Evening star., 1925-01-25

Louise p. Scofleld, presided.
After preliminary exercises a group
OF songs was sung by Mrs Archie l.
| Haycock, accompanied by Mrs. Isaac
| Birch.
Miss Caroline F.. Smith. past regent
and N. S. d. A. r.. chairman of COM
mittee on patriotic lectures and Ian.
tern slides, gave a picture story OF
the inception, birth, growth and life
| OF one great ID. A. r. organization
Excellent pictures appeared on the
screen of the founders and others
who assisted in organizing.
Miss Caroline Scott Harrison, the
| first president general was showr
wearing her inaugural gown. and
each president general in turn passed
by the last, Mrs. Anthony Wayne
Cook, with her cabinet officers, Mrs
| Fairbanks appearing a second time
| as the first president general to pre-
| side in the new Memorial Continental
Hail. Beautiful pictures of the inte-
rior and exterior of the hall and vi
cinity concluded an interesting lee
ture. The chapter members and
guests thanked Miss Smith and Mrs
tlaycock for most enjoyable hour.
The Dolly Madison Chapter met
| Tuesday evening at the home OF Mrs
! Charles Du Bois. with the regent
Mrs. A. A Birney, presiding and all
| officers present. Miss Flora johnson
and Mrs. Edgar K, Braselton were as
sistant hostesses.
The following delegates and alter
mates were elected for the congress
Mrs. r. E. Claughton, alternate to the
regent; Miss Flora johnson, dele
gate; Mrs. A. w. SpanhooId, alter
nate to delegate; board OF alternates
Mrs. Arthur d. Cali, Mrs. ]. d. Og-
den, Mrs. Ralph Barnard. Mrs
Charles Du Bois, Mrs. Anna L. Barr
Mrs. Hazel B. Jones, Mrs. E. A. Va
rela and Mrs. J. r. hewitt.
After the business meeting Miss
! Elizabeth Schraff gave a talk on South
America. and Mr.. and Mrs. w L.
| Braithwaite sang.
Dorothy Hancock Chapter.-A meet
ing or the executive board was held
| tuesday at pm. at the home OF
| Mrs. Marvin Tyler. After the dis
cussion of chapter business, Mrs.
| Tyler expressed her qualification at
| the splendid attendance of the chap
ter at the ball on Monday evening. at
| Wardman Park Hotel for the benefit
| of the new chapter house. Among
| the members who attended were Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Tyler. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. II. B. Lingo
| Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Adams. Miss
| Genevieve Hendricks. the Misses
| Williams, and a delightful party given
| by Maj. and Mrs. De Witt Jones, in
cluding Mrs. Georgia Knox Berry
Miss Marguerite Wilby. Maj. and Mrs
Ralph Ward. Maj. and Mrs. Watkins
Col. Knapp, Maj. wilby and Mai.
| Clifford Jones.
The Janet Montgomery Chapter m e.
! Tuesday at the home of Miss Mary
! Wingate, 2649 Garfield street 4
| luncheon was served by the hostess
after which the meeting was opened
with the regent, Mrs. Z. p. Weaver
| presiding. In the absence of the
chaplain, Mrs. z. w. Moore offered
prayer, and America" was sung. The
reports of the officers were presented
and the usual annual contributions
to the State Chapter for National
| Old Trails, Ellis Island, and scholar
ships were authorized.
The following program was then
| presented:
! Vocal solos by Mrs. Samuel Burleigh
| Milton, with guitar accompaniment
greetings from the president general
| Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, by Mrs
Frank Briggs. national recording sec
| rotary; talk on the organizing and
early history of the Janet Montgom.
| cry Chapter by its first regent Mrs
NJ. l.. Croxall, who also presented the
| chapter with a valuable scrap book
| OF notes and papers relating to Incl
| dents in the early history of the chap.
ter; Mrs. E. J. Hartshorn read a paper
on her revolutionary ancestors.
Capitol Society, Children of tn.
American RevoIution.-The Januar,
meeting of the Senior Division O.
| Capitol Society, was held on New
Year night at the home OF the pres
ident. Mrs. Henry Fenno Sawtelle
1920 Rhode Island avenue, and wa,
| one OF the most delightful affairs OF
the holiday season.
| Morris Parmele, junior president
presided at opening patriotic exer.
cises and business meeting, during
which the minutes of December meet.
ing were read by the secretary, Mis-:
| gave reports showing the society tc
be doing fine work along patriotic and
Americanization lines.
A request that Capitol Society
| Minuet be danced as a special fea.
! ture at the ball given by the Susan
| B. Anthony Foundation in the PLAY
House, was presented, and the follow.
| ing members selected to dance:
Elizabeth Sawtelle, Daisy Newkirk
| Virginia Thompson. Helen Nichols
Mary Isabel Howard, Robert Mickey
! Catharine Foster and Margaret
Duvall. Miss Peggy Stewart furnished
| the music for the dance.
Capitol Society has specialized or
| dancing the minuet ever since Its
| organization, and each member o,
| hof {tyr
are expected to own a colonial cos.
tune and are given the privilege OF
being trained in dancing a very beau.
| tiful minuet arranged especially fol
| Capitol Society by Prof. Victor Zeb.
ley. During the past year, members
have entertained with their dance a.
| d. A. r. meetings, American Legior
| Ball, Order of La Fayette, State
| societies and other programs of patri.
otic or charitable order.
Capitol Society has sponsored the
| special performances for children
given Saturday mornings as a help tc
better films, and for five performances
| eight senior members, under the
direction OF their president, served
| as ushers and at this meeting volun.
teers wern asked for to attend the
next performance in colonial costume
| and give the pledge of allegiance.
The society was requested by the
president to send her contributions of
| clothing, sewing, knitting and EN-.
| broidery materials and needles, pen.
| ellis, colored crayons. toys, books
dolls, etc, to fill the box to be Sent
from Capitol Society for Ellis Island
relief. They were also urged
to send to her the names of any
| friends or relatives who wished tc
| become members of the Junior O,
Senior Devision of Capitol Society.
| Capitol Society, being the Oldest
| c. A. r. Society in the District and
the second oldest in the whole organi-