Evening star., 1917-02-18

give HI Invitation showing ol LILO
preparedness photo-play. "The Eagles
Wings" at Memorial Continental Hall.
February %, at $50 o'clock pm. Rep
resentative Augustus P. Gardner will
speak. Members of the D. A. r. will
be admitted upon showing their insig-
MIA or recognition pin. or by presenting
the card of notification of the enter
tainment sent them by their respective
regents. All chapter regents have
been requested to 50 notify their mem
bers. The president general of the ma
tional society. Mrs. William Cumming
Story. will be the presiding officer.
celebrated it's twenty-f1fth anniversary
Tuesday evening in the ballroom suite
of the Washington Club. After BRIEF
business meeting, the regent, MISS ia
net Richards, assisted by Mrs. Mary ..
Lockwood, Miss Virginia Miller. Miss
Dorinda Rogers and Mrs. Otto H. Tit
man, past regents, and Mrs. Charles w.
Richardson, past state regent, formed
themselves into a line to receive the
members of the chapter and its invited
guests. After all the visiting Daugh-
ters had been received these ladies took
their seats upon the platform, where
Mrs. G. NJ. Brumbaugh, the state re-
gent of the District was seated at the
wood. The regent brought forth from
its musty archives. the record book of
the minutes of the first meeting held
twenty years before, when she had
been the recording secretary and read
from it the proceedings of the forma-
tion and early developments of the
mother chapter of the District. Mrs
Lockwood spoke reminiscently of the
past, as did Miss Miller. Mrs. Brum-
baugh. responding to an invitation
from the regent expressed congratula-
tions and good wishes for the eldest
member of the official family Miss
president general from the District, was
introduced. Miss Rogers. who served
as the regent of the chapter for two
years with such prestige, spoke nap
PLY of her services and the unanlmlty
of spirit which has ever prevailed
among the members. A most interest
ing ceremony was the silver collec-
tion," which followed the program;
historic silver plate belonging to the
family of Mrs. Eugene Herndon, was
placed upon the platform for members
to deposit their dollars" nearly a
hundred of which found their way into
it. Miss Potbury, young English lady,
who is visiting in the city, played in
Wheel and doubtless attended D. A
r. meeting for the first time in her life.
Miss Viola Schippert sang an aria
from Aida and other solos and Master
Refreshments were served in the din
ing room, Miss Aline Solomons and Mrs.
Douglas Thompson presiding at the
table. Among the guests, In ADDITION
regent, Mrs. Clementson; the state re-
cording secretary, Mrs. Frederick Mat
teson; the state corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. Champe c. McCulloch; the
state historian. Mrs. Alexander Cor
man, and the state treasurer, Mrs. J. b
Collins, with large number OF chap
ter regents and personal friends OF the
members The committee in charge of
sisted by Mrs. Herndon, Mrs. Johnson,
Mrs Griffeth and Mrs. Rogers.
United states Daughters of 1s12-A
large gathering of the District society
and guests nearly filed the cabinet
room at the New Willard at the meet
ing Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Henry,
president, presided. and others present
included Mrs. rumbaugh, Mrs. Potts'
Mrs ouicksall, Mrs. Dove, Mrs. At
kinson, Mrs Matteson, Mrs TRULY, Mrs.
Keyes, Mrs. Tuohy. Mrs. Fernald, Mrs
Rogers, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Whitney, Mrs
Meeks, Mrs. Lansburgh, Mrs. Meyers
and the Misses Richardson, Norris
Moves oursler, White, Strider and
Stallings, and about ten invited guests
Routine business was transacted and
the treasurer reported good paiance
The names of six candidates were re-
one new member was voted upon. Ihe
graves of two patriots have been
marked since the last report-that OF
William r. Harvin in South Carolina,
ancestor of Mrs. ]. F. Remsen, and that
of Henry Pyfer. ancestor of Miss
Sikken.
Mrs. Brumbaugh and Mrs. Potts ad-
dressed the society on the topics dis-
structive patriotism. and resolution
was passed, indorsing the movement of
the Red Cross to establish a base hos
pital somewhere between Washington
and Key West" The rapid growth OF
the society in recent months seems to
warrant a wider scope of activity. and
a com mittee composed of Mrs. Brum- |
baugh, chairman. and Mrs. Potts, Mrs.
Truby and Mrs. Matteson, was ap- |
pointed to cooperate with the Red
Cross in this work. Plans are being |
formulated to raise funds for this pur- |
pose.
The death was announced OF Mrs.
Alexander James Perry, beloved mem
ber of the District society. and COM /,
mittee appointed to draw up suitable |
resolutions of sympathy.
age of the bill in Congress allowing !
the national society's annual reports
to be printed in the Smithsonian Insti- |
tuition report, and the placing of his |
torical papers and relics in the insti-
tuition.
Plans for the entertainment of dele
gates to the annual congress of the
national society in April were also
discussed
The Twentieth Century Club.-A spe-
cial meeting of the club Will be held i
Tuesday morning at 1870 at All Souls !
Church, 14th and l. streets. to organize |
for the lay woman's service for the
United States Army and Navy. as out
lined by the American Red Cross. The |
speakers will be Er. Ernest p. Bick- |
nell. director general of the civilian |
relief of the American Red Cross; Col.
Jefferson r. Kean, u s. A., directo
general of military relief. and DIR. John
Van Schaick, jr of the Church of Our
rather, who will tell of the need of
preparedness for hospital work due to
the gravity of the present situation as
1t affects our country.
The art section. which would meet
regularly on Thursday, has postponed
its meeting to Saturday on account of
the holiday. 1t will be held. as usual,
at 3 o'clock at the home of its leader,
Mrs. Dayton Ward, 1869 Columbia road |
The subject, THE Medici and Their
Court of Scholars" will be treated by i
Mrs Frank Briggs. A cordial invita-
tion is extended to members of the
club who may be interested.
Martha Washington Chapter, ID. A. r.,
will meet Tuesday evening at the Hotel
Raleigh at which time amendments to
the bylaws will be voted upon.
Dolly Madison Chapter. ID. A. r., met i
Tuesday evening at the residence of Mrs.
Beavers on Columbia road. The regent,
lad