Evening star., 1912-11-10

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ORREN RANDOLPH SMITH.
The District Daughters of the Confed-
eracy are making unusual preparations
to entertain the nineteenth annual con-
vention of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy. which will assemble in
Washington Tuesday. This is the first
time that this great organization of 1900
southern women has held its annual con-
vention outside of southern state.
Delegates to the convention began to
arrive in Washington last evening, and
by late today several hundred are expect
ed TO be here. There will be 1000 dele
gates in the convention.
The mezzanine floor at the New Willard
has been secured by the Washington
committee in charge of arrangements for
the use of the committee on information
and the committee on credentials.
The occasion for the organization COM
ing to the National Capital this year is
to be present at the laying of the corner
stone of the Confederate monument to be
erected at Arlington, now a federal ceme-
terry, and formerly the home of Gen. Lee.
Ushers Are Appointed.
The appointment of fourteen representa-
tive southerners to act as ushers at Ar
lington next Tuesday on the occasion of
the laying of the corner stone has been
announced as follows: Charles A. Doug
las, Henry e. Davis. Edwin c. Dutton,
Thomas Ruffin, William Fl. Robeson, Ed
ward S. Munford, II. Rozier Dulany. Alb
ner H. Ferguson, William de {. Ravenel,
Clarence J. Owens. Benjamin Micou, Alb
SALON Waller, Clifford X. Bergman and
Marion Butler.
Arrangements for reserved seats at the
Arlington monument exercises have been
of requests for seats from every part of
the country. 1t Is now thought tnat at
least 1000 people will be present on that
occasion
Mrs. Marion Butler, president of the
District Daughters of the Confederacy,
and chairman of the committee on ar
rangements for the Arlington monument,
expresses great pleasure at the success
full arrangements already made for the
entertainment of the convention and for
the laying of the corner stone.
Committees to Meet.
While the sessions of the convention
will not begin until Tuesday night, there
are several committees which will as
semble tomorrow morning and afternoon
and Tuesday morning 10 consider busi- |
ness. preliminary to the general meet |
ings. The following committees will meet |
in the Willard:
The credentials committee. Mrs Drury |
C. Ludlow, chairman, will meet at q |
o clock tomorrow morning. The task of |
considering the credentials of delegates
Will be discussed
The executive committee will assemble |
II / O'Clock tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. |
Alexander 3. White, presidert-general |
and chairman of the committee will pre-
Arlington 70
ment Association will meet at . o'clock |
Tuesday morning. Col. Hilary A. Her
bert. chairman of the executive commit |
tee of the association will officiate
The Shiloh Confederate monument COM
mittee, with Mrs. White, chairman. pre-
siding. will meet at IL o'clock Tuesday
morning. Mrs Fannie Ransom Williams, |
chairman, Will occupy the chair at the
meeting of the revision committed at o
o clock Tuesday morning
Fridays session of the convention will
De devoted TO election The present pres
ident general, Mrs. White, according to
time-honored custom. is slated for re-
election to that Office.
Many Entertainments.
In addition to announcements already
made of the various entertainments ar
ranged for the delegates to the convention
while in the National Capital John Bar
rett, director general of the Pan-Amer-
Ican Union, the Southern Society of Wash
Ington and the Southern Commercial Con-
gress VIII give a reception in honor of
the national officers and the Daughters of
the Confederacy. in the Hall of the Amer
lcas." Pan-American Union building Fri
day evening. November IL. from to r.
The members of the Southern Relief
Society and their friends of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, the
Daughters of the American Revolution
and other patriotic societies of the Dis
trict will visit the Library of Congress
Monday evening November H. from \ TO
Ia o'clock. They viii be received by Miss
Mamie Randolph Heth, president of the
society. and the national officers of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Mrs. Butler to Be Hostess.
nan of the program committee of the
convention. will be hostess at tea Thurs
day afternoon. between 4 and u O'Clock,
it 300 r street. The Texas delegation
has been invited to be the guests OF
Mrs. S. A. Willis at tea, also to be
given from to q O'Clock Thursday after
noon. at 1914 10Th street.
The Miss. .ssippi Society of Washington
will be host. Saturday night to ladies OF
that state at the Confede1 ate Memorial
Home, 1922 Vermont avenue.
Clergy to Participate.
For the convention of the Daughters
some of the prominent clergy of Wash
ington will give the invocations and pro-
nounce the benedictions. They are DR..
Wallace Radcliffe of the New York Ave-
que Presbyterian Church, DIR. Samuel II.
Greene of the Calvary Baptist Church
and DR.. w. p. Wedderspoon of the Foun-
ary Methodist Church and Cardinal Glib
oons, the Bishop of Washington and the
Bishop of Virginia. Bishop Robert Glib
son of Richmond, Va. will deliver the in
vocation at the corner stone laying.
Among those who will be present for
the corner stone laying and the assembly
Of the Daughters are two former presi-
dents general, Mrs. Lizzie George Hen