The Washington herald., 1915-08-06
ROCHESTER'S PARTY
RETURNS FROM TOUR
Seventy-eight Travellers Who Left
Here June "a Return to City
Elated with Trip.

After having spent thirty-five days II
| travelling nearly 1900 miles and visit
ing seventeen States and three province.
in Canada, nearly all of the seventy.
eight persons who left Washington June
"a as members of Rochestcr's Personally
Conducted House Party have returned
and reported a most enjoyable trip
The party had many interesting expert.
ences en- route. They We're fortunate
enough to miss the 'hold-up'' in Yel-
lowstone Park by just one day.
When the party arrived in Santa Bar.
bara, committee of ladies cooperating
with the Chamber of Commerce of the
city, came to the private cars while the
members were out sight seeing and deco
rated every berth and drawing room
with flowers. The secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce afterward called at the
cars with Mr.. Rochester and was in
troduced to the party and gave them a
few words of greeting. welcoming them
to Santa Barbara. On the return trip
from st. Paul to Chicago an informal
program was arranged by Miss Flor
ence B. Callahan and, through the kind
ness of the conductor, the tables were
cleared from the dining-room car, the
chairs arranged around the sides and a
pleas entertainment was given.
During the course of the entertain
ment Mr.. James II. Harris. of Freder-
lex, Md, presented Mr.. Rochester with
a testimonial signed by members of the
party, expressing their appreciation of
and satisfaction with the tour.
Those returning with the party were:
Mrs. James L. Pugh. Miss Mary Alice Push,
Mr.. and Mrs A NJ. Wilson. Mrs. Mary E. Thomp-
son. Mrs. Mary NJ. Babson, Mrs Z. o. Merchant,
Mrs. o. B. Brown. Mr.. and Mrs II. 7. Cover.
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berger. Marion S. DuPaul Helen Harman. Florence
B. Callahan. Loura G. Bartlett. Mabel c. Bartlett
Lille l.. Zimmerman, Edith L. Kelsey. Sue II.
Murray. Lillian J. Newman, Gertrude NJ. Goekeler.
MaTsaret J. Keliher. Gertrude NJ MaIsden. Alma
NJ. Echtermann. Winifred NJ. Reilly. Margaret Z.
Luckett. ]. Elizabeth Dyer: Katharine B. Baird.
Nora Cox, Ella NJ. Chase. Mary Z. Keliher, Julia
r. GoodaI, Mrs. Emma Cullieon, Mr.. Ralph Mum
den, George r. Downs. Charles s. Baum. Walter
McCurdy. and NJ. Ralph c. Reefer, all Of WASH
.ngton; Mrs Grace Troy Jones and Miss Kate A.
McElfresh. Of Baltimore; Miss Ida N. King, Miss
Martha L. Sweet. and Mfs. J. A. Echelberger.
Of SaIton. Pa: Mu. Carolyn B. Lauman, Of
Buffalo; Miss Jennie Munden of Pittsburgh; Mr.
and Mrs. James H. Harris and James H. Harris.
jr.. Of Frederick. Nd: Mr.. and Mrs. Z. A. Thomas
Of Newlyn, W. Va: Mr.. James G. Mulgrew and
George r. Miley. Of Carlisle, Pa; Miss Beu,ah
H. Fesley of Reading Pa; Mrs Jesse B. Grey,
delphia, Pa: and Mis- Mary Alice Meier. Of Ridge
field. Conn.
number Of members stopped on the
coast to visit friends. Miss Agnes Kelly
and Miss Adeline NJ. Bradburn stopped
at San Diego, Miss Bessie H. Pyles and
Miss Marie K. steinly at Oakland. Miss
Goebel at San Francisco, Miss Eve ".
Denham at Portland. Miss Hulday Wien
er, Of Carlisle, Pa. at Seattle, and Mrs
Rochester. Miss Airline Du Four, Miss
Ida Harmel, and the Misses Espey at
st. Paul.
For the past seventeen years Mr.. Ro-
chester has been employed in the adju-
tant generals ONCE Of the War Depart
ment He recently rendered his resig-
nation and probably will hereafter de-
vote his time and attention to the tour
ousiness. He 10 the originator Of the
'-House Party idea of travelling. which
sssms to APPEAL vsry strcasiy 70 women.