The Washington herald., 1912-11-12
NOTES OF THE q. D. c.

NOTES OF THE o. D. C.
Miss Mamie Randolph Heth, presi
dent of the Southern Relief Society
was hostess at a brilliant reception fl
honor of the delegates to the u. D.
Convention at the Congressional LfbraT.
last night. Receiving with Miss Hetl
were Mrs. Alexander White, presiden
general, and the general oficers Of tn
U. D. c.
Mrs. William Cummings Story, honor
ary State regent of New York D. A. r.
will entertain at a tea in the New vii
lard tomorrow, In honor of Mrs. Alex
ander White and the general oficers o
the U. D. c., all visiting delegates
members of the d. A. R., and othel
Members Of the u D. c. are calling
attention to the fact that while almos
all United Daughters of the Confeder
acy are members Of the National Socie
ty Of the Daughters Of the American
Revolution, all the D. A. r. are no'
not members OF the U. D. C.
Mrs. Archibald Young and Mis-.
Frances weaks. chairman and vict
chairman OF the Information Bureau
are kept busy answering questions
They have a fund Of information which
makes matters easier for their sister
delegates.
Miss Amelia Poe. Of Baltimore, is a
member Of the L. D. c. Miss Poe fur
nished much of the data Of her distin.
guished ancestor. Edgar Allan Poe, for
Harrison's Life OF Poe.
Mrs Lucian Hamilton Raines, of
Georgia, in her position as custodian
of the cross. has issued 100 crosses TO
honor to Confederate Veterans and
their descendants.
Mrs. Charles B. Bryan. vice president
general from Kentucky Of the Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution, is
the president of the Harvey Matthes
Chapter. U. D. c., of Memphis. KY. Mrs.
Bryan IL the daughter of Admiral Ra-
fsel Semmes, Of Alabama fame, and
has a long line OF distinguished ances-
tors who were gallant fighters, both
in the civil and Revolutionary wars.
Mrs. Bryan Is one of the most promi-
nent candidates for president general
of the Daughters Of the American Rev
| olution.
Mrs. S. B. McDunie. of the stonewall
Jackson Chapter, Of Washington, was
the frst captain OF the Confederate
choir here.
The oniciaI organ of many Of the
State divisions Of the U. D. C. is the
Keystone. which is published in
Charleston, s. c. Miss Mary Poppen-
helm, chairman of the committee on
education, u. D. c., is editor and pro-
prietor of this magazine.
Mrs RosseIle C. Cooley, former cor
responding secretary and member OF
! the committee on revision OF the con-
stitution, is an authority on parliament
tary law and is the suthor of The
Presiding ohcer."
Mrs. Belle C. Riley is the president Of
the Robert E. Lee. Chapter of Washing
ton. Another delegate to the convention
from the Robert E. Lee Chapter is Mrs.
H. S. Ford, also Of Washington.
Mrs William E. Calender, president Of
the Virginia Chapter, Daughters Of
Founders and Patriots Of America, is also
q member Of the Pickett-Buchanan Chap
ter, U. D. c., of Norfolk, Va Mrs. CAL
lender. who is a genealogist Of note, is
wife Of the rector Of St Georges Church,
Clarendon, Va
Mrs. James Tarvin, widow Of Judge
Tarvin. the orator and statesman, and
the intimate friend of William Jennings
Bryan, has held many distinguished
offlces in the United Daughters Of the
IConfederacy. She was first vice president
Of the Kentucky Division and first presi-
dent Of the first chapter in Ohio. For q
number OF years she was president of the
Kentucky chapter and organized the sec
ond children's chapter in the Blue Grass
| fG Of he
indefatigaole workers IN the organiza-
| ton and has been prominently mentioned
as a future president general.
Mrs. E C. Thompson Longmire, Of New
Orleans. is the president Of the Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee Chapter and registrar of the
Louisiana Division.
Among the delegates from Kentucky
are Mrs. Nathaniel Muir, Mrs CantriIl.
wife Of Judge Cantril, and Mrs. Grant
Roberts.
Miss Cora B. Mildred. the pretty STE
nographer who takes the officiaI reports
a. the Continental Congress of the Ma
tional Society Of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution each spring. is act
ing az ofhcial stenographer of the United
Daughters Of the Confederacy Conven-
ton.
Mrs. McChord, Of Kentucky, wife of
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Nc
Chord, is very much interested in the
sessions of the convention, and is TAX
ing a prominent part in the social
events.
The Shiloh Monument committee will
meet in the small ballroom of the New
willard this morning. Mrs. Alexander
White, chairman, will preside.
Mrs Orlando Halliburton, who is promi-
nently mentioned for president general,
comes from Little Rock, Ark. Mrs. Hal
l!burton, who before her marriage was
Miss Agnes Walker, was born in JeHfer-
son County, Arkansas. Her father, Rob
ert Woods Walker, Of Virginia, was one
Of the leading business men OF the State,
Her grandfather, Joseph Walker, was for
thirty years treasurer and trustee Of the
Washington College, now Washington
and Lee University. Her mother was the
daughter OF Col. Greed Taylor, one of the
pIoneerg Of Arkansas WIN Tnoved froy,,