Evening star., 1925-11-01
y. A. r. ACTIVITIES

and Mrs. Velma Sylvester Barber were
most interesting. They told of the eff
tort being made to have stone from
the historical Aqua Creek quarries
used in the construction of the Capitol
| Building and the White House. The dis
! cussion then turned to history of the
section occupied by Continental Hall.
and Mrs. Turner showed the chapter
a painting she had made of the old
| Burns cottage, once marking n toll
gate, which was in the vicinity of
/ Seventeenth street and New York ave-
! nue.. Mrs. Turner presented the chap
ter with the history of the u. A r., in
pamphlet form. Mrs. c. c. Coombs and
/ Mrs. A. b. Snavely, chairman and rep
resentative, respectively. of the State
/ patriotic education committee. urged
members to attend the open meeting in
! February. Mrs. Coombs, as a member
/ of the new audit orium committee eX-
planned various ways of raising money
! to he employed;- the buying of boxes
/ by each State and the buying of chairs
/ as memorials to chapters and to indi-
/ viduals; the buying of bonds, from $50
| TO $1,000 bearing interest at the rate
! of per cent. Mrs. CoombS urged the
! chapter TO do its part as an organiZa-
ton. and asked members to invest in
| bonds. A bond-Selling committee was
suggested, with Miss Nellie Ct. Ross as
Plans We're made for a card party TO
be given by the chapter on the eve
ming of December l at the Woman's
! City Club. Those on the committee
having charge of arrangements are:
Miss Nellie G.. Ross, Mrs Rosamond
Ashby, Mrs. Paul Anderson. Mrs. W.
! w. Wallace. Mrs. Jason Waterman,
Mrs. \. +. Snavely, Mrs. Childress E.
GWyn. Mrs. William l.. Mattocks.
Mrs. Thomas J. Dickson and Mrs. II.
{. Gauss.
At the close of the business meeting
Mrs Harper. regent. introduced her
cousin, Miss Annie Sanford Head of
Boston and niece of former Gov.
Head OF Nassa chuSettS. She was at
one time regent of the Boston Tea
Party Chapter and later founded
chapter in honor of one of her an-
ceStors, Lydia Partridge Whiting. Miss
Head told of experiences she had re-
Gently during a trip to the Pacific
Coast with the president general, Mrs
Anthony Wayne Cook. OF special in
ltereSt was her information about
Angel Island in the Pacific, which is
comparable to Ellis Island on the At
lantic Coast. As a parting tribute she
presented, The chapter with a leather
bound guest book, gold embossed with
the date, the chapters name and the
dOner'S name. She was given a rising
vote OF thankS and the guests present
were asked to sign. They included: Mrs
Jessie Emery Lees, Miss Wilmuth
Gary, Mrs. Sloan. Miss Sloan Miss
Leonora Jones. Mrs. Emily Marsh and
Lieut.. Col. Thomas j. Dickson.
A musical program was rendered by
Mrs. Marsh. Miss Jones and Miss
Sloan: Mrs. Marsh sang Joy" by Gall,
and My Lover the Fisherman" by
Strickland. Miss Sloan PLAYED cello
selections and Miss Jones piano solos
Martha Washington Chapter held its
first meeting of the season October 20
at the home of its regent. Miss Ida NJ
Peck, who presided. Reports of Off
GERS were given. Mrs. Yorks, past re-
of the September meeting of the his
toric committee.
Mrs. Hardy reported on American
tional relations. Revision of bylaws
the regent, from Mrs. Anthony Wayne
Cook and Mrs. Hattie NJ. Beaners.
were reed. Motion was made
and carried by Miss NIilligan (vice re-
gent for a cash contribution to Berry
School. The chapter regrets the death
of Mrs. Davis, an active member.
After adjournment a social hour was
enjoyed.
Victory Chapter, Miss kathrina l.
Harvey, regent, held it's October meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Benjamin B.
Hunt, Cleveland Park, with a large
attendance. Reports of the work done
bN- the different commit taaS Ure1.a