Evening star., 1925-02-08

Deborah Knapp Chapter met Janu-
ary u, at the home of the regent.
Mrs. George T. Smallwood. 2723 Con-
necticut avenue, the assisting host
esses being Mrs. Frank Fuller and
Miss Anna Slaughter. Twenty mem
bers and 10 guests were served with
buffet supper at ESQ pm, the reg
ular meeting being called to order at
s, Mrs. Smallwood presiding Fol-
lowing reports of officers. the regis
trar, DR.. Nellie Hopper Barrett, said
that the membership of the chapter
was 81, one member, Mrs. TRULY, hav-
ing passed away. and Miss Sadie Has
kell having been admitted to mem
bership. DIR. Barrett also reported
six names had been presented to the
chapter, to be voted on when quail
fed. Mrs. Gertrude Moser, chairman
of membership, submitted the name
of Mrs Phoebe l.. Ward Carter, who
was elected to membership in the
chapter, and the names OF Miss Alice
de Coverly and Mrs. Ruby Winston
Wiley, who came in by transfer, and
Mrs Allen Irving Smith. whose names
had been approved by the committee.
and they We're elected to mem bership
at a special meeting of the chapter,
which was called by the regent i'm
Mrs. Frank Fuller, chairman of Con-
tinental Hall committee, gave a de-
tailed report of the plans of the state
committee for the refurnishinE of the
District room at Memorial Continen-
tai Hall. and on motion sum was
appropriated toward the purchase ot
q rug for this room. Mrs. William
:. Parks of Chapter House commit
tee, told of the plans for the cara
party and dance to be given FOR the
benefit of the Chapter House fund.
and asked contributions of prizes for
the card party, and 20 were donated
by members of the chapter.
Mrs. Gertrude Moser. chairman of
Americanization committee, submitted
a request from the State committee
for donations of silk flags and books
for the school for immigrants.
Other committee chairmen that re-
ported were: Mrs. Frederick G. Bryan,
who spoke in protest against the
establishment of the proposed bathing
beach. soon to be opened on the
speedway, and Mrs. Harry Parkinson
of the library committee, who told of
the plans for raising funds for the
library at Continental Hall.
Following the business session. the
regent announced that she had re-
uuested several of the members OF
the chapter to give a four-n minute
talk on some subject of interest. and
those who contributed to the program
were: Dr. Nellie Hopper Barrett, who
gave reading of the poem, Il Am an
American" by Joseph Riis; Mrs. James
NJ. Wiley. State vice regent, who read
two original poems, written by the
father of Miss Ethelyn Bassett Hall
regent of John Hall Chapter, a short
time before his death, and Miss Anna
Slaughter. who gave an instructive
account of her work in the Girls
Friendly Society.
Miss Helen Stout. past. director. who
was a guest of the chapter. urged the
members 10 interest themselves in
the work of the children of the
ID. A. r.
Other guests were Miss Amy Gilbert
of State Center, Iowa, vice president
general of the \. 5. ID. A. r.; Mrs. s
Austin Mccarthy, regent of Colonia
Danes Chapter; Mrs. WILDER M. Milai
of Akron, Ohio. national chairman OF
conservation General Federation o1
Women's Clubs; Mrs. MahIon A
Winter, regent of Federal City Chap
ter; Mrs. Charles Alger and Mrs. Cors
l. Meyers, all of whom comp1imenteG