The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-05

CT state officers would be elected by the conference, the State Regents nomination must be confirmed by the National body. The chair then ap-
 pointed as tellers Mrs. Coleman and
 Mrs. Walter Robinson of Anniston, and
 the election proceeded in perfect or- der and amity. The result stands: Mrs.
 J. Morgan Smith (re-elected), Birming-
 ham, State Regent; Mrs. R. A. McClel-
 Ian, (re-elected). Athens. State Vice.
 Regent; Mrs. l.. J. Haley (re-elected, Birmingham. Secretary; Mrs. Walter Robinson, Anniston, Treasurer; Miss
 Metta Thompson, Mobile. State His torian: Mrs. J. F. Duggar, Auburn, of- ficial Reader.
 The important item of next years
 meeting place received attention. the
 matter being finally left to the dis
 cretion of the Executive Committee. The chair then appointed a commit
 tee to amend the State Bylaws and report at the next conference Mrs. Coleman. chairman of the committee on
 Resolutions. read crisp perfect re- port of thanks for all who had aided
 in making this one of the most pleas
 ant and successful conferences in the
 records of the Alabama D. A. R. short memorial service was held
 in memory of those members who had
 this year passed into the beyond, and
 the Sixth Alabama Conference ad-
 journed.
 As was to be expected in a southern city long renowned for truest hospi-
 tality. the social side of the Confer
 ence can not be, named its least feat ure. Friday afternoon, Mrs. Hortense Addison Batre', President of the Co.,
 lonia1 Danes, brought together the culture beauty and charm of the Ala
 bama Danes and Daughters for an af ternoon reception.
 Amid Revolutionary decorations of red. white and blue. Mrs. Batre'. the embodiment of charm and welcome. re- ceived. assisted by Mrs. J. Morgan
 Smith, Mrs. Aurora Mcclellan, Mrs. Harvey Jones. Vice President of the Colonial Danes. Mrs. R. H. Clarke, Treasurer of the Colonial Danes, and Mrs. Rhett Goode. In the dining room. a beautiful feast was served under the colonial colors- of blue and buff. Friday night the great rose salons of the Athelstan Club were opened to
 the D. A. R.. and the brilliant gather ing looked upon a lovely picture of an | cestral days, as the seasons debauntes and their gallant cavaliers in all the
 bravery of paint, powder and brocade, danced the minuet. The Athelstan
 metes its hospitality in unstinted meas ure. and when the music from it's palm screening took a livelier chord the guests repaired to the new Rathskeller
 there to find antique furnishing a just
 index of sturdy old world feasting. Saturday the Sons of the American
 Revolution, certain distinguished Mo- bilians. the 'knightliest of a knight ly race" rendered the visiting D. 4.
 R. an automobile ride, the route in-
 cluding the renowned Shell Road and
 glimpses of lovely Mobile Bay. whose
 waters are historic ih many phases of Mobiles sife. Minor entertainments, teas. luncheons, dear to the heart feminine, marked the time pleasantly,
 and the Sixth Alabama Conference pre-
 sents record of excellent works amid
 most cordial hospitality.
 A notable feature of the conference
 was the parliamentary rulings of Mrs.
 J. Morgan Smith the State Regent
 the dispatch with which she conducted
 business, the order she maintained. the l imp lrtial calm of her manner, and the high regard she could claim in the | heart of every D. A. R. Mrs. Smith has
 been regent for ten years, and there is universal regret over her decision that she will not allow her name to be
 again placed in nomination.
 Respectfully submitted, Lucia Weaver Robbins,
 Historian of the Mobile Chapter D. A. R.