New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
MEETING OF THE D. A. K.
THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS- TO BE
CALLED TO ORDER TOMORROW.
BUSY TINE AT NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS. IN
WASHINGTON. IN PREPARATION FOR THE

BUSY TINE AT NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS. IN
WASHINGTON. IN PREPARATION FOR THE
EvENT-sToRY or THE ORDER.
The Daughters of the American Revolution Ma
tional Headquarters at Washington is busy place
Women from North. South. East and West are al
work preparing for the Continental congress ""io"
meets tomorrow. February -.
The charter members OF the u. \. r. organized IN
washington July lS, 1890, were Miss Eueenio WASH
ington. Mrs. +. 4. Darling. Mrs. +. II. Walworh
Mrs NJ HalloweI, Mrs Susan REVERE HetzeL
Miss Margaret Hetzel, Mrs, Mary V { CaDei' Mfs
Mary :. Lockwood. Mrs Alice Morrow Clark mrs
Ada r Kimberly ana Miss Mary Desha. Mrs. Benta-
min Harrison the first National president All
who had been enrolled during the first year were
granted the privileges OF charter members ana siS
names were signed At the head of the list STANDS
Miss Eugenia Washington. who is descendant OF
Colonel Samue. Washington. brother of General
George Washington. The growth OF the organization
has been marvellous. There are now enrolled over
eighteen thousand members and every State Is
Represented except two, Idaho and Nevada the
Hawaiian Islands will probably have charter before
the session OF the annual congress Mrs Carter wife
Of the ate Minister 10 Hawaii has been appointed
regent for Honolulu. Nova Scotia and Geneva. Swift
zerland also Regents who are acting on behalf
OF the "DaUGhtCTs."
In the central part Of the city OF Washington in the
Washington Loan and Trust Building. the 'Daugn-
are seven rooms IN which the different officers. all
working without pay attend 10 the various divisions
Of the Nor The first is used for reception OF visit
y cab ne, OF beautiful china attracts attention.
!; is explained that the pieces are for sale ana me
proceeds be turned into the fund for Cont
mental Hall The insignia OF the society badge in
the form OF a spinning wheel and disaf. is upon
each article and the pieces patterned after those
Of colonial ard Revolutionary times. Mi Vernon
paqucs add to the display
The second room j. where the executive branch
located. There are two clerks busy at typewriters.
and The desk OF Miss Lillian Lockwood. business
manager Of The American Magazine is here"
Here. too. is the library. which has recently re-
ceived valuable addition of beautifully bound
volumes from Ms. Bowron. OF New-York City.
among them historical works memoirs and books
Of literature and travel
The third room might properly he called the
lineage section. Here letters bearing upon
ancestry. and many valuable autographs Of dis
Iinguishcd persons preserved. There are vol
umcs of applications, in handsome leather, all nu-
morically arranged. two hundred in each volume; a
card catalogue similar to that of the Government
method used in the Records and Pensions Division;
an ancestral catalogue. roll OF membership with
names addresses and chapters 10 which each ind
vidua belongs.
THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
The Board room is occupied by Mrs. Charlotte
Emerson Main when not by the Board OF
Management. Mrs. Main is recording secretary
general OF the association and chairman of the
Credential Committee She has charge OF charters
and regents commissions and sends out all notices
The early morning post delivery often brings as
many thirty-fiye letters, she dictates an average
OF twenty five for one mail Thirteen hundred ap-
plicdtlOns were received during January. and each
W3s signed twice ny me recording secretary When
Mrs. stevenson president 80 neral is in Town. she
preside= ~ AL Board meetings. The Board man
agemont Is composed OF The active officers OF the
National Society and state from each
sac or Territory II has fun power 70 enact bv-
laws 20 pres ,ribe rules and rocula atoms for the
guidance OF the officers OF the society NIL vacancies