The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-27
. A. R. CONGRESS
 IN WASHINGTON

IN WASHINGTON. i.
 The twelfth continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolu- ton, which is now in progress in Wash ington, is claiming especial interest, be- ing composed, as 1t is of representative women from all parts of the United States.
 There are now over six hundred chap ters, each entitled to be represented by its Regent and a delegate for every fifty members, At this Congress now being held a President General and ten Vice presidents General are to be elected. Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks will no doubt De elected to succeed herself as Mrs. Donald Mclean of New York, her most formidable opponent has formally with drawn from the race.
 There are two sessions daily; one from 10 o'clock a. m. until 4:30 D. m. with a recess from to o'clock: the other at D. m. None but members of the con- gress are admitted to the floor. The honorary and ex-officers occupy boxes.
 The Peter Forney Chapter of Montgom- cry is represented by Mrs. Frank P. Glass. Speaking of the Congress The Washington Star of recent issue, in a lengthy article said:
 The business session will be held in the Grand Opera House on Pennsylvania Avenue, and one of the important prof ects now under way under the auspices of the society is the building of a Con tinental Hall in Washington to contain o hht6iiluCcHt AuuilOEiufH TUT II HieGlinB place for the annual Congress and a fire- proof museum for relics and valuable Archives. Already the national society Is in possession of a valuable site for the proposed building and has in bank more than S62, 900 toward the fund for its erec- ton. Annually large sum is expended for rent for quarters for the Congress, and the possession of this hall will mean the cessation of a great drain on the national treasury of the D. A. R.'s. "AnnnU the intaraSfinU occurrences Of this convention will be the raising of a flag on the site of this Memorial Conti- mental Hall, which has been presented by the Sons of the American Revolution of the District of Columbia to the National Society, D. A. R., and this pretty cere- mony will take place on the opening day of the Congress.
 The social side of the gathering is always much emphasized and dozens of entertainments are given the delegates who have, indeed, the freedom of the city The President General of the Daught- CTS of the American Revolution has ac- cepted the offer of the Minute Men to furnish guard of honor during the six days session of the continental congress and a detail of eight Minute Men in full uniform will be on duty throughout the | week.
 day, when the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution will dedicate the ground | on which the Continental Memorial Hall | is to stand, the Minute Men will act as | escort to the President General and stan l and again in the evening, when, by in- l vitation of the librarian of Congress, the members of the continental congress will | go in a body to view that magnificent building.
 "The program is e very handsome af- l fair, bound in the society colors. blue and | white, with the emblem of the D. A. K. | the distaff and wheel, embossed In artistic I fashion on the outside cover.