The Washington times., 1925-04-21

nerS OF the hall winch We're ali
crowded to the utmost. Even in
the galleries which were opened to
the public, there were no extra
seats.
Miss Eugenia Lejeune. daugh-
ter of Major General John A.
Lejeune. in addition to being the
most honored OF the pages, be.
cause of her special assignment
to the President General, was
one Of the busiest on the floor.
She and her sister Miss Laura,
page to the Chaplin General were
among the most CONSPICUOUS,
spending most of their time on
the platform.
The morning session was kept
almost in time with it's schedule,
arranged weeks in advance. An
attempt is being made by Mrs.
Cook to keep things running
along smoothly enough so that
the programs will come as sclIed-
uled.
The session was nearly an hour
late getting started and the presi-
dent general announced that
thereafter all sessions would
start on time IL she and the
bugler were the only ones present.
In spite of the restriction placed
on their costumes, the pages
managed to display great deal
of variety in the makeup OF
their. attire. Most Of the girls
chose TO wear severe straight
lined sport suits.
In making her program com
n1ittee report, Mrs. Frank w.
MondelI, chairman, explained that
the business of the society has
grown to such proportions that
the day sessions can not be used
for anything but business sessions
and that most Of the addresses
by guest speakers were arranged
for the evening sessions.
Most OF the officers were carry.
ing corsages when they made
their annual reports. In several
cases the flowers shook violently.
betraying the speakers nervous
ness.
Long haired and bobbed Hatred
girls are about evenly divided
among the ranks of the pages,
though there is an overwhelming
majority in favor OF long hair
among the daughters.
Both the morning and evening
session yesterday drew capacity
audiences to the Auditorium, but
in the afternoon there were many
vacant seats.
The oldest delegate in attend.
ance at the Congress il Mrs. Julia
G.. Anderson, ninety years old, of
New Jersey. Among those who
have travelled the greatest dis
lance to be present are Mrs.
Truman s. Holt, State Regent OF
the orient OF Manila and Mrs.
H. s. Dickerson, of Shanghai.
Financial affairs OF the Society
are on the ups" according to
the report by Mrs. Alfred Bros
seau, of Detroit. In her report
Mrs. Brosseau said that SIS, 900
was paid off during the year on
the 100000 debt on the admins
tration building.
Mrs. Cooke in her annual re-
port said that when Henry Clay
Drexel, Of Delaware was pre-
scented with the d. A. r. cup
for being the Inidshipman 1T the
Naval Academy rated as the,
highest in seannanship, he re-
marked:
''Sow am a Daughter Of
the American Revolution.
Mrs. Cooke said that hereafter
a dress sword will be awarded
instead Of q cup.
There was little evidence Of po.
litical feeling in the sessions yes
terday. Every one joined together
to make the opening sessions har
monious. When Mrs. Mondell
came forward to offer her greet
ings as president OF the Children
OF the American Revolution, how
ever, she was greeted with a
round Of applause by those who
are backing her for the presidency
next year.
Mrs. Cook will be honored at a
tea at the New Willard this after
noon. Those who will receive will
be Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, Mrs.
Julius Talmadge and Mrs. Charles
Talmadge.
Mrs. Frank G.. Odenheimer will
entertain at a buffet luncheon at
the Congressional apartments to-
morrow in compliment to Mrs:
James M. Schick, state regent OF
Virginia.
The Georgia State Club will
hold a reception tonight at the
washington Club, 1901 K street
northwest, in honor OF the Georgia
delegation to the congress. There
will be dancing from 10 to
O'Clock.
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