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Livingston Manor Chapter. D. A. R..
held its final meeting for the summer
Wednesday afternoon at the home of the
regent, Mrs. Brown, 1411 K street north
| west. The program consisted OF the read
ing OF letters from absent and non-resi-
dent members. followed by the annual
election Of officers, as follows: Regent,
| Mrs. C. w. Brown; vice regent, Mrs. A.
Y. Casanova; recording secretary. Mrs. J.
H. Wesler: corresponding secretary, Miss
Mcintosh; treasurer. Mrs. John c. Hoyt;
registrar. Mrs. Jesse Ramsburgh; histo-
rian, Mrs. James Mckee. and auditor.
Mrs. A. B. Lacey.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey has COM
pleted, for the National Council of Wom-
en- OF the United States compilation Of
statutes of the forty-six states and three
territories of the United States relating
| to the legal position of women
| Three hundred volumes were handled in
| compiling this work, as 1t was found
necessary to consult the last session laws
| of each state and territory and then work
| backward in order to ascertain the pres
ent status of the law.
| These statistics will be forwarded to the
International Council Of Women and will
be embodied by them into book.
The ladies' Of the Lincoln Corps and Of
500 luncheons. consisting of coffee, tea,
assorted sandwiches and cake, to all visit
| ing veterans and corps women at Airing
| ton Decoration day. The members in
charge were: Loyal Legion. Mrs. Della c.
Perham, chairman; Mrs. Emma E. Myers.
Mrs. Marguerite X. Poynton. Miss Bessie
Ide and Miss Josephine Gibson. Members
of the Lincoln Corps were Mrs Nettie
Borlnad, president; Mrs. Nellie Rowe,
| chairman: Mrs. Jeanne Harvey Street,
Mrs. McDonigal and Mrs. Van Dorm.
Mrs. Mary M. North of Snow Hill, Nd,
| chairman Of the press committee of the
National Council Of Women. is the guest
Of her daughter. Mrs. Theodore North
mclaughlin. 1721 Euclid street.
Margaret Whetten Chapter D. A. R..
met for the last time this season with
Mrs. William Woln Smith. at the Bur-
| lington, the regent, Mrs. Redwood Van
degrift. presiding. Reports submitted by
ter In promising condition. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the COM
ing year: Regent. Mrs. Redwood Van
! degrift; vice regent, Mrs. Thomas Do
zimmerman: corresponding secretary,
Miss Katherine 8. Hills: assistant corre-
sponGing secretary. Mrs. William Volt
Smith; treasurer: Mrs. Sarah A. Bowiey;
Miss Gertrude Blaurelat: chaplain Mrs.
Wallace. The program half hour was
enjoyably spent by listening to piano
music by Miss Izerna Childs. after which
refreshments were served.
| The Phi Mu Sigma fraternity has per-
fected plans for its fourth annual enter
tainment In the lecture room of the Mount
| Vernon Place M. e Church South. The
| fraternity has secured the services Of
w. ]. LaVarre. superintendent of con-
struction. United States lighthouse serv-
ice. to deliver his illustrated lecture.
Lighthouses and Lghtvessels OF the
United States" The lecturer>will carry
his audience from the farthest lighthouse
on the coast Of Maine. down the Atlantic
coast. the Gulf of Mexico. up the Missis-
sippi river. through the great lakes. up
the Pacific coast to Alaska and back
home overland. feature of the en-
tertainment will be the rendition OF
Songs Of the Sea- by Earl Carbaugh
and his recently organized male quartet
Donald Freeze will be the accompanist.
The Cercle des Precieuses Ridicules
gave a successful play in three acts. Dur
and ct Durand," at the Playhouse re-
Gently before distinguished audience
that included the ambassador from France
and Nine. Jusserand, and Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham The comedie-vaudeville
was well acted by Prof. c. G. Rivot Vic
' tor Du.ac. Andre Bernard. Henri s.