The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
NOTES OF THE D. A. R.

The Connecticut D. A. r. delegation
will give a reception from to ! O'Clock
at the Willard Hotel Monday All the
Daughters are invited.
Miss Chapman. State regent Of CALI
fornia- arrived yesterday with her inter-
esting delegation. She announced that
during the Panama-Pacifc Exposition
the California Daughters will entertain
all visiting d. A. r. during the conven-
ton.
As a member of the national publica-
ton committee, Miss Addie f. Miller Of
Holyoke. Mass, regent OF the chapter,
has rendered singularly effective service
to the committee. Miss Miller will not
be able to attend the congress this year.
Mrs. Wallace Delafield. OF the ST Louis
Chapter, is a candidate for the Office of
honorary vice president general of the
d. A. r. Mrs. Delafeld has been very
prominent in D. A. r. work in Missouri
and has served in the following offices:
Treasurer and regent of the St. Louis
Chapter. State regent and State vice
regent OF Missouri, and vice president
general of Missouri for four years Mrs
Delafield was unanimously indorsed for
honorary vice president general at the
State meeting of the Missouri Daughters.
Delaware Daughters unanimously in
dorsed at the State conference assembled,
February 20. 1914, Miss Sophia Naples for
reelection to the office OF honorary
vice president general, as chapter regent
and vice president general. Miss Naples
rendered faithful service. The Delaware
ticket follows: Mrs. George c. Hall,
State vice regent; Mrs James T. Scott,
State secretary, Mrs. Eugene Dupont.
State treasurer: Mrs. Edmund P Moody,
regent Caesar Rodney Chapter
The Massachusetts, D. A r. as the
State conference. nominated and unani-
mously indorsed for reelection to the
office of vice president general, Mrs.
Charles II. Bond, whose fruitful and
efficient service to the State and National
society has long been recognized. The
Massachusetts ticket follows: Mrs.
George o. Jenkins. State regent; Mrs.
Frank ]. Hodge, State secretary; Mrs
Charles G. Chick. State vice regent; Mrs
William De Y. Field. regent Paul Re-
we're Chapter.
The State regent of Arkansas. Mrs. S.
S. Massell, accompanied by Mrs. Helen
NJ. Norton, of Little Rock, a candidate
for vice president general. and Mrs.
Samuel Preston Davis, regent of the Lit
tie Rock Chapter, have arrived in Wash
ington. These delegates are forerunners
Of a larger delegation from Arkansas
which will arrive in the next few DAYS.
The State regent. Mrs. MasselI, has head
quarters at the New Ebbitt, where an ac-
tive campaign is being waged in the in
terest of Mrs. Norton. Among the not
ables who organized the d. A. R., Arkan-
sas claims the distinction of contributing
two, Mrs. Clifton Breckenridge and Miss
Margaret Desha, and Arkansas has never
had a national once.
The delegate from Massachusetts, from
the Peace Party Chapter. is Mrs. Helen
S. Wright, daughter of the late Rear Ad
miral David Smith, of the navy, who for
years resided in Washington. Mrs,
Wright has a host of friends in this CITY.
who remember her as an artist of con-
siderable ability. Since making her home
IN literary New England. Mrs. Wright
has won laurels as an authoress, having
published several successful books, one
of which Is a history Of arctic explora-
ton, entitled The Great White North"
Mrs Wright is stopping at 1sos K street.