Evening star., 1909-04-19

G STAR, MONDAY, Al
or cordislity on the part of this society
I'm a number Of instances chapters of
the D. A. r. have rendered US great aid.
These evidences have been deeply ap-
preciated and deserve Acknowledgement.
1t will be favor to return the favor
when we can. You have outstripped US
in growth I'm some respects.
| II bid you earnest Godspeed for your
| earnest prosperity and usefulness. We
have gathered today in building erected
as a memorial to American heroism. 1t
will be a great addition to our nations
capital. The pages OF the nation are
embla azoned with the names OF men who
Their statues and busts grace our halls
and parks and line the avenues OF the
cities"
Gen. Wilson Not "shrinker."
| Gen. John NJ Wilson spoke briefly
after Mrs. Mclean had called the men
present shrinking creatures" He said
he had never seen so grand an array Of
beauty.
Then Ella Wheeler Wilcox was pre-
sented. The Daughters cheered violently
| Wallace Donald Mclean, the president
generals nephew. read an ode written
by Mrs. Wilcox. The title was Woman"
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ter from Theodore Roosevelt. and the
Daughters cheered. The latter was not
read.
Mrs. Anna Grant Fugitt sang My Own
1 closed.
Dr.. U. G. B. Pierce pronounced the
Notes Of the d. A. r. Folk.
The two candidates for the ONCE of
president general of the G. A. r. were in
troduced to each other last evening Mrs.
| Walter Harvey Weed of Connecticut, see
| ing that the candidates were standing
near one another In one of the hotel cor
ridors. asked Mrs. Scott II she would like
| to know Mrs. Story, and the two women
advanced toward one another with out
| stretched hands. smilingly. For few
moments the hatchet OF the D. A. r. was
buried.
r. attended st. Johns Episcopal Church
yesterday afternoon. The service was a
special one for the Children of the Amer
lean Revolution, and for the first time
interior Of an Episcopal church was dec
GRATED with the American flag The
Daughters and the Children listened to
| a patriotic sermon by Rev. DR.. Roland
| Cotton Smith.
| 1T Is because our fathers worshiped
with freedom that we are free today
the rector said Are we going to forget
the worship of our fathers and forget
our sons? AS we are people of inheri-
tance, so must our children be. We are
free politically and spiritually because
our fathers feared God, ami the freedom
of our sons depends upon our freedom
Leave the pleasure OF the world. the
affairs of state and go to the summit
dOm.
The Illinois delegation will hold re-
ception in the red parlor OF the New
| Willard from to o'clock pm. today.
Mrs. Charles v. Hikox. state regent, Will
act as hostess, assisted by the other ILL
| nois . lighters. The reception will be In
| honor of Mrs. Scott. the candidate OF the
| All the delegates. alternates and visiting
| Daughters have been invited to attend.
The program for the congress has a
cover described as a dream of patriotic
and artistic beauty. 1t has the flag and
insignia Of the .. A. r. in cameo on
| heavy white paper. and all In proper
colors. The programs are much prlzed
| as souvenirs at all times, but there never
has been a handsomer one. 1t was de-
signed by Mrs. Alexander Ennis Patton
vice president general OF Pennsylvania,
who is chairman Of the program COM
| mittee. The background Is the Cont
| mental Memorial all in bas-relief.
Mrs. Emily l.. B. Fay. regent Of Fort
Washington Chapter. .. A. r.; OF New
the New York delegation. Mrs. Fay Is
| assistant secretary of the American Flag
/ Association. and particularly interested
| in having Congress pass bill to pro-
| tect the flag from use in commercial and
political advertising. Mrs. Fay will chap
eron Misses Marion and Alice shearer,
nieces of Mrs. Howison OF New York
city.
| One of the prettiest sights of the whole
:! Congress-for the occasional man visitor
at least. for one Of them said SO today
is the picture made by the girl pages as
gowned In white, they wear great wide
sashes with flowing ends. big ribbon
badges, and all are pretty. The pages for
the president general are are Mrs; rs Emily Ma. Ma
Mary Custis Lee. Miss Nellie kimmel
Hill, Miss Flora Randolph Mason. Miss
Marie Wadsworth and Miss Lolita Per-
| rine.
The pages on the floor are Miss Nor
velle Adams. Miss Andrews. Miss Editha
Geraldine Arne, Miss Margaret Barr, Miss
Edna Barbour. Miss Louise Boyd. Miss
Katherine Burlingam. Miss Tibbits Card
Chenault. Miss Helen Drake. Miss May
Duncanson, Miss Nancy Johnson. Miss
Rebecca Johnson. Miss Marian Kaufman.
Miss Jeannette Kelly. Miss Love. Miss
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Carthy. Miss Ellen Maclay. Miss May
| Emery, Miss Mittie Floyd, Mrs. Z. Rich
| Gasch. Miss Addie Green. Miss Sue Bar
ker Griffith. Miss Lucy Anne Guthrie.
Miss Ada A. Hadel. Miss Mary Hogg.
Miss Mary Hogsett Miss e. May Howard.
Miss Josephine Murray. Miss Edith D.
Patton. Miss Emily Spear. Mrs. Trafford
B. Tallmadge, Miss Elaine Wallace. Miss
Eba Wilds and Miss Helen James Worley.
/ Mrs. Sherman. wife Of the Vice Presi-
| dent of the United States, gave lunch
con at / o'clock this afternoon in honor
OF her home chapter, .reondequot, OF
| Utica. N. Y. 1t was an elaborate af-
fair, with beautiful decorations Of roses
and spring blossoms. and the women
i were elegantly gowned.
/ Mrs. John W. Lovett. regent Of new
chapter just formed in Anderson, Ind.
| Is at the New Willard. Mrs. Lovett is
the daughter Of the late William Crum-
bach. former. representative in Congress
from the Greensburg district.
| Mrs. Walter Harvey Weed. formerly q
vice president general for Montana, Is
in this city, the guest Of her parents,
| Representative and Mrs. Hill, of Con-
necticut
/ nv, proeiAept Oaparol hoe SoraSfo II ed