Evening star., 1915-04-17
DELEGATES IN CITY
FOR D.A.R. congress
President Wilson Expected to
, : Make Address to Open the
Session Monday.
LEADERS ARE PREDICTING
RECORD ATTENDANCE
Interest Centers in Choice of Presi-
=. dent General-Mrs. Story
:. Asks Reelection.

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- daughters Of the American Revolution
srheduled TO begin Monday, delegates
from all parts Of the country have begun
: To arrive here in large numbers The
registration books have been opened at
Memorial Continental Hall for what is ex-
rected to be the largest attendance OF
delegates in the history of the con-
! sress.
iChief interest in the gathering of this
year centers In the election of officers.
the main contest being over the selec-
-tion Of president general Mrs. Will
liam Cumming Story Of New York. the
president general, is up for reelection.
The only other candidate for the place
hus far is Mrs. George Thatcher Guern-
.sey of Kansas, who has opened head
,..'Quarters here. Already work of fur
therins the interests Of the two can
ddates has begun. and lively cam
I'agn is promised
President Wilson is expected to open
The convention Monday with an ad-
rress. Other speakers include NJ. Jus
Serand. the French amba ssador: John
Barrett. director general of the Pan
american Union: Mrs. John Hays Ham
Iuond and Rogers Ballard Thurston.
president of the Sons of the American
Pevolution The annual convention of
also will begin here Monday.
Financial Reports Presented.
The first formal meeting of delegates
10 the congress was held in Memorial
Continental Hall last night, when the
Memorial Continental Hall committee
met and presented financial reports
showing the progress made during the
past year in reducing the debt on the
hall. These reports showed that more
than $4,000 had been paid on the debt
ducing the Indebtedness to $4,000. the
cost of the building having been $780,
900. Mrs. Story. president general. an
nounced that the sum raised last year
was larger by $1,000 than the total
amount raised during the preceding
twelve months.
AT last nights meeting $500 in con-
~tributions was received toward paying
for the lot in the rear OF the hall. to be
used as site for an Office building for
the organization The contributions
last night increased the amount for
payment on the lot to $1,000. the price
of the lot being $4,000.
Following the business meeting the
committee adjourned to hear the read
Ing OF a play, THE Blue Light of Cape
Fear" written for the Daughters by
AIRS. Bell Bushnell. The play was read
-oy Miss Victoria Siddons.
Special Services Sunday.
oficers and delegates to the conven-
lion as we'll as the general public are
10 attend a special service to be held
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock at the
peace cross in the Cathedral Close.
Bishop Harding is to preside at the
service. Special services in recognition
Of the congress and the D. A. r. are
70 be held in many OF the churches Of
Washington tomorrow.
A meeting of the press committee
of which Mrs. Elizabeth Gadsby is
chairman. is to be held at IL o'clock
Monday. Mrs Gadsby was at the hall
today to receive credentials Of report
rrs and correspondents and to dis
Tribute press badges to those entitled
10 them She has requested all national
reports for the use of the press as soon
ss possible.
Tea Each Day for Southern Delegate
Southern delegates to the D. A. r.
congress are to be entertained at tea
ZACH afternoon at o'clock by the Kate
s;ordon Chapter of the Southern States
woman's Suffrage Conference. which is
opening headquarters this afternoon
az 1912 street The rooms have been
sttractively decorated with flowers.
pictures and suffrage colors.
Members of the D. A. r. will be the
guests of the Society of 1912 at a re-
option Tuesday afternoon in the Eb-
hit Hotel. The arrangements are un-
Ter the supervision of Mrs. Il. NJ. TRULY
DIR. Charles d. Walcott secretary of
he Smithsonian Institution, and Mrs
Walcott and the regents of the insti-
ution and their wives will hold re-
eeption tonight from 9 to II O'Clock
at the New National Museum in honor
,srshe president general and members Of
,tne organization.
."City Of Washington" Lecture Topic
lecture, complimentary to the vis-
.iting delegates and their friends, will
De given this evening at o'clock in
'rle auditorium Of the National Museum
Layton Ely Emig, the lecturer, will
speak on The City of Washington
under the auspices of the Abigail Hart
,u.an Rice Chapter.
, -Lmong the colored views which will
illustrate the lecture are the following:
northeast view of the Capitol, the Capi-
iIoI by moonlight, the immense dome.
inauguration scene, Presidents room.
Senate chamber. House of Representa- :
lives, Statuary Hall, Capitol reception
room, the new Library. grand terrace
.and stairway. the Botanic Garden,
Washington Monument, White House.