Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-03-27
Stand by the Flag as a sOciety
Lack of BrilIiancy in lhe
Administration.
THINGS A LlrTLE AWRY
Former Leaders il ihe d. A. K III
Pfess Gives Liillc Noiolistg le
NOming CsBgresS
PART III.

4 te RS OF the American revolution Wnen
they elected her. that Mrs. Story 5
/ administration would lack the brilli-
ancy and society eclat that has sur
rounded all the others, and then, too,
Mrs. Story was essentially a New
York woman, unknown nationally, and
it consequently followed that she
would not be able to draw aboat her
the brilliant foreign element which is
| always interested ia anything con-
nected with Washington and his day.
The President Gene raj has q host of
friends in Washington, however, and
many hospitable and beautiful homes
are open for her entertainment when
ever she comes to the board meetings,
but, as no lady likes to make con
venience of her friends, the President
Generals stay is brief and this
grieves the Daughters.
Say what you will, the Daughters
Of the American Revolution do love
society, and they feel that for the
frst time in the history of the organ
ization, they are lacking in this re-
spect, and, not being able to keep
themselves before the public in the
same brilliant sc cial fashion, it is
not at all to their liking There
have been many things coming out of
the board meetings that might we'll
have been kept behind closed doors
For instance, there has been much
dissatisfaction, it is said, over the
| financial affairs Of the society.
They are not as prosperous as they
should be, it is said, ami there has
be en- more or less of quarrel on dur
ing the past year about the invest
ments in stocks and bonds and about
the auditing of the accounts, and de-
termined effort has been made. il is
said to make a complece change in
the financial end of the society, so as
to carry all this over to New York.
This was opposed even by some of the
/ friends of the administration, as Mrs.
Scott had seen that the inv estments
were safely and wisely made, and,
havir g managed her own colossal for
tune, had manipulated the affairs OF
the ID iughters of the American Revo-
luton in the same successful manner,
and they trusted her judgment and
decided not to disturb existing condi-
tions.
1t is said. too, that some of the
archives of the society-say letters
and things like that-have been car
ried or sent to New York, and this,
| it is said, is against one Of the
most stringent rules of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution.
Then it is said that matter of
very heated discussion at some of
the board meetings has been lot
Of solid silver which was purchased
for the banquet hall. II would
seem as though those who IN lnipulated
this silver purchase might have profit
ed by the costly expe rience at the
White House and the homes in Wash
ington. where great social functions
are held. You do not see any solid
silver tableware floating arou0d at
any of these receptions. At the State
receptions at the White House the
silver is all plated silver, and even
saw a woman who was a guest at tn
White House at the Diplomatic re-
ception poke one of the coffee spoons
down her low-neck dress, and there
wasn't much dress to hide the spoon
under, either This is very common
occurrence at social functions in
Washington. 1t is called the "sou-
venir fad
The Daughters of the American
Revolution have heretofore entertain
ed lavishly at their big receptions,
and it is safe to say that half of
their solid silver used at these recep-
tions will disappear the very first
time it is use d. Then, toe, somebody
ordered set of exquisite, specially
made china, several dozen of each
piece, and ii is said that there is no
money in the Golfers of the Daugh.
ters to pay for it, and the china is
boxed up, and all sorts of threats are
being made, il is said, by those from
whom the china was ordered. About
| the first thing the new administra-
l tion did was to fire the superinIen.
| ent, who has been with the building
or number of years. The supsrin-
tendent wss a very efficient, jack of
all-trades sort of man, and looked
after the little white marble jewel Of
hall just as carefully as Martha
looked after her house, and kept the
hall in the best cf condition, and all
on a none -too-large salary. | have
been told that the hall has no super
idtendent now, at least did not have a
short time ago.
The cellar has been halffull Of
water for weeks, being on marshy
| ground, and there is grave danger
Of the foundation settling, and it is
costing a great deal to have the
little things done by plumbers, car
penters, painters and glsizers which
the superintendent used to do, a.I
all for one salary. Then, too, the
Daughters concluded to smbellish the
grounds around the hall, and they
have planted a whole lot of vines and
shrubs Of one kind and other, which
| is positively an inartistie addition, BE
/ the grounds are so small that the hall
| does not show off well nov, and when
this shrubbery begins 10 grow it is
going &c hide the building and spoil
the effect of. its beautiful architee-
ture. Although the Congress of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
is now less than one month off, there