Evening star., 1926-04-20
BY ALICE ROGERS HAGER.


The brilliant meeting Of the d. A.
II. last night brought many famous
folk of Washington onto the plat
form for the delectation Of those who
had travelled far to the congress.
There was the President, Of course,
but. to the disappointment Of many,
without Mrs. Coolidge. There was
M. Henri Berenger, the French Am
bassador. There were ell the ma
tional officers of the society. most
gayly and beautifully dressed, with
the white silk garbed pages fitting
In and out. And in the front row.
just beyond Mr.. Coolidge, sat "Prin-
cess" Alice Longworth, in a red
family smile recording humorous
passages in the speeches-particu-
larly when Senator Reed Of Penn
sylvania INDUCED in a whack at her
husband and the House of Repre-
sentatives.. The friendly Mr.. Long
worth had two laughs at his ex-
pense, as the Girl Scouts in the hall
unwittihgly footed a horn just as he
began to speak, and he remarked.
rather plaintively, II had hoped the
band would stay on the stage"
The little drum major of the Girl
Scouts Fife and Drum Corps almost
DcHL pdCkWdTu SeSleEudy e'CAy tlAAC
she led her band" in escorting Mrs.
Cook. Her dignity, her skill. her
swagger and her own size, as COM
pared to that Of the shiny baton she
carried, would have put to shame
many a veteran leader. She could
keep time. too. and the girls stepped
out bravely after her. silencing the
bigger band that had been playing at
the site of Constitution Hall-to-be,
when they came ruffiing down the
street to the tune of Gen. Pierson."
Holyoke, Mass, their home city.
must be justly proud Of them.
Mrs. Beavers Conspicuous.
Mrs. John Beavers, state regent for
the District of Columbia, and a candi-
date for vice president general, was
on the floor all day yesterday. Mrs.
Beavers has a long record Of work in
the society, beginning with Offices in
her own chapter, the Dolly Madison
next to the oldest here-and going on
up through the grades of State cor
responding secretary and State vice
regent. She served during the war
on the national liberty loan commit:
tee of the Daughters, and later has
been on the national auditorium COM
mittee. Outside the society she is a
member Of the Committee on Law En-
forcement, and she was head OF the
unit that worked for the American
Hospital at Neuilly. She was born in
Fairburg, Ill. and is a member of the
p. L. Q.
Another candidate for vice president
general is Mrs. Julius Talmadge of
Athens, Ga, who has been national
chairman of the student loan fund
She, too, has held the full roster OF
chapter and State offices. with chair
manship of various State committees.
But her special interest has been in
the student work. particularly in that
at the University Of Georgia, in her
home city. Here her own small
chapter gave $500 out of the $4,000
fund raised. Mrs. Talmadge is a
member Of the Colonial Danes, the
Order of the Crown, the Daughters of
the Barons Of Runnymede. the Daugh-
ters of the American Colonies, the
Daughters Of 1912. the United Daugh-
terS of the Confederacy and the Aux
iliary to the American Legion! l think
that deserves an exclamation point.
Acting as parliamentarian, al
though she is not a d. A. r., is
Mrs. Lillian Cole Bethel, national
OH IuI0S anu
Mrs. Bethel comes from Ohio, and
has been a teacher Of general natural
science and parliamentary law in
clubs, civic organizations and COL
leges for many years. She has writ
ten two books, one on civil govern
ment and the other q compendium
of procedure. She is parliamenta-
rian for two other organizations as
well as the Congress-the League of
American Pen Women, and the Ma
tional Council of Indians.
Mrs. j. w. Marsh. president of
the Women's City Club OF Pitts
burgh, Pa, is stopping with her
delegation at the Mayfiower. She is
past regent of the Pittsburgh
chapter.
Indiana delegates to the Congress
will give a lunch at the Powhatan
tomorrow, when Mrs. Ross, State
regent, will be the guest of honor.
Mrs. Henry NJ. Beck, retiring vice