Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-22

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a quiet way. has served upon the school
board of Cleveland, is member of the
Woman's Relief Corps. judge advocate gen.
eral of the Spanish War Auxiliary and
member of the Federation of Woman's
Clubs. and leader in the club work of
Cleveland. She is a woman of strong per-
sonality, and a writer of great strength and
virility. 1t is said that she can remain
editor of the magazine as long as she will
accept the honor.
The Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session, the chairman of
the committee on revolutionary relics. Mrs.
Florence Estey. reported that:
''All the energies of the society are en-
crossed in the building of Memorial Hail,
and, for the time being. the less imposing
memorials of the men and women of the
revolution are subordinated.
STILL" she said. 1.-The successor of Mrs.
Eleanor Holmes Lindsay (whose years of
gracious service bore fruit in the interest
ing collection of the ten-score relics de-
posted in the Smithsonian Institution
hopes in time to add something Of value to
the collection.
have been offered the committee for
money" she added. much money, but they
wish it distinctly understood that for the
present at least they are not buying relics.
The appropriations are all for the larger
object; and while they gladly accept those
small personal things which bring them inn
mediately into the lives of those who certi-
fled our Independence, the power to pur'-
chase is not yet theirs"
The Baird-Hooe controversy, inherited
from the Manning administration, Is sched-
uled for this afternoon or evening. Just
what the committee will report is not
known. but 1T is rumored that white
wash" which is pleasing to no one, Is I'M
minent
This evening Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood VII
present to the regents of the thirteen orig
inal states her DOSAGE orange grove" There
will be considerable fun ahead for those
who attend.
"Daughter's'' Treasure Chest.
For relics a Daughters treasure chest
beats anything in the world. Mrs. De b.
Randolph Keim, former vice president gem
eral, and now a member of the Continental
Hall committee, has brought to light the
very latest relic By the way, Mrs. keim
number in the D. A. R. is AS, which places
her among the real 'aristocrats, ana De.
sides that she has about fifteen ancestral
bars on her memory chain. The relic
referred to is a Dusk board. the OLD lnStru-
ment of torture used by ladies of fashion
$50 years ago to give the military straight
front" before corsets were invented
The story of this busk board reads like
really and truly romance. 1t was carved
out of an oak slab with penknife by
young man for his sweetheart. The young
man was Benjamin Sumner. After the
battle of Ticonderoga this youth-for he
was only sixteen, and had run away from
home to enter the army-was captured and
carried in chains to England by the British,
where he was confined i'll the Tower OF
London with Ethan Allen. While in prison
there he carved this Dusk board and when
released came back to America and mar
ried his sweetheart, to whom he gave the
oak slab. and which she wore when she
was married.
Mrs. Keim is the great-granddaughtes of
larnia ,fr md ho ,Cl ard ho
come down to her. She has now presented
1t to the D. A. r.
Again District Regent
Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Main, who was
reelected regent of the District of Co
lumbia. is descendant of the Emersons,
Conants, Fletchers and Frothinghams,
who We're among the first settlers of the
Bay colony coming over
to this country as early as 1880. Maj.
Benz rockingham was one of the orig
inal members of the Society of the Gin
cinnati, and an intimate personal friend
of Geo. Washington. Mrs. Main was re-
cording secretary general of the y. S. d.
A. r. for the years 1896 and 1897 and |
vice president general in 1898, leaving
the national board at the earnest request
of her chapter-the Army and Navy-to
become it's regent She has held either
chapter, state or national office continu-
ously since 1895.
Mrs. Main is historian general of the
Daughters of Founders and Patriots
which office she has held for six years
She has just been unanimously reelected
state regent of the District of Columbia.
She is well known in many of the liter
airy clubs of the city. She has had charge
of the music and decorations both of
Chase's Theater during this week and of
the Corcoran Art Gallery for the receo.
ton on April 10. 1t is said that the deco
ratfons were never finer. She was elected
by the District to personate Martha
at the colonial ball on Janu-
airy Is and looked the part to perfection.
Receptions rendered.
Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks, president
general of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. received the members of the
continental congress and visitors at her
residence. 1900 Massachusetts avenue, from
o to yesterday afternoon. 1t was the
largest and most brilliant reception of the
week. over 1000 guests being present.
Mrs. Fairbanks was assisted In receiving
by Mrs. Coleman. regent of her own chap
ter in indianapolis; Mrs. Fowler, state re-
gent of Indiana: Mrs. John Miller Horton
of Buffalo. Mrs. Thompson of Minnesota,
Mrs. John N. Carey of Indiana, Mrs. John |
Middleton Of Kentucky, Mrs. William NJ |
Liggett of st. Paul and the delegation from
Indiana.
Mrs. ]. B. Foraker. wife Of the senator
from Ohio, gave reception from to q
yesterday afternoon for the delegates from |
Ohio and other Daughters. The beautiful
parlors were thronged with guests for full
three hours.
Mrs. j. Ellen Foster. regent entertained |
Constitution Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution. Wednesday evening" |
April 90 at the Portner and the meeting |
was unusually large and interesting due to |
the presence of so many distinguished visit
ing Daughters who in the city In at |
tendance upon the national congress ID. A. |
R The regular program for the evening |
consisted of papers upon the Presidents of !
the United States. as follows: James A. |
Garfield and Chester A. Arthur, by Mss |
Belle Tanner: Grover Cleveland, by Mrs
Morgan d. Lewis. and the regent Mrs. |
Foster, spoke briefly Of the administration |
of Benjamin Harrison. referring to many |
incidents in his official life which came
within her own personal observation. The
visitors from abroad who spoke were: Mrs. |
Alvin Bailey regent OF Paul Revere Chap |
ter. Boston. Mass: Miss Marian II. Brazer, |
regent of Paul Jones Chapter, Boston, |
Mass. and Mrs. Frank Bradley of Hannah |
Woodruff Chapter. Southington, Conn, |
each referring to the work Of the respective
chapters. Rev. Woodman Bradbury, pastor |
of Old Cambridge Baptist Church. cam
bridge, Mass. gave talk on the tendency
oe the nations OF the earth toward universal |
peace. A feature OF the evening was the |
singing by Miss Grace Bradbury Of Boston, |
Mass, and by Miss Elizabeth Pierce Dur