Evening star., 1906-04-05
P[RFECT|nG The PLANS
Executive Committee Of D. A. R.
In Session in Washington.
CONGRESS TO MEET IN APRIL
Large Increase in Fund for Continen.
tai Hall Completion.
PRESIDENT GENERALS ACTIVITY
Members Of Hall Committee-List Of
Standing Committees Of the
Coming Congress.
PRESIDENT GENERALS ACTIVITY

The Memorial Continental Hall commit
tee. of the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton Is meeting today in the board rooms
of the D. A. r.. perfecting plans for the
comfort of the members of the continental
congress which will convene at 10 O'Clock
April 18-Easter Monday. The committee
which has been working very hard during
the year to bring the building of the hall
nearer completion. is said to be one OF the
strongest committees since the inception OF
the work. The president general, Mrs. DON
aid Mclean, is chairman of this committee,
and 1t is stated that she has Travelled nearly
$1,000 miles in the interest Of the Conti-
mental Memorial Hall, has delivered at least
twenty speeches In it's especial behalf. pre-
sided over many meetings in its interest
and visited over twenty states. The presi-
dent general says she found the greatest In
terest In the hall project, and that the chap
ters throughout the country are earnestly
working to raise funds to complete the
building, which, in her opinion, Is to be an
ornament to Washington. The committee
is much gratified with the amount raised
during the year, which is $G00Go, more, II
is stated, than has been raised in any one
year up to this time.
The Continental Hall Memorial committee
includes the four presidents general pre-
ceding Mrs Mclean. coming first on the
Memorial Hall Committee.
The committee is composed follows:
Mrs. Donald Mclean. chairman; Mrs.
Adlai E. Stevenson, Mrs. John w. Foster,
Mrs. Daniel Manning, Mrs. Charles W.
Fairbanks. Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth,
Miss Mary Desha, Mrs. Roger A. Pryor,
Mrs. Charlotte E. Main. Mrs Robert E.
Park, Mrs John R. Walker. Mrs. Mary
Wood Swift, Mrs Charles H. Deere, Mrs.
Orlando ]. Hodge, Mrs. J. ]. Estey. Mrs.
II. s. Chamberlain Mrs. Lindsay Patterson,
Mrs. John G. Hazen. Mrs. George w. Mich
oils, Mrs. Franklin e. Brooks, Mrs. j. v.
Quarles, Mrs Henry E. Burnham, Mrs.
Althea r. Bedle. Mrs. A. E. Heneberger,
Mrs Teunis s. Hamlin. Miss Virginia MIL
ler Mrs. ]. Stewart Jameson, Mrs. M. E.
S. Davis, Mrs ]. P. Dollver, Mrs. Mary 9.
Lockwood. Miss Aline E. Solomons, Mrs. j.
Morgan Smith. Mrs. William L. Distin, Mrs
Walter Talbot. Mrs. Lucien W. Coy Mrs
Thomson Kinney. Mrs. Elizabeth Clarke
Churchman. Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey
Mrs. Duncan L. Fletcher, Mrs. James A.
Ronsaville. Mrs. Mary Gridley Tarr Mrs
benjamin A. Fessenden, Mrs. Richard c.
Adams Mrs. James NJ. Fowler. Mrs. Ro-
wena E. Stevens Mrs. w. E. Stanley, Mrs.
Charles H Todd. Mrs. c. Hamilton Tebault,
Miss Charlotte Augusta Baldwin, Mrs. j.
Pembroke Thorn. Mrs. Charles H. Masury,
Mrs William ]. Chittenden. Miss Alice
Quitman Lowell, Mrs. Wallace Delafeld,
Mrs. William w. McCrackin, Mrs. S. c.
Langworthy, Mrs. John McLane, Miss Ell
len Mecum, Mrs. l.. Bradford Prince, Mrs.
Charles II. Terry, Mrs. George Phifer Er-
win, Mrs. Sarah NJ Lounsberry. Mrs. James
L. Botsford. Mrs. Mary Elliott Carpenter,
Mrs Mary Phelps Montgomery, Mrs. Alex
ander E. Patton. Miss Elizabeth H. Swim
burne, Mrs. Henry Warren Richard
son. Mrs. Charles B. Bryan, Mrs Seabreok
w. Sydnor, Mrs. Mary NJ. +. Allen,
Mrs F. Stewart Stranahan, Mrs. Eleanor S.
NaS Sbfpptnn Howard Mrs Moses A PheinS
Mrs Baldwin Day Spilman, Mrs. Thomas
Hoyt Brown, Mrs. Frank w. Mondell, Mrs.
Matthew T. Scott. Mrs. John A. Murphy,
Mrs. A A. Kendall, Mrs. Helen M. Boynton,
Mrs. Russell A. Alger Mrs. Stephen B. Ell
kins. Mrs. Fred It. Dubois, Mrs. julius
C. Burrows, Mrs. Angus Cameron, Mrs.
Mark Hanna. Mrs. James Mcmillan. Mrs.
William Lindsay. Mrs. George NJ Stern
berg Mrs Edwin A. Warfeld Miss Anna C.
Benning, Mrs. Frances P. Edwards, Miss
Louise Ward McAllister, Mrs J. Harvey
Mathes, Mrs. j. o. Moss, Mrs. George H.
Shields, Mrs. Kate l.. Eagan, Mrs. E. Cay
lord Putnam, Mrs. Ira Y. Sage, Mrs John
II. C. Wulburn, Mrs. Rose MeH Bracket,
Mrs. Joshua Wibour, Mrs Western Bas-
come Mrs. James p. Brayton, Mrs. Henry
F. Blount. Mrs. David. W. Bruce, Mrs. d.
w. Bushnell, Miss Ella Lorraine Dorsey,
Mrs. Amos G. Draper, Mrs. Eugene du Pont,
Mrs. j. Ellen Foster. Mrs. William E. Full
Ter. Mrs Edwin S. Gardner, Mrs. Frank
Getchell. Mrs. Clement A. Grscom, Mrs,
Thomas Groce, Mrs X. X. Henry, Mrs.
Howard l. Hodgkins Miss Eleanor Muir
dock Johnson. Mrs de B. r. Keim, Mrs. A.
Leo Knott. Mrs. Harriet NJ Lothrop, Mrs.
Aurora P. Mcclellan, DR.. Anita Newcomb
McGee, Mrs. Sarah b. c. Morgan, Mrs.
George l.. Mum, Miss Elizabeth F. Pierce,
Mrs, De Haven Ross, Mrs. Clarendon Smith,
Mrs. Edwin S. Walker. Mrs. William War
rem. Mrs. Albert Akers Mrs. Samuel Am
mon, Mrs. Truman G. Avery, Miss Lois
Bangs, Mrs. Richard jackson Barker, Mrs.
Job Barnard, Mrs. Robert c. Barry Mrs
vtna,sl Me- low ID tahA
der, Mrs. Frederick w. Becker, Mrs
C. K. Bergman. Mrs. l. w. Birdseye,
Mrs. Charles c. Bromwell, Miss Cora A.
Brown. Mrs. Alfred V. Burnham, Mrs r.
Fl. Clarke. Miss Esteile Doremus, Mrs. John
II. Doyle. Mrs John Paul Earnest, Mrs. r.
w. Edwards. Mrs. Samuel Eliot, Mrs. w. F.
Evans. Mrs. Parks Fisher, Mrs. George +.
Fuller. Mrs Edward Denison Gardiner, Mrs
John r. Garrison. Mrs. II. P. Gerald, Mrs
Russell f. Goodwin. Mrs. Adam Gray, Mrs
BENJAMIN F. Gray. 1r., Mrs. Sallie Marshall
Hardy, Mrs c. V. Hdckox, Mrs s. Woodsoa
Hundley, Mrs Jonathan II. Huntington
Mrs. j. d.. Iglehart. Mrs. Alexander F.
Jameson. Mrs. Frances NJ Jones, Mrs
Henry B. Joy. Mrs. Charles F. Kingsley
Mrs Mary W Latham. Mrs. Lloyd Lowndes,
Mrs. Isaac F. Mack Mrs. Mary Lawrence
Martin. Miss Martha j. Mifiin, Mrs. Chris
topher Morgan, Mrs. Henry G. Munger,
Mrs Thomas Nesmith. Mrs John r. New
ian Longfelow O'Donogllue. Mrs. George
w. Ogilvie, Mrs. e. Orton. jr. Mrs Arthur
M Parker Mrs. George Patterson. Miss
Caroline b. Pearson. Mrs. VIM l.. Peel.
Mrs. James G. Penn. Mrs Augustus IA
Phelps. Mrs. James Stuart Pitcher. Mrs. G
II: Pinney. Mrs, Nelson Poe Mrs James
w. Randell. Mrs. VIM. L. Reynolds. Miss
Marcia Maria Richardson, Mrs Bertha M
Robbins, Mrs Andrew ]. Robinson, Mrs
Zauman G. Simmons, jr Mrs Andrew =
Simonds. Mrs. John Marshall Slaton. Mrs
Cuthbert Slocomb. Mrs H. c. Stone Mrs
James Knox TAYLOR. Mrs. H. M THOMPSON
Mrs. R. G. Iredeil, Mrs F. F. Van Vljet
Mrs James Fl. Walker Mrs. Hamilton
Ward Mrs Frederick Warren Mrs. Ferdi-
nand WEIGH. Mrs. Charles N Wheeler Mrs
Arthur McDermotte Wilson, Mrs. Thomas
NJ Worcester. Mrs. Parry L. Wright. Mrs
John Russell Young.
Other Comxzittees.
The other committees OF the D. Ar,
which have been actively assisting the pres
ident general In the arrangements for the
continental congress and In securing funds
for the Continental Memorial Hall are as
follows:
Committee on revolutionary relics for
Memorial Continental Hall-Mrs. A. a.
Kendall. chairman: Mrs. j. T. Estey.. Mrs.
George A. Bacon. Mrs. NJ NJ Baliinaar.
Mrs Lewis e. Barnes Mrs M n q Reach (