The Washington times., 1911-04-19
/ Daughters Who Haze Done Notable Work &.
" In Patriotic Ranks and for Social UpHf

One Of the most popular women on
the administration ticket for the d
4 A. R. election this year is Mrs. Hoover
wife of William D. Hoover, president
of the, National Savings and Trust
Company OF Washington. Though
making her residence here. Mrs. Hoover
| is a member of the Luther Reeve
| Chapter, d. "A. R., of Rome, Ohio
which chapter Is unique in that every
one of it's members is a direct de.
scendant Of Luther Reeve. of Revolu.
tionary days. The chapter Is, there
/ fore, composed entirely of cousins
This Luther Reeve for whom Mrs
Hoover's chapter is named. was one
! of many Revolutionary prisoners on
the battleship Jersey. To any of these
prisoners who should succeed in throw
ing a famous wrestler on the ship, the
English soldiers promised 10 grant
freedom, and Luther Reeve was the
only man Of sufficient physical Prov
ess to- overcome the wrestler.
Mrs. Hoover stands for reelection
as treasurer general of the national
society. and her friends enthusiastical-
ly declare that the magnificent report
read by her yesterday morning at the
congress is sufficient to entitle her to
become the unanimous choice of the
Daughters. Mrs. Hoover's report was
as able as it was extensive, and
showed that during the last year no
less than $121,000 has passed through
her hands. AS treasurer general of
the Daughters, she reported a balance
on hand in the treasury of the current
fund of $32, ,100.60. OF the building
fund. S91,617.39 has been disbursed by
Mrs. Hoover, and she has at present
on hand a balance of $6,255.95.
The able management of the money
affairs Of the society by Mrs. Hoover
has been invaluable to the president
general in her great work Of super
vising the completion of Memorial
Continental Hail.
Mrs. Hoover is youthful and hand
some. and combines with these quail
tiles unusual personal magnetism
"
Attending the sessions of the CONT
mental Congress is a quietly dressed,
modest little woman who Is acting re-
gent of the Xavier Chapter, D. A. R.,
of Rome, Ga Few of the delegates
know that this little woman is Miss
Martha Berry, founder of the Berry In
dustrial School for Mountain Boys and
Girls, and one of the best known
women in America. When Col Theo-
dore Roosevelt went to Georgia re-
Gently the especial object of his visit TO
that State was to pay a visit to Miss
Berry's school. which. he afterward de-
clared with characteristic enthusiasm, Is
doing the most unique and the greatest
educational work in America.
The school is for the mountain whites.
and is probably the only institution in
the country which the children of the
rich cannot enter. The training offered
at the school for boys and girls IS so 4
hne that many wealthy parents with
simple-iife ideals have sought admission
for their children, always with the same
result. Miss Berry refuses to take them
because she does not wish a single Door
youth from the mountains crowded out.
She has educated hundreds of young
men from the most illiterate mountain
region Of the South, and has Just added
a girls school to meet pressing need.
Miss Berry is thoroughly at home on
the platform. and has a rare gift for
combining hunor and pathos when tell
ing of her. work among the noun
taineers Of the South -.
With one Of her teachers, Miss Neal,
Miss Berry is spending few days at
the .Shoreham Hotel here during the
at Memorial Continental Hall.