Daughters Of The Revolution

The Daughters of the American Revolution held their last meeting of the season at the home of Mrs. Woodbridge, 718 S. Ingalls street, Thursday afternoon, May 21. After the reading of the minutes, the executive committee reported on the program for next year, the topics being assigned to the following ladies:

"Puritan Governors," Mrs. Dibble.

"Puritan Ministers," Mrs. Beman.

"Witchcraft," Miss Elizabeth Dean.

"Education in Puritan New England"  Mrs. Wait.

"Puritan Women," Mrs. Alice Lewis.

It was learned that much interest was being taken in the essays to be written by the children of 6th and 9th grades, by both parents and teachers, many of the former signifying a desire to send flags to decorate the school rooms May 29, the day on which the papers are to be written in the presence of the teacher and a representative from the D. A. R. The following ladies were appointed visitors: W. S. Perry school, Mrs. Slauson; Philip Bach school, Miss Bach; Christian Mack school, Mrs. Petterson; Elisha Jones school, Mrs. Murfin; Tappan school, Mrs. Pond; high school, Mrs. Wait.

The critics to judge of the compositions are: High school, Mrs. Hutchins and Mrs. Carhart; Philip Bach school, Mrs. Lane and Miss Gillette; Christian Mack school, Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. Clarkson; Elisha Jones school, Mrs. Dibble and Miss Groves; Tappan school, Mrs. Rowland and Mrs. Bennett. 

Mrs. Angell, Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. Richards, representatives from the local chapter to the recent conference of the D. A. R. at Lansing, gave a most interesting account of the meeting at one of which the local society was honored by having Mrs. Angell, the regent emeritus, appointed on the executive committee. The conference next year meets in Ann Arbor. In the matter of marking revolutionary soldiers' graves, Mt. Clemens chapter leads all others in the state and their interest has led them to devise a marker which has been accepted as the marker for Michigan and is so appropriate and beautiful that it will be called to the attention of the next D. A. R. congress. The design, in imperishable metal, consists of crossed swords and the letters S. A. R. (Soldier of the American Revolution) enclosed in a victor's wreath. 

The attention of the chapter was called to the grave of Major Halleck, a revolutionary soldier buried on a farm on the Whitmore Lake road. In

The paper of the afternoon was read by Mrs. Campbell, who said in part that the Sabbath was God's vital gift the near future it will be marked. 

to weary and sinful man. Its observance became a statutory requirement during the reign of the Emperor Constantine, about the fourth century and this observance of a weekly day of rest and worship developed into the foremost factor of human welfare, Webster going so far as to say that "the Sabbath is the bulwark of our morality." If a wholesome Christian influence is to pervade modern society in the uses of Sunday, it must proceed from the Christian family. Out of the uses to which Sunday is put in the home where father, mother and children meet together and are at leisure under the same roof must come the regeneration of society. The government of the United States recognizes Sabbath as the following article pertaining to the U. S. navy testifies: 

"Sunday shall be observed on board all ships and at naval stations in an orderly manner. All labor shall be reduced to the requirements of necessary duty.  The commanders of vessels and naval stations shall cause diving service to be performed on Sunday. Any irreverent levity or unbecoming behavior during such service shall be punished as a general or summary court martial may direct." It is certainly gratifying to learn that the only flag which is permitted to wave above the stars and stripes of our country is the Sunday morning on the ships and forts of the nation, a declaration made as an object lesson to the world that is a Christian land. 

After the paper, Mrs. Babcock and Miss Storrs sang several pleasing selections, following which the hostess served dainty refreshments. 

Mrs. H. H. WAIT,

Historian.