Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-26
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Mrs. Charles W. Richardson, state re-
gent of the District of Columbia, opened |
her Connecticut avenue home Monday !
for a fall conference Of the regents and
| members of the forty-six District chap |
| tiers. The guests were received at 8
o'clock by Mrs. Richardson, assisted by |
the District officers. At $40 a reg |
ular meeting was held. opening with |
the singing of America and devotional
exercises conducted by Mrs. John T. |
Huddle, District chaplain. Mrs. Wood |
bury Pulsifer made a happy little
| speech on harmony. Mrs. Clayton f.
| Emig. recording secretary, read the
| treasurers report, as well as her own;
| Mrs. Vida Clemenson, correspondence
secretary. gave her report, and all
three were approved and accepted. The
| real object of the meeting was brought
out by Mrs Richardson. who read an
Instructive paper upon early history
| of the District of Columbia, the re-
| moval of the seat of the Federal gov
| eminent from Philadelphia to the banks
of the Potomac and the carving out
| of the wilderness of the city of Wash
| ington. At the conclusion of the paper
1 she gave a talk upon the collection of
| old prints and maps of the city and the
| District with which the walls of the
| drawing room were adorned. and also
| showed and referred briefly to a large
| number of rare books upon the sub
ject. Mrs. Richardson wishes the study
of this vastly interesting and oppor-
| tune subject to be made part of the
winters work in the District chapters
Mrs. II. p. Mcintosh, historian for the
| District, read paper upon old St
Johns Church in Prince Georges county,
Md, telling of the great value of the
l aratn O4 q
| to raise money in the District chapters
| to purchase and put in place new
pulpit for this edifice. Miss Laura
Walker. regent of Columbia chapter.
| reported the festivities at the dedica-
| ton of the Braddock memorial at
| Uniontown, Pa With the singing of
1.-The Star Spangled Banner the meet
| ing adjourned and refreshments were
carried out on each one Of five sue
cessive evenings until the resident
daughters had all been entertained.
The Mildred Lee Society, Children of
the Confederacy, composed Of grandchil-
dren of the Confederate Army and Navy
Veterans, held its first meeting Of the
season recently at Memorial Hall on Yer
mont avenue. After the regular business
plans for the winter were discussed The
society decided to take up certain pa
triotic and mountain mission work. The
guests of honor were Mrs. Robert Har-
ter. U. D. c.
Monticello Chapter, U. S. D. A. R., held |
its first meeting for the season Friday |
evening at 1870 Irving street, with Mrs.
Hall and Miss Jaquette hostesses and
Mrs. Beach. regent, presiding. The cell |
ebration of the surrender at yorktown
was observed. Two excellent papers were |
read. One by Mrs. Niles, the former his |
torian, on the surrender OF Yorktown, |
and the other by the present historian, |
Miss May Adele Levers. on the history |
of the siege of Yorktown The exercises |
were interspersed with music. The chap |
ter planned an interesting program of
patriotic work for the coming year. The |
guest of honor was Mrs. Hodgkins, ex-
officer of the national board. During the |
the hostesses.
The Columbia Heights Art Club was |
entertained by Mrs. Alphonso Hart |
president. acting as chairman. The art |
paper. Statues of Columbus was divid- |
ed among the members Mrs. ]. F1nney
Engle led by giving description Of the
Union station. Mrs. Engle's husband |
sent a paper which he had written on |
the postage stamps issued in commera-
ton of the 4OOth anniversary OF the dis |
can republics, Spain. Italy and this coun- |
try, and exhibited his collection of the
stamps referred to. Miss Celynda Ford
| read of the Columbus statue In Bowling
Croissant showed a Columbus spoon
which she purchased in Genoa. Mrs.
William Grayson Foote described the
two statues of Columbus in Baltimore.
statues and paintings of Columbus at
the Capitol Mrs John H. Stokes spoke |
of the statues of the discoverer In South
America. The historical paper on the
Mrs. Sarah A. Wolhaupter. After adj
journment the hostess served refresh
ments, and the club was entertained by
Indian ballads sung by Mrs Marjorie
Hart Moulton,. accompanied by MISS
Mrs S. Breslau, Mrs. Oscar H. Coumbe.
Mrs. ]. H. Jones, Miss Alice l.. Kern,
Mrs May Atherton MARI and Mrs. Laura
! G. Freeman.
| The John Hall Chapter. D. A. r., held
| its first fall meeting October 10 at the
residence of the regent, Miss Hail. Re
| ports of the different officers were read
and approved and a discussion OF the
years work by the chapter ensued. An
interesting evening was spent in listening
to accounts of the summer journeyings
| of the different members. Out-of-toWn
| guests of the chapter were Mrs. w. ID.
Rummel and Miss Elizabeth Rummel of
| Mount Union, Pa.
Continental Chapter d. A. r., met Mon
day evening at 1903 Connecticut avenue.
with a good attendance. Reports OF ON
GERS were accepted and the treasurer,
Miss Chenoweth. was given vote OF
thanks for her summer work In the In
terest of the chapters educational fund
for mountain schools. Two members
were received After adjournment all at
tended the reception of the state regent,
| Mrs Charles W. Richardson.
| Martha Washington Chapter, D. A. r..
| met Tuesday. evening at the residence
| of Miss Ida NJ Peck. $3.50 9th street
After a brief discussion of the chapter
line of work for the present season, Miss
Peck gave an account Of industrial con-
ditions among the cotton mill towns OF
the south and spoke of the development
OF the mountaineers who are working in
| those mills. She also told of her ex-
periences among the foreign children OF
/ the East Side of New York. Mrs. Hobbs
and Mrs. Beaton spoke Of conditions
among the foreign children of Washing
| ton. The regent, Miss Nabers. intro
duced an amusing bird guessing contest,
in which the prize was won by Miss
Peck Supper was served by the hostess
A large number of chapter members and