Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-09

Charlotte Emerson Main,
Chairman Committee on Entertainment Army
Nurses.
Sarah Turnbull,r Mrs. Sarah Van Doren,
Mrs. Margaret Walker. Mrs Emma V.
Webster. Mrs. Jennie Wheeler, Mrs. Mary
E. Whitehead, Mrs. Matilda 8. Wilkins,
Mrs. Frances E. Worden.
Ladies' Of the G. A. 3.
Upon the committee on ladies of the
Grand Army Of the Republic Mrs. Emma
Allyne Hawkes. was made chairman. Mrs.
Hawkes.. who Is president of U. s. Grant
Circle of this city, and ardently devoted to
work for the veterans and their dependent
families, enjoys the added distinction Of
being the wife of Col. Benjamin F. Hawkes.,
who was one of the original members of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and was obli-
gated before Major Stephenson had organ
lied a post. Mrs. Hawkes. appointed as
vice chairman of her committee Mrs. Laura
Lennon, and made Mrs. Dell Wright her
secretary. Her committee Is comprised of
twenty-five members of the order, and their
committee work has been well performed.
The principal labor Of this committee,
small as it is. was to provide entertain
ment for the 200 delegates of the Ladies Of
the Grand Army Of the Republic. The ma
tionaI convention will meet in Memorial
Lutheran Church, just north of Thomas
Circle, and luncheon will be served to the
delegates and officers in the Garfield Memo
rial Church. which Is near by.
Mrs Hawkes. appointed upon committee
the representative members Of the Ladies
of the Grand Army Of the Republic in the
District of Columbia. They are as fol-
lows: Mrs Laura A. Lennon, vice chair
man; Mrs. Dell F. Wright, secretary; Mrs
Florence Barringer, Mrs Catherine G. Boil
Iinger, Mrs. Alice Burgess Mrs. Fannie
Calvert, Mrs. Frances NJ Cheney, Mrs
Mary Engle. Mrs. Belle H. Gibson, Mrs.
Mary E. Hale, Miss Emma F. Haywood
Mrs. Emma Hempler, Mrs. Emma E. Hol-
brook. Mrs Josephine A. Johnston. Mrs.
Emma J. Kistler, Mrs. Villa j. Lewis, Mrs.
Louisa c. Loeffier Mrs. Mary F. McKenna,
Mrs Mary O'Neal, Mrs. Fannie M. Page,
Mrs. Addie R. Perkins, Mrs. Maude Ru-
dolph Mrs. Laura Seymour, Mrs. H. E.
Shelley Mrs. Sarah Turnbull, Mrs. Fannie
E. WOrden.
dent of the Daughters of Veterans, was APP
pointed chairman of the committee on that
organization, and Miss Helen Doyle was ap-
pointed vice chairman.
This is one of the younger organizations
and is not auxiliary to anything, but works
along patriotic lines with and for every or
ganization that has the interests of the vet
Grams at heart. The national convention will
be held in Society Temple, corner of 9Th
and f streets. and a reception will be held
for the friends of the order on Thursday
evening. The auxiliary of the Union Vet
eran Legion will serve lunch to the Daugh-
tiers on Thursday and Friday. The mem
bership of the committee is as follows:
Mrs Elizabeth B. Stanley, chairman: Mrs
Hazel Doyle, vice chairman; Mrs Lizzie
Allen, Miss Martha Allison, Miss Angelina
Reckman. Mrs Ellen CLANCY Mrs M E. g.
Davis, Mrs Mamie P. Dorsey, Mrs Mary
Mckee Greenstreet, Mrs. Celynda Werner
Ford, Miss Harriet Hawley. Mrs. Honora
Hofiiger. Mrs Clifford Howard. Mrs.
Georgia B. Johnson. Miss Alice Kimban.
Mrs. Florence NJ. Kervin. Mrs Ella
Knight Mrs. Flora A. Lewis, Miss Anne
Lamborne, Miss Sarah Lamborne, Mrs A.
M Little. Mrs Harriet Scribner. Miss Jen-
ME NJ. Taylor, Mrs. Ada H. Weiss. Miss
Mabel Whitcomb, Miss Olea Wood
Public Comfort Committee.
One Of the very important committees
was that on public comfort, Of which Mrs.
Lizzie Calver is chairman. Mrs. Calver has
been prominently connected with the chari-
table and relief work of Washington for a
number Of years She is past president Of
the Legion of Loyal Women, and was one
of the organizers of the Cuban relief work
in the District of Columbia, and for the
Spanish War Veterans, and her latest work
was the organization OF the Edith K.
Roosevelt Auxiliary to the Spanish War
Veterans The vice chairman of this COM
mittee, Mrs. Fanny g. Pomeroy, Is also a
mast president Of the Legion of Loyal Wo-
men, and a most effective worker in all
patriotic lines. The secretary of the COM
mittee is Miss Lillian Calver, daughter of
DIR. and Mrs. Thomas Calver, who bids fair
to be as theoretically patriotic as her par
ents The committee on public comfort, In
conjunction with the citizens committee,
has located hundreds of people In comfort
able quarters, and during the arrival of the
guests of the city will be on duty at the
stations to assign those who have not yet
settled on stopping place The members
Of the committee are as follows: Mrs. Lizzie
w Calver chairman; Mrs. Fanny G. Pome-
roy, vice chairman; Miss Lillian Calver,
secretary: Mrs. Margaret M. Armour, Mrs.
Anna Baden, Mrs. VIM. NJ. Bass. Mrs r. e.
Beall, Mrs. Rose E. Bracket. Mrs. George
Brown, Mrs. Catherine Case, Mrs. Ida L.
Chase, Mrs. W. II. Crook, Mrs Martha Cut
Ter, Mrs. A. Duffy. Mrs. Celestia Ferris,
Mrs. Elmira Foley. Mrs. J. R. Gilbert. Mrs
Alice Goodaere,S Mrs. Harry T. Guss, Mrs
Alfred Hawley, Mrs. Dora B. Hendrix. Mrs
M J. Hull, Mrs. Sidney Jacobs. Mrs. Will
lam King. Mrs. Margaret Knapp, Mrs.
Sarah La Fetra, Miss Jennie Manning. Mrs.
Charles Parker. Mrs. Charles NJ. Pepper.
Mrs. N B. Prentice, Mrs. Ida Schwegier,
Mrs. Eecta e. Smith. Mrs. George Smith,
Mrs. Matilda r sprasne. Mrs.. George
Street. Miss Maud Thomas, Mrs Mary
Tryon. Mrs. Hester Watson. Mrs Simon