Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-11-09
PRESIDENT GENERAL HERE.
STATE OFFICERS or The D
A r. ELECTED.
Mrs. Donald Mclean Made An
Address at Yesterday After
Moons Session.

The second annual conference Of ia,
| Maryland Daughters of American Rev
olution reassembled at the Government
House at o'clock yesterday after.
noon, when charming address wa.
delivered by tho President General
Mrs. Donald Mclean, of New York,
who gave an entertaining account oi
her recent travels through the Middle
West. speaking Of the enthusiasm in
patriotic work shown everywhere by
| the Daughters through this section and
| their liberal donations already given
as promised toward the completion OF
Continental Hall. Washington.
During Mrs. McLean's address she
emphasized her gestures with fan.
tied with long streamers of red and
| black, the Maryland colors. The
ribbons, she explained were valued
as tied about the bouquet she received
from the Maryland Society of the
| Daughters of the American Revolution
upon her election To the national
ofiice, while the fan was equally dear
as bearing the Maryland arms, painted
by a Baltimore artist and donated by
the Baltimore Chapter of the Daugh-
ters to a fair in Madison, Ill, where
Mrs. Mclean was guest of Mrs
WarGeld and left yesterday afternoon.
She has been here on sevreal previous
occasions, once having made n stirring
address 10 the Daughters at tef given
by Mrs. Douw. at Leuwarden, Muir
ray Hill, when Mrs. Douw was regent
of the local Chapter.
Mrs. Henry w. Rogers, a member of
the state commission for theA James,
town Exposition, also spoke in an in
teresting manner of the building to
be erected by the Maryland Historical
Society upon the old Jamestown site,
and asked the assistance Of the differ
ent chapters, through their delegates,
i'm the collection of relics for the Rev
olutionary Museum, which will be
one of the features of the Establish
ment.
Mrs. Robert c. Barry offered reso-
luton that the Governors residenes
in Annapolis shall hereafter be gener-
ally spoken Of by its original title Of
Government House, which resolu-
ton, meeting with the approval of
Governor and Mrs. Warfield, was
unanimously adopted.
Invitations were extended by Cover
nor Warfield and Mrs. Warfield and by
Miss Frances Marshall, of the Freder-
ick Chapter, for the next conference
in 1907, the final decision being to
meet at Frederick, as courtesy due
10 the western part of the state. the
east having already been honored
rxith two conventions. The remaindar
ing of reports and other routine bust
ness.
The morning session adjourned with
the annual election of state officers,
resulted as follows: Regent, Mrs. j.
Pembroke Thorn, unanimously re-
elected; vics-regent. Miss Eleanor
Murdoch Johnson, of Frederick; re-
cording secretary, Miss Agnes Walton,
of Annapolis; corresponding secretary,
Miss Lillian Giffen, of Baltimore !;
treasurer. Mrs. Beverly Randolph, of
Cumberland. The conference then
adjourned for luncheon. at which the
delegates were entertained by the
Baltimore Chapter at Carvel Hall.
The table was arranged in a private
dining room and prettily decorated
with ferns and asparagus. At the
different covers were name cards en-
bossed with tiny flags in colors At
the head of the table Mrs. A. Leo
Knott presided. with Mrs. Donald Nc
Lean, ,president-general of the national
society, on her right, and Mrs. Ed
win Warfield ON her left. Opposite
was Mrs. j. Pembroke Thorn, with
Mrs. A. Marshall Elliott, regent OF
the Maryland Line Ch apter of Balti-
more. on her right, and Miss Frances
Marshall regent of the Frederick
| Chapter, on her left. The remaining
| guests were also seated at the same
table, the luncheon being served in
courses.
| AT the morning session Mrs. Isabelle
| w. g. Welch, regent of the Peggy
| Stewart Tea Party Chapter, Daughter
| Of American Revolution, this city, reaC
the following report:
| 1.-THE Peggy Stewart Tea Part,
| Chapter has had most enthusiastic
| and successful year. We have beer
encouraged in all patriotic works by
our honored Governor, and have beer
permitted by him TO hold our meeting
in the historic old Senate Chamber
| We have twenty-five members, one ha
| been transferred and four new mem
bers have been enrolled.
ION account of our accumulated lii
erature we have created a new office
that of librarian, and Mrs. Burns wa
elected TO fill IT,. This year we bav
given beautiful pantomime, whicl
was q great success both financiall
and socially; gotten an appropriate
Of 5000 by the Legislature for tn
painting OF two portraits for the State
were instrumental in securing fo
Miss Walton, a member of our Chap
ter, the order to paint them; have rs
furnished the room at the Emergenc
| Hospital. which we maintain; hav
| secured the wood of the original bri
Peggy Stewart, which has lain in th
harbor of Annapolis for one hundre
and thirty-two years, and we hay
| presented our much honored and e.
teemed Governor as a personal gift,
| painting Of the Peggy Stewart Hous
framed in this wood as a testimonii
of our gratitude 10 him for his gre.
work in restoring the beautiful ol
Senate Chamber.
I'VE also have ordered a reprodu
tion of this painting by the same a
tist, Miss Walton, to be presented
, the State when finished, together vii
the two portraits Of Robert Bowie al
Matthew Tilghman. Later on we e,
pect to present the State with bra
tablet COMMUNICATING the burning
the brig Peggy Stewart, and we a
contemplating securing the Pegs
| stewart House from the Govcrnmel
to be preserved as a museum, and '
earnestly hope that all tbs differe
chapters of Maryland VII u1its r