Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-23
THE HOME OF WASHINGTON.


DISTINGUISHED LADIES IN ATTENDANCE
The annual council OF the regent and vice
regents OF the Mount Vernon Association has
convened to-day. The Corcoran made a special
trip down at ive m. yesterday, to convey thither
such OF the ladies OF the board In this CITY,
including Mrs. Laughton, regent. who represents
Pennsylvania on the board; Mra SWEET, secretary,
who is vice regent for Maine; Mrs Yulee, Florida:
Mrs. Herbert, Alabama; Mrs. Eve Georgia; Mrs
Townsend, New York; Miss Alice Longfenow,
Massachusetts,; Mrs Chace, Rhode Island: Mrs
Broadwell: Ohio; Miss Harper Maryland; Mrs
halstead, New jersey; Mrs Comegys, Delaware;
Mrs Ella B. Washington, Virginia.
MIS- hudson, Connecticut, and, perhaps, one or
more others, are expected, making a council fuller
IN attendance than any annual session hitherto
sixteen. OF ladies necessarily absent. Mira barry.
the eicient vice-regent for Illinois, Is detained 6y
Illness and Mrs Barnes, OF the District OF Colum-
OF their husbands Mrs. SWEET, of Portland Me-,
has been entertained by Mrs. Laughton, the past
send Of Albany, has been visiting her sister. Mrs.
Van Rensselaer, Berry.
FINANCIAL
This association Of eminent ladies' pursuing their
patriotic undertaking from year to year with
quiet, even-handed zeal, has a warm place in pub
lie regard. Mrs Laughton, who succeeded in Of
nee the founder OF the association, MISS Pamela
Cunningham OF blessed me mory, has held the
regency since 1873 Within that time the epdow-
ment fund has grown from the sum OF g, 600 to
ciety's treasurer. Mr. E Francis Riggs, of Riggs
Co.'S. bank The largest single contribution to
the fund was check for g, 900 from the late Chas
Manchester, OF Philadelphia, the father OF Mrs
LaughtOn.
During Mrs Laughton's regency the -
RESTORATION OF THE VARIOUS ROOMS
OF the manor house has been the ladies' especial
Work, and the current year, 1t is expected will see
this fully accomplished. As is already known,
each state takes some one room under its patron
age, so far as the number of rooms in the house
Will allow, and restores and furnishes 1t In style
as nearly cotemporaneous with Washington's time
ture has been secured and replaced. George Al
1red Townsend, in last Sundays Tribune, quotes
MI MI; Inomas Donelson as saying that in the bed
room Where washington died the bed is not the
same 1t Is, however, having been kindly restored
to the mansion for this room, which is under the
Gen. r. B. Lee. The parttcuiariEation OF a few
others may be OF interest. The room where Mrs
nv, ~ spen. tne last months OF her
OF wisconsin. New York has the banquet room;
Massachusetts, the rorary, for which Miss Long
cured additional relics to the store already there
as follows: Antique androns, tnngs and shovel
ana Miniatures n OF Gen and MRS Washington
carolina has raised funds for furnishing the family
dining-room precisely as 1t was originally. Two
nished by the vice-regents OF North Carolina and
T,orida Georgia has restored the walls OF Mrs
Masn,lngtons Sitting room. and contributed ap
ploprlate furniture. Alabama, under the lndefati-
gable vice regency OF Mrs Herbert has selected
tne nall for her special work OF love- repainted it.
restored the crumbltng walls, and added furniture
Inc association meets for its annual council In the
ni'er hoom," Pennsylvania's special trust
THE PROCEEDINGS OF TO-DAY
consist In the reading OF the regents report; Also
the minutes OF the last council, together with the
secretarys report for the year, and the report of
COL Hoiungsworth, superintendent OF the build
ing ana grounds This is q summary OF the
monthly reports he submits to the regent
THE VISIT OF THE VETERANS
IL has been unJustly laid at the door OF the lady
managers, in certain loose newspaper statements.
that charge OF thirty cents each was levied on
members OF the Society of the Army OF the Po-
tomac at its late reunion for entering the grounds
In point OF fact, the regent and vice regents had
no Omclal knowledge OF the matter and were not
the ones to be consulted. Gen. Townsend master
OF ceremonies at the reunion, very properly sent
lor Capt Blake, OF the steamer Corcoran who has
the exclusive lease OF the Mount Vernon wharf,
private wharf, built by the association and trans
Ierred TO the captains business control-and the
TWO gentlemen arranged the matter to mutual
satislactlon. Had Uapt Blake donated the use OF
tne wharf that day outright his contribution to the
reunion would nave been necessarily many times
larger than that OF any other citizen which would
ne naroly falr for public opinion to exact OF him.
Inc Army OF the Potomac, honorable men, Ger.
talnly would not have wished such q dispropor.
tionate sacr1nce OF any mans private interests