Evening star., 1925-04-22
NOTED At ID. n. r. CONGRESS

NOlED HI Ds :
The portrait OF the late Mrs. Mat
thew II. Scott, honorary president
general. which is considered one of
the masterpieces of Emile Fuchs,
mas been loaned for the Illinois
room in Continental Memorial Hall
by Mrs. Scott's two daughters,
Mrs. Charles Bromwell and Mrs.
Carl Vrooman, wife of the former
Assistant Secretary OF Agriculture.
The silver bowl presented to Mrs.
Scott by the Daughters OF Illinois
when she was president general also
has been loaned for the Illinois room.
One of the prettiest members Of tn
Pennsylvania delegation, page at
the congress, is Miss Margaret p.
Humes. Miss Humes has demon
strated that a beautiful woman can
also be a most useful one, for she
devotes most of her time teaching in
the Car Creek Community Center in
the Kentucky mountains.
The Maryland State Society d. A.
r., is well represented at the congress.
Mrs. Daniel Mershon Garrison, State
regent, is taking an active part. Other
delegates here include Mrs. Henry M.
Robert, Mrs. George Feldmyer, Mrs.
L. p. Wilson, Mrs. J. II. Wright, Mrs.
w. w. Pollard, Mrs. J. G.. H. Lii
burn, Mrs. Bower Hodges, Miss Ella
Roberts, Mrs. III. B. Simmons, Miss
Elizabeth Bird, Mrs. w. II. Talbot,
Miss Laura E. Walker. Mrs. e. P.
Weaver, Miss Mary H. Wingate, Mrs.
A. M. Fulford, Mrs. r. II. Markell,
Mrs. E. D. Shriner. Mrs. Robert r.
Henderson, Mrs. Harry Frost, Mrs.
Morgan Baldwin, Mrs. D. NJ. Robin
son. Mrs. Z. B. Passano. Mrs. II. NJ.
Gault, Mrs. John ID. Wright, Mrs. NJ.
B. Wild. Mrs. Robert G. Hogan, Mrs.
II. H. Klinefelter. Mrs. Oscar Z. Webb,
Mrs. ]. p. Cough. Mrs. J. III. Gran
well, Mrs. F. 1. Mosher. Mrs j.
Charles Linthicum and Mrs. E. L.
Galloway.
The Georgia delegation is headed by
Mrs. Howard Mccall. vice president
general, and Mrs. julius Talmadge
state regent. The State meeting was
held yesterday in Memorial Con-
tinental Hall, with so delegates at.
tending. Much interest is being taken
in this delegation. as Mrs. Mccall is
being urged to allow her name to be
presented for president general for
1925.
Mrs. Richard Jackson Barker of
Rhode Island was among those re.
ceiving with Mrs. Mccall at the tea
given in honor of Mrs. Anthony
Wayne Cook yesterday. Mrs. Barker,
eX-vice president general, spent many
years in Georgia, where she is much
beloved, and her associations have al
ways been very close with the Georgia
members at Continental Congresses.
There are % chapters of the d. A.
X. in Oklahoma, with membership
OF 1,400. The largest chapter is at
Oklahoma City. The chapters are
widely separated, but, regardless of
this, patriotic work and activities are
we'll carried over the entire State.
Mrs. Andrew r. Hickam is state
regent and has done splendid work.
Oklahoma is 100 per cent in Ellis Is.
land contributions, also in the contri-
buttons for the manual for immi-
grants, the national Old Trails road.
the Rembrandt Peale portrait of
George Washington and has also made
gifts to the Caroline Scott Harrison
Memorial, Philippine scholarship and
many other causes.
Oklahoma boasts one real daugh.
ter, Mrs, Sarah Starnes Ellis of Ant
lers, who is 80 years old, and the
her greetings, cards and gifts.
The Oregon State delegation, of
which Mrs. P. NJ. Brandt is State Ii
brarian, has presented the following
books to the library of Memorial Con-
tinental Hall: Centennial History of
Oregon" History, of Pacific North
west The Yamhills,'' given by Yam
hill Chapter: Early Days in Oregon -
given by Umpqua Chapter; THE
Adams Family Record" given by
Sarah Childress Polk Chapter; Eleven
Bible Record" given by Winema
Chapter; Oregon History" BY Har-
vey Scott. given by Multnomah Chap
ter. Most of the subjects are in two
or more volumes. Mrs. Seymour
Jones is State regent of Oregon.
The Office used by President Will
son when he was struggling young
lawyer has been marked temporarily
by his portrait hung in the window
by the Georgia State d. A. r.
Only two wives of Presidents of
the United States were members of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, and they were both Ohio wom-
en-, the late Mrs. Florence King Hard
ing and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison. Mrs.
Harding was a member of the Capt.
William Hendricks Chapter of Marion
and Mrs. Harrison was the first
president general.
The amplifier now in use in the
Washington Auditorium was gracious
ly loaned to the Daughters of the
American Revolution by the United
States Signal Corps.
The historical and literary reciproc-
ity committee of the d. A. r. was
formed for collecting facts prepared
in good literary style concerning
revolutionary times. Mrs Herbert
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