Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-10-21
FIFTH Anniversary.
PEGGY STEWART TEA PARTY CHAPTER
CELEBRATES;
Interesting Papers, Distinguished Visitors,
Beautiful Tea And Officers
Elected.


tiful colonial residence of DIR. T. Ro.
land Walton. the Peggy Stewart Tea
Party Chapter, ID. A. r., Miss Agnes
| Walton, Regent, celebrated its fifth
anniversary Monday afternoon at 4
O'Clock. Many of the ladies of the
mother chapter, the Maryland Line,
| of Baltimore, were present. and par
ticipated in the exercises.
The guests were received by Misses
Agnes and Katherine Walton, Mrs. l..
ID. Gassaway, Mrs. John dep. Douw,
Mrs. W. III. Burns, Miss Annie Igle-
hart, Miss Evelyn Green, Mrs. W. >.
Welch, yice-regent. The parlors We're
decorated with cosmos, roses, dahlias,
chrysanthemums and asparagus fern.
Between the doors of the parlors and
and diningroom were hung as pOrtiers
handsome United States and Maryland
silk flags, the property of the State
and loaned for the occasion.
Among the decorations was the
originl design of the Burning of the
Peggy Stewart" painted by the late
Prof Frank b. Mayer, the oil paint
ing of which hangs in the State House.
The copy of the design is the property
of Miss Katherine Walton, who is an
artist of merit and has done exquisite
work in miniature painting and her
aldry. The exercises began with sing
ing by Miss Agnes Walton and Miss
Elizabeth Tate, sopranos, Mrs. K. O.
CAN'T, contralto, accompanied on the
piano by Miss Annie Iglehart, after
which Mrs. j. Pembroke Thorn, the
State Regent of the ID. A. r., was in
troduced. Mrs. Thom made a few
pleasing remarks, in the course of
which she spoke of her deep interest
in the Annapolis Chapter, which she
helped to orgnize, and the good work
it had done. In closing her remarks
she presented to the local chapter a
handsome gave tied with the Society's
colors, blue and white.
The gavel, Mrs. Thorn said, was
made from wood at Mount Vernon and
she was sure the slightest tap would
meet with response from the Annap-
oils Chapter. The gavel was accepted
on the part of the home chapter by
the Regent, Miss Walton, in few ap-
propriate remarks. Mrs Barlow, niece
of Franis Scott Key, and a sister of
Mrs. Ellen Habersham, of this city,
read a paper in which she gave many
happy "reminiscences in the life of
John Ross Key, the father of the au-
thor of the "Star- Spangled Banner,
now recognized by the Army and
Navy as the national anthem, and also
in the life of the son, who inherited
his fine strain of patriotism from his
father. She told of his gradution from
st. Johns College, of his practice of
law in Frederick and of his having
served as District Attorney under
President jackson at Washington.
His early marriage to Mary Lloyd,
she said, wa ssingularly happy, although
she was hard to win and had made
curl papers of FRAMES Keys love som
nets. Eleven children we're the result
of the union and Keys home life and
devotion to his family was ideal. She
related the pathetic incident of the
drowning of Keys little son and of
his beautiful letter to his mother at
the time of his bereavement. Mrs.
Bartow's sketch of her ancestor closed
with a glowing tribute to his genius.
She said: 1.-The Star -pangled Banner
has been criticised as not being good
poetry. That may be, but it will live
on and thrill mans heartstrings ever,
because it is the product of a supreme
moment and the spontaneous outburst
of pure and fervent patriotism.
Mrs. r. vinton Clayton, Sr., histo-
rian of the local chapter, read an in
teresting paper on 1.-THE Burning of
The Peggy Stewart. Although his.
torical sketch, Mrs. Clayton's paper
was an old gem in a new setting and
the surject was beautifully and enter
tainingly treated. The program of
exercises closed with singing "The
Star -Spangled Banner after which
the guests were invited into the din
ing room. From table attractively
decorated with maiden hair fern and
yellow chrysanhemums and the rarest
old silver, cut glass and china, ices,
punch, cakes and bon bons were served.
Mrs. Gearing presided over the punch
bowl and Mrs. Gassaway served the
chocolate. The social feature was
quite as delightful as the literary part
of the program.
The election of officers followed the
departure of the guests and resulted
as follows: Regent, Miss Agnes Wal
ton; Vice Regent, Mrs. w. s. Welch
Historian, Mrs. r. V. Clayton; Sr.
Registrar. Mrs. W. H. Burns; Secre-
tary. Mrs. l.. ID. Gassaway; vice Miss
Marcia Beck; Treasurer, Mrs. Frank
A. Munroe, vice Mrs. J. dep. Douw.
The Peggy Stewart Tea Party Chap
ter has membership of eighteen. Its
first celebration was held five yers age
at the Annpolis public school onGreen
street when it instituted the observ-
ance of Peggy Stewart Day here. The
chapter has done much work along the
line of historical research and estab.
fishing memorials at places of histor.
ical interest in the city and county.
Recently it held a bazar at the Chase
Home for the benefit of memorial tC
be plced ON the Peggy Stewart House
ON Hanover street. The chapter has
had several colonial exhibits of rare
old lace, china, furniture, paintings
miniatures, &C., of great value. The
axbi1,;ts ware visited by DaODlp from