Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
CONGRESS OF D. A. R.
Annual Gathering at Memorial
Continental Hall.
SESSION TO OPEN APRIL is
An Unusually Large Attendance is
Anticipated.
CHANGES IN THE CONSTITUTION
List of Committees Announced by
Mrs Donald Mclean, the Presi-
dent General.
SESSION TO OPEN APRIL 1e
CHANGES IN THE CONSTITUTION

Mrs. Donald Mclean. president general of
has completed the assignments to COM
mfttees for the continental congress. and
The Star presents them today as officially
designated. The continental congress OF the
Daughters of the american Revolution will
convene Monday. April 10. In Memorial
Continental Hall. and will continue through
out the week. It Is expected that this Will
be the largest meeting the national society
has ever held. as the organization Is In
creasing In membership at rapid rate.
It's stated that many matters Of great
importance to the society are to be con-
s.dered. Among these win be changes IN
rtiae constitution and bylaws. one Of the
most important being an amendment which
will make citizenship in the state necessary
for q member to hold the Office of regent
or vice regent of state. 1t has been tho
custom to select for one or the other of
those Offices a lady who may at some time
have held citizenship in a state. but who
ROW resides permanently In Washington.
This<was done that the state might be rep
resented ia the meetings of the national
board of administration without sending a
regent or vice regent to Washington, q
trip that would be almost impossible be-
cause of the expense and the frequency of
the meetings. 1t is said that in times past
these offices have been held by women
who had never even been inside the states
they were representing, but 1t is thought
that no such cases now exist
There viii be several other amendments,
it is stated, but probably none as vital to
the interests of the society as the one Just
mentioned.
Contributions to Memorial Hall.
Those ardentIy interested in Continental
Memorial Hall are looking forward to the
presentation OF the various sums being
raised for the pretty white marble build
ing. There has been unusual interest In
this matter. 1t Is stated, and IL IS thought
the sum that will be turned in Will be
larger than ever before in the history of
the organization. The president general.
Mrs. Mclean, has been travelling almost
constantly in this interest since she took
up the reins of administration. She has
made speeches IN behalf of Continental
Memorial Hall in almost every middle and
eastern state, and has been repeatedly In
vited into the south to help arouse en-
thusiasm there. In these trips the pres-
dent general is said TO have been heartily
received and most Hospitality entertained,
creating an excellent impression for the
d. a. r.
Mrs. Mclean Is accounted a very fine
platform speaker by her admirers, and she
is said to possess vast store of patriotic
enthusiasm which seems to sweep all be-
lore her Wnen the SUBJECT lies as close TO
her heart as does the prosperity of the
Daughters OF the American Revolution.
Congress Committees.
The committees for the coming continen-
tai congress are as follows:
Credential committee-Mrs. Charlotte z.
Main. chairman; Mrs. NJ. E. S. Davis. Mrs.
Florence Gray Estey, Mrs. Helen NJ. Boyn-
ton, Mrs, Bell NJ. Draper, Mrs. Marie Will
kinson Hodgkins, Mrs. Bertha NJ. Robbins,
Mrs. May D. Russell Young.
Railroad committee-Mrss K. K. Henry,
chairman: Miss Charlotte A. Baldwin. Mrs.
]. Morgan Smith, Mrs. John l.. Stevens,
Mrs. Harry Gray, Mrs. Walter Talbot Miss
Minnie Mickey, Miss Eleanor NJ. Johnson,
Miss Norton Mrs. j. D. Iglehart. Mrs.
Sarah NJ. Lounsberry, Mrs. Thomas H.
Brown.
Press committee-Mrs. Ellen Spencer
Mussey. chairman; Mrs. Florence Chase.
Mrs. Della s. Jackson, Mrs. J. Eakin Gads-
by. Mrs. Lindsay Patterson. Mrs. NJ S.
o'Donohough, Miss F. Vining, Mrs. Benz.
A. Fessenden.
Program eommittee-Mrs. A. z, Patton.
chairman; Mrs. X. L. Eagan. Miss Ellen
Mecum, Mrs. William J. Chittenden, Mrs.
James L. Botsford, Mrs. Charles B. Bryan
Mrs Wallace Delafeld, Mrs. Duncan u.
Fletcher Mrs. Charles H. Todd, Mrs. e. C.
Churchman.
House committee-Mrs Howard L. Hodg-
kins, chairman Mrs. A. @. Wilkinson,
Mrs j. Stewart Jameson, Mrs. John Paul
ward Bennett Rosa, Mrs. Clarendon Smith,
Mrs. Albert G.. Gore, Mrs. James a..
Rounsaville.
On Entertainment.
Entertainment comnittee-Mrs. Charles
H. Terry, chairman; Mrs. Charles II. Deere.
Mrs Trueman Newberry, Mrs. Stephen B.
Elkins, Mrs. Joseph B. Foraker. Mrs J. P.
Deliver. Mrs. John R. Walker Mrs. Henry
e. Burnham, Mrs. Mary s. Lockwood, Miss
Virginia Miller Miss A f. Solomons, Mrs.
Richard c. Adams. Mrs. Edwin A. Warfeld,
Mrs Curtis Guild, Mrs. John McLane, Mrs.
j. P Thorn, Mrs. B. D. Spilman, Mrs F.
Stewart Stranahan, Mrs. G. Hamilton Te-
bault Mrs E. w. Howard, Mrs. ID. G. Am
bier. Mrs S. c. Langworthy. Mrs. Myron
II. Parker, Mrs. JOB Barnard. Mrs. Allen
R. Boyd.
Reception commiteee-Mrs. Angus Cam
eron, chairman; Mrs Matthew I. Scott,
Mrs John A. Murphy, Mrs. S. w. Sydnor.
Mrs ]. H c. Wuiburn. Mrs. H. S. Cham
berlain Mrs Chas. II. Creighton, Mrs.
Amos G. Draper, Mrs. l.. w. Coy, Mrs. NJ.
" Richard, Mrs E. S. Gardner. Mrs. G. w
Nichols. Mrs VIM. L. Destin, Mrs. Geo.
L. Mum, Mrs Woodbury. f. Pulsifer, Mrs.
" X Cox Miss Z. G. Lathrop, Mrs. A. NJ.
Parker, Mrs. VIM. J. Hardy, Mrs Henry s.
Bowron, Mrs. Samuel Ammon, Mrs. Fran
ces NJ Jones, Mrs. Henry c. Munger, Mrs.
John X Stewart, Mrs. T. w. Becker, Mrs.
r. T. Barker Mrs. VIM. l. Peel, Mrs. John
r. Garrison, Mrs. II. p. Gerald, Mrs. Alex
andria F. Jameson.