Evening star., 1923-04-11
SCENE IS ALL SET
FORD.AR. MEETING
Continental Hall Ready for
$500 Arriving Monday for
Elections.

Tho last scenes were being set in
Continental Memorial Hall today In
preparation for the annual meeting
of the Daughters Of the American
Revolution, who will convene in ma
tional session at 1890 o'clock Mon
day morning and continue through
the following Saturday. More tnan
$500 delegates and alterIates. rep
resenting every state in the Union,
will attend
This will be the most important an
nual meeting Of the Daughters in six
years. 1t will be the first time in
that period they have been called
upon to select their national officers
from more than one ticket. and even
more interest is added 10 the situa-
tion by the fact that three entirely
different sets of candidates are out
this year for election.
The last time there was a contest
for election of the daughters ma
tional officers was in 1917, when Mrs.
George Thacher Guernsey of Kan
sas defeated Mrs Miller Horton of
New York and Mrs. J. Ham Lewis,
wife of the former United States senator
from Illinois. At the next election
Mrs. George Maynard Minor, who Is
now president general. was elected
without opposition.
While the daughters will have
much other vital business to trans
act, this year centers largely around
the election. The three candidates
FOR president general are Mrs. c. w.
Wallace Hangar of this city. Mrs.
Anthony Wayne Cook and Mrs. Will
liam Cummings Story. Under the
bylaws OF the society each candi-
date for president general selects
those women she would prefer to
offices. obtains their consent and Of
fers d complete ticket upon which
the delegates ballot as a whole.
Elect Ticket ms Whole.
AS result when the president
general is selected her entire ticket is
voted into Office with her. The tickets
offered by the three candidates this
year are composed of the following
women:
To be elected with Mrs. Hanger:
Mrs. Thomas A. Edison of New Jer-
sey. chaplain general; Mrs. Henry B.
Joy of Michigan. recording secretary
general; Mrs. Samuel f. Perkins of
Indiana. organizing secretary gem
eral; Mrs H. Eugene Chubbuck of
Illinois. corresponding secretary gem
eral: Miss Harriet Perkins Marine Of
maryland, registrar general: Mrs.
general; Miss Florence Crofut of
Connecticut. historian general: Mrs.
Ida B. MacFarland of Texas, reporter
general: Mrs Edward L. Harris of
Ohio, librarian general, and Mrs. Will
son Barnes of Arizona, auditor gen.
eral.
To be elected with Mrs. Cook: Mrs
Rhett Goode of Alabama. cha plain gen.
eral' Mrs. Frank Fl. Briggs of Maine,
Tscording Tnsn nS1in sesretary general; Mrs
sets. corresponding secretary gen.
eral; Mrs. William S. Walker of
washington (State). organizing secre-
tary general; Mrs. James ii. Stansheld
n ,ntS xit.t,
fred ]. Brosseau of Michigan, treas
urer general: Mrs. George De Bolt of
West Virginia, historian general
Mrs. Alvin II. Connolly of Missouri, re-
the District of Columbia. librarian
general, and Mrs. Charles s. Whitman
OF New York, curator general.
Mrs. Story's Ticket.
To be elected with Mrs Story: Mrs
Edwin Muller of South Carolina.
chaplain general; Mrs. Robert Gray
,,. OF Virginia; e ,,,,, r,s,Gording secretary gen
corresponding secretary general; or
ganizing secretary general not an
nouced: Mrs. Thaddeus Parker Of
Georgia, registrar general; Mrs. Fred
general; Mrs. Walter Thomas of Ala
bama, historian general; Mrs Lou C.
Stevens of Connecticut reporter gen
eral: Mrs. NJ. w. Carruth of Florida,
lDEdIldn general, ana MTS. Joshua L.
Brooks of Massachusetts, curator
general.
In addition to these, officers seven
vice presidents are to be selected.
They do not. however, go in on the
same ballot with the president gen.
eraa. Thus far only six candidates
have announced themselves for the
VICE presidential vacancies.
eThey are as follows: Mrs. Henry
AZ Beck of Indiana. Mrs. Charles r,
Booth of California, Mrs. Henry d.
Fits of New Jersey, Mrs. William
McGee Wilson of Ohio, Mrs. Gerald
Livingston Schuyler of Colorado and
Mrs. Elket G. Drake of Nebraska.
Three honorary vice presidents are
also to be elected. Four candidates
have announced their intention to
run, as follows: Mrs Richard Jack
Illus j. Estey of Vermont, Mrs. John
Franklin Swift Of California and Mrs.
William Butterworth of Illinois.
The elections are to be held next
Thursday. Previous to that time each
of the three candidates and their sub
officers will be entertained at a re-
ception, in order to give all of the
delegates and alternates of the So
ciety an opportunity to meet them
personally. Mrs. Cooks reception will
be from o'clock until $40, Tuesday
afternoon. The reception to Mrs
Hangar will be from 8 until Z, Mon
day. The date for Mrs. Story's recep-
tion was not announced.