The Washington herald., 1917-03-25
D. A. R.

Independence Bell Chapter, Daugh-
ters OF the American Revolution, met
at the homo of the historian, Mrs.
James W. DOGGY. Thursday evening.
This was, guests night for the chap
ter and several candidates for election
at the coming congress were present
Miss Marshall Brooke and Miss Ar
dala Moore gave the musical pro-
gram
The Defective Child" Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey gave 4 talk on the
juvenile court; Mrs. Helen Nelson
DOGGY read a paper, The History of
Our Flag" Mrs. Henry Churchill
Cooke, regent. announced "an invita-
tion was extended to the chapter ladies
by the Columbia chapter regent, Mrs.
Velma Barber. for a reception to be
held Tuesday at the Raleigh hotel
The honor guests of the evening
were Mrs. Gains NJ. Brumbaugh, Dis
trict regent; Mrs. G. Wallace Hanger,
Mrs. Woodbery Pulsifer, Miss Cathrine
Barlow. curator general; Miss Natalie
Sumner Lincoln, Miss Mary Wilcox,
Mrs Mary st. Clair Blackburn, Mrs.
Frederick W. Mattison, State recording
secretary; Mrs. Harry C. Oberholser,
Mrs. Rachel Tongate Beck, Mrs. How
ard L, Hodgkins, ex-resent of the Dis
~ II VI mrs. FRANCIS ST
Clair, regent Sarah St Clair chapter.
Greetings were given by the honor
guests.
The dining room was presided over
by Miss Mary Wilcox, with Mrs. Ham
ger pouring chocolate. Mrs. Pulsifer
serving ices and Mrs. Cook at the
oranseade bowl. Assisting the hostess
were Miss NJ. Esther Mayher. Miss
Alice Stevens. Miss Marshall Brooke.
Miss Moore, DR.. Perkins. Miss Mar
jorie Potbury, Miss Rebecka Chapman,
Mrs Belle NJ TRULY, Mrs. N. NJ. Per-
ktns, Mrs. Elizabeth Hesse and Miss
Mary Hall. of Bangor, Me.
Keystone Chapter of the D. A. R
held it's March meeting Saturday with
Mrs. Laura H. Hodges and Miss Anette
Haven at their apartment in the Ala
bama- The regent Mrs. Ida ]. Kin
sell presided.
The treasurer. Mrs. C1ementson, re-
ported the benefit held recently a
great success. both socially and fnan-
cially, and that the handsome chair,
an exact reproduction of the one used
by the signers of the Declaration of
Independence, which the chapter pre-
sented to the National Society Of D.
A. R for the use Of the curator gen
eral, had been entirely paid for. The
original of this chair is in Inde-
pendence Hall. Philadelphia. Con-
trtbutions were also voted to the tu-
venile court committee, to the fund
for purchasing q fence for q boundary
milestone IN the District of Columbia
and for a book to be given to the
library at Continental Hall
Mrs. Robert Harrison, historian of
the Sarah. Franklin Chapter read a
most interesting and entertaining pa
per on the Customs and Dress of
Colonial Days" Mrs. Rachel Tongate
Beck. of Army and Navy Chapter, read
her own composition, The City Beau
tfful." a lyric tribute to WASHINGTON.
Ms. Velnna Sylvester Barber, regent of
Columbia Chapter, told many interest
ing facts and details of her work in
helping to restore the forty original
boundary milestones, which were
placed in 1871 and 1899 to define the
'ten-mile square, the site of our Fed
eral city. Mrs. Barber had two albums
filled with interesting photographs
taken in connection with the work.
Miss Blanche Louise Green read q
letter written by William Penn in
farewell to his friends in Philadelphia.
when levaing this country in 1854
MrsL w. Pearce Rayner read slfttle
story portraying the never falling hu-
man understanding of President Lin
coin -
Mrs. Fred l.. vollsnd. chairman of
the d. A. r. committee for prevention
of desecration. of the flag, told of the
splendid work of her COMMITTEES.
Additional guests were. Mrs. Richard
r. Riedel, Of Columbia Chapter. and
Mrs. Skinner. Of Capitol Chapter
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