Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-15
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Chalmers Williamson Of Mississippi, Mrs.
Bratton of South Carolina, Mrs. Bond of
Massachusetts, and Mrs. Johnson Of
Maine.
Among the candidates urged on the
Story ticket are Mrs. Wood of New
York, Mrs. Libbey Of New Jersey, Mrs.
Peel Of Georgia, Mrs. Knott of Mary
land and Mrs. Pryor Of New York.
before the congress is the proposed publ
cation Of the "Chalkley Manuscripts"
copies Of the records of old Augusta
county, Va, made by Judge Chalkley and
purchased by the D. A. r. several years
ago. Mrs. Scott is opposed to their pub
LEGATION, while the Story faction is in
favor Of it.
Another matter which will bring about
a fight is the proposal to cut down the
number of delegates at future congresses
by increasing the unit of representation.
Party lines are broken on this question, it
is said.
1t is proposed also to have the con-
stitution changed so that state regents
may be elected in the states and need
not wait to have elections ratified in
Washington. This change is being strong
ly supported by many of the western
delegates, among them those from Mime
sofa.
Notes Of the Congress.
The delegates from Missouri represent
ing the organization are. Mrs. Robert
Burdett Oliver of Cape Girardeau, state
regent; Mrs. BENJAMIN F. Gray Of ST.
Louis, vice president general; Mrs G. B.
Macfarlane of Columbia, state regent
elect; Mrs. e. A. Norris of Joplin. vice
state regent-elect; Mrs. Theodore Shelton,
Mrs. B. G. Skinner, Mrs. Theodore De
Forest, Mrs. Wallace Delafield, Mrs. A.
E. Reton, Mrs. s. T. G. Smith, Mrs. A.
c. Brigham. Miss Jane Glover, Mrs. G.
L. Thompson, Miss Katherine Thompson.
Mrs. James A. Brookmire and Miss Edna
Delafield of st. Louis; Mrs Holopeter and
Miss Marian Shelby of Kirkwood. Mrs.
Hunter Moore and Miss Mark Salisbury
of Kansas City. Miss jamie Hubble Of
Springfield.
The Oklahoma delegation. consisting of
Miss Alice Robertson and Mrs. Lee Gin
ton and Mrs. Noel, state regent Of Ar
kansas, joined the Missouri delegation at
ST. Louis. The Missouri delegation is par
ticularly interested in the ocean-to-ocean
highway, it is claimed, and has brought
about much legislation favorable to the
carrying out Of this project.
1t is a matter sometimes referred to
with regret that the Daughters Of the
American Revolution in constructing their
white marble hall did not make it with
balconies to be reserved for the milliners
and modistes of the country. AS a 'style
show" no galaxy of women ever got to-
gether has ever equaled 1t. When hats
are large, however, all that you can see
from the galleries where the poor alter
mates have to set is hatS-hats with
feathers, hats with flowers, hats with
feathers and flowers. hats covered with
costly laces and twinking with real gems,
hats big and hats little and constantly
swaying like flowers in the wind on the
prairie.
AS the congress is held in April, spring
styles are just being exploited, and the
very latest thought in exquisite shade,
fragile material and style sentiment is
embodied in the gowns which the mem
bers wear, making the audience cham
Der look as though 1t were set with rows
of tulips, jonquils, hyacinths, Iris and
narcissi-a pretty picture.
An effort is to be made in this congress
to procure fund for the life-size paint
ing of Miss Mary Desha. Mrs. s. j..
CrolSSant is chairman of this committee.
Miss Desha died a little over year ago
in fact just two months before the open
ing OF the congress. She was one Of the
four founders of the Society Of the D.
A. R., and she was intensely interested
in the organization
framing the early constitution Of the So
ciety. The organization increased so
rapidly that It very soon outgrew the
first constitution, the second and even the
third, having been necessary to meet the
demands.
Next Saturday the Fairfax County
Chapter of the D. A. R will entertain
several hundred of the Daughters and
their patriotic members at Great Falls,
Va. Fairfax County Chapter will at that
time unveil a tablet in honor of George
Washington and his work at Great
Falls.
Among the charming pages upon the
floor Of the congress is Miss Edith Pat
ton, daughter of Mrs. Alexander Ennis
Patton of Pennsylvania. Miss Patton at
tend school in Washington for number
of years, and created for herself an en-
viale place in the young social set She
made her debut in society in PHILADELPHIA
She is on Of the platform pages of the
president general.
Among the handsomely eowned women
In the congress Is Mrs. Althea Randolph
Bedle. who has served a number of terms
as vice president general from New Jer-
sey. Mrs. Bedle is the widow of former
Gov. Bedle Of New Jersey, and is a
FORMIDABLE candidate for honorary vice
president general There are two yacan-
cies this year In the list Of vice presi-
dents general. Mrs. Bedle wears among
the costliest embroidered gowns that are
seen in the congress.
Mrs. William Cummings Story, one of
the candidates for president general,
seems to be welded to shades Of hello
trope. wearing usually trained one-piece
gown OF silk cloth and filmy laces in
some one Of the helotrope shades. Mrs.
Story is an ardent suffragist, having been
president Of one Of the suffragist clubs
OF New York city, and is very much in
terested In club work.
Mrs. BENJAMIN Harrison. who was
among the first president generals Of the
D. A. r., has left some stanch repre-
sentatives Of her name and fame to carry
on the work. Mrs. James Robert Mckee
and her daughter are energetic members
Of the society. Mrs. Russell B. Harrison.
daughter-in-law OF Mrs Harrison, IL 4
member of the reception committee for
this congress.
Nearly all of the churches in Washing
ton held patriotic services yesterday in
honor Of the D. A. r. At the First Bap-
tist Church Rev. w. w. McMaster.
pastor, spoke on Patriotism. False and
True" The larger part of the audience
were Daughters OF the American Revolu-
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