Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-26
MAKE CHOICE TODAY
Daughters of 1912 to Elect
Two Officers.
REPORT OF THE HISTORIAN
Social Meeting to Be Held at the
New Willard.
PRESENT BOARD OF OFFICERS
District Society and the Delegates
to Call at White House
Tomorrow
PRESENT BOARD OF OFFICER

The election of the national second and
third vice presidents of the National So
ciety Daughters of 1872, now in session
at the Willard Hotel. which is the most
important business before the society, will
be held late this afternoon.
All Of the other offices are filed. The
present officers are: Mrs. William Gerry
Slade of New York, national president;
Miss NJ. Louise Edge Of New Jersey, first
national vice president: Mrs Benjamin F.
Hillery Of New York fourth national vice
president; Mrs. George B. Wallis of New
York, national secretary; Mrs. C.. F. r.
JENNIE of Vermont, national treasurer;
Mrs. Charles H. Pinney of Connecticut,
national curator; Mrs. John B. Richard
son Of Louisiana. national historian; Mrs
Sidon Harris of Texas, chairman Of grave
| markers; Mrs. B. c. Whitney Of Detroit
Mich, chairman of the Dartmoor memo
| rial window committee
Report of National Historian.
At the session this morning, which
| convened at 10 o'clock, Mrs. Richard
son of Louisiana, national historian,
presented a report. A social meeting
in honor of the national society is to
be held tonight at the New Willard.
| Inc members the D1Str1CC OF CO.
lumbia Society and the delegates to
the convention. together with the ma
| tional officers, will be presented to the
President at the White House tomorrow
| afternoon.
Reception to Mrs. Slade.
AT the reception given last night in
honor Of Mrs. William Gerry Slade of
New York. national president, and the
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the Ebbitt House. about $50 delegates
passed the receiving line A feature OF
the event was the presence of men,
bers of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution.
| Those in the receiving line were Mrs.
Slade, Mrs. Kate Kearney Henry, presi-
| Nelson Jackson. Mrs. S. V. Bingham.
| Mrs. Nancy Green Warder, Mrs Eugene
| Tilford, Mrs. Martha Ray Keys. Miss
Richardson and Mrs S; L. Johnston
Among those who attended were Mrs.
| Richard C. Potts of this city, Mrs. George
w. Trowbridge, Mrs. Noble Newport
Potts. Miss Ada Hadel, DR.. and Mrs. ].
3. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. James F. F.
Ray. DR.. and Joseph G. Bulloch. Mrs.
Willard F. Cochran. Mrs. Cora Bacon
Foster, Miss Anabel Ruth. Mrs o. r.
Ordway, Mrs. Della Graeme Smallwood,
per, Mrs. Samuel A. Kimberly, Miss Fan
ny Reeves, Miss NJ. de Wolf Perry, Mrs.
Charles H. Pinney, Miss Emma Webster
Powell, Mrs. Charles Fisher King of Del
aware. Mrs. Matthias Steelman, Mrs.
Frank Wheaton, Miss Catharine n. Mil
| Ter, Miss, Josephine G. Webster, Mrs. John
| NJ. Gregory. Mr.. and Mrs. George Marsh,
w. F. Quicksell, Miss Mozart Mrs. Frank
D. Callan. Miss Margaret ". McCabe,
Mrs. Alice Bradford WiIes of Illinois, the
first vice president; Miss Slade OF New
York, second vice president. and Miss
Edge of New Jersey, third vice president;
Mrs. Sara Patterson Snowden Mitchell
state president of Pennsylvania; Miss E.
e. Massey. regent of the Stephen Deca-
tur Chapter of Philadelphia: Mrs Will
liam Dove, chairman OF the entertain
ment committee; Mrs. Joseph Tilford.
Mrs. Mary Dallas Strang, Mrs Mary
Waller Reeves. Mrs. Alexander ]. Perry
Mrs. George Atkinson and Mrs. Elmira
Foley.