Evening star., 1925-04-23


Iowa has the largest number of
Daughters of the American Revolution
In proportion to it's population west of
New Jersey. Iow.a's last real Daugh-
ter, Mrs. L. f. Andrews, Abigail
Adams Chapter, Des Moines, has
passed on, and her grave has been
marked with bronze tablet.
The California delegation has head
quarters at the Powhatan Hotel. Mrs.
III. j. Mannhart of Berkeley is State
regent; Mrs. c. B. Boothe. vice presi-
dent general, and the other Daughters
from the Pacific Coast are Mrs. Z. S.
Brown, Sacramento: Mrs. Lyman
Farmer, Lamoore; Mrs. h. II. Whit
taker and Mrs. H. P. Head, Santa Bar
bara; Miss Lizzie B. Cowles and Miss
Lucie D. Cowles, Santa Monica; Mrs
{. II. Baker, Los Angeles Miss Sarah
Z. Rule, Alhambra; Mrs. c. II.
Gumaer, San Diego: Mrs. George P.
Bent, Los Angeles; Mrs. r. M. Zug,
Hollywood; Mrs. Helen d. Jewell and
Mrs. c. Scott, Claremont;- Mrs. H. B.
Hird, Palo Alto; Miss Cora Clement,
Berkeley; Mrs. w. T. Baggett and
Mrs. T. H. Johnston, San Francisco,
and Mrs. G. b. Fuller. Riverside.
Mrs. W. w. Hamilton of the Mon.
tana delegation is at the Lee House.
Mrs. Hamilton formerly lived in the
East and during her 13 years resi-
dence in Montana has been active in
politics, having had the honor of be-
Ing sent to the State Legislature by
Phillips County.
Mrs. George Maynard Minor, hon
orary president general is the guest
during the congress of Mrs. George
White, former curator general.
The four publicity pages are of
great assistance to Mrs. Amos A.
Fries and the members of the press.
They are Miss Miriam Apple of the
Frederick, Md, Chapter; Miss Nyce
Feldmeyer of the Peggy Stewart Tea
Party Chapter, Annapolis; Miss Sarah
DUB. Sweeney of the Delaware Coun.
ty Chapter. of Chester, Pa, and Miss
Marjorie Cole Tinker of Huguenot
Park, Staten Island, representing AS
tenrogen Chapter of Little Falls, n. Y.
DIR. and Mrs. j. w. Dunbar of the
Institute of Practical Arts for Immi.
grants and their children, Old Con-
cord, Pa, are in attendance at the
convention and have very interest
ing exhibit. This school is the Hamp-
ton of the North.
Miss Alice O'Leary, page, is a mem
Der of Gen. Henry Dearborn Chapter
of Chicago. Miss O'Leary will remain
in Washington next week to attend
the Congress of the Daughters of 1912,
to which she is also elected page.
Among the noted women attending
the congress is Mrs. Frank o. Low
den, wife of former Gov. Lowden of
Illinois. She Is accompanied by Miss
Florence Low.
Mrs. Noble Newport Potts of the
District delegation is the District pres
ident of the United States Daughters
of 1912. Mrs. Potts will make a re-
port on her campaign to oppose the
spread of pacifist propaganda in
women's organizations at the conven-
ton of the Daughters of 1872, to open
at the New Willard Monday.
Miss Helen Thompson, one of the
floor pages, was a debutante last sea
Thompson, U. S. N, retired, and Mrs.
Thompson.
Former State regents of the Dis
trict at the congress are Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey, Mrs. Howard l..
Hodgkins, Mrs. George T. Smallwood,
Mrs. Charles W. Richardson, Mrs.
Frank Foster Greenawalt. Mrs. Gaius
NJ. Brumbaugh, Mrs. Francis A. st.
Clair and Mrs. William B. Hardy.
The District has been very fortu-
nate in securing as America niZation
chairman Mrs Walter w. Husband,
wife of the Commissioner of Immigra-
ton. The wide scope of the Ameri-
canization work in the District by the
D. A r. has placed the organization