Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-22
DANES OF AMERICA
Colonial Society Continues Its
Sessions.
LIST OF DELEG A TIES
THOSE ENTITLED TO SEATS IN
VOTING BODY.
Delegates and Alternates From Each
State - Chairmen of Com
mittees Appointed

of their biennial council this morning. The
national president, Mrs. Howard Townsend,
| faced a convention composed of nearly 200
| women when she called the council to
order
| The colonial parlors of the New Willard
! is a fitting setting for the elegantly gowned
women, who sit in handsome gilt chairs
and transact the business of the convention
as though at an afternoon society function.
The decorations We're simple and in perfect
harmony with the soft tints of the room
pink and white roses standing on the desk
of the presiding officer.
The first business of the morning was the
report of the credentials committee, Mrs.
William Reed, national secretary, chair
man. This report disclosed the fact that
the following named are present and hold
proper credentials for admission to the vot-
ing body:
National Officers.
President, Mrs Howard Townsend hon
orary vice president, Mrs. Beverly Kennon;
second vice president, Mrs. Herbert A
Claiborne; third vice president, Mrs. Sam
uel Colt; secretary, Mrs William Reed; as
sistant secretary, Mrs. ]. ]. Jackson; treas
urer, Mrs. Alexander J. Cassatt: registrar,
Mrs. Emil Richter; historian, Mrs Anne
Hollingsworth Wharton.
Delegates and Alternates.
Observation-Disclosures: Mrs Alexander
j. Cassatt Mrs. Samuel Chew, Mrs. Horace
Brock. Mrs. William Bacon Stevens Mrs
Richard Peters Alternates: Mrs. Charles
c. Harrison, Mrs. John P. Logan, Mrs
Frederick A. Packard, Mrs. Charles E.
Dana, Mrs. Henry W. Wilson
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mrs. j. Pembroke
Thorn, Mrs. Nicholas G. -Penniman, Miss
Florence Mackubin. Miss Virginia King
Mrs. Monte Griffith. Alternates: Mrs
Virginia McBlair Smith, Mrs. Frank p
Clark, Mrs Thomas NJ Chatard, Mrs. Gus
tave Lurman, Mrs: A. L. Sioussat.
New Jersey-Delegates: Mrs Thos, j.
Craven Mrs G. B. Dahlgren, Miss NJ A.
Quinby. Mrs B. H. Campbell, Miss Lath-
rop Alternates: Miss S. NJ. Carpenter
Mrs. W. Nick: Norris, Mrs. L. Perrine
Miss Smith, Miss Kean, Miss Mott.
Observation-Disclosures Mrs. Charles F.
Mcllvaine, Miss Anna T. Candy Miss Har-
riet C. Comegys, Miss Alice Hay, Miss
Emily P. Bissell Alternates: Mrs. H H.
Hay, Mrs. Linton Smith, Mrs Ferdinand
l.. Gilpin Mrs. Henry A. du Pont.
District of acknowledgements Mrs.
Richey, Mrs Chopper. Mrs Jewell, Miss
Woodbury. Mrs Taylor. Alternates: Mrs.
Janin, Mrs Cromwell, Miss Bradford, Mrs.
Campbell. Miss Fairfax.
Nirginia-Delegates: Mrs. Reginald Gil
ham, Mrs. Robert A. Lancaster, Mrs. Will
liam T. Rollins, Mrs. William Radford
Beale Mrs Charles B. Ball. Alternates:
Mrs. Henry Alexander White, Miss Anna
B. Boykin, Miss Edith Minturn Smith, Miss
Elizabeth NJ. Robinson, Mrs. Charles Sell
den.
Rhode Island-Delegates: Mrs. Charles
Warren Lippitt, Mrs. Albert Babcock, Mrs.
j. Harris Metcalf, Mrs. n. T. Bacon, Miss
A. c. Gushing. Alternates: Mrs. r. S.
Washburn, Mrs. H. W. Wilkinson Mrs. G.
L. Collins, Mrs. H. N. Fenner. Mrs. E. B.
Cameron.
Observation-Disclosures Mrs. George s.
Hale, Mrs. F. P. Sprague Mrs. Henry r.
Dalton, Mrs l.. N. Kinnicutt Mrs. H. S.
Russell. Alternates: Miss Sarah H. Crock
er, Mrs Winthrop Sargent. Mrs. Marcus
Benjamin. Miss Madelaine Lawrence, Mrs.
George Libbitt.
New York-Delegates: Mrs. Arson P At
terbury. Mrs. Samuel Verplanck, Mrs
Elihu Chauncey, Mrs. Henry L. Stimson
Miss Fanny Schuyler. Alternates: Mrs
Henry E. Pellew, Mrs. Francis B. Austin
Mrs Charles F. Ostrander, Miss Mary H.
Haldane.
South Carolina-Delegates: Mrs. Ernest
b. Pringle. Mrs Charles Albert Hill, Miss
Elizabeth Prioleau Ravenel. Mrs Samuel
Wragg, Mrs. st. Julian Ravenel. Alter
mates: Mrs. John Julius Pringle, Mrs Louis
McLane.
Observation-Disclosures Mrs. Franklin
Bowditch Dexter, Mrs. Francis Goodwin,
Miss Elizabeth d. Ferguson. Miss Martha
B. Briggs. Miss Emily H. Whitney. Alter
mates: Mrs VIM. w. Farnam, Miss Edith
D. Kingsbury, Mrs James K. Thatcher
Georgia-Delegates: Mrs j.. ]. Wilder,
Nellie Peters Black, Mrs. Billups Phinizy.
Alternates: Mrs. George McWhorter, Mrs.
Samuel Spencer, Mrs. A. r. Lawton, Mrs
William Langhorn Wilson.
New Observation-Disclosures Mrs. Arthur
Eastman Clarke, Mrs. John Smyth Fogg
Mrs Henry E. Hovey, Mrs. Charles IA
Fish, Mrs. Harry Read. Alternates: Mrs.
John r. Brooke, Mrs. William E. Chand-
Ter.
North Carolina-Delegates: Mrs CASTOR
Meares. Mrs. Alfred Moore Waddell. Mrs.
Edward P. Bailey, Mrs E. E. Motif, Mrs
Theodore F. Kluttz. Mrs. Henry A. Lon
don. Mrs. Walter L. Holt. Mrs. A. Nc
Clean Parker. Mrs. Peter NJ. Wilson.
California-Delegate: Mrs. Selden S.
Wright. Alternate: Mrs. VIM. McCreery
Ramsey.
Illinois-Delegate: Mrs Henry S. Rob-
bins. Alternate: Mrs John c. yelling.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Mrs. Henry F. LIE
Hunte Lyster. Alternate: Mrs. Henry
Bourhe JOY
Minnesota-Delegate: Mrs. George Brooks
Young. Alternate: Mrs. Thaddeus Crane
Iowa-Delegate: Mrs. Samuel Francis
Smith.
Ohio-Delegate: Mrs. Herman F. Groes-
beck. Alternate; Mrs; David g. Anderson.
Houghton. Alternate: Mrs. VIM. Henry
Nourtor or Mrs. Eugene Hale.
Observation-Disclosures: Mrs. Henry Ware
Eliot. Alternate: Mrs. B. B. Graham
Observation-Disclosures: Miss Alice G. Chap
man. Alternate: Mrs. John ]. Upham.
Tennessee-Delegate: Mrs. Overton Lea
Alternate Mrs. d. Shelby Williams
Observation-Disclosures: Mrs. D. P. Fenner
Alternate: Mrs. Edward Chapman.
kentucky-Delegate: Mrs. Simon Bolivar
Buckner. Alternate: Mrs. Urban Ewing
caches.
Indiana-Delegate: Mrs. WILDER F. Win
chester. Alternate: Miss Florence Malott
Alabama-Delegate: Mrs. Hortense A Ba-
tire. Alternate: Mrs. Harvey Ellis Jones.
Texas-Delegate: Mrs. Thomas b. Lee
Alternate: Mrs. a. S. Burleson.
Arkansas-Delegate Mrs. Logan H Roots
Alternate: Mrs. Sterling r. Cockrill
Florida-Delegate: Mrs. Edwin Garner
Weed. Alternate: Mrs. Thomas Mayhem
Woodruff.
West Observation-Disclosures: Mrs. Eugene
Van Rensselaer,. Alternate: Mrs. E. Willis
Wilson.
Observation-Disclosures Mrs. w B. Rhodes
Alternate: Mrs. Melchoir Belzhoover
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Mrs. Bradley s
Smalley. Alternate: Mrs. Henry S. Bing-
ham.
Chairmen of Committees