The Washington herald., 1914-04-20
WAR TALK HOLDS
D.A.R.DELEGATES
Women, Here for Convention,
Join Throngs Seeking
News from Mexico.
BISHOP TOUCHES SUBJECT
Entire Delegation of Daughters from
Illinois Arrives ate in
Afternoon.
BISHOP TOUCHES SUBJECT

the members OF the d. A. R., assembled
here yesterday than the congress they
came to attend. The scheduled meeting
at the New Willard was abandoned and
the delegates from President General
Mrs Story down evinced as much inter-
est in the potentialities of the interna-
tional complication as government offi-
| cials. Their congress seemed to have
been entirely forgotten for the time.
The Daughters Joined the promenade
downtown late in the afternoon, and We're
conspicuous then and in the evening in
the crowds that gathered in front OF the
newspaper Offices and elsewhere to catch
every word that came over the wires from
troubled Mexico.
| In the morning the delegates as
semblsd at the Cathedral and listened
| to an appropriate sermon by Bishop
Alfred Harding on Patriotic Ideals.
After that they were prepared to di-
gest all the war news that might come
| along.
Late in the afternoon a Pennsyl-
vania Railroad train brought in the
entire Illinois delegation of Daughters.
Very soon they Joined the others in
the hunt for war news.
Mrs. Ellen S. Perry, who is represent
| ing the Old North Chapter of Boston,
Mass, in place of Mrs. Marian Longfel-
low, regent, has an interesting ancestry.
She is a native of New Hampshire. Her
father, grandfather and great-grand-
father all fought for the Stars and
Stripes. A great-grsndparent, Thomas
Shannon, was a revolutionary soldier; a
grandparent. Ebenezer Shannon. of the
war of 1872. while her father volunteered
to fight for the Union in the civil war
She has resided in Massachusetts, for
many years. Mrs. Perry was elected vice
regent of Old North Chapter about
eighteen months ago. after she had
served as chaplain for about six months.
She is alert. and a splendid executive,
and although a member of-the ID. A. r.
for only about two years. has established
herself in the hearts and confidence of
the chapter.
Quequechen Chapter, of Fall River,
Mass, sent a brilliant delegation to the
congress. Mrs. Jennie l.. E. Marr. regent,
has been conspicuous for a long time in
d. A. r. activities She is also a men,
ber of the American Peace Society, of
Boston Smith College Association, and
of the National Federation OF Day
Nurseries.
Mrs. ]. r. Allen, vice regent has repre-
sented the chapter at Washington for
the last ten years. Active as can be in
all charitable and religious. as well as
D. A. r. circles, she is frequently re-
ferred to as a tower of strength"
Mrs. r. y. Allen. former regent. is
president of the Womens Auxiliary Of
the Y. NJ. c. A. and regarded as one
of the brightest and most active women
in Fall River. She has represented her
chapter here before.
Mrs. C. E. Hambley. secretary OF the
chapter, has been a delegate here SIX
times. IN social and literary activities
she has been very conspicuous.
Mrs. E. c. Thurston represented the
chapter in Washington for seven years.
Her family is prominent in politics in the
Bay State. Her son. Edward A. Thurs
ton, is chairman of the Republican State
Committee.
Another interesting member of this
delegation is Mrs. J. B. Richards, whose
dignified and progressive leadership in
many movements has attracted wide at
tention. She is prominent in the work
of the art department of the Womens
Club OF Fall River. This is her second
experience as a delegate to the congress.
Mrs E. ]. Coburn. another former re-
gent, is active in literary work, and is
credited with splendid executive ability.
Another interesting woman is Mrs. Il.
D. Davol. the veteran historian Of Que
quechen Chapter. She is saturated with
D. A. r. history. Her husband, Col. B.
D. Davol, accompanies her.
One delegate from the San Diego, Cal.
chapter. Mrs. Evelyn NJ. Lamb, stopped
here en- route to her home after an ex-
tensive European trip to represent her
chapter. She is the guest of Represent
ative and Mrs. George J. Kindell. of
Colorado. Before sailing for Europe Mrs.
Lamb visited her sons in Santiago and
Chile. On a former European trip she
Travelled with Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper
and William Stead. the late English
editor.
Following are some of the achievements
and work now in progress by various
chapters of the D. A. R.:
North Carolinians have purchased the
home of William Jones, where the i'm
mortal John Paul Jones met with such
kindness that he adopted the name Jones
for his own. They have marked the !
house in Winston-Salem where George |
Washington stopped. They are educating |
girls at the normal schools at Albemarle |
and Greensboro. and are giving thought |
ful study to social and industrial con- |
ditions.
Georgia's D. a. R. have an offer of a |
tract of 2,OOO acres of land and $4,000
in cash, provided they raise a similar |
on st. Timons Island, in Southern Geor-
gia. They hope to be able to comply with J
the terms. They have organized twelve
new chapters. They have had a bill |
put through the Senate providing for |
compulsory school attendance and are
now Planning tc have a United States
flag raised over every school house in
the State, and have every pupil taught
the history of Old Glory.
A national highway over the pioneer
trails of the country is one of the things
the Illinois women are agitating, and
another, minimum wage law for women
and children. Their committee on his
torical research is interested in bringing
TO light the unwritten history OF Illinois. /
The late Mrs. Adlai Stevenson, honorary
president general, completed a history of
the National d. A. r.
Michigan stands ninth among the States
that have contributed to the cost of Il
Memoria: Hail. having given |
s. 637.S. OF this nearly 5000 was given /
for the Michigan room. Her Daughters n
also have contributed generously to Il
and general educational work II
among the mountaineers of the South II
They have been active in marking the old Il
territorial reads through Michigan.
The Vermont Daughters provided an
Ethan Allen bust for Continental Hall,
md have spent thousands of dollars in
and other important work
On memorial WORK alone they have ex-
pended more than 5000