Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-16

Mrs. Chas. Fl. Terry,
Vice President General from New York.
death of one of oar most valued oitio GERS.
Irene Williams Chittendcn. safe regent OF
| Michigan since 1891. She was one of the
| earliest members Of the society. after the
| charter members. and of Unbleni.hed rec
| cyd, both as a woman and an officer
Statistical Showing.
The following Is an itemiZed account of
the work done during the year:
| Chapter regents appointed -: chapter re-
| gents reappointed. 3; regencies expired by
limitation, %: chapter regents commissions
| issued 9S: cha piers authorized to organize,
| 3: chapters declared null and VOID, 3;
chapters organized. I?I: chapters morgan
| tied, 90: increase during the year, AZ; char
| tiers issued. -; charters rcissued. |; letters
received 15222; letters written. loo: state
| regents commissions issued. TO- state re-
gents reelection notifications ~.
The report OF tie vice president general
| in charge of organization Includes that of
the card catalogue. which registers the ac-
! tual status of the society. From April,
1906. to April. 1897 there have been:
Members cards. 1871; ancestors cards,
| 5,SO2; corrections. 1888; marriages, 500:
| designations. $50; deaths. al; dropped. 3I6;
| reinstatements. ~: admitted membership
April, 1906. 56.151; April 1907, Go,69S; ac-
| tual membership April 1906 1886; April,
Report on Credentials.
Mrs Main then made the following re-
| port as chairman of the committee on Gre
dentials:
! According to the usual business routine.
the credential circulars and blanks for the
presentation of names of delegates to the
sixteenth congress We're sent out by the
chairman of the credential committee in
October 1906, to every chapter regent and
every state regent in the organization. The
fact that some chapters report no blanks
received is one which this office cannot eX-
plain. as none are returned to headquarters.
| OF the 797 organized chapters. IL only are
not entitled to vote, II will not be repre-
sented and IS have not reported
The membership of the society has in
creased in the past year from 'iG.02S to CO.
| SOS. The actual membership-which ex-
| cises the deaths, designations and those
dropped for non-payment OF dues-is 49'o5
| In accordance with the ruling of the ere
| dental committee. we have 1.oD entitled to
| vote in the sixteenth continental congress:
One president general, Il vice presidents
general, s national officers. AZ state regents,
| 1SG chapter regents and $50 delegates.
Respectfully submitted.
| Charlotte Emerson Main. chairman: Flor
ence Gray Estey, Ellen Spencer Mussey.
| Bertha Murdock Robbins. Bell Merrill
| Draper, Helen NJ. Royn,on Marie W. Hodg-
| llins
Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Main comes Of
| fine New England stock On her fathers
! side the Bradbury ancestry has been traced
TO the time of Henry VI. the family belong
| ing to the landed gentry OF England and
residing at what was known as Tile Brad
| bury Brick House" at Wicllen Bonant.
about forty-five miles from London. where
the Bradbury arms may be still seen over
| the door In the Church of ST. Margaret
are early Bradbury monuments
| Mrs. Mains paternal sra ndmother was a
| descendant Of Roger Conant. appointed
| the 'DarclpSt Com
! pany of St. Ann" EndicCtt being his sue
| cessor.
Eliza beth Emerson. Mrs. Mains mother.
| belonged to the family pro 'njnen: il the
| early life of New England. of which the
| most widely known member is Ralph
| Waldo Emerson. Her maternal grand
mother was Esther Frothine'lanH daughter
| of Mai Benjamin rockingham. a personal
| friend of Washington.
Mrs. Main has been identified with the
Daughters of the American Revolution
| since 1896
Musicale Last Night.
| The musicale given by the Daughters OF
| the American Revolution last night ex-
| hipited handsomer gowns than has any
| function of the season in this city. OF
| course the numbers presented by the dis
| tinguished artists We're all enjoyed, but
| after all the gowns were the feature. The
| big pink ball room of the New Willard was
| not big enough for the musicale. and SO
| the banquet hall was used for promenade
| for those who wanted to get away from the
| glare and the sitting heat of the ball room.
| The only seats in the ball room at first
| were on the platform, placed In the center
| for the accommodation of the piano. AS
| soon as the banquet hall was opened this
| was speedily changed. however. and ladies'
| in trailing silks, with jewels that would
| ransom king. gathered up their skirts
| and scurred across the polished floor to
| steal gold -ba cked chair from the banquet
| hall and rush back to some point of VAN
| tage in the ball room. This went on till
| locomotion was almost impossible.
The program, which was scheduled to be
given under the management of Mr.. Wright
| son. was considerably altered because Mr..
| Wrightson did not put in an appearance:
| But it was rich In musical numbers, and
was presented as follows: Theme and
variations. Paderewski (Mr. Felix Garzlg-
| lia); Legende, Bohm: Fflense, Lotto tMr.
| Fitzhugh Coyle Goldsborough): Beloved,
| 1t Is Morn" Aylward; THE Years at the
| Spring" Beach Miss Gertrude Karla Reu-
| teri; Nocturne, Chopin; Tarantella, Mosz-
! kowski (Mr. Felix Gar5iglia); Air for G
String, Bach: Zephyr, Hubay (Mr. Colds
| borough; extras.
| Number Not on Program.
There was one number not on the pro-
| gram as well several on the program
! that did not come off. This added num-
Der was richer than all the rest in human
| interest Rev DIR. ]. n. Steele, rector of
| tends, Trinity, New York, being the pos
| SCISSOR of fine voice, was induced to sing
last evening. He won laurels with Il
| Can't Help Loving Thee" and 1.-The Owl
| and the Pussy Cat Went Out to Sea" For
| an encore he escorted the president gen
eral to the platform, amid much enthu-
| sasm, am Sang Dearle, which brought
| him an ovation.
| The musicale was a tremendous finan-
| cal success, according to the reports of the
committee of which Mrs. Charles w.
| Terry, vice president general for New
| York, is chairman, and that it was a social
success the gowns and the jewels also tes-
| tifSd.
| Mrs. Donald Mclean wore long trained
| dress of Nile green chiffon with panne
| velvet and embroidered in gold and pearls
| Il was empire style, and with 1t Mrs. Nc
Lean carried a great bunch of American
| beauty roses.
| The Magnificent Gowns.
| There were many other magnificent
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