The Washington herald., 1908-04-24
NOTES OF THE CONGRESS.

claims that she loves all the presidents
general because they are the presidents
/ general
The South Carolina delegation have
headquarters at the Ebbitt House
Mrs. Robert Moultrie Bratton is the
State regent. and has been unanimously
indorsed for reelection. At the meeting
Of the delegation yesterday Mrs A L.
Robinson was confirmed as vice regent
Through her personal magnetism Mrs.
Bratton has been able 20 bring the larg-
est delegation ever attending the congress
from the Palmetto State.
Mrs Ellen Spencer Mussey, vice presi-
dent general from the District, has been
twice elected State regent. At the Six
teenth Continental Congress she was
elected by an overwhelming majority to
her present position.
She is known in Washington as one of
| our cleverest women lawyers. She led
the campaign in the United States Con-
gress which resulted in passing the
! "Mussey act that gave mothers the same
/ rights In their children as fathers and
married women the control OF their earn
ings and the right to do business
She has always been a strong advocate
OF the law prohibiting child labor in the
District She Is the dean of the Wash
ington College Of Law and is a woman
Of strong religious convictions.
The principal Of Washington Seminary.
of this city, Mrs. Della Graeme SMALL
wood. is the state vice regent OF the
District. Her great-great-grandfath
DR.. James J. Jackson. after whom the
town of Jackson, n. H. Is named. was
one Of the first surgeons OF New Eng
land. Another Of her ancestors was
Joseph Clark, one OF the men who rowed
Benedict Arnold 10 the British ship Vul-
ture on the morning Of his desertion. and
who refused a commission in the British
| army, offered him as an inducement TO
remain on the British side.
Mrs. S.nallwood is a public-spirited
woman, and IS active IN the philanthropic
work OF this city She is closely identi-
fed with the Young WOman's Christian
Association, as one Of its vice presidents.
Mrs. Beecher. Of New York. daughter
in-law Of Henry Ward Beecher, paid
tribute to Mrs. S. Y. White. Of the Fort
Greene Chapter, New York, who died last
October.
She presented the society with a mourn
ing pin, containing a lock Of the hair of
George Washington, which Mrs. White
had requested be given TO Continental
Hall for the New York State room. The
pin was incased in a glass and gold case.
In which was placed description of the
pin, written by Mrs. White. This pin
belonged first TO Lucy Paine, sister of
Dolly Madison, and came down through
generations TO Mrs. White
The Fort Greene Chapter has donated
$1,000 for a memorial slab to Mrs. White
on the bronze stairway.
Every one notices how busy Mrs. Hodg-
kins. Of the District. always is. Mrs.
Hodgkins was elected State regent of the
District Of Columbia at the Sixteenth
Congress. She is a charter member Of
the society
While regent of the Lucy Holcombe
Chapter, which she organized, Mrs. Hodg
kins was elected vice State regent of the
District and at the end of two years was
State regent
Mrs. Hodgkins was chairman of the
house committee Of the Fifteenth and
Sixteenth Congresses. and is now acting
as head OF the press committee OF the
seventeenth congress.
Mrs. Hodgkins wears with the badge in
sigma, ancestral bars for Col. John
Woodson, Col. John Field, Henry Field,
jr., Capt Nathaniel Wilson, and John
Burnam.
The contribution to Continental Hall
from the District Of Columbia was large.
The American Chapter gave $40: Army
and Navy Chapter, first contribution for
drinking fountain. $50; Capt. Molly
Pitcher Chapter, $50; Constitution Chap
ter, $3.50; Continental Chapter 500; Con-
tinental Danes Chapter. $40; Dolly Madi-
son Chapter. 500: Emily Nelson Chapter,
$780, Judge Symm Chapter. $40 Louisa
Adams Chapter. s23; Lucy Holcombe
Chapter, S75; Martha Washington Chap
ter, so; Mary Bartlett Chapter, $40; Mrs.
Kate Kearney Henry. OF Mary Washing
ton Chapter. $5i Our Flag Chapter 800.
TO have the names of Mrs. Lou B. VIII
kinson. founder and first regent OF the
chapter, and Mrs. Marie Hodgkins State
regent and a member of the chapter,
placed on the pages OF the memory book;
Potomac Chapter, so. and Mrs Philip T.
Larner. a charter member. IS. a total OF
S1,721.0s.
The Columbia Chapter pledged SIS and
the Mary Bartlett $50.
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