Evening star., 1924-01-20
y. A. r. ACTIVITIES
Deborah Knnpp Chapter met Mon

! Deborah Knapp Chapter met Mon
day evening at the home of Mrs
Charles R. Seal, 1902 Geranium street;
| the regent, Mrs. George T. Smallwood.
presiding. Reports Were presented
by officers and chairmen of COM
mittees.
The chapter voted to indorse the
entire ticket of the administration
/ caucus.
| A partial budget for the year was
submitted by Mrs. James NJ. Wiley.
'vice regent, and contributions were
I voted for the following: Curtis
Coy Andrews Day Nursery. the
Chapter House committee. the ID. A.
r. library committee. International
College at Springfield. Ill. Old Trails
| committee, Tamassee School and the
Juvenile Protective Association.
Mrs Charles X. Seal was elected
delegate to the ID. a. r. congress, and
the following were elected alternates
TO the delegate; Mrs, Gertrude w.
p, Edgar Il. Merritt, Mrs. Frank Fuller,
! Mrs r. S. -d'Espard. Mrs. 8. Il. Martin,
DR.. Ella r. Fales. Mrs. Nellie II. Bar
rett, Mrs. Lester l.. Oliver and Miss
Julia B. Slaughter.
| The regent appointed Mrs Gertrude
| L. Moser, Miss Carlotta y. Corey, Mrs.
Charles r. Seal, Mrs William 5.
Parks and Mrs. Edgar Il. Merritt cap
funds for the various educational and
philanthropic objects indorsed by the
J chapter.
: Mrs. John H. Stokes of Freehold.
| n. j., charter member and former
regent of the chapter, was the guest
Al the December meeting the
| chapter was hpnored by having as
guests. Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook.
president general; Mrs. William Sher-
| man Walker. organizing secretary
general. and Mrs. Howard L. Hodg-
kius vice president general of the
/ District of Columbia. all of whom
| gave interesting and instructive ad-
dresses on the various activities of
the ID. A. II.
| Mnunr HauSe Chapter. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Orlando Smith entertained the CHAP
ter at its January meeting in the blue
! room Of the City Club. A short busi-
! ness session was held. with the re-
| gent Miss Lillian Chenoweth, in the
| chair Contributions were made to
! the Travellers Aid Society, an or
! ganiZation in which the chapter is
much Interested. and the subject OF
the immigrants' manual was dis-
cusSed. Mrs Hooker gave an account
: of the committees work along TINS
| line. Mrs. Payne, the chapters his
! torian, read an original paper on
valley Forge" Representative Low
cry, from Mississippi. gave number
! of negro dialect stories. This was
| followed by musi1al program con
| sisting Of baritone solos by Dr. Ilil-
! ton Clark, accompanied by Mrs. Clark; ;
! violin numbers by Miss Ida Cllman,
group Of tenor songs by Jack Nor
rls, accompanied by Miss i1anSworthy,
and contralto solos by Miss Cheno-
| weth, with Mrs. Dorothy Baxter at
! the piano. The program was followed
f, by buffet supper. Among the guests
| were Mrs Lowery. Mrs. Werner. Mrs
Littlcfield. Miss Laura Clark. Miss
| Ruth Baxter, Miss Justice RoSeman
and Mrs. Eall of the Buffalo (N. -
! chapter.
| Eugenie Washington Chapter. Mrs
/ Isaac We'll, regent, met wednesday
| evening at the home OF the vice re-
| gent. Mrs. y p Webster. AS a mark
of respect to the memory of Miss
Fannie Buxton, whose death occurred
| in December. the meeting OF that
1 month was omitted.
The chapter voted to make CON
| trihution to the Kenmore Association
; for the purchase of the home OF Betty
! Lewis, at Fredericksburg, Va. Re-
uorts were read from various officers.
and the historian paid tribute TO Ben
! jamin Franklin and also told OF q
visit TO the home OF Nine. Jumel, III
! New York, and the interesting reVo-
| Iutionary relies to be seen there.
! Wendell Wolfe Chapter held its
January meeting at the home or its
chaplain, Mrs. l.. B. Stine, 20 Frank
lin street Assisting Mrs. Slime were
Mrs Ada c. Payne, Mrs. Thelma Irot-
| ter. Mrs. Mills. Mrs. w. c. Scott and
| Miss y. Annie Daniel The regent,
Mrs Harry G. Oberholser presided.
! The reports from members represent
ing the chapter on state committees
were received with unusual interest
and contributions were voted 10
number of patriotic and educational
objects. .
The chairman of the chapter Ii
brary committee, Mrs. A. ;. Boles.
reported that book had been pur-
chased for presentation to the Me-
mortal Continental Hall library. Mrs.
LYMAN F. kebler, state chairman OF
conservation and thrift. as a member
of the national thrift week commit
tee asked for contribution, which
was given by the chapter.
The doll bed sent to the chapter
by the Southern Industrial Institute
was bought by voluntary subscrlp-
tions and presented to Frie"shlp
House.
The speaker of the evening was
r. NJ Whitney, director of the Wash
ington bureau of the National De-
fense Society. Mr. Whitney's talk
was both interesting and instructive.
and forum generally participated
in by the chapter members. gave an
opportunity for added information.
on the evening of the 3lst of jan
uary the chapter will give benefit
card party at Hotel Roosevelt. Mrs.
ways and means committee, will be
assisted by Miss Margaret Dellett,
vice chairman, and Mrs. Walter X.
Metz. the chapters vice regent. A
| social hour was enjoyed.
Mary Bartlett Chapter met Friday
night at the residence of the Misses
Hadley, 1880 Harvard street. A large
number were present. After the
usual business, alternates for the
coming Continental Congress We're
elected as; follows: Miss Eliza beth
Peet. vice regent; Mrs. Frederick w.
Ashley, Mrs. Luther A. Swartzell,
Mrs. Julia T. Bodfish, Mrs. G. E. Kern.
Miss Mary l.. Hadley, Mrs H c.
Young, Miss Clara b. Hadley, Miss
Alice j., Kern and Miss E. Beall Gott.
PAPER was read from one of the
touchdown MEMBERSHIPS Charlotte
Bogardus---entitled "A May Morning
describing her experiences from TO
| 9 one morning in May on Round
Lake. n Y and the forty different
specimens of birds she encountered
The regular program, led by Mrs.
Ashley, was given. After a short
talk on Benjamin Franklin, recalling
some of the many modern reforms
that he advocated--suCh as daylight
saving, cafeteria", prohlbltlon' the
use of bifocal glasses and plan for
universal peace-NIrs. Ashley gave to
each member a quotation from Poor
Richard" After this was read aloud
1t was repeated in the sign language
by Miss Peet, professor at Gallaudet
College and expert in that language.
The program closed with brief ac-
count of the Monroe doctrine, fol-
lowed by a social hour.