Maria Sanford . which to register beforetwelve oclock. The young woman was astranger in town and had come to the city with-out money for her fees. There was only half anhour before registration closed. Miss Sanford,when she told the story, said that although itwas very unusual for her to have so much moneyin the house she happened to have that amountand gave it to the girl without knowing whethershe should ever see or hear from her again. Shewas rather annoyed; but she felt that she couldnot allow anyone to say that Miss Sanford didnot practice what she preached—^kindness. At Christmas time th
Maria Sanford . which to register beforetwelve oclock. The young woman was astranger in town and had come to the city with-out money for her fees. There was only half anhour before registration closed. Miss Sanford,when she told the story, said that although itwas very unusual for her to have so much moneyin the house she happened to have that amountand gave it to the girl without knowing whethershe should ever see or hear from her again. Shewas rather annoyed; but she felt that she couldnot allow anyone to say that Miss Sanford didnot practice what she preached—^kindness. At Christmas time this year Miss Sanfordwas far from well. She told a friend that shewas having the horrors; cold sweats and anagony of mind not to be described, but so muchworse than physical pain that she was in terrorat the thought of a recurrence of the became very much interested in herfriends explanation of the new psychology andher assurance that the horrors could beovercome. She began at once to study the sub-. MARIA SANFORD MAEIA SANFORD 305 ject, resolutely putting her troubles behind her;shortly again she was lecturing. In the spring of 1919 she had been invitedby the St. Anthony Falls Chapter of the D. A. become a member of that chapter, and hadaccepted the invitation. Before the election inthe fall, however, it was found that she was areal grand-daughter of the Eevolution; andso she was asked instead to become an honor-ary member of every chapter in the state. Shewas accepted October 18, 1919, by the board ofmanagement of the National Society of theDaughters of the American Eevolution. At thestate midwinter conference in February shegave an apostrophe to the flag. Once beforeshe had given an impromptu address of a sim-ilar kind. The spirit of these addresses had soimpressed her hearers that she was once againasked to speak on the same subject. This timethe speech, expanded into a powerful address,became famous as her true valedictory. Deliv-ered at the heart of the
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