The Washington herald., 1914-04-25
ing members and delegates to the Con
tinental Congress.

ing members and delegates to the Con-
tinental Congress.
The Boston Tea Party Chapter. OF
Boston. has been represented at the
Continental Congress by the State regent.
Mrs. Silas II. Ayres; vice president, Mrs.
Fancis Howe: regents alternate, Miss
Annie S. Head, and the following dele
gates, Miss Abbie NJ. Chamberlain. Mrs
Emma Bass, Miss Marian Bass, Mrs.
Clarence n. Perry, and Mrs ]. ID. Mace
wan. This delegation has presented one
OF the famous old Willard family clocks
to the Massachusetts, room in Continental
Hall, $50 to the Memorial Continental
Hall fund. SO for the Martha Berry
School, $50 for the Heinmsn School in
Kentucky. and various other donations.
Mrs. Joseph S. Wood. newly-elected
president general. as chairman of the
floor committee, and Mrs. Harry 7.
Guss, chairman of the platform COM
mittee, have both given. day after day,
helpful aid In seating the delegates and
officers in genial good humour and with
out disturbing friction.
''win this railroad ticket take me home
the same way l came, or do you think
can use il with a stop-over?" "WIll you
please tell me what car to take to go and
see an old friend of mine from back
home who lives on ] street somewhere
northeast" Where can / leave my
white coat where it won't get soiled?"
How many stamps do you think this
letter will take?'
These are but a few OF the many ques-
tions that have been put to the women
who served in turns at the information
bureau during the congress. At times
rhaV all fhnstghf
were greater than the president gen.
erals.
Mrs. ]. II. Lewis. wife Of the Senator
from Illinois. who is a delegate to the
congress. yesterday took a house guest
to the Continental Halt to witness the
congress in session. At the door the
party was stopped and Mrs Lewis guest
was commanded tor show a badge. The
lady had no ribbon or watchword ana
was about to turn away embarrassed
when she spotted" a delegate from
Washington State. They happened to
re close friends and the delegate youche1
for the visitor and she was permitted
to enter.
Not because the afternoon session OF
the congress was stupid or dull but from
sheer fatigue after the strenuous week
several of the delegates fell sound asIeen
during the meeting and were reused bv
their sister-delegates TO vote and then
permitted to nap again.
Quite a few delegates had left town
yesterday and the afternoon session
hardly had a quorum to vote on the
constitutional and bylaw amendments
that were subject TO change. Those who
stayed over today will not leave before
the formal adjournment at noon.
Mrs. George Maynard Minor, one Of
the new vice presidents general, has
received one OF tho largest congratuIa-
tory ovatiOns in flowers. The Ruth Willis
Chapter. of Hartford. Conn. OF which.
Mrs. Minor Is a member. demonstrated
their love by sending her 4 large bou-
quet OF American Beauties.
The Sarah Franklin Chapter, D. A. r..
Ecld its April meeting at the residence
Of Mrs. Robert Harrison and Mrs. Barr,
Mrs. Winter, regent, presiding.
After the routine business was dis
pOWd of. the historian. Mrs. Harrison.
read an interesting historical sketch of
the Old Broad Creek Church in Mary
land
After adjournment. refreshments were
served by the hostess. assisted by Miss
Marie p. Barr
The guests present were Mrs. James ".
WarriCk, OF Baltimore. and Mrs. J. A.
Warren. of Bristol, Tenn.
Miss Dorothy p. Smallwood one of the
president generals pages, Is tall and at
tractive. with a wealth OF golden hair
She is the proud wearer OF thirteen an
cestry bars bearing the inscriptions OF
these Revolutionary fOrbears: Thomas
'lapp. John L.ivermOre. Nathaniel Liver
more, Aaron Rumrill, Thomas RumrIll
Nathan Morse, Nathaniel FELTON,. Col
Hercules Mooney, Jonathan Mooney,
lanes Jackson. David Allard. Henry Al
larry. and Joseph Clark. She is the
laughter OF Mn. George T. SmaIIwood.
Ine Of the newly elected vice presidents