Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-06
AUXILIARY SOCIETIES
Delegations Of Women Al
ready in the City,
READY FOR BUSINESS
GENERAL OFFICERS OF WoMAN's
RELIEF CORPS.
Mrs. Foraker, Mrs. Logan and Mrs.
Ware Active Participants in
Preliminary Work.

1t was very damp and bedraggled lot of
women that landed in Washington last
evening They Came from California and
Maine, from Florida and from Michigan
The Kansas sunfower nodded to the VOL
VERNE badges and the Back Bay people of
Boston snapped miseries with the people
from Nebraska. Dragged feathers, wiltcd
ribbons and ruches, had their effect on tenn
pers, and the incoming guests were finding
no end of fault with Washington, its eli
mate and it's people. They could scarcely
be blamed. Some of them, notably those
from California, had been on their special
trains for week, and they were worn out.
1t rained exasperatingly easy that it
looked as though it never would stop.
There was a difference this morning, how
ever. The sun was shining. Washington,
all brave in bright colors, was extending a
welcome to the guests that seemed SO
CHEEKY and so sincere that all gloom disap-
peared, and today the streets and avenues
of Washington are filed with happy peo-
pie who are glad they came the largest
| contingent being the woman delegates, who
in new plumage and frills have forgotten
that there ever was deluge.
| Among the early arrivals was Mrs Ca
lista Robinson Jones, national president of
| the Womans Relief Corps. Mrs. Jones
| came in on a special with the Vermont del
| yet recovered from the fall she received In
the early summer, but feels very sure that
| she will be able to get through the conven-
ton with the assistance of her corps of
| efficient officers Mrs. Jones is looking for
ward to a very harmonious convention, as
| there are no perplexing questions scheduled
for consideration. The national convention
| of the Womans Relief Corps will open at
| the Church of Our Father Thursday morn
| ing at o'clock.
Mrs. Sarah C. Phillips of New York, who,
| as national treasurer, looks after the
| finances of the organizations, arrived last
| evening from Syracuse, N Y, accompanied
| by Mrs. Brown of New York, who will be
| acting secretary of the national convention
| in the absence of National Secretary Mrs
| Conant. They were busily engaged this
morning in arranging the decorations in
| the headquarters parlors at the Ebbitt.
| Mrs. Isabelle T. Bogley, chief of starr.
who will be the guest of Mrs. Logan, was
al the Ebbitt this morning.
| The national president Of the ladies of
the G. A. R.. Mrs. Emma Wall. arrived
| last evening, accompanied by the national
| secretary. Mrs. Anna Dyde Leanard. Mrs.
| Wall is still unable to walk except with the
assistance of cane. She was seriously in
jured in a railway accident in April and
has been a sufferer ever since. The head
quarters at the Ebbitt very prettly
| decorated and open for business
Attractive Headquarters.
Mrs Mussey's headquarters at 14O5 New
| York avenue proved very attractive and
were crowded with ladies all morning. MIS-
| ]. B. Foraker, wife of Senator Foraker,
| who is a member of the reception commit
tee, was assisting the ladies in receiving the
| guests, and later made a round of calls
| upon the various department headquarters,
| when she returned to her very pleasant
| duties again. Mrs. Eugene Ware of Kansas
and Mrs. John A. Logan were also callers
| at headquarters.
The ladies who were assisting were Mrs
| Mccullough, Mrs. Emma Littlejohn, Mrs
| RoSamond Il. Meacham and Mrs. Henri
eta Rose. The headquarters are draped
in bunting and flags and present a very
| pleasing appearance. Mrs. Mussey was
principally engaged this morning after well
! coming the guests in finishing up her pro-
| gram for the big reunion meeting in Meade
tent at the reunion grounds at o'clock
| tomorrow.
The headquarters of the Department of
| the Potomac, w. r. c., in WimodaughsiS,
1903 New York avenue, are open to all
corners, and are handsomely decorated.
The ladies in charge are serving coffee and
lunch and will do so during the encamp-
ment. Those in charge today were Mrs.
Emily Frisbie. Mrs. Jane Mclean. Mrs.
| Margaret B. Ten, Mrs. Julia Dony, Mrs.
Carrie King. Mrs. Mary A. Crawford, Mrs.
Emma Emo, Mrs. Mary f. Simpson, Mrs.
Anna A. Peck, Mrs. Eliza P. Walsen and
| Mrs. Anna Anderson, all of Logan Corps.
Department of the Potomac.
| Mrs. Ida A. Odroyd, department presi-
| Oent, Will De at nedOQuaTteTS as muCn as
possible. but was engaged this morning in
| calling upon the national officers and other
| department presidents who have arrived.
| Among the distinguished guests this morn
| ing at Potomac headquarters were Mrs. Ell
Torrance, Mrs. ]. b. Foraker Mrs. John A.
| Logan, Mrs. Emma Foster, department
| president of Kansas; Mrs. James Purcell
| Worren of b. F. Larned Corps, Kansas and
Mrs Belle c. Harris. national senior vice
| president. Among the charming young la
| dies who We're at the headquarters were
Miss Sebrey and Miss Abbie Johnson.
Acres of Sunflowers.
Over in the Kansas headquarters at the
| oxford acres and acres of sunfiowers were
blooming. The big yellow bits of sunshine
were everywhere in evidence, and every
body wanted one. The whole Oxford Hotel
is pre-empted by the Kansans. Pumpkins
that would make bushel baskets, lined
the walks; cornStalks whose tasSels and
topmost ears swept the second-story win
dows were propped against the wall; great
luscious Kansas grapes, Kansas apples,
Kansas pears, peaches. plums and Kansas
pota toes are displayed in the parlors In
the midst OF a laughing, pushing. good
natured crowd. the Kansas women were
receiving their friends. Among them were
Mrs. Emma Farlee. Maysville. department
president; Mrs Emma Page. Belle c. Har-
ris, national senior vice president, W. r. c.;
Marion G. Stratton. DR.. and Mrs. G. A.
Biddle. Col. and Mrs. ]. M. Steele, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lew Fowler, Mrs. j. X. FINLEY Miss
Ida Selleck. Lucy Reed Jones' Norton;
Sarah E. Staplin. Ellis: Molie Jones Lease
Norton; Annie Apple. lola: Emma Bigley,
| Garden City; Mary E. Simpson, Mcpherson
| Anna A. Papes, Wichita; Helena S. Mason,
| Wichita: Marie Little, Wichita; Emma
| Hoogland Hutchinson.
| The Modocs were there in force with their
| big leader. Gen. T. j. Anderson, and De-
| partment Commander Loomis, with his
| adjutant. Col. Dennison.
Auxilaries Meet
The presidents of the local ladies' auxilia-
| ries to the Spanish War Veterans met at
| the Logan yesterday afternoon, with Mrs.