Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-28
session to consider plans for Continsut
Memorial Hall

Memorial Hail
D. A. Il. Notes.
Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Main. who was
elected state regent of the District of Coz
iumbia for the coming year by q majority
Of the District delegation, is one Of the
earlier daughters Of this organization. hav.
Ing served with ability In various offices.
MRS. Main Is regarded as a conscientious
parliamentarian and an active worker.
The American colcrs which were recently
presented to the d. A. r. by the District
or Columbia Society of the Sons Of the
American Revolution have been raised
daily upon the lot on nth street by a menu
Der OF the Sons of the American Revou-
tfon, and have been much admired by the
ladies and friends The flag can be seen
from the western balcony OF the opera
house where the daughters are In session.
lot.
Connecticut is represented at the con-
gress by delegation Of sixty-two. regents
and delegates. Mrs Sara Y Kinney is at
the head. She has just been reelected for
the eighth consecutive term. She is con-
sidered a valuable assistant at national
headquarters and appears on many fmpor-
tant committees. Among the many eontri-
buttons made to Continental Hall Connecti-
cut made one of the largest. Mrs. Hep
burn Smith, the vice president general of
Connecticut, who has been an enthusiastic
worker for the past year, made the an
nouncement, which was received with
cheers. that the sum contributed by Con-
necticut yesterday was S1.52001. making a
total in the past year of nearly So, 500 from
that state. Mrs Smiths own chapter, the
Freeborn Baldwin Stone of Milford, con-
tributed S463 80.
Ruth NJ. Grlswold Pealer, Just elected
registrar general, was born in Steuben
county, western New York Her husband,
M p. p. Pealer, was a former member of
the New York state legislature. and Is now
holding government position in Washing
ton In her ancestry she traces eleven
lines back to ancestors who came to Amer
lea before 1850. She belongs to the Girls
void family OF Connecticut, which has fur
nished two governors to that state. She Is
member of many women's organizations,
including the national board of the d. A.
R., the International Press Union and the
Woman's National Press Association. She
Is president Of local union of the w. c.
L. O., and she was one of the organizers
of the auxiliary to the Spanish War Veter-
ans. and is member OF the first national
council OF administration Of that organiza-
ton.
Miss Lille d'Angelo Bergh Of New York
CITY mas been attending the congress of the
ID. A. r. Miss Bergh is visiting Comman-
der and Mrs. John c. Fremont
Mrs. Eleanor Holmes Lindsay, the present
chairman OF the committee on revolutionary
relics. has served seven years as a member
or this committee. six years Of the time as
chairman, and she has given 1t all the at
tention her rather fraii health allowed. She
has also served as vice president general
six years, the society having honored her
by elections for the years 1897, 9-19OO.
1902. during which time she has per-
formed the duties of member of such COM
mittees as designated by the presidents
general She has decided that 1t will be
impossible for her to accept any other
Craftsmanship, any official position what
ever in the society after the close of this
Congress. Mrs. Lindsay has presented to
the society a little volume entitled List
of Revolutionary Relics Deposited in the
Smithsonian Institution by the Revolutions
preston of devotion to what she considers
the grandest of patriotic societies