The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13
DAUGHTERS Of
D. A. R. READY

memory will ever remain fresh in ouI
| minds" the State regent, Mrs. Mary s.
| Lockwood. gave a talk on the early days
| of hthe society. The toastmistress. Mrs
| Amos Draper then called on the State
| vice regent, Mrs. Wallace Hanger and
the chairman of the magazine commit.
| tee, Mrs. L. B. Swormstedt. recited one
Of Carolyn Wells poems.
| The vice regent Of the chapter, Mrs
M v. Richards, made an appeal for the
children in the Southern mountains, civ
| ing almost under the shadow Of the
dome of the Capitol" and read charml
] ing letter from the scholarship girl ri
Asheville Industrial School. Miss Helen
Northrup told of the work among the
| deaf girls at Gallaudet College. closing
| her talk with the rendition Of America
| In signs, while Miss Elizabeth Peet read
| the poem aloud. and Mrs. H. P. Simpson,
one of the young mothers in the chapter.
| told some really true stories which
| would rival any found In print and with
genuine regret the company disbanded
with the firm resolve to meet again an
other year.
California D. A. RS take a very ac-
tive interest in the politics and work of
the society and always send a large
delegation to the congress. Among those
who have received their credentials so
far are Mrs G. B. Fuller, regent repre-
sentative Of the Rubidoux Chapter Of
Riverside, Cal: Mrs E. c. Marston. re-
gent of the Oakland Chapter. Oakland.
Cal, and Mrs. B. c. Dick. delegate Of
the Oakland Chapter.
Mrs. Eugenia Moncure Washington
Brown. regent of the Eugenia Washing
ton Chapter, and candidate for the Of
fee of register general, is a namesake
OF her distinguished aunt. Eugenia
Washington, founder of the d. A. r.
Among her many revolutionary ancestors
was Samuel Washington the brother Of
George Washington. II elected. she
will be the only member of the dis
tinguished Washington family on the
national board of management.
Mrs. Joseph S. Wood one of the most
popular state regents New York State has
ever had, is n delegate to the congress
from the Mount Vernon Chapter. New
York. The regent Of the chapter. Mrs.
j. M. Stone, is also attending the con-
gress
Mrs. Morris Croxall. regent OF the
Janet Montgomery Chapter. OF Rockville.
Md, is very much interested in the
marking OF Braddock's Trail i'm Mont
gomery County. The Janet Montgom
cry Chapter is erecting bronze tablets
throughout the county and number
will be placed in place this month Mrs.
William II. Talbot is the delegate from
this chapter.
THE Flower of the Season. a fiction
story of Southern social life of today,
was written by Mrs. Mamie Deaderick
Belts, regent of the Oneida Chapter, OF
Utica, n. Y.
Mrs. Harry Morgan Lay is busy teach
ing the delegates how to pronounce the
Indian name Dec on go wa. which is the
name of the chapter in Batavia, n. Y,
of which she is regent. The delegate
from this chapter. Mrs. Gardner Fuller,
is resident of the District Of Co.
lumbia.
Mrs. Charles c. Gibson. president Of
the Virginia Daughters of 1872. Is the
regents representative to the D. A. r.
Congress of the Marion Chapter, of
Fayetteville. Ark.
Among the members Of the Washing
ton State delegation are Mrs. d. A Cove,
former State regent: Miss Elizabeth
Virtue, regent of the Rainer Chapter,
and Mrs f. F. Leary, delegate from
that chapter
Mrs. Charles E Iglehart. regent of the
Francis Scott Key Chapter, D. 4. r.,
Is the State president of the Maryland
Daughters OF 1872. while her husband.
DR.. Iglehart. is the State president of
the Maryland Sons of 1872. Mrs. lyle
harris father was Col. Watson, who fell
at the battle of Monterey, and was in
command of the District of Columbia
and Maryland divisions. Mrs. Iglehart
is member Of nine patriotic societies.
Mrs Charles B. Bryan, candidate for
president general, is still a member of
the national board of management, as
her term of office vice president gen.
eral from Tennessee does not expire until
this year. Mrs. Bryan has a long and
distinguished list of ancestors. and is
the daughter of. Admiral Semmes, of
civil war fame. Mrs. Bryan has been
coming to the D. A. r, Congresses for
seventeen years. and has always been
a hard and earnest worker in the inter- !
ests Of the organization. both in her |
home and in the national organization in |
Mrs Samuel Ammon, of Pittsburg, is |
one OF the most versatile of the u. A. r. |
active workers. Mrs. Ammon distin- |
guished herself a number of years ago |
as an able chairman of tellers to count |
the votes. She won the admiration Of |
the entire congress by the splendid re-
port of the patriotic education committee |
the first year she was chairman, and has |
continued to merit that admiration by
her work as head of this COMMITTEES
ever since Mrs. Ammon is chairman OF
the press committee, and a member of
the committee for the revision Of the
She served as regent of the
Fittsburg Chapter. the third largest in
the society. and is at the present time
president of the Pittsburg Charter Asso-
citation. Incorporated under the laws or
One of the most able parliamentary
members of the d. A. r. is Mrs John
Z. Lewis, pariamentarian of the Buffalo
CHAPTER. of which Mrs John Miller HoI- |