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| IN great clusters of pink roses. Mrs. Char
Iotte Emerson Main, chairman of the Gre
Dental committee, black spangled lace;
Mrs. Teunis Hamlin. chaplain general.
| Gadsby. a beautiful gown Of white chif-
fon and renaissance lace; Mrs J.. H. Dear
born Of New Hampshire. black Jet and
| lace; Mrs. Thomas Page Dickinson. Tran
gown and pearls; Mrs. Merritt Hughes
Gray, Elizabeth Burton Chapter, Kansas
City, Mo, pink silk poplin, duchesse lace
and gold embroidery; Mrs. Meriweather,
state regent of Missouri, white lace and
pink silk and handsome pearl necklace,
and Mrs. John Miller Horton, regent. Buff
| with reseda green panne velvet and point
lace. mauve orchids embroidered on the
skirt and magnificent jewels
Mrs. Daniel Lothrop of Boston wore long
| trained black velvet and lace; Mrs. William
Lawson Bell. honorary state regent of Geor-
| gia, pale blue crepe de chine. embroidered
! In silver butterflies; Miss Mamie Randolph
Heth president of the Southern Relief So
ciety black spangled net, trimmed with old
| lace. and her famous Washington jewels;
| Miss kibbey, cream crepe de chine and lace
made princess. trimmed with spanglei lace;
Mrs. Charles Williamson. vic&sstate regent,
| OF Jackson. Miss, black lace over pale blue
| silk: Mrs. Francis James Bailey of Hills
! boro, Greg, pale yellow cloth and lace;
| Mrs. Ben. H. Hills of Jackson, Miss,
| charming gown of black and white mar
| quisette; Mrs. Julian H. Meyer of the New
York City Chapter. gown entirely of
duchesse lace and old rose point lace and
diamonds; Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey,
black lace over old rose silk: Mrs. Morgan
D.. Lewis of Constitution Chapter pearl
gray chiffon and diamonds; Mrs. Bertha NJ.
Robins. white lace and diamonds: Mrs. Mathes
of Tennessee. handsome black lace gown over
white: Mrs. William d. Kerfoot. vice presi-
dent general, New Jersey. black chantilly
lace over white: Mrs. Willis Moore wore
black spangled net. and q rope of pearls
hat wound thrice abOut her neck and fell
TO her waist: Mrs La Verne Noyes. regen.
of the Chicago chapter, wore spangled lace.
embroidered in pearls, with dog collar of
pearls and diamonds and long string of
pearls: Mrs Terry. secretary of the Cont
mental Hall committee black lace over
white. trimmed with empire g!rdle of
ponpadour ribbon.
District Candidate.
Mrs Amos Ct Draper CBeil MerrilD. who
is the District nominee for corresponding
secretary general was born in Haverhill
n. H.. but has lived in Washington since
1861 when she came here with her parents.
She is a graduate of Mt. holyoke College,
and was the first person to receive diplo-
ma for completing the four-year course in
German, in addition to the regular currfcu-
lum. In 1879 she married DIR. Amos &.
Draper of Gallaudet College She has held
several positions of honor in the ID. A. -.
having been regent of the Dolly Madison
Chapter of the District of Columbia treas
urer general of the National Society for two
years; treasurer of the ID. a. r.. Hospital
Corps, and is now regent of the Mary Bart
lett Chapter. which she organized in 1900
While regent of the Dolly Madison Chap
ter she invited all the patriotic societies in
the District of Columbia to an open-air
fete at Kendall Green April -. the first
time there had been any Observal ace of the
day by any patriotic society IN the District.
She has made study of genealogy for
number of years, especially that of New
Hampshire and Massachusetts. and traces
her descent through ten revolutionary an
cestors, one of whom was Josiah Bartlett
of New Hampshire. the first one to vote for
Hancock and the first after Hancock to
sign the Declaration of Independence, to
thirty Puritans who settled in Massa-
chusetts and New Hampshire before 1910
Mrs. Draper is the recognized authority
on Josiah Bartlett and his descendants.
She copied from the old receipt books of
the treasurer of the United States, and
arranged alphabetically, the list of Massa
chuset.s men who loaned money to the
government during the revolution. and pre-
scented the manuscript to the Massachusetts
''Daughters. who had it printed and pri-
vately circulated. She is at present COM
piling genea'ogy of the Merrill family,
edits Merrill Family Department" in the
Genealogical Exchange of Buffalo, \. Y,
aud is constantly assisting pelso in of
ferent parts of the country to trace their
lineage.
Candidates for Historian General.
The candidate of the District Daughters,
nominated at the annual meeting for h s.
torian general is Mrs. ]. Eakin Ciadsby.
who entered the society BY right of descent
from four patriots of the Maryland line
Two of the great-greatg randfathers
the maternal side and two on the paternal.
Benjamin Bradford Norris was mem
Der of the Maryland legislature eleven
years Consecutlveiy. a member of the coua-
ell of safety, a captain of the Hartford
county militia and gave generously to-
ward the cause of independence r.
Another of her ancestors who served in
state and military affairs was Major Bruff
of Queen Anne county, MI. who was in
the army engineer corps from December,
11I6 to June. 1897. He Was a member of
the Cincinnati.
On the paternal side her great-great-
grandfather who went forth to fight for
his country from his home. Sherwood. Bal
timore county. was Lieut.. John Baale
Howard of the Hartford county militia. He
also a member OF the Maryland legis-
lature. The fourth ancestor was E,nsigl
Vincent Richardson, who gave his life
among the first OF Maryland's heroes for
the cause of liberty.
Mrs. Gadsby entered the society in May,
1S,S, to assist in the work OF the Spanish
American war She had been in commune
ca ton with Gen. FttZhugh Lee, and send
ing him supplies for the hospital he had
opened in Havana for women and children
before war was declared
Her first work in the ID. A. r. was for
the soldiers families in the District under
Mrs. Dickins. While not member of the
national board she has been placed by its
presidents general on various committNs,
having served for the past four years on
Continental Hall and ways and means
committees: also member of the James
town committee She is member of the
Mary Washington Chapter and has served
as its historian during which time she
compiled the little book, Mary Ball. the
proceeds of the sale of which to be
devoted to Continental Hall. She has
served as chairman of the District press
committee for the past two years.
Mrs. Gadsby is the wife of Mr.. Eakin
Gadsby, real estate dealer, who belongs
to one of the oldest families in the Dis
trict.
Mrs. Mussey Candidate.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, who is the
candidate of the District Daughters for one
of the ten vice presidents general at the
election Thursday. was nominated for that
responsible office at the annual meeting of
the District organization last week. Mrs
Mussey is just closing her second term as
regent of the District Daughters, and has
made a record an organizer and healer
of differences. The District chapters have
increased in number and have been doing
Soma excellent work along historical and