Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-03
THEW R. G. CONVENTION
FORMAL OPENING THIS EVENING
AT z O'CLOCK.
National President Will Attend-Re-
ception by Mrs. oldroyd, Depart
ment President, Last Night.

The national president Of the Woman's
Relief Corps. Mrs. Lodusky Taylor OF Le
Seur, Mimi, Is at the Ebbitt House. where
she will meet her Washington friends dur
ing her stay in the city.
This evening at o'clock sharp Mrs. Ida
A Oldroyd will call the fourteenth annual
convention OF the Department of the Poto-
mac to order In Grand Army Hall. and the
guest Of honor, Mrs. Taylor. who will re-
main during the convention, will be pre-
sented- Mrs. Oldroyd will proceed to per-
feet the organization Of the convention and
receive the credentials of the properly ac-
credited members. and it is probable that a
recess will be taken until tomorrow even
ing. Mrs. Oldroyd assisted by her depart
ment officers, will extend the Inequalities
of the Department OF Potomac to Mrs Tay-
lor, and the members OF the convention,
with the visitors, will be given an oppor-
tunity to greet the national president.
In addition to Mrs. Taylor. Commander
in-Chief Stewart and his staff, Department
Commander Bingham and his staff and the
officers of the department encampment will
be the guests of the Department of Poto-
mac, w. r. c. A buffet supper will be
served.
Social Function Last Night.
The Department Of Potomac. Woman's
Relief Corps. gave reception last evening
which was intended to be In honor Of Mrs.
in New York she was not present, arriving
too late to receive the honors intended. The
home OF the department president, Mrs.
Ida A. Oldroyd, was the scene OF the pa
triotc function, and she was assisted In do
ing the honors Of the evening by her de-
partment staff, Mrs. Annie w. Johnson. de-
partment counselor; Miss Ttllie Durham.
senior vice president: Mrs. Nina NJ. Call
Graham, treasurer; Mrs. Katharine Nc
Monigle chaplain; Mrs. Ida Hart, inspect
or; Miss Maria L. Jordan. l. and L. officer;
Mrs. Ida l.. Chase, secretary; Mrs Agnes
Keller, patriotic instructor; Mrs. Matte e.
Mcclure, chief of staff; Mrs. Isabel Worrel
Ball, assistant patriotic. instructor; Mrs.
Julia Roberts and Mrs. Mary V. Goundie OF
the executive board.
The Decorations.
The historic old house, made sacred to the
patriotic organizations founded on the war
of the rebellion, because it was there where
Lincoln breathed his last, was handsomely
decorated with flags from the first floor to
the third, all the window recesses being
hung with tri-coored bunting The wide
archway between the parlors was drapeu
with historic flags. Conspicuous In the nrsl
reception room was the flag In when Booth
caught his spur as he leaped from the box
in Ford 8 Theater, which stands just oppo.
site the Oldroyd home. The silken folds OF
| the flag are now faded and worn by time.
and the fringe Is furnished and crumbling:
but 1t Is an object of greatest interest as II
hangs in it's Theoretically sealed glass case;
In the long parlor in which Lincoln died
hang hundreds Of pictures Of the death
scene some of them rare and almost price,
less.
In the long back parlor the guests were
permitted to sit In the old oak settee Wnlcn
once stood on the yeranda of Lncolns
home In Springfield and to finger the books
from Lincolns library lying on mahogany
center table which once stood IN MS paIlor'
Close nv was the quaint old cradle in which
the Lincoln babies were once rocked II
was kept in motion most of the evening.
every mother there seeming to think II her
| throughout the evening the Walcott Or
chestra discoursed patriotic music.