial division OF
labor in all departments of our work
and by the skill and infinite diligence
Of the stan and administrators more
things are wrought In the name Of the
Daughters Of the American Revolution
than the world dreams Of.
The passing of the years has gen.
Grated an incredibly swifter tempo In
all lines Of activity. Handling the
financial and business interests Of our
society is q gigantic enterprise In itself.
THE assurance we have OF growth Is
manifest. Do YOU not hear the sound
of a going in the tops of the mulberry
trees. that then thou shall bestir thy
self'P
guished men and daring women have
brought this Nation thus far. But
tressed by their fidelity, the United
States has become powerful. What do
We propose to do with the results Of
their labors?
shall We Forfeit Defense?"
IF they built ships, do We intend to
scrap and sink them?
IF they provided for common defense,
shall we shackle our defense forces?
If they, through q long, toilSome
effort, developed commerce, shall we
wreck our merchant marine, give up our
sea lanes and forfeit our foreign
markets?
IF they carved farms out of impen-
etrable forests and lived close to ma
lures bounty. shall we ruin forever our
agricultural prospects pillage, fail to
cultivate or desert those farms2
If they selected the Stars and Stripes
as the flag that should wave over Amer
lean Soil shall we allow the red nag to
be cheered as 1t is beginning to fiaunt
its crimson folds In some parts Of our
Nation?
IF they set up a constitutional form
of government in our country, are we
willing to abandon this stable Govern
ment as preliminary to the adoption
of Impractical theories Of communism
and socialism?
IF they counseled no entangling
alliances can they depend upon you
to heed that word of advice, based upon
their accurate knowledge of ancient and
contemporary government?
Plea for State Rights.
If they favored an equitable system
Of checks and balances, are you going
to sanction the erection Of skyscrapers
| Of bureaucracy here in Washington
tending to nullify local autonomy and
State rights?
IF they were not ashamed of the
gospel of Christ, are you going to deny
| your faith when you hear the outcrtes,
Abolish belief In God?
If they held in respect national
honor and the responsibilities of citi-
zenship, are you, through ignorance OF
the ramificationS of anti-Amertcan pro-
paganda, going to bow in submission to
the edictS Of conspirators and sell your
birthright for mess Of pottage?
IF they encouraged law and order.
do you discourage it by minimizing the
dangers of growing disrespect for mill
tary and civil authority?
IF they founded schools and churches
for the betterment of the Nation, are
you helping to keep these institutions
from being impregnated with un-Ameri-
can principles?
rs the patriotic blood Of our blood to
disappear?
"couriers Of hope carry messages from
such q gathering as this back into
your message be that you take back
home to your associates?
Always Emergencies Ahead.
Spring displays its miracles in tiny
grass blades and on towering mountain
heights So. in accordance with our
| gifts, are we expected to help in the
spiritual investments for the future.
There will always be emergencies
ahead, as there have been dificulties
behind. In decorative art blue is called
the great connector. We surround our
selves with blue as a symbol OF unity
national unity, unity in our own society.
Just as blue Is q primary color. unity il
primary necessity, altogether desir-
able.
Color depends upon light to bring
out its harmonies. Our Nation relies
upon its intelligent citizenry TO furnish
| light for indirect illumination.
| do you ever feel that women are
| temporizing with national issues? Are
they obseSSed with the idea of wanting
something different?
1T happens that woman's deeds are
heralded far and near in this period of
her familiariEing herself with great,
newly acquired responsibility. Would 1t
not be expedient for humbleness to be
exalted? Men and women hold common
citizenship in this Republic. Should
there be any competition among women
to outwit men in a contest for seizure
Of political reward? Is it not finer for
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