Evening star., 1924-03-30
D. A. r. ACTIVITIES


party will be given at the Confederate
Memorial Home Wednesday for the
benefit of the Kenmore memorial fund,
sponsored by the Richard Arnold
Chapter. Special etfoTs are being
made to make this benefit q testi-
monial worthy of the cause for which
it is to be given. There will be
prizes for each table and possibly
other attractions.
Eugenia Washington Chapter was
entertained at it's March meeting, at
the home of Mrs. Grant F. Chase,
Ills 18th street, assisting hostess be-
ing Miss May V. Lewis The meet
ing. which was we'll attended, was
presided over by the regent, MIS-.
Isaac We'll, who gave a report on
the state conference recently held.
Reports were read by the chairmen
of the various committees, all show
ing the chapter to be in f1ourishin 6
condition. AT the conclusion OF bust
ness the members were invited TO the
dining room. where the beautlfuily
decorated table glowed under the
light cast by thirteen candles which
adorned a large birthday cake. A
social hour followed with reminis
cences of the work done by the chap
te' n the past thirteen years.
Major William Overton CaIlis
Chapter met Saturday evening at the
home of Mrs. William F. Davis, the
regent, Mrs. NJ. de Clare NJ, Berry,
presiding.
After the report of officers Miss
Mary Nichols and Miss Ruth Nichols
were presented as new members, hav-
ing been accepted by the national So
ciety Mrs. Janet Grey and Mrs
Elizabeth Seay Whitehurst We're vot-
ed upon and their applications for
membership accepted
The regent appointed Miss Julia
Jennings to receive any contributions
for the Monticello purchase fund, and
Mrs. Walter Hutton and Mrs. Claude
Bennett to receive any money given
for the Kenmore preservation fund.
The regent related her entertain
ment by General Davis Chapter
in Durham. " c., as a guest of honor
on February %. and stated that she
read an original paper dealing with
. Sir Edwin Sandys as founder OF
American democracy in 1919, at the
celebration in Durham.
Those reported as having been
elected for the Continental Congress-
in April were: Delegate, Mrs. Walter
F. Hutton: aIternates. Miss Julia
. Miss Charlotte Johnston, Miss An
toinette F.. Peterson. Mrs. Albert Nc
Dowell, Miss Louise Mcdowell. Mrs.
Harriet Johnson Tubhs, Mrs. Wilson
Mrs. Alice Colston Salter.
Besides the chapter members
number of young men came IN as
guests for the social hour and re
freShments were served by the host
eSS.
A letter was received from the chap
ter bride, Mrs. Edmund Carter Taylor
Of Ashland. Va. thanking the mem
bers for a beautiful wedding gift.
Mrs Walter Hutton extended an m
NitafiOn the ClaDter for the ADrl
meeting.
Columbia Chapter met Tuesday eve
ming at the Capitol Park Hotel. Mrs
c. c. Coombs, Mrs. James Harper and
Mrs Ella C. Bladen acting as
hostesses Mrs Coombs presided.
Mrs William Cole. chaplain, opened
the meeting by reading verse on
"Se rvice." Mrs. James Harper gave
report on the recent District con-
ference, and Mrs. A. W. Heyer and
Mrs. William Cole added some of
their impressions of the conference.
Mrs. Jason Waterman announced a
card party to be given at Hotel
Roosevelt on the afternoon of April I.
This card party is to be given by the
District committee of the Monticello
fund for completing the raising Of a
certain sum necessary for the initial
payment on Monticello. AS many
members of the chapter are unable
TO attend an afternoon affair an in
formal card party is to be given on
the evening of April 4 at the home
of Miss Nellie Ross and the money
thus obtained will be turned over by
the chapter to the Monticello COM
mittee. After the business meeting
the members remained for a social
hour. which partook of the nature of
a reception for Mrs. Jason Water
man, who was elected District cor
responding secretary at the recent
District conference.
Ishn Lindsay Chapter met TUESDAY
evening a the home of Mrs. Charles
T Windle. Mrs. J. Edison Briggs,
Mrs. Charles *. Hoover and Mrs.
Charles T.. Windle were hostesses.
The regent, Mrs. Edwin J. Ryan, pre-
sided.
Owing to the recent death of Mrs.
8 Russell Bowen, long member
and ex-regent of the chapter, there
was no social hour.
Victory Chapter met Monday at the
home of Mrs. James l.. Owens, 25S2
37th street. Mrs. Frank r. Sale, re-
gent. presided. At $3.50 pm. the chap
ter went in d body to Mount Alto
Hospital, where a hemlock tree was
planted in memory of Lieut.. Harold
Frederic Selden, L. S. n. r. F.,
George B. Selden. Lieut.. Selden lost
his life May 5, 1922, in his twenty
sixth year, when two Navy seaplanes
collided over the Potomac river near
Washington
The exercises at Mount Alto opened
with a prayer by the Rev. David
Covell of Trinity Episcopal Church,
l.. +. kebler. state chairman of the
conservation and thrift committee