The Washington herald., 1913-04-16
News Of the Daughters


julius Caesar Burrows. gray chiffon vel
Vet, brocaded In rose color: Mrs.
Hughes, wife of Justice Hughes. black
brocade satin; Miss Florence Finch Pink,
charmeuse. with pink brocade velvet;
Mrs. Stirling Story, gray and pink chif-
fon, and Miss Elsie cambridge, blue
chiffon, with white lace.
Mrs. Daniel Manning, former president
general, received with Mrs. Story.
The room was decorated with roses,
daisies, and ferns. Assisting the presen-
tations were Mr.. William Cumming
Story and the two sons of Mr. and Mrs
Story. Mr.. Allan Story and Mr.. Stirling
Story.
At the Powhatan, Mrs. Burleson was
assisted by Miss Margaret Wilson. Mrs.
Marshall, wife of the vice, president:
the ladies of the Cabinet. and Mrs. Mat
thew T. Scott, president general.
Mrs. Burleson received her guests in
gown of black charmeuse and chiffon.
Miss Margaret Wilson wore Alice blu.
Dresden crepe and a black hat, with brim
OF tulle; Mrs. Marshall, wife of the Vice
President, wore midnight blue corded
silk, with tulle hat to match, trimmed
with pink plumes; Mrs. Garrison, wife of
the Secretary of War, mauve charmeuse,
with hat TO match; Mrs. Daniels, wife of
the Secretary of the Navy, black satin
hat, with black plumes and pink roses.
The Southern Industrial Educational
League, Mrs. Martha Gielow, chairman.
invited the members of the Congress to
tea at the headquarters of the league
from to every day during the week.
Mrs j. Hardin Walworth, one of tie
founders of the ID. A. R., has invited
DELEGATES n fnnnrrnw a e.
ternoon in the founders room of Cont
mental Hall.
The Kentucky delegation held a pretty
reception at the New Willard Hotel at
$50 last night. Mrs. William III. Thomp-
son, State regent, and Mrs. James w.
Aperson, vice State regent. received the
guests
Ancestrally speaking, Mrs Ross is pre-
eminentiy fitted TO hold Office in So
ciety, being what Henry Grady called
The highest type of an American" in
the equal combination of Puritan and
Cavalier blood She is member of the
u. ID. c., d. A. r., and Colonial Danes.
On the paternal side she is directly
descended from Sir James Prescott of
Standish. through James Prescott, one of
the founders of Hampton. n. H. Mater
nally, Mrs. Ross, through the Cavalier
stock of North Carolina, can lay claim
TO the best blood that runs in the Anglo
Saxon Veins.
The names of Slade, Blount. Rhoudes,
Hare, Maule, Smthwick, Porter and de
Roulhan are among the best in the old
North State. While several lines can be
traced to Old World ancestry, the Blounts
are unique in running back, through es-
tablished records in England, to an I'M
broken male line, to the first of the
Danish Kings in the year e99.
Her maternal grandfather, Rev. Thomas
b. Slade, was called pioneer of female |
in Georgia" and he assisted in
the old Georgia Female |
College at Macon NOW the Wesleyan, |
the world. At this famous school Mrs. |
Ross graduated with the highest honors |
Mrs Charles Oliver Norton, State re- /
gent of Nebraska, came direct to Wash /
ngton from Wyoming, where she assisted 4
n the dedication of the State line monu- /
nent, marking the crossing of the Ore
yon trail from Nebraska into Wyoming.
is well represented at the con-
yress.
Col William F. Cody buffalo Bid has
yiven the committee Of the Old Trails
Dad, which runs through ten States.
historic stage coach valued at $1,000, to
i'd to the collection of Trail relics. This
oach will be on public exhibition at the
Zoo, Swope Park, Kansas City, Mo.
1t is the purpose of the Old Trails COM
nittee, consisting of Mrs. John Van Brunt
IS vice chairman and Mrs. Salisbury as
ecretary, and about ten others, to jour-
ley overland over the Kansas old Santa
Re trail in a motor caravan to dedicate
he road at the Panama Exposition in
915.
Mrs. John Deere honorary vice presi-
ent from Illinois. has given most gener-
usly to Continental Hall, and added 500
esterday to her contributions.
At the Virginia State meetings held IN
he Virginia room of Continental Hall
esterday, the resignation of Mrs. Jami- ,
on, whose term of office has expired, was {
ccepted with regret. The election OF
irs. Maupin, of the Fort Nelson Chap
er of Portsmouth, as State regent was
onfrmed, was also the election of
he State vice regent, Mrs. William A. |
moot Mrs. John S. Barber was in
orsed in project to raise memorial TO
ieorge Mason, of Gunston, who wrote
he Virginia bill of rights, on which the
of the United States was
ased. The meeting accepted a portrait
( Francis Lightfoot Lee, ssigner of the
declaration of Independence, to be placed
. the Virginia room.
Miss Janetta Howard. daughter of Mrs. |
tephen b. Ayres, president of the Wom-
ms National Democratic League, is one |
{ the pages at the congress.
Mrs William II. Bowie, of Baltimore. |
nd her sister, Mrs. Fleming Howell,
re attending the continental congress
nd are guests of the Shoreham for the
week.
Mrs s. S. Wasseii, state regent-electl I
f Arkansas, is a WELL known Southern