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regent of Delaware, Is the guest of Mrs.
George H. Doering.. hs s3
! Mrs Washington Roeblins of New Jersey.
| through her frieitds,f fa@n be in the running
to the end for prfstaent E general. @ :, Mrs, lss
does not win this time they are sure she
| will win next time.
| The President OF aAh United States re-
ceived about 1000 people this afternoon who
were supposed TO he Daughters. 1t was
stipulated that only, The, visiting Daughters.
and then not over f,aOG should attend. but
all of the Washington -. A. r. who could
/ get there were on haBd.
The Fairbanks womep, came out this morn
| ing each with~a white ribbon badge bear
| ing the name Of Mrs. Fairbanks across it.
This is the first time such thing was ever
| done In ID. A. r. congress. There were
| many of these ribbons.
| The state regent of Illinois, Mrs. VIM. A.
| Talcott, who is unable to be present at the
| congress, sent to be presented to the incom-
! ing state regent beautiful olive wood
| gavel, brought by Mrs. Talcott from Jeru-
| salem This gavel is to belong to the office
| of state regent.
Mrs. Frank p Glassaof Montgomery, Ala,
| is the guest of Mrs. Thos. II. Clark, 1T64
| Madison street -' '
Mrs. Glass is attending the D. A. r. con-
gress and represents the Peter Forney
| Chapter of her state.
Miss Marion Howard Brazier Of Massa-
chusetts, editor OF the Patriotic Review, a
dainty little magazine devoted entirely to
patriotic subjects, represents Paul Jones
Chapter of Boston, of which she IS the
founder.
Mr. Harry Smith. the parliamentarian OF
the congress- thinks he IS up against q
tary points in body such as the d. A. r.
congress IS to prove oneself IAN unbound
edition Of Moses and Solomon
The League of American Pen Women
TO the yisifinn a
r. who are members Of the league and
other members of the press at its head
quarters. at 1870 New York avenue. yester-
day afternoon from 4 to o'clock. Mrs.
Donald Mclean of New York and Mrs.
Dora Harvey Munyon, honorary members,
received with the officers of the league.
There Is never so much plumng of fem
inne feathers in Washington when the
Daughters of the American Revolution meet
in their annual continental congress. 1t is
one of the great society features Of the
year. Although II Is the end of the season.
Washington dressmakers have been nearly
worked to death for the past month getting
the resident daughters ready for the con-
gress. where 1t is little short Of high
crime to appear in a crushed gown. AS for
something gorgeous. New York and Chi
cago rather bear off the palm in this re-
spect. The daughters of the south and far
east run more to ancestral jewels.
There Is one pretty mad woman in the
| congress. She says: The placard on the
| rail of the gallery for alternates states that
| seats will be reserved for one hour after
the assembling of the congress. Thereafter
| 1t will be open for the general public Yet
| in the face Of this. says the irate woman
| ''the doorkeepers refuse to admit ladies,
| even regents of states. God save this re-
public when women establish star chambers
| to make laws"
| One of the interesting articles at the
headquarters of the D. A. r. is large flag
printed in colors parchment. It was
| presented by Massachusetts,. Each stripe
has on it the name jof one of the thirteen
| original states, andt on"each star of the
! forty-five the names of the states and the
| date OF their admission 1t Is whole his
| tory at glance. / II
The Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter of
| Portland, Me-. sentiR delegation compris-
! ing Mrs. f. W. York. regent; Mrs. j. f..
Palmer, former state regent; Mrs. A. A.
| Kendall. former regent of chapter, and Mrs
| s. c. Ripley. Mrs. Davis and Miss Carney
| of Portland. Me, arc with this delegation,
most OF whom are al the Riggs House
The Pttsburg Chapter' is represented by
its regent, Mrs. Samuel 4. Ammon. The
| chapter is, one Of the largest and most in
| tluential of PennsylNanis numbering 800
| members. Its representation is as follows:
! 4aIrs. Park Painter. former regent: Mrs Jo-
seph W. Marsh. Mrs. Moses Atwood and
! Mrs Franks. These ladies are at the Ar
| lnstou with the exception of Mrs Franks
! who Is 4 niece of Senator Quay. Other rem
| resentatives of this chapter are Mrs. viii
| liam Thaw, 1r.. Mrs. u. e. Phillips, Mrs
Francis B. Nimfck and Mrs. Robert A.
| French
Mrs Henry S. Bowron. the regent Of the
Mohegan Chapter, Sing Sing, n. Y. Mrs
| Watson Bowron. delegate, and Mrs Ber-
| ina fopplnss alternate, are at the Airing
| ton.
Mrs a. Y. Harrow of Ottumwa. Iowa, is
| attending the congress as representative of
the Elizabeth Ross Chapter
| When Mrs. Yer Planck, regent of New
York. was reading the report of her chap
ters yesterday 1t sounded at times like the
roll call of a war chief Of the Mohlcans
| Only woman who had grown up with
| those names as dear famillars could ever
get her tongue around the polysyllabic
| names for which the New York chapters
seem to have a fondness.
| Mrs. Elroy NJ. Avery Of Cleveland, the
editor Of the official organ of the d. A. r 4.
| Is practical newspaper woman and maga-
| zine writer She IS an enthusiastic worker
| in the D. A. r. and formed the first chap
ter in Ohio. Reserve. No. IL She has been
| state regent and vice president general
from Ohio. Mrs. Avery is something of
a politician along with her other accom-
pishments, and Is the first woman ever
elected to office In Ohio, being the first
| woman member of the Cleveland school
| board. elected in 1896 under the new Ohio
| law placing women school boards. She
Is at present member Of the examining
board OF teachers. municipal appointive
office. the board consisting of six members.
She is charter member Of the national
society, her number being 135 Mrs. Avery
| is also a member of the womans relief
corps. department OF Ohio; belongs to the
| Federation of Womans Clubs, of which she
! Is on the committee on travelling libraries.
and is also on the rolls Of several other
clubs. Best Of all she likes the patriotic
| work of the woman's relief corps and of
| the d. A. r., the two largest bodies of
patriotic women in the United states, or
| in the world, for that matter. "They do
not know much about patriotism enywhere
outside of the United States, Mrs. Avery
says.
The ID. A. II. Convention in Print.
A complete record of the proceedings of
| the convention will be contained In The
Star in the seven issues from February Id
| to %. inclusive, which will be mailed to any
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