Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-21

nas aireaoyc reached $76, out at interest,
for some special decoration for Continental
Hall when It shah near completion.
Consututlon Chapter is devoted to study,
ana having finished the discussion not only
q the constitution of our society, but also
tnat OF the United States they are now
giving their time to thoughtful considera-
ton OF the Lives of Our Presidents
Inc Ehzabeth jackson Chapter is raising
g Iund IN order to be able to place suit
apie memorial to the memory of Elizabeth
Jackson in CIR continental Hall
Amerlcan Eha$ter, owing to the serious
Illness or 10 regent. has Jagged by the
Wayside, ana has no report or representa-
ton this year
One member of the Miriam Danforth
Chapter, Mrs. Geer, our honored register
general, has given $500 to Memorial Hall in
memory OF her grandparents. John and
mlrlam Cowee Danforth.
Inc Lucy Holcombe Chapter has under
taken no great enterprise the past year, but
mas nela her regular meetings and assisted
In all district work
The Katherine Montgomery Chapter has
deposited In bank SOL for Continental Hail.
ana mas also contributed $25 to the Ma
tional Junior Republic.
FotOmac Chapter is only one year old,
but has most energetic regent and has
made record for herself second to none in
me district, giving $13 to our Continental
ONES and the Continental Danes have not
peen ORGANIZED long enough as yet to make
any mark for themselves, but we feel sure
that by another year they will be heard
| from and that with no uncertain sound.
we nave also realized, through the
| enorts OF Mrs. Saunders Johnston, from the
sale of china belonging to the District
daughters. SO.
All Working Along Same Lines.
While each chapter has It's own spe-
cialty. we are all working along the same
| lines Of historical and patriotic education,
| meantime doing our utmost to raise funds
| toward the building of our Memorial Hall,
| giving this year an aggregate Of $685.
| While we do not. like the Chinese. worship
| our ancestors. we do value the free country
! and the glorious flag which was won for
| us by their courageous sef-sacrifice, and
we know we'll how to appreciate the hered-
1ty or the sterling virtues which are the
| birthright of every descendant of our revo-
! lutlonary patriots. Our foremothers suf-
| Tered and endured almost more in the
cause OF freedom than our forefathers, for
| theirs was that lonely, separate suffering
uncheered by companonship, which is
dcubly hard to bear, and without any Of
| the enthusiasm generated by battles fought
and won;. and we. their daughters, have
not been backward In doing whatever our
hands found to do in the days of our coun-
| try's need.
The Regents Selected.
The state delegations to the thirteenth
the American Revolution have chosen the
| following regents and vice regents:
Alabama-Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, Mrs
Aurora P. Mcclellan
Arizona-Mrs Walter Talbot. Mrs. Clar-
endon Smith.
California-Mrs John +. Swift, Mrs.
CoIorado--Mrs. John Campbell, Mrs O.
w. Mallaby
Connecticut-Mrs. Sara Thomson Kin
ney, Mrs. Tracy Bronson Warren.
Delaware-Mrs. Elizabeth C. Churchman,
Mrs. Eugene DUPONT
District of Columbia-Mrs Charlotte E.
| Main, Mrs Ellen Spencer Mussey.
Florfda-Mrs. Duncan v. Fletcher.
Georgia-Mrs T. G. Sage, Mrs Mary Ann
Lipscomb
Illinois-Mrs Chas. H Deere, Mrs. Dor
othy N. Law.
Robert S. Robertson.
Iowa-Mrs. Maria Purdy Peck, Mrs Geo.
w. Ogilvie.
Kansas-Mrs. w. S Stanley. Mrs Eu-
| gene f. Ware =
| Kentucky-Mrs. Rosa B. Todd
Maine-Mrs. A. A. Kendall. Mrs. Char
| lotte A. Baldwin.
Maryland-Mrs. J. Pembroke Thom Mrs
| Dorsey Gassaway.
Observation-Disclosures. Charles H Masury,
| Mrs. Anna d. West
Michigan-Mrs.- William J. Chittenden.
| Mrs, James p. Brayton.e
Minnesota7-Mrs. William Liggett, Mrs.
Charles F. Thompson. !,
Mississippi-Miss Alice @. Lowell, Mrs.
| Egbert Jones.
Missouri-Mrs Wallace Delafeld, Mrs.
| w. Bascome.
Montana-Mrs Walter s. Talent, Mrs
| William w. McCrackin.s
Nebraska-Mrs. Abraham Alice, Mrs. Jas
| per LIE Grande Kellogg.
New Hampshire-Mrs. John w. Johnson,
| Mrs. John r. McLane.
New Jersey-Mrs. E. Gaylord Putnam,
| Miss Ellen Mecum.
! New Mexico-Mrs. L. Bradford Prince.
| New York-Mrs. Charles H. Terry, Mrs.
| Henry L. Roberts.
North Carolina-Mis1 Mary l.. Struggled,
/ Mrs. Edwin L. Gregory.
| North Dakota-Mrs. Sarah NJ. Lounsberry.
Ohio-Mrs. Orlando ]. Hodge, Mrs. H. M.
| Weaver.
Oregon-Mrs. Mary Phelps Montgomery.
| Pennsylvania-Mrs Wilbur F. Reeder,
Mrs. Henry c. Pennyc9cker.
Rhode Island-Mrs. - rs. w. Lippitt, Mrs.
| Edward L. Johnson
| South Carolina-Mrs. Henry w. Richard
| son, Mrs. Geo. H. Nichols.
Tennessee-Mrs. Chas. B. Bryan, Mrs.
| Edwin Gardner.
| Texas-Mrs. John Lane Henry, Mrs. Sea-
| brook w. Sydnor.
| Utah-Mrs Mary M. F. Allen.
| Vermont-Mrs. F. s. Stranahan, Mrs. G.
| N. North.
| Virginia-Mrs. Eleanor w Howard.
| Washington-Mrs. John A. Parker, Mrs.
| NJ A. Phelps.
! West virginia-Mrs. B. d. Spilman, Miss
| NJ j. Silver.
| Wisconsin-Mrs. Thomas H. Brown, Mrs.
| Ogden H. Lether.
| Wyoming-Mrs. F. w. Mondell, Mrs. H.
| B. Patten.
The session of yesterday afternoon was
| not commenced until after the reception
rendered by the President at the White
| House was concluded. While the congress
| was a day behind in it's business at noon
yesterday, by midnight last night it had
| caught up and is now even with the print
ed program.
| The work Of the afternoon began with
action upon amendments to the bylaws.
| The first amendment was offered by Mrs.
| Gertrude B. Darwin, treasurer general Of
| the national society, and the amendatory
| clause Is to be inserted in Article VI Of the
| bylaws It was adopted without division
| Article VI now reads as follows, the
| amendment being inclosed in brackets:
1.-THE treasurer general shall have charge
/ of the funds and securities of the national
| society She shall deposit the same in
| such banking institution in the city of
Washington as the national board of man
| agement shall select, to the credit of the
| National Society of the Daughters of the
| American Revolution, and draw thereon by
/ check when so directed by the continental
| congress or national board of management
| All bills, except such as the board of man.
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