The Washington herald., 1912-11-11

and day on arrangements for the con
gress.
Iinent candidate for President General o.
The D. A. p. VIII be one OF the dis
tlnsaished visitora Of the week. Mrs
Story win give q tea IN honor OF the
President General, Mrs. A. 3. White. on
Tuesday ct the New willard from d
7 O'clock. Mrs. White and the general
ofacers OF the organisation will receive
with Mrs. Story, and all the delegates
and visitors 70 the United Daughters
Confederacy convention as well as local
Daughters American Revolution, and
friends Of Mrs. Story are invited to at
tend. Mrs. Short Adams willis and
Mrs. William Merwin will be in charge
Of the tea tables.
Virginia win send the largest delega-
ton TO the convention, her voting
strength being 3e delegates. The dele
CATION viii be headed By Mrs. A. A.
Campbell. Of WytheYille,, the State pres
ident This puts Virginia at the top OF
the list ahead even OF Texas. It II in
teresdng to know that there are s,oS5
members of the society in Virginia. and
that It is growing rapidly in the Old
Dominion.
Among the prominent Southern women
of Washington who are on the enter
tainment committee. and who are In
charge OF subcommittee, are Miss Mary
Amber, chairman Of afternoon teas:
Mrs Leigh Robinson. chairman OF the
Annapolis trip; Miss Virginia Miller.
chairman of the Mount Vernon trip: Mrs.
w. 4. Smoot. chairman Of the Alexan-
dria committee. The entertainment COM
mittee is composed Of fifty women wen
known In Washington society circles.
and the entire committee win be on duty
the evening of the 18th, when the large
delegates Of the society at the New Will
lard.
II will be assisted by a delegation of
men from the camp of Confederate Vet
Grams and the camp of Sons Of Veter-
ans, and by Mr.. Frank Martin, with Q
small committee to act as floor man
ayers.
Thursday afternoon has been set apart
for private teas and receptions. Auto
mobiles will be provided to carry the
visiting delegates to the respective fetes.
One OF the most attractive of the enter
tainments will be that of the District
president, Mrs Marion Butler, at her
home in r Street. Mrs. Butler will be
assisted in receiving by the president
general and some Of the general officers
and by Mrs. Magnus Thompson, honor
ary president OF the District Of Column
bia division.
Ludlow. second vice president Of the U.
D. C., will receive from to o'clock,
with Mrs. s. A. Willis, at her tea TO
the Texas delegation, and from to 6
o'clock with Mrs Benjamin Micou,
daughter of Col Hilary Herbert.
The Colonial DANES Club, OF which
Mrs. Marion Butler, District president
Of the U. D. C., is a member. viii hold
a reception on Thursday afternoon in
honor of the visiting delegates.
Of the affair that the reception at the
New Willard On Wednesday is by card
or by ticket OF admission.
The trip to Annapolis on Friday is for
delegates and officers attending the con-
vention. Special cars have been charter
ed and the number Of tickets is limited
Mrs, Daniel Giraud Wright is one of
the most active working members of the
U. D. c. Before her marriage she was
Miss Louise Sophie WigfalI, daughter of
Louis F. Wigfall, United States Senator
from Texas, before the civil war Dur
ing the war he served as brigadier gen
eral. and was the first commander of
the Texas Brigade. When he was elect
ed to the Confederate States senate he
resigned from the army.
After the war Gen. WigfaIl took his
family to Europe, where they lived for
a number Of years, returning to America
to take up their residence in Baltimore
Mrs. Wright made her debut in Balti- |
more, and was married there in ISL. Lat |
er her husband was made fudge of the |
Supreme Court of Baltimore. They have |
one son. Mr.. W. NJ. De Courcy Wright, |
a member of the Baltimore bar.
Mrs. Wright has always been an ardent |
Daughter Of the Confederacy and was |
elected to the presidency Of the Mary |
and division for eleven successive years. |
She served also a large number Of terms |
IS president of the Baltimore chapter. |
L was under her administration that the |
chapter became the banner chapter of
he organization.
It also was through her efforts that |
/ fund was raised for the erection Of
he monument in the Maryland Soldiers
Home to the soldiers and sailors from
hat State who served in the Confed-
rate Army. Mrs. Wright is tenth vice
president of the convention and is the
president for life OF the
fourth DIVISION and Chapter,
Mrs. Wright is the author OF "A
Southern Girl of ST. and of many poems.
notably, The Confederate Flag" The
Men Who Followed Lee" THE Women
# the Confederacy," and fSixty-one to
;ixty-fiye."
Necklace, earrings and bracelets of dia-
nonds, once the property of Martha
will be worn by Miss Mamie
Randolph Heth, President Of the South
IN Relief Society at the various en-
given during the U. D. C.
Convention. At the Dolly Madison break
asst last spring Miss Heth wore a gown
nee worn by Martha Washington.
Mrs. Martha Gielow is a member of
he u. d. c., who is doing a great deal
{ practical work for the relief of the
people of the South. Miss
Helow will receive and serve tea every
fternoon in her rooms in the Southern
'uilding during the convention. She also
Till have an exhibit there of the work
one by the mountain people, as well as
large collection Of interesting photo
raphs.
Mrs. Short A. Willis, who Is weIl-known
n club circles in Washington, and under
whose term as librarian general Of the
r the famotls Chaikiev naners