Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-18 | Page 6 | Daughters Assemble

DAU DAUGHTERS ASSEMBLE Descendants of American Revolutionary Sires Sires' in Ill inC C Convention WASHINGTON Feb The eleventh continental congress of the the National Society So So- clet clety of the Da Daughters of the American Revolution convened here today About SOO SO del delegates gates and others representing chapters In States throughout the country country country coun coun- try were vere present The congress has before before before be be- fore it many matters maters at of f Importance to the welfare of the daughters These In Include include in- in clude elude the Ue erection of a continental memorial memorial memorial me me- morial halt hall hal in this city the he adjustment of Internal Internal disputes disputes disputes' among some of the Western Vestern chapters which have caused much trouble In the past needed neede amendments amendments amendments amend amend- ments In irS the constitution of the order and projects s for tor or sec securing pen pensions lons for needy daughters whose fathers were actual fighters In the colonial struggle with England The congress was called caled to or order er this morning moring by the Mrs Charles W. W Fairbanks wife of the United States from Indiana After expressing expressing ex ex- pressing her gratification at the numbers numbers numbers num num- bers of those present and what they represented Mrs Fairbanks urged upon every daughter the cultivation n n. In the highest degree of reveren reverence e to law de devotion dEl dE- dE de- de o the flag and preservation ton of the interests l t of et the go organization She showed that t there ere were now approximately apr ap ap- ala ala- proximately x chapters r thirty four having hay hav r log ing been l added d during r the past ti- ti tir year r In Increasing increasing in- in creasing the he membership by 30 This makes the total membership over The n morning session closed p e with a re response response re- re s e en by- by k Mrs JOhn onn F. F Swift of California Cali Cali- I fornia ornia to the address address' of Mrs I Fairbanks Fair Fairbanks banks The congress then took a recess until 2 o o'clock lock this afternoon I