Evening star., 1925-03-01
d. A. r. ACTIVITIES

father. Mrs. Key McBlair is a mem
ber of the Ruth Brewster Chapter.
The regent, Mrs. Greenawalt, who Is
known locally as the Key Lady" for
her work in the naming of the Key
Bridge and her attempts to save the
Key mansion, etc. read an original
article upon The Life and Character
OF Francis Scott Key and the Writing
9f the National Anthem :
Mrs. Bruce Macarthur entertained
with recitations. A supper was
served. Several guests were present,
not ID. A. RS, among whom was Mrs:
Arthur Davenport of Charles Town.
president of the Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs of Charles Town, w. Va.
Capitol Chapter held its February
meeting at the home of Mrs. F. E.
Upton, 1885 Tenth street northwest,
with Mrs. NJ. A. Macmillan, Miss
Acheson and Miss Frazier to assist as
hostesses.
The meeting was called to order and
presided over by the regent, Mrs. c.
b. Nagle. After the opening exercises
reports were given by the various
officers and committees.
The name of Mrs. Artureas Cas-
sanova, Jr, was proposed for member
ship. Appropriations were made for
Iamassa Industrial School in South
Carolina: School Of Practical Arts at
Old Concord, Pa: Schefffer Training
School at Cleveland Ohio; second in
stallment for George Washington u,
fund, and the new flag for Continental
Hall
Inc regent, Mrs. Nagle also re-
ported a successful card party held
at her home to raise funds for a do
nation TO the new Chapter House, and
the vice regent, Mrs. Hazen, turned
over the proceeds of a card party
she gave at her home TO raise funds
Ior donation toward furnishing the
District room in Convention Hall.
A delegate and alternates were
elected to the annual national con-
vention to be held in April.
The Capt. Wendell Wolfe Chapter
met at the home of Mrs. Clara A.
Stine February "a. Mrs. Stine was
assisted by Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Ur1ni,
Misses Cardwell and Jordan, and
there was large attendance, an un-
usual occurrence being the presence
OF four of the associate members,
Mrs. Cough, Mrs. Urmi, Mrs. Gleis-
ner and Miss Elizabeth Kilgore. Mrs.
Hazen of the Vanderburg Chapter,
Evansville, Ind, was a guest The
regent, Miss Bertha Frances Wolfe.
presided. The corresponding secre-
tary, Miss Wheelock being absent
her report was read by Miss Harriet
Chase, the most important item being
the reading of letter from the or
ganizing secretary general, Mrs
Walker, informing the chapter that
the petition for the addition of the
title Of the Revolutionary patriot and
ancestor of the founder of the chap
ter, Miss Wolfe, to the name of the
chapter, had been granted by the
national board of management, and
that hereafter the chapter will be
known as the Capt. Wendell Wolfe
Chapter The letter was received
with enthusiasm, as it was the
unanimous wish of the chapter that
the title be added. The registrar,
Mrs. Boles, presented the name of
Mrs. Richard Buchanan, a member of
the Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter,
Indianapolis. Ind, for associate mem
bership, and Mrs. Buchanan was
unanimously elected. The registrar
also presented the chapter With
volume l of the chapter lineage pa
pers, which she had just had bound
Letters were ordered written to
Miss Mabel E. Wheelock, correspond
ing secretary, expressing the SYM
pathy OF the chapter for her in the
loss of her mother and the serious
illness of her sister, and to Mrs.
Edith B. Dinwiddie, the oldest mem
Der of the chapter in point of years,
who has been seriously i'll for some
weeks. The chairman of the ways
and means committee, Miss Luke, re-
ported handsome sum realized from
the benefit card party held January
81. 1t was voted to give a dinner
in the spring, and Mrs. L. c. Hover
was appointed chairman of the din
ner committee, the time and place to
be fixed by the committee A con-
tribution was voted to the fund now
being raised by the chapters of the
District for the purpose of buying a
new District flag. The election of a
delegate and alternates to Conti-
mental Congress. which convenes
April 20, resulted as follows: Dele
gate, Mrs. Clara A. Slime; alternates,
Mrs H. NJ. Vandervort, Mrs. Ruth b.
Parker, Mrs. Alvin T. Hert of Louis
Vile, Ky; Mrs. w. A Folger, Miss
Mabel f. Wheelock, Miss Anna E.
Edwards. Mrs. r. c. Wilson, Mrs. B.
". Rector, Miss Frances Davis Shir-
ley and Miss Lula Purcell The regent
and vice regent, Miss Wolfe and Mrs.
Payne, are members of the congress
by virtue of their respective ofices,
to the regent A nominating commit
tee for the purpose of making nomi-
nations for the various Offices to be
filled at the election in May was
also elected, as follows: Chairman,
Mrs. Payne; Mesdames Leavitt, Hover
and Morgan and Miss Harriet Chase
The next meeting will be held March
"a, with Mrs. H. NJ. vandervort.
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tanned at its February meeting by
Mrs. w. L. Gutelius, S04 Taylor street,
assisted by her daughter Miss Frances
Gutelius. Mrs. Ida K. Thorne, the
regent, presided. The meeting was
well attended and full of interest.
After the opening exercises reports
from various committees were heard
and delegates and alternates elected
for the Thirty-fourth Continental
Congress, convening in April: Mrs.
Ida K. Thorn. delegate; alternates,
Mrs. Mabel K. Won Dachenhausen,
Mrs. C. E. Hesse, Mrs. N. v. Pattie.
Mrs. Adolph Bowdler, Miss Virginia
T.. Gates, Mrs. W. L. Gutelius and
Miss Frances Gutelius. A social hour
ensued.
Columbia Chapter met Tuesday
evening at the home of Mrs C. II.
Rowland, 2412 Pennsylvania avenue.
Assisting hostesses were Mrs. Paul
Anderson, Mrs. w. w Wallace, Mrs.
A. d. Mckenzie and Miss Dora Bailey.
Each member upon arriving was
given a George Washington favor, in
the form of pin to wear, and the
regents table held tiny cherry tree
and sentinel row of red, white and
blue hyacinths. The regent, Mrs.
Charles c. Coombs. used a gavel, in
the form of a small red and gold
hatchet, In calling the meeting to
order.
Mrs. F. B. Savage, chaplain, read a
prayer by George Washington. Mrs.