New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
ID. AR. to Hold
Center of Stage
In Washington
Annual Congress Opens To-
morrow With Mrs. G.. Nj.
Minor as Only Candidate
for President General
3 Weddings ON Calendar
Authors Carnival Ball and
Book Fair Is Picturesque
Event of Week of Cayety
Dispatch to The Tribune

Special Dispatch to The Tribune
WASHINGTON, April 17.--Washing-
ton has surrendered to the Daughters
of the American Revolution, whose an
nual Continental Congress is always
held during the week in which falls
April 10, the anniversary of the Battle
of Lexington.
An election for president general of
the organization is in order, but the
fur is not flying. For once a negative
statement has news value, for in pre-
vious years D. A. r. elections have
been proverbially hard fought and
acrimonious. This time, however, Mrs.
George Maynard Minor. of Waterbury,
Conn, is the sole declared candidate
for president general, in succession to
Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, whose
term expires with the congress. She
has been ndorsed by all factions and
probably will be elected by acclamation.
The war is to some extent respon-
sible for this happy state of affairs.
During the war the D. A. r. inaugu-
rated so much useful and absorbing
work that its members have since had
little time for playing politics. More
over, the regulation adopted when Mrs.
Guernsey was elected that the presl-
dent general cannot succeed herself has
done much toward producing harmony.
Whatever contest is to be expected
this year will develop in connection
with the seven vacancies in the ranks
of the vice-presidents general. There
are thirteen candidates.
Americanization ls Program
For the rest the conference will de-
vote itself to an Americanization pro-
gram. 1t will convene on Monday
morning at Memorial Continental Hall,
and thereafter sessions will be held
morning. afternoon and evening, with
time off" for such important events
as the president generals reception, to
be held on Tuesday evening at the
will be made on Wednesday night, the
voting will take place on Thursday
morning. and on Thursday night the re-
suits will be announced.
The social functions in connection
with the conference include. among
others. the reception which the Con
necticut Daughters will give on Tues
day afternoon at the New Willard for
Mrs. Minor. Mrs. Henry w. Keyess
tea, also on Tuesday, for the New
Hampshire Daughters and the recep-
tion which Mrs. Truman Newberry will
give on Monday for the delegates from
Michigan.
The congress will try out an inno-
vation this year in the tearoom which
is to be opened in Memorial Cont
mental Hall for the week of the session.
Tea will be served each afternoon, and
delegates will be encouraged to enter
tain their friends. Moreover, another
innovation this year: the .pages will
have party giveh especially for them
This will be a dance at Rauscher's,
with Mrs. Guernsey and the members of
the Abigail Hartman Rice Chapter, Of
Washington. as hostesses.
Three Weddings on Calendar
The weddings of the coming week
will be. perhaps. it's most interesting
events. On Tuesday Miss Nancy Lane.
daughter of the former Secretary of the
Interior and Mrs. Franklin X. Lane,
Kauffmann. On Wednesday Miss
Kathryn Osgood Clifton and James
Barclay Young, of the consular serv-
ice, will be married, the ceremony tax
Ing place in All Souls Episcopal Church
IN the afternoon, with small reception
to follow at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Claude Eccleston
the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Lee
Grnnell, daughter of Mrs. William
Morton Grinnell, to Lieutenant Com
mander Henry Livermore Abbott, T.
S n
Both the Kaufman Lane and
the Abbott Grnnell weddings will
take place in historic st. Johns Church.
Following the latter there will be
reception at the home of Miss Grin
nell's grandparents. Brigadier General
and Mrs. Oswald Ernst, and the small
very small-reception which is to
follow Miss Lanes marriage will be
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.