The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-22
FIRST SESSION D,
A. R. CONFERENCE.
Opened This Morning at the Y. w. c.,
a. Auditorium With a
Large Attend
ance.
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MRS. W. 9. STORY SPEAKS
Chapter Reports Given Showing Con-
dition Of Various Chapters
4 Over the State Of
Iowa.
MRS. W. 6. STORY SPEAKS

The D. A. R. conference opened
this morning at half past nine O'Clock
in the auditorium of the Y. w. G. A.
building, Mrs. H. r. Howell, state reg
emit, presiding. Mrs. Dixie Cornell
Gebhardt acting as secretary. The
conference sang America with Mrs.
John D. Rubidge leading.
Prayer was offered by DIR. Geo. G..
Williams.
A very cordial address of welcome
was given by Mrs. Hazen /. Sawyer,
regent of the Keokuk chapter. Mrs.
Eta futile Crawford, state vice reg
ent gave the response Greetings
from Iowa Federation of Wcman's
clubs was given by Mrs. Fannie G..
Whitley, first vice president Of the
| /. F. w. G. Greetings were presented
by the following Keokuk women: for
the Y. w. G. A., Mrs. Charles S.
| Pond; for the Civic League, Mrs. j.
]. Ayres; for the P. E. o. chapter, Mrs.
G. w. Chase. The President General
Mrs. William Cumming St7ry, the
Vice President General Miss Harriet
Lake and the state officers were then
introduced. Mrs. Drayton w. Bush
nell, past state vice president general,
Miss Finch, Mrs. Willard Bl2ck, chair
man of national committee. These
women were greeted with cordial ap.
plause and the conference rose to
greet the president general.
Mrs. Story gave gracious ad
dress, speaking without manuscript
She has a remarkable gift of orato-y
4 for woman and Is simple and direc
in her style. After greeting the Iows
Daughters she spoke in the interest.
,of the Continental Memorial Hal
and spoke OF the principles for which
the D. A. r. stands. She reviewed
i briefly the lines of work undertaken
by the national committees. Sh,
4 commended the states In their effort
| to work the various pioneers trail, TIL,
Daniel Boone trail, the Santa Fe, IT,
/ Oregon and the Mormon trail acros
Iowa. She spoke of the Iowa womer
who are specially useful D. A. RS
Mrs. Bushnell, Mrs. ]. P. Deliver ane
others. She spoke with appreciation
Of the great work done by Miss Walk
er in the Keckuk monument, who is {
/ ID. A. R. In closing she said II an
going to take with me not only a very
pleasant memory but sincere affec
ton for the Iowa Daughters"
The orders of the day were reversed
and the chapter reports were given
showing the work done by the various
chapters along patriotic lines, educa
tional and historical.
! There came into the conference thi.
morning woman who has been q
i prominent D. A. r. for many years, q
vice president general and the state
regent of Iowa, Mrs. Julia Richards
/ of Waterloo. Because she came late
she was not introduced with the other
national officers but received recog
milton later.
Notwithstanding the rainy morning
the conference was largely attended
1 Flowers were sent to the conference
4 by the Keokuk p E. o. chapter, to
/ Mrs Mamie Terrence Stockman and
to Mrs. Cate Gilbert Wells by the
Burlington delegation. Mrs. Hazen L
Sawyer also received very hand
some boquet of chrysanthemums
This evening at six o'clock Mr.. and
Mrs. Hazen I. Sawyer will entertain
the d. A. R. delegates at a dinner at
the Elks club.