Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-09
GREETED THE CHIEF
Ladies' Night at Convention
Hall.
BRILLIAN Mt FUNCTION
LADIES IN RICH GOWNS, GENTLE
MEN IN GAY UNIFoRMs.
Mrs. Roosevelt to Give q Reception
This Afternoon at Corcoran
Gallery Of Art.
BRILLIANT FUNCTION

Convention Hall was q scene Of gaiety
and splendor last evening. Three recep-
! lions Of women's organisations were held.
| and from the time the doors to the big
auditorium were opened until the close there
was steady stream of visitors anxious to
meet Commander-in-Chief and Mrs. Tor
rance and to mingie with the women who
| have done SO much to make the organiza-
| tions a success.
I Rarely has q moro delightful function
| of the kind been held in Washington. Many
| rich gowns were worn by the women, the
veterans were in uniform, and the affair
had every suggestion, other than in mag
| nitude, to q private rather than a public
affair.
The Ladies' of the Grand Army Of the
Republic, OF which Mrs Emma 8. Wall is
president, and the members of her stan.
| received Commander-in-Chief Torrance and
his official staff from to 8 o'clock. Mrs.
Wall and the ladies with her occupied po-
sitions at the opposite side of the hall
from the platform. They stood in line, and
the visitors passed them and were pre-
scented in turn. The ladies shook hands
with the visitors, as did Commander and
Mrs. Torrance. Before the first reception a
section of the Marine Band, under the d.
rection Of Prof. Santelmann, discoursed
patriotic airs.
Inc members OF the omciai stan OF the
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
who were in line were: Mrs. Emma WALL
national president. Kansas; Mrs. Annie
Kitchener, national treasurer, Pennsylvania;
Mrs. Anna l.. Dyke Learnard, national Sec
rotary, Kansas; Mrs. Eta Lee Toby, ma
tional counselor. Indiana; Mrs. Eliza Hol-
loway Waggoner, national senior vice pres
ident. California; Mrs. Jennie B.: Hormell.
Mrs L. c. Brainard, national chaplain,
New York: Mrs. Maria Denison; national
inspector. Kansas; Mrs Ella E. Wade, ma
tional press correspondent. Kansas; Mrs.
Hager. Illinois; Mrs. Olive /. Allison. In
diana, national council Of administration.
Mrs Ellen Spencer Mussey. Mrs. Isabel
Worrell Ball, Mrs, Laura Lennon, Mrs.
c.. and Mrs. Emma Foster, department
president Of Kansas, also assisted Mrs.
Wall.
The auditorium had the same decorations
cial reception of the national encampment
was held, and which was addressed by
Secretary Root. Gen. Smith, Commissioner
Mcfarland and other distinguished men,.
the canopy above was in harmony with the
rest of the surroundings.
The fact that three receptions were held
the same evening brought to the hall a
crowd throughout the evening that was es-
| timated at at least 5000 persons. The ma
jority of those who attended were women,
although hundreds of veterans of the
Grand Army Of the Republic called to pay
their respects.
Woman's Relief Corps.
The reception Of the Woman's Relief
Corps was held from s5to o'clock. To
one who was unfamiliar with the conditions
it was a continuous reception. Mrs.
Calista Robinson Jones, the national pres
ident, did the honors. and she was assisted
NV bar OF
Harris. senior vice president; Mrs. Minnie
Kyle, junior vice president; Mrs. Sarah b.
Phillips. treasurer; Mrs. Eliza G. Brown,
acting secretary; Mrs. Emily Clark, chap
lain; Mrs. Kate Jones, patriotic instructor;
Mrs. Mary M. North, national press corre-
spondent; Mrs. Belle T. Bagley, chief of
staff; Mrs. Fannie Minot. Inspector. and
Mrs. Rachael A Hall, l. and l. officer.
There were also in line the past national
presidents of the woman's Relief Corps,
Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood, Mrs Lizabeth A.
Turner, Mrs Sarah Fuller, Mrs Emma
Stark Hampton, Mrs. Elizabeth BArcy
Kline. Mrs. Margaret Ray Wilkins, Mrs:
Agnes HIT Mrs. Harriet J. BODICE and
| Mrs. Mary l.. Carr. =
Mrs. Mussey's Committee.
From to 10 o'clock the reception Of the
| women's auxiliary to the citizens executive
| committee, of which Mrs. Ellen Spencer
| Mussey Is chairman, was held. The several
| organizations that were represented at this
reception were: Woman's Relief Corps, Mrs
Calista Robinson Jones, national president
| and staff; Ladies Of the Grand Army of the
Republic, Mrs. Emma Wall, national presi-
| dent, and staff; National Associate OF
| Army Nurses Civil War, Mrs. Della A. B
| Fay, president, and staff; Daughters OF
Veterans Mrs. Elizabeth B. Stanley, ma
tional president. and staff: Ladies Aid So
| ciety. Sons of Veterans, Mrs. Ida Toner
| Miller, national president, and staff; Ma
| tional Association Ladies' Naval Veterans
| United, States Army. Mrs. Margaret B.
Dixon, president, and staff: Women's Ma.
| tional Association Auxiliary to Union Elk.
Prisoners of War, Mrs. William Paul, presi-
dent. and staff; National Relief Union Vet
| Grams Union, Mrs. Belle s. Morgan, presi-
| dent and staff.
who assisted Mrs. Mussey were Mrs Rosa
mond B. Meacham, Mrs Henrietta N Rose.
| Mrs. Laura ". Mccullough. Mrs. Isabel
Worrell Ball, Mrs. Joseph w. Babcock,
Mrs. Benjamin F. Bingham, Mrs Barry
| Buckley, Mrs. Lizzie w. Calver, Miss Cor
neia Clay, Mrs. ]. D. Croissant Mrs. John
! Dalzell. Mrs. M. E. s. Davis, Mrs Jonathan
2. Dolliver, Mrs. Hazel Doyle. Mrs. John
| Joy Edison, Mrs. Helen A. Engle, Mrs. H.
| Clay Evans. Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks,
Mrs. j. B. Foraker, Mrs. Celynda Werner
Ford, Mrs. ]. Ellen Foster, Miss Emma M.
Gilett Mrs. Mary v. Goundie. Mrs. U. s.
Grant, Mrs. E. A Haines, Mrs Emma A.
Hawkes. Mrs. Annie W. Johnson, Mrs
Laura A. Lennon, Miss Helena Mccarthy,
| Mrs. Matte E. Mcclure Mrs. H. b. F.
Macfarland. Mrs John McElroy, Mrs. Char
lotte e. Main, Mrs. William Z. Mason.
Miss Helen B. Matthews, Mrs. Emma E.
Myers, Mrs. Ida A. Oldroyd, Mrs. Fanny
| Pomeroy, Mrs. Libbey M. Porter, Mrs.
Louis P. Shoemaker, Mrs. Clinton Smith,
| Mrs. William 8. Spencer, Mrs. Elizabeth
B. Stanley, Mrs. Nero l.. Tanner, Mrs. Eu-
gene F. Ware, Mrs. B. H. Warner, Mrs.
Ada II. Weiss, Mrs. F. B. Wilson. Miss
| Clara Barton, Mrs. Henry G. Corbin. Mrs.
j. b. Foraker Mrs. James A. Garfield, Mrs.
o. o. Howard, Mrs. John A. Logan, Mrs.
Winfield s. Schley, Mrs. Charles d. Sigs-
bee, Mrs. Ell Torrance and Mrs. Lizzie
WorrelI.
The army nurses assisting were: Presi-
dent Della A. B. Fay, New York; Secretary
Kate NJ. Scott, Pennsylvania; Treasurer
Nancy NJ Hill. NJ. D., Iowa; Senior Vice
President Margaret Hamilton, Massachu-
sets; Junior Vice President Rebecca Krips,
Pennsylvania: Chaplain Elizabeth Chap
| man, Illinois; Guard Elizabeth NJ. Newton,
| New York; Counselor Ada Johnson, Mis-
souri,. The Daughters Of Veterans assisting
We're: Mrs. Elizabeth Beardsley Stonley,
| Mrs. Lou ]. Allen, Mrs. Minnie F. Prescott.
The Ladies' Aid to Sons of Veterans assist
| ing were: Mrs. Ida Toner Miller, presi-
| dent; Mrs. Julia A. Moynihan. secretary
Mrs. Kate Hardcastle, treasurer. Council
Mrs. Madge Howey Coe, Illinois; Miss Es-
| telle Harbour, District Of Columbia; Miss