Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-18
j. D. c. CONVENTION
TO0PEN TOMORROW
Elaborate Program of Enter.
tainment Prepared by
Local Chapter.

Trains from the south have been
, crowded yesterday and today with
southern women arriving here for
: the annual convention Of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy. which
opens officially tomorrow evening.
More than 1900 delegates with about
: seventy-five young woman pages are
expected to be here for the conven-
Z ton, which is being held in Wash
. ington for the first time In eleven
years.
Mrs Walter E. Hutton. president
of the District of Columbia Division.
who is credited with bringing the
convention to this city. together with
. her assisting committees. has pre-
pared an extensive and suitable pro-
gram for the entertainment OF the
delegates while here.
Tomorrow evening there will be
held a banquet at the New Willard
Hotel in honor of the state presidents
and the president general.
Tuesday afternoon, following
s dser at by the 6st 1g the of
lumbia Division officers and COM
mittees, the delegates will make a
trip to Annapolis, where a portrait
of Admiral Matthew Fontaine Maury.
Naval Academy.
Reception mt willard.
Tuesday evening a reception will
be given for the delegates at the
willard Hotel. following the wei.
coming meeting, at which several
prominent speakers will make ad-
dresses. The business session will be
ident general. Mrs. Livingston Rowe
Schuyler of New York. Mrs. Coolidge
will hold a reception for the dele
gates at the White House at o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. and that eve
ming the Southern Society will be
hosts at a reception at the New Will
lard Hotel. Thursday will be de
voted to a pilgrimage to the grave
of the unknown soldier at Airing
ton national cemetery and sightsee-
convention will be brought to close
Friday night with ball for the
pages at the New Willard.
The Georgia Society of Washing
ton will entertain the visiting dele
gates from Georgia on Friday after
noon, from to Z, at the home of the
president of the society. Theodore
Tiller, 3409 Mount Pleasant street north
west.
Two Candidates Mentioned.
Two candidates have been men,
toned for the post of president gem
eral to succeed Mrs. Schuyler, the
first woman from northern state
ever to hold that office. whose term
as head of the national organization
comes to close with this conven-
ton. Mrs. Frank Howell of Atlanta
and Mrs. Amos H. Norris OF Florida
both have been put forward by their
friends for the highest post in the
Daughters of the Confederacy. and each
Is understood to have a large back
ing.
The officers of the local division
are Mrs. Walter E. Hutton, presi-
dent; Mrs. James Trimble, first vice
president; Mrs Mary Harold. sec
Barr. recording secretary; Mrs. Vic
tor NJ Houston, corresponding sec
rotary: Miss Lillian Chenoweth, treas
urer; Miss Frances Weeks. registrar
Mrs Joseph Kerr Maxwell historian
Mrs. katherine Eslin, parliamenta-
chaplain; Mrs. Jasper Marion Beall,
auditor; Miss Virginia Hereford, GUS
todian, and Mrs. Gustavus Weber
recorder of crosses.
The committee attending to the
work of the convention is composed
Mrs. Maude Howell Smith, entertain
ment: Mrs. Albion W. Tuck. pages;
Mrs. w. Albert King. reception; Mrs.
Clement Sheriff. invitations; Mrs. x.
G. Bales, excursions: Mrs. George D.
HCrning, headquarters: Mrs. E. H.
F. Taylor, decorations;' Mrs. c. Leon
ard Chambers. welcome; Mrs. Loretta
Hewett. information; Miss Eunice
Taylor: music; Mrs. Walter Lee
Phares. printing: Mrs. Barton Embry,
badges; Mrs. Samuel Burleigh Milton.
motor corps; Miss Eta Louise Tag
CART. souvenirs; Miss Helen Griffith.
halls; Miss Frances Weeks, legisla-
ton; Mrs. Ashton Todd, hospitality,
and Mrs. Mary K. Nalle. programs.