The Washington times., 1925-04-21
D A R CONSIDERS HIGHER DUES AND SI8250O0 AUDITORY
D. A. r. Sidelights

No general session of the thirty
fourth congress Of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution issched
uled for this afternoon, the after
noon being reserved for mestings
Of state delegations and nationa
committees.
MANY of the State delegations have
their meetings in the form
of luncheons and teas, to be helC
at the hotels. Others are holding
their meetings in the State rooms
at Memorial Continental Hall.
The South Carolina State meeting
is scheduled for ESQ this afternoon
in the South Carolina room OF the
administration building.
The Michigan delegation was to o
held at the Hotel Powhatan at 2:5t
o'clock
West Virginia Daughters arranged
a luncheon meeting at the Willard
Hotel at 1890 today.
1.-THE committee of children 81
Sons and Daughters of the Republic
are to meet at 4:30 this afternoon
in the Michigan room at the ID. A. 4
Hall.
North Carolina delegates were
to meet ct $50 in the North
CaronIla room of the D. A. r.
Hall.
The Vermont State meeting
was scheduled for 8 o'clock in
the Vermont room.
California Daughters arranged
their meeting for 2:3O in the
California room.
Kentucky delegates are to meet
at 4 o'clock in the Kentucky
The Iowa delegation were 10
meet at 3 o'clock in the Iowa
room OF the Memorial Continental
The Pennsylvania Daughters
were to hold their annual State
luncheon at the Willard at
Most OF the other delegations
were scheduled to gather for their
annual meetings in the State
rooms at Memorial Continental
Hail.
A reception viii be held this
evening at the University CluD
by the Society OF Mayflower De-
scendants in the District for Wis
iting members Of the society IN
attendance at the congress.
Many daughters accepted 4
special invitation from Doctor
William Mather Lewis. president
of George washington University.
to view the Yale movie. the
battles of Lexington and Con-
corr" at Corcoran Hall yester-
day afternoon.
& tea for the Colonial Danes
viii be held tomorrow evening
from to { o'clock at the CLUB
for Colonial Danes, 172I *
street northwest.
The big aanpiifiers were balky
Yesterday Afternoon and during
mart OF the session refused to.
work at all, much to the discou1-
future of those seated in the back
of the auditorium. After many
roars and growls the loud speak
ers finally began to work again.
Meanwhile radio fans nnong the
audience felt much at home.
Once more during the aIter-
noon, when the registrar general,
Mrs. James II. Stansfield, was
making her report the ampltfiers
became silent. There was 20
much complaint from those in
the back that the report was
postponed for q few minutes
while the mechanics worked TO
restore their power. The audi
ence passed the time by singing
America"
Miss Eugenia Lejeune IL hav.
ing a busy time on the platform
trying to keep up with Mrs.
Anthony Wayne Cook, president
general, for whom she IL per-
sonal page. Every time Mrs.
Cook rises her page does The
same.
Registrars and concessionaires
in the basement do land.office
business during the noon hour
recesses. Some delegates were
still arriving just before the af-
ternoon session yesterday.
In spite Of the chilly weather,
today's gathering brought out one
of the most colorful crowds
winch ever SaLneT0u mere ne
thousands of women with their
gayly -colored Easter clother pre-
scented a medley OF hues and
shades to accentuate the un-
broken white worn by the 10
pages.
Some Of the girls felt a little
self.conscious as they wendell
their way through the chilly
streets to the auditorium in their
plain white costumes. They
looked more at home inside the
convention hall and to all OF
them the white lent an attrac--
tive freshness and charm.
The group of ,arnplifiers placed
in front OF the stage made the
speeches audible to the far cor