The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-25
fHR DANES Begin WORK
The National Association in Session
at the Arlington.
Hrs- Howard Townsend, of New
York, Occupies the Chair-ROutine
business Transncted-The Commit
tee ON Credentials Commences Its
LabOrs-SIany Delegates Present.

/ lOnlal Danes OF America took place this
morning at II o'clock in the banquet hail
I Of the Arlington Hotel, which was crowd
4 ed with delegates and alternates from all
parts OF the country. The President of
the society, Mrs. Howard Townsend. of
I New York. occupied the chair. surrounded
| by the other officers OF the society. 1t
was nearly Il o'clock when the President
called the meeting to order. After the
Lords Prayer had been said. the regular
/ business Of the meeting was taken up in
the regular order as used by the Council.
( The examination of credentials and the
roll-call consumed considerable time on
/ account Of the great number OF dele gates
/ and alternates present. The National
/ Society of the Colonial Danes will again
/ petition Congress that THE Star Spangled
I Banner" be adopted as the national an
+ them Of the United States
! The delegation representing the Dis
/ triet of Columbia, together with Mrs.
/ Shipper. Of Maryland. who owns the
original manuscript of the song, will
/ be empowered TO go before Congress
with this petition. II is furthermore
/ one of the endeavors Of the society. 10 es-
I tablish as far as possible the custom among
I all citizens Of the United States of rising
1 when The Star Spangied Banner is
| played or surg in their presence and re-
main standing until it is finished. II is
! also one Of the aims Of the society to OBJ
| tain the cooperation Of all citizens OF the
| United States in the custom Of barring or
| bowling The head whenever or Wherever the
flag OF the United States is officially dis
played
Considerable new business will be
brought up for discussion az the sessions OF
/ the Council. which promise to be highly in
I teresting. This afternoons session will be
largely taken up with preliminary bust
ness.
The following are the names OF the dele
gates TO the council:
( Pennsy!v5nia--Mrs. William Bacon stevens Mr.
/ 4 ,. C8ssstt, Miss Rooney Mr., Horace Rerch
Z Mrs. Thonas Roberts. Aternltcs-Nrs. Charles
I 4. Harrison, Mrs. James d. Minor. Mrs. Richard
Ashhurst, Mrs Richard Peters, j., Mrs. Arthur
] \. Meigs-
Nsrriand-Mrs Charles MARSHALL Mrs Albert
| l. Si0uSsat, Mrs. William b. Wilson. Mrs lredei
Iglehart. Ms. Henry ". Rogers Alternate
Mis- EVELYN McCandlish, Mrs. William Reynolds
Mrs- J-En r. TAFT Ms. Columbus o D0nneii
Miss Clementine smith.
New Jersey-Nrs. Thomas ]. CTavsn. NJ. Alex
Jameson. Mrs B. Howell Campbell. Miss hathsr-
ine Green. Mrs. Hughes. Ohphsnt- Alternate
Miss Nixon. Miss Qliuby, Mrs. Andrew Sinnick-
son. Mrs J. Louvre Bell. Miss Lathro9.
| DelaW4Te-Mrs. &. J. McIIvaine. pls- Charles
| H. Miller Mrs. j. Ernest smith. Miss susan
| SpOttswOOd. Miss RItgciy. AitcTuates-Mr,-
| Peter r. Wright, Mrs Eugene Dupont Ass Alice
I Has. Mr.. james A. Draper.
| District Of Cciumbil-Mrs. Rickey Ms Wood
bury, Mrs. CropPer, Mrs Feutail. Miss Julia
strong AlJCruatts-Nrs. Jsnin. Miss Belle John
sion, Mrs. Addison Mrs.. Jewell. Mrs- Go0d!oe.
tirgiuia-Nr-. Herbert A. Cla.50ne, Mrs.
Reginald Gillian, Nrs. Richard 5. Thomas, Mrs..
James p Naupin, Mrs John sergeant NIse.
! Atornates-Mrs- Matthew Bland Harrison Ms
| Charles Washington Coleman, Mrs. William -.
! Thomas, Mrs. Lucy Mason Webb. Mr. William
I I. Robus
Rhode Island-Alrs William C. R0eiker. Mrs
\. Livingston Mason. Mrs. Joseph Brigham. MIS-
| Albert Blbcock, Miss susan Miner. Alternate
Mrs Nathaniel Bacon, Mrs.. j. Harris Metcaf. Mrs
c. \. BufIcrm.
Nassacsusstts-sirs. George :. Hale, Mrs F. P.
! Sprague. Miss Sarah II. Crocker, Mrs Henry x.
! Dalton, Mrs WaIc0 Lincoln AitcruatCs-Mrs
{. j. Paine. Mrs. : 7. Blake, Ms. A. o. Bull
lock, Mrs Harold C. Ernst
New Nork-Mrs Samuel NerplauCk Nrs. Elihu
Chauncey, Mrs Oliver Lirgston Jones, Ms vii
ham Robinson. Mrs. Daniel Manning AiteUates
Mrs. Edward Mitchell, Mrs " B. BeekmlA,
South CIroliua-Nrs. Henry Z. Young. Mrs..
Ernest II. Pringle, Mrs Charles Boyle Mrs
Catherine P. Ravenel. Miss Adele p. Van Der
| Horst. Altern2tes-Mrs- Francis c. Dupont. Mr..
Edward g. Jones. Mrs Hugh /. Thsmps0E. Ms
Sarah Barnwen Elliott, Mrs. Edward Selduer-
Connecticut-Miss Davenport Nrs. samuel Colt.
Mrs Franklin b. Dayton, Miss Mariana Townsend.
( Mrs James T. Thatcher. Alternates-Miss Toll
colt. Miss Dryden, Miss Isabella Eidrldge, Mrs.
Frank c. Porter.
/ GNOrEl1-lfH- D.. J X
Lamar, Mrs A r. Lawton. Mrs l. Y sage Mss
Clare de GraHeHreid Alyernates-Nrs samuel
Spencer, Mrs Abner W Calhoun, Mrs BiIups
Phinizy, Mrs.. John T. KilgOur.
New Hampshire-Mrs. Arthur 2. Clarke. Mrs
Truman F. Woodbury. Mrs. y. c. White, Mrs
Henry B. Robeson- Mrs. Joseph B. Walker Alter
nates-Mrs william Z; Chandler Mrs John
Smythe Fogg- Mrs. Frank W Rollins Ms John
r. Brooke. Mrs. Robert T. Bradford
North CaroliHa-MFs. George ". Kidder. Mrs
CASTOR Aears, Mrs. Emma Aafhtt, Mrs Theodore
Davidson. Mrs. Caroline C. heares Alternates-
Mrs James Sprunt, Mrs. Clayton Giles Mrs Ed
win Parker. Mrs. P. NJ. Wilson. Mrs. HiliATd.
The following are the national officers Of
the society:
Ms Howard Townsend president; Mr.. E d.
Gillespie, first vice president; Mrs. ". W. Cor
don, second vice president; Mrs. Beverly Kennon
honorary vice president: Miss Elizabeth b. Nieho-
las, treasurer; Mrs. William Reed, secretary; Mrs
j. j. Jackson. assistant secretary. Mrs Emil
Richter. registrar and Miss Aane Hollingsworth
Wharton historian.
Board Of Managers California Mrs s " Van
Wyck. Miss A. A. b. Wright. Illinois. Miss
Cornclia Grey Sunt, Mrs. Kirkman. Michigan,
Mrs. F. H. LeH- Lyster, Mrs Charles Du ChArrne.
Minnesota, Mrs George B. Young Iowa, Mrs,
8. +. Smith Ohio Mrs. r P Harrison, Mrs H
r. Woods. Colorado, Mrs. :. NJ Caspar. vice
president; Mrs Delleker, alternate Alabama
Mrs Hortense A. Batre. president; Mrs. Ellen
Peter Bryce, alternate. Arkansas, Mrs Logan
Roots, Mrs. Howard B. Bunch, alternate. Maine
Mrs. William A. HoughtOn, Miss A. F. " BOYD
or Mrs Eugene Hale, alternate. Missouri, Mrs
Robert Mccormack Adams Wisconsin. Mrs
Mathew Hale Carpenter, PRESIDENT Mrs. Frank
L. Vance, alternate Tennessee, Mrs. Katherine
Polk Gale. Mrs. Perkins. alternate Louisiana
Mrs. Sarah Polk Blake, Mrs. ". ". Finley, alter
! nate. Kentucky, Mrs. Simon Boliver Buckner
presi Dent; Mrs. Alexander P. Humphrey alternate
Texas, Miss Mary J. Palm, Mrs. 5. VI. WEIGH, Miss
Julia Pease Mrs. Burles0n. Mrs Oliver Wood
hull, alternate. Mississippi Mrs. n. B. Phodes.
chairman. West Virginia, Mrs. Eugene Van Rens-
seiaer.