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checked. Yesterday she was
gowned in a dark blue cloth cape
dress. with bright blue ostrich
trimmed horsehair braid hat, and
carried a huge arm bouuet OF pink
roses, the gift Of heE. admirers.
Il Mrs. D. G. Baird, delegate from
New Jersey. and regent Of the
Anna Stockton chapter, IL q de-
scendant of both the Oliver Perry
and the Gen. William Emallwood
families. Her chapter was named
for Anne Stockton, wife Of Rich-
ard Stockton, Of Revolutionary
fame, and the old chapter house,
which was built ninety years be.
fore the Revolution, still stands In
Burlington, N. J. Mrs. Baird Is
Q member Of the Huguenot so.
ciety of New Jersey. and daugh-
ter Of 1912.
Mrs. II. H. Smith spoke yester.
day afternoon. and Mrs. Coolidge
spoke at o'clock to States inter.
eSted In Kenmore, whose dele.
gates presented her with the box
tree planted at Kenmore by Mary
Washington.
Mrs. Banks, regent Of New Jer.
Sey, states that the meetings OF
her chapter are held In an old
barracks house where the Hes.
SLAMS were Quartered after the
battle Of Trenton.
Mrs. Charles B. Byron. Of Mem
PMS, Is q daughter Of the late
Admiral Raphael Semmes, com.
mander pr the Alabama, OF the
Confederate navy. She IL sun.
porting Mrs. GilIentine for vice
president general.
Mrs. Logan Gillentine Is a can.
dldate for vice president general.
der report on historical spots was
pronounced witty and interesting
ana caused many a ripple Of
laughter. At a meeting OF the
Tennessee delegates it was re.
vealed that they were fourth In
line OF fOrty-six States IN expendi-
ture Tor education and in preser.
walton Of historical places. Mrs.
Gillentlne was q war regent and
did all sorts Of interesting war
work, was an ardent Red Cross
orator, ana In addition, IL a pro-
lessor OF psychology In the State
Normal College In Tennessee.
She 10 president OF one Of the
three branches Of the. American
Association Of University Women,
which has q convention here next
geek, to which she is q delegate.
Box holders yesterday were:
Co.. Walter Scott, Anthony
Wayne Cook, e. w. Oyster, Mrs.
p. A. Mills. c. L. MCGOWAN, Re.
becca Chapman, Mrs. BiddIe Ar.
thurs, Mrs. Robert +. Reineman,
Mrs. Walter G. Roe, Mrs. L. p.
McDuffee, Mrs. Louise Leigh.
man Chisholm, and Mrs. George
g. Stuart.
Mrs. Charles Bathrich, Of Mich.
igan, held meeting Tuesday af.
ternoon in the Michigan room Of
the State chairmen Of the Chill
dren and Sons OF the Republic,
Mrs. Bathrich is national chair.
man.
DIR. Kate Waller Barrett, chair.
man OF the Mount Vernon service
committees held q meeting Of her
committee in the Virginia room
Tuesday to complete plans for
the annual pilgrimage to Mount
Vernon. which will take place on
Friday.
Mrs. Redwood Vandergrift, of
1929 Twenty.first street northwest,
regent Of the Margaret Whetten
chapter, was called to Brooklyn
Sunday by the, death OF her
brother and will be unable to at.
tend the congress. Mrs. Azel q.
Ford, vice regent Of the Mar.
garet Whetten chapter, is Mrs.
Vandergrift's representative In
the congress.
Fifteen real daughters of Revo.
lutionary veterans still live, the
report Of Mrs. Rhett Goode, chair.
man Of. the Liberty Loan fund,
shows. Interest from the fund liz
used to give a pension of $50
a month to the living daughters.
Four Of the daughters died last
year.
The officers of the Caroline
Scott Harrison Memorial are Mrs
Austin G. Brant, Of Canton, Ohio,
national chairman; Mrs. John e..
Lippclman, Of Ohio: Mrs. George
Davidson, of Illinois: Mrs. Charles
w. Ross, of Indiana; Mrs. Hovsl
Smith, of Arizona, and Mrs. Nil.
ton b. Downs. Of Oklahoma. vice
chairmen. n
The Kate DUNCAN Smith School
Of the d. A. r. was built by the
Alabama society and was named
in honor Of the honorary vice
president general from Alabama.
The school is near Grant, Ala.
1t is to educate the youth Of Vhe
mountain regions in Americanisyn.
Miss Mary Hinckley, of New
York, a delegate to the congress,
has stopped over here on her way
from Florida, where she has been
spending the winter, to her home
In Westfield, N. Y.