Evening star., 1909-04-20

Carolina delegation members wear a rich
blue satin badge with a palmetto tree
embroidered on it, the thread being fiber
from the tree. The letters IS c.. D. A. r. :"
are embroidered below in white silk.
Kansas delegates also wear a fine badge.
The background is dark blue satin, and in
the center Is great yellow Sunf1ower, the
heart of it being the D. A. r. badge in
colors.
A 'lost and found bureau and a post
office have been established at the hall.
Lost" includes almost everything but
articles that are buckled or buttoned fast.
Gloves, fans, pocketbooks, priceless me-
dallions, earrings. brooches of ancestral
lineage are among the missing. AS for
feather boas. silk scarfs, point lace hand
kerchiefs and jeweled hat pins, it would
seem they had been brought here especial
ly to be lost. judging from the number
reported missing.
Some of the frail. beautiful gowns of
last evening need a seamstress and darn
ers today. One of the singers, while wait
ing to be called to the platform, felt
tug at her exquisitely sequined gown.
and looking down, saw a lady carrying
away on her feet half yard Of the
priceless lace from the very front of the
gown. The lady stopped and picked the
piece of f1ounce off her dainty black suede
mo. twos,'' and tossing it aside, passed
on.
Peacock Alley" at the Willard. was
more than usually brilliant last evening,
so many social things for the D. A. r.
being in progress. Among the elegantly
gowned women. was one tall and stately,
who sat alone upon one of the sofas. Two
gentle elderly Daughters. who were going
about doing good in the way OF
helping everybody feel at home. paused in
front Of the stately woman.
Beg pardon. but are you Daughter?'
was asked.
"Daughter?" was the reply. with an
accent which showed that she had not the
slightest conception Of what just a
Daughter might be.
"a Daughter of the Revolution" it
of the Revolution?''
The stately person responded with en-
phasis:
Madam. I am not a Daughter of the
Revolution. If I were to acknowledge
myself daughter Of the revolution at
home, l would be incarcerated at once.
am from Nicaragua
With faint beg pardon the two
ladies faded away.
The crowd in Continental Memorial Hall
was so great yesterday that several wom-
en- tainted. One delegate was carried
out and 1t was nearly an hour before she
revived. She was taken home. An am
bulance will be available until the con-
gress adjourns.
One of the striking figures Of the con-
gress is Mrs. Frank s. Osborn of the Chi
cago Chapter. Mrs. Osborn is woman
of mmanding figure. She has the
honor of organizing the very first chap
ter of the Daughters Of the American
Revolution. the Chicago Chapter. The
preliminary work was done in connection
with Mrs. Deb. Randolph Kein. then ma
tional organizer. Mrs. Keim was called
to Connecticut to organize the second
chapter there, and Mrs Osborn proceeded
to organize Chicago Chapter. which is
now one of the largest and richest in the
society. 1t gave a reception to Mrs.
Scott last night.
Frederick Denison Owen and his sister.
Mrs Deb. Randolph Keim, honorary vice
president general. D. A. R.. have pre-
sented to the National Society an en-
broidered table scarf of white broadcloth.
faced with patriotic colors The scarf
is to be used on the president generals
table at the congresses.
Mrs. Matthew Scott's reception at the
Willard from to o'clock pm. yester-
day was the one great chance for all of
her adherents to promise to vote for her.
At the reception at the Continental Hall
last night, which seemed to be as large
as any White House affair. Mrs. Story
and Mrs. Mclean shook hands-but only
for about half a second.
Excepting the carved representation Of
the D. A. r. insignia. which takes the
place Of shell design, the mahogany