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Show IDanghfers of American Revolution Revolu-tion Celebrate Washington's Washing-ton's Birthday. PATRIOTIC POEM READ BY MRS. THOMAS WEIR Addresses in Reference to Washington and the Men Who Follow Him. MB It is indeed appropriate that annually H "Washington 's birthday is the day flH chosen for the annual celebration of IB; Spirit of Libertv chapter. Daughters of IBr the American devolution, ns it would H 9 bo hnrd to find a more fitting occasion HB1 for women descended from tho Eevolu- IHJ fiouary men to gathor together and com- H ( niemorate the brave deeds they accom- HH i plishod, and toast their memories with IB s. feast of reason and a flow of soul. Hb Yestorday at noon the Daughters and BDj their guests gathcrod at tho Manitou W for the minimi luncheon. Tho patriotic Hi decorations, combined with tho colors of KS the chapter, predominated in tho ap- Bil r pointmonts. The walls wore draped t with pnlo yellow and blue bunting, Hi j while from the corners of the room to IK'i tie 0 3 el icr wero dozens of small IH! American flags. The long table was in HH the shape or a "T" and was Jieauti- Umm l fully decorated wirh dnffodils and vio- Hl'f lots" alternately. Down tho center of H the festive board wero bowls and HH baskets of the flowers, while from tho center radiated manv small flags, and HE strewn over the cloh were sprays of HH plumosa. The placo cards wero in red, Hwj white and bine, with the monogram, D. Wmm A. R., emblazoned on a white shield in MHj the National colors and tied in yellow HB Mrs. Seth Warner Morrison, regent HH of tho association, introduced the tonst- HlR mistress, Mrs. Lee Charles Miller, who HW spoke in a delightful manner of tho 9Hi many things that Washington's birth- nK day "recalls to our minds the school children who laud his sentiments, WMm "First in war," etc.. tho old-fashioned Ml dances when the matrons and maids BW may don the Colonial cap and gown and HI: be "old-fashioned for once:" how the HI day recalls to some the good old stories IHf of the brave man who was ever "First HH; in war, first in peao and first in tho IH' hearts of his countrymen." HI "Our Emblem: "vVhat It Means to IH 19," was responded to by Mrs. Thomas IH Weir, delegate at the Continental con- IHl gress held last year in Washington, who read the following original and charm-Mi charm-Mi jng little poem, entitled "Our Em- IH Our emblem is a golden wheel. HI' Banded with deepest blue: HI , Each shining spoke tipped with a star, HH The distaff showing through. Tho only jewel In the world Thai money cannot buy. HJ , Without such proof of, ancestry, . HI I As 1,0 onc can deny. Hi It glows on many a bosom HI (In sl,kcn garment? dressed), Hill Of many a proud-faced daughter, H i More favored than the rest. H They gladly do it honor. H Jl-nr' K,ve 11 Place to shine, Hit In a1' ils hlue, gold beauty HR? And simple, quaint design. HH) It shines on many a bosom HKh Of daughters, who, each day. HmI Must toil and strive with hand and brain, HJIi L'pon life's weary way. HJi Untold, til e pride and pleasure HM And honor which they feel, HI n wearing that which levels all.-- HD! The distant and the wheel. Hj That emblem tells a story HJfil Each one can understand. HH: This woman has descended. HH From a hero of our land. HjHl From one of those who fought and bled HH' An1 died, perchance, that we Hit Should reap of his great sacrifice. DN' A Nation's liberty. HH; It tells of Washington and those 3S Whom he inspired on earth: H Of how those patriots fought and died, H To give our land its birth. HH' Starving, ill-clnd. they struggled. HH Upon the land and sea, HH Tno or1 of battle granted them HU Triumphant victory. HH: And now our flag we love so well, HH In glorious beauty waves, HJ Over the land which holds and guards HH S many patriot graves. Mfi Their daughters wear this emblem HH' A'nd wltu steadfast faith they pray HJ That for our Nation's honor, BjH We ne hrave and true, as they. HR "The worst .jvheol in the wagon IDQ creaks the loudest. " Mrs. Clesson JKin- IHn nqy responded to the- above toast and. Hi with tho aid of a number of cleverly- Baa told stories, related how the von- air these past few days had been vibrant H with patriotism, the pictures of Wash- fl ington.in the schoolroom, the work, at HJ the High school for the modal given Hi by the Daughters for the best patriotic H i oration, and even the work of th littl f ; folks in the kindergarten, who learn in BB 1 their own way of the facts of history Riff ; that stand out so bright in tho j-cnrB to tt come in their memories. Mrs. Kinnev IN ' told of the little kindergartener who Um when asked to go to the board and draw HI a picture of the Plymouth Rock (after Ml the lesson, on the landing of tho Pil- IJt grims) gleefully asked Lf he should draw J a hen or rooster. Then the speaker Ml told of the many wheels which revolve 2J daj- hy day in the world, the wheel of 19 fate, the pin wheels, the great nutomo- WBX bile wheel, etc. "At one time 9? J think' she said, "the wheel M stood to our ancestors for work and today it atands to us aa a laj sign of progress, and how happy we mm Ehould bo in the thought that no matter Hf how small we may seem, there is work, Mj and plenty, too,' for even the little Hi "The wheel is always in motion, and HI the spoke which is uppermost will soon H be under, therefore mix trembling with Hy all your joy." Mrs, Clement of Port HL Douglas responded to the above quota-H quota-H tion and in brief said how important it Hl was that we must not forget that it is HH the spoke of the little as well as the UW large ones that bear the weight of the RjP wholo machine, and that in the wheel Ray there are thirteen of these spokes, so HH were there thirteen colonies, and think mm of the weight they boro and how it mm pleases us to know thnt of these spokes Hem the great George Washington was tho DJE! huh of tho wheel as well as the hub of mffii the universe." mffir Ye stars which aro tho poetry of HW If inyour bright loaves we could read HlU Of men and empire 'tis to bo forgiven, ffiul Mrs, Margaret Zane Witchor respond- Hf'S c1 the toast, and in a delightful man- U nor referred to the fact that as someone Said 1)eiuff 11 daughter of her father, she certainly "could talk." Tho stars seem to stand for so many things, for cvon tho most ignorant person is attracted at-tracted and fascinated by the wondrous ones that appear in the heavens, and they tell us, these good old astrologers, that our national capital, Washington, is located in one of tho best zones possible pos-sible for prosperity. The toast ended with a toast to the stars of the nation. "There is always work nnd tools to work withal, for those who will." When the toastmistrcss announced that Mrs. Clarence Brown of San Dieeo wns one of the guests who would respond to a toast, there was a heart" round of applause. ap-plause. It was impossible in so short a space to half tell of all the good things that Mrs. Brown said about the ideal home life. It. was from the opening until un-til the closing phrases a plea for the best home life that can bo lived; for, said Mrs. Brown: "We can live without with-out music, we can live without art, and we can live without schooling, but there is one thing we cannot live without, and that is character. The man can be judged from his home surroundings, and so surely as the mother of tho homo realizes real-izes her responsibilities and lends all her energies for the betterment of tho home and children, so will that make in her boy that which we cannot do without with-out character. ' ' "In tho language of the flowers: flax means domestic industr'. " Miss Margaret Mar-garet Connell told how this little blue flower at onp time grew iu such profusion pro-fusion alone the hillsides of a foreinn country, and how one dav a peasant, happening to pick one of the little flowers, flow-ers, noticed that, as he separated its petals, there were strands of flax, and from that time the industry carried, to our own shores for the Colonial women, wom-en, and how many a young man 's heart has been hopelessly entwined in the threads of the flax as it flow across the spindle of the New England missile! "Others may ever claim and trace their descendants from the fighters of thoso Colonial days, but T think," said Miss Connell. "that it is just as much pride to trace one's ancestry to the womei who -worked during ail the troubling times of disorder in the colonies, who worked patiently with their flax and cheered the soldier on his way- to war, and were ready to receive such news as might come from the field with a resignation resig-nation that it was all for the best.'.' The Unlucky Thirteen. Superstition Is part of the poetry of life. Mrs. IT. C. Wallace responded to the quotation and told of the many supercilious super-cilious that seemed to hang about the Smo8 of planting potatoes h' moonlight, adat the crop might be a successful one, Cte. These things, and so many other flhperstitions, Washington had to put up with, and even the thirteen colonies, too, for the round dozen wns a baker's dozen, when little Rhode Island asked for admission. Think how these many things were overcome by the curly fathers, fa-thers, and it seems thnt tho unlucky thirteen was indeed to be luck- thirteen, for, as our forefathora overcame so many difficulties, bo they overcame tho superstitions, and it might be fitting fov us to take the number as a talisman. The programme closed with the guests standing and singing "America," with a violin accompaniment by Miss Allen. Covers at the luncheon were lnid for Mrs. Seth W. Morrison, Miss lone Morrison, Mor-rison, Mrs. A. J. Gorham. Mrs. Loc Charles Miller, Miss Decker, Mrs. .. M. Dart, Mrs. h. E. Hall, Miss Hall, Mrs. Grant Humpton, Miss Kathcrvn Page, Mrs. E. L. Jones. Mrs. A. R. G'bok, Mrs. D B. Mudgett. Mrs. W. P. Lynn, Miss Ethel Paul, Mrs. Harvey La Motto, Miss Margaret B. Connell, Mrs. Frank B. Stephens, Mrs. .T. M. Brotnlee, Mrs. Russel L. Tracy, Mrs. D. E. Hemphill. Mrs. Russell C. Woodruff, Mrs. U. J. Hiskey. Mrs. D. Coray, Mrs. Charles Stevenson. Mrs. W. W. Ohisholm, Miss Beatrice O'Connor, Mrs. W. Thomas, Mrs. M. A. Breeden, Miss Josephine Spencer, Mrs. C. C. Grifiin, Mrs. W. II, Jones. Mrs. Clarence Brown, Mrs. V. R. Wightman, Miss Anna E. Murphy. Mrs. H. G. McMillan, Miss Mary 01 tve Grav, Mrs. George Hancock, Mrs. Zane, Mrs. Margaret Zano Witcher, Mrs. A. I). V. Reynolds. Mrs. C. S. Kinney, Miss Ma-delia Ma-delia Hobbs. Mrs. John C. 'Outler. Mrs. S. M. Dey of Ogden, Mrs. Henry C. Wallace, Mra. "VV. H. Alexander. Miss Rilla Snyder, Mrs. Richard A. Tveyos, Mrs. H. "C. Clement, Mr6. M. J. Ghees-man, Ghees-man, Mrs. Jacob Taylor, Mrs. H. K. Klingendcr, Mrs, Alvah Lewis and Mrs. J. L. Bowman. |