The Washington times., 1895-02-19
HEROES WERE THEIR sIREs
Daughters of American RevOIu.
tion on the Eve of Convention.
RECEPTION TO THE DELEGATES
Given by the Board of Management and State
Regents-social Preliminary to the Busi-
ness of the Fourth Continental Congress-
1t Was Brilliant Success. Particularly
in Numbers-ManY States Represented.

A reception was given by the board of man.
agement and State regents of the National
Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution to the delegates and visitors to
the Fourth Continental Congress OF that or
ganization last night in the parlors of Will
ards Hotel.
The reception was a social preliminary to
the business OF the congress.
The affair was brilliant success espe-
cially in point of numbers, the parlors having
been crowded almost to excess from 8 p. m.
TO 1890 p. m. The delegates were from
almost every State in the Union. Only few
OF the regents were absent.
LADIES OF THE RECEIVING PARTY.
The ladies who received were Vice Presi
dent Gen. Mrs. s. c. Geer, Vice Presidents
Mrs. F. W. Dickens, Miss Eugena Worthing
ton, Mrs. A. Howard Clarke, Miss Ella Lo-
raine Dorsey, Mrs. Harry Heth, Mrs. r.
Ogden Doremus, Mrs. Schuyler Hamil-
ton, ir., Mrs. Elizabeth Andrew Hill,
Mrs. nj. S. Lockwood, Mrs. John Ritchie,
Mrs. A. G.. Bracket, Miss Virginia Miller,
Mrs. III. M. Shepard, Mrs. Joshua Wilbour,
Mrs. l.. p. Blackburn, Mrs. Henry Gannett,
-iio. luliOCh, MIS. AShCS IhtitllL
Burnett, Miss Mary Desha, Miss Fedora |.
Wilbur, Mrs. c. A. Mann, DR.. A. N. McGee.
Mrs. Henry f. Blount, Mrs. E. t. Bullock
Mrs. De Il. Randolph Keim. Mrs. Elizabeth
Q. Churchman, Mrs. Kate KearneY Henry,
Mrs. D. G. Amber. Mrs. Thomas S. Morgan.
Mrs. S. II. Kerfoot, Mrs. G. c. Fos-
ter, Mrs. John A. I. Hull, Mrs.
Green, Mrs. r. NJ. Newport, Mrs. William
II. Sims, Mrs. Arthur E. Clarke, Mrs.
w. W. Shippen. Mrs. A. Howard Hinkle, Mrs.
w. b. Hogg. MissSSAmelia S. Knight, Mrs. r.
c. Bacon, Mrs. J. Harvey Mather, Mrs.
James b. Clark, Mrs. Jesse Burdett, Mrs,
William Writ Henry, Mrs. Edwin G- Crobbe
Washington, d. c., and Mrs. James S. Peck.
STATES REPRESENTED BY DELEGATES.
Among the ladies present were:
nlinois-Mrs. John Jewett, Mrs. Frank
Johnson, Mrs McGidley, Mrs Kirkman, Mrs
Fred Becker, and Mrs. Ralph Emerson
New Hampshire-Mrs Arthur Clarke, Mrs.
Fred Shepherd, Mrs. C. II. Sawyer, Mrs.
John b. Clarke, Mrs. 1. S. Fogg. and Mrs. b.
C. Cheney.
Massachusetts T. T. Pierce.
Rhode Island-Mrs. Thomas w. Chase,
Mrs. John Wilbour, Miss Amelia S. Knight,
Mrs. Barker, and Mrs. Durfee.
Georgia-Mrs. Ellen Meade Clarke, Mrs.
William Dickson. Mrs. Luia Gordon, Mrs B.
W. Wrenn, Mrs. Kolb Jackson, and Mrs. q.
Lage.
New Jersey-Mrs. W. W. shippen. Mrs.
| William Striker, Mrs. ID. A. Depew, Mrs.
Howard Richards, Mrs. F. A. r. Martin. Mrs.
L. Il. Cheney, Mrs. stephen w. Corey, Mrs.
| Hawes, and Mrs. Guerin.
Virginia-Mrs. Albert Akers, Miss Lucy
Howard Pickett. Miss Rose Thomas. Miss
Maggie Thomas. Mrs. William Garrison, Mrs.
L. S. Lamb, Miss Sue Hetzel. Mrs. Holiday,
Mrs. Decatur Axtel, Mrs. Jamos Lyons, Mrs.
| b. l.. Purcell, Mrs. Stephen Putney, Mrs.
Reginald Gilham, Mrs. j. A. Morris and Mrs.
| Alexander Robertson.
| New Hork-Mrs. Schuyler Hamilton, Mrs.
| Roger A. Pryor, Mrs. Donald McLane. Mrs
Janvier lie Due, Mrs. ]. II. Crossman, Mrs
John S. Wise, Mrs. john Staunton. Mrs A. G..
! Mills. Mrs. c. S. Atwater. Miss Mira Avery
Mrs. Nina r. Hermance, and Mrs. Esther j.
Hasbrough.
Vermont-Mrs. ". Richardson, Mrs. Jesse
Burdette, Mrs. +. w. Abbott Mrs. Horace H
Dyer, Mrs. L. j. 0rmisbee. and Mrs. Levi K.
| Fuller.
Gonnecticut-Mr Wheeler, Mrs W. E.
| Seely, Mrs. Warren, Miss Rodgers, Mrs. Com
stock Mrs. Slocomb, Miss Clarke, Mrs. Bulk.
ley, Mrs. Pierce, Mrs. Perkins, and Mrs. De.
/ van.
Pennsylvania-M Minnie F. Mickey. O.
| Liberty Bell Chapter: Mrs e. S. Smith. Mrs
Park Painter, Mrs. William H. Mccartney
Mrs. Murray K. Wideman, and Mrs. NJ. L
| Lightman.
Tennessee-Mrs. Keller Anderson, Mrs. W
| II. Horton, Mrs. A. K. Ward, Mrs. Martht
Galloway, and Mrs. S. C. Toof.
Maryland--Mrs. Jervis o Spencer, Mis-
Mary s. Hall, Mrs. ]. J. Jackson, Miss Marie
ID. Williams
Ohio-Mrs. Fl. B. Morehead, Miss Anni
Laws, Mrs. w. P. Hubert Mrs. H. c. Yerga
son, Mrs. Isabella Thomas, Mrs. n. II. Nc
Lane, Miss May Terrence Harrison, Mrs
Petrea MeClintcck, and Mrs. Taylor.
OTHERS WHO WERE THERE.
There were also present Mrs. Harry Berry
Mrs NJ. A. Dickinson, Mrs. P. H. Derby
Mrs. C. Il. Davis, Mrs Susan P. Farbes, Mis-
Minnie G. Fogel, Mrs. Clifford d. Gregory
Mrs. Charles Hunsicker, Mrs. Rober
S. Hatchem. Miss Heen HerbeI
Mrs. John Tres, Mrs. r. H. Kerr, Miss Ami
Mech, Miss Susan B. Mech, Mrs. n. II
Mather, Miss Irene B. Martin. Miss F. S
w. Parke, Miss Mary Rouse, Mrs
Thomas Roberts, Miss Mary
Radcliffe, Miss Eleanor H. Saplee
Mrs. Helen NJ Soup, Mrs. Alfred G. Salgel
Mrs. William H. Turner. Miss G. r. Troxell
Mrs. II. K. Wright, Mrs. A. K. Ward. Mr.:
james ID. Wynkoop, Mrs. William Fl. Weir
sheimer, Mrs. Thomas H. Warnock Mrs
GllZdDtlit II. w eiCH. MIS-. AuuT6W D.. Al68anuel
Mrs. C. P Alden. Mrs. Elizabeth p BraytoI
Mrs. NJ. H. Beach, Mrs. Bayard Butler, Mr.:
C. II. Churchill, Miss S. G. Clarke, Nils
Annie C. Gushing. and Mrs. s. ". Kellogg.
The New Jersey delegation was hanC
somely received and entertained yesterda
afternoon by Mrs. Thomas Swan.
WORK TO BE DONE TO-DAY.
The congress will assemble this morning
10 O'Clock in the Church OF Our Father.
The society was organized in this city o,
tober IL. 1880. at which time the chartt
membership was closed. and the incorporf
tion was had June 8. 1891. The organiz,
tion is composed of many OF the most repre-
sentative women of the United States, bot
as to historical and social prestige.
Among the important matters of bushes
to be transacted at this session will be Il
, election of officers and reports from the fo
, lowing select committees:
On continental hall, Mrs. Henry NJ She
ard, chairman; on national university, Mr
| William Writ Henry; on national hymn, Mr.
i, John r. Putnam. chairman; on Mrs. Harr
sons portrait, Mrs. John L. Putnam, chai
man; Mrs. L. II. Wentworth. treasurer
I, Among the ladies who have been spoken
: for the Office of president general are: Mr.
Roger A. Pryor, of New York; Mrs. NJ.
Hogg, of Pennsylvania and Mrs John Y
Foster, of this city.
4 There will be two sessions to-day, whic
will be conducted by Mrs. A. G. Geer, viz
n president general, in the absence of MI
Adlai E. Stevenson, the president
p The morning session will be taken l
largely with routine business. In the afte
noon the reports OF the national officers "