Evening star., 1926-04-25
D. A. R. SUBSCRIBE
!: HEAVILY FOR HALL
Thousands Given Toward
Fund as Convention
Comes to an End.

The thirtV-fifth Continental Ton
Eress If the Daughters of The Amer1'
can Revolution came I" close lAte
yesterday afternoon amid golden
shower Of contributions toward the
g.. 900 600 fund with which the society
intends 70 erect Constitutional Hall.
in the rear of Memorial continental
Hall. its historic home on Seven
tenth street.
The deluce took the form first OF
outright gifts through the purchase
of chairs in The new auditorium,
where future Continental congresses
will he convened. To offer the mem
bers of the society some tangible
manner of subscribing toward the
fund. the audi orium committee is
selling the chairs for Sl2a each.
The purchaser has the privilege
fhen Of dedicatnc the chair 10 some
worthy person or purpose. and SO an
nouncinc the fact on a silver plate
to he attached to the hack Of the
chair As an additional attraction.
The various States for which the 4S
boxes are to he named have been
offered the privilege OF buying the
boxes for 81 900 each.
Boxes Nearly All Gone.
In he course of The congress
number Of these boxes were pur-
chased and il was formally announced
at the CLOSING session Yesterday that
only three remained tn he sold and
that they were being held for the
States for which they were to he
named. the national officers having
leen assured that the necessary
money would he ised in ample time.
This however. started anew de-
mand for the chairs that remain to
he sold. For more than an hour the
delegates clamored to announce their
purchases from the floor and al
though he clerks We're unable to an
nounce immediately how much had
been subscribed. it was generally con-
ceded that the total viii run well
into FIVE figures.
Many of the delegates dedicated
their chairs to reVotui innarN anceSt-
ors. but others chose 10 honor persons
NJ mere recent Dimes. One dele sale
from PennsylV 3nI1 nurchs sed a chair
in honor of the retiring president
general. Mrs. Anthonv WAYNE Cook.
immediately anoIher delegate from
the sa me State said she had intended
doing the same thing. AMI asked Mrs.
Cook If she would thlect - having
two chairs NAMED in her honor.
Roosevelt and I ee Honorpd.
mo. indeed not" answered Irs.
Cook. laughing. AS long As ii brings
In contributions Nou can name as
many chairs You wan, after me.
Miss Janet Richards Of The District
then dedicated a chair 10 Theodore
Roosevelt. and when a woman from
Texas announced in ella rion tones that
she wished to dedicate cne TO Robert
E. Lee, the house broke out in ap-
rlause. Another delegate from the
District next brought cheers when she
announced that she wished to sub
scribe TO $40. 600 worth of bonds in the
name of Our Flag Chapter, Of this
city. Her identity could not he
learned
A delegate from Vermont bought
two chairs and dedicated one to
President Coolidge and the other 10
Mrs. Coolidge. South Carolina
promptly bought two and dedica ed
them to Woodrow Wilson. North
Carolina Immediately matched its
southern sister with similar dona-
tton and dedication. Col. WALKER Scott
NJ New York. the ~ ndwich man"
who treated the whole house Friday
piknl, FpnIT'nlFeO 81 .HUh IN ca
All Buy Washington Chair.
When A delegate asked permission
10 buy chair in honor Of George
Washington. another delegate nro-
tested that every one should he given
n opportunity ~ subscribing To such
an honor. Mrs. Cook suggestad I'd thai
1ch delegates each subscribe a dollar
to the Washington chair. and the en-
tire quota was soon filed. Other
interesting contributions we're made.
hut they came too fast for immediate
recording.
The last minutes of the Thirty-fifth
Continental Congress were not with
cut their sorrowful phase. They
marked the passing Of the administra
ton Of Mrs. Cook as president gen,
eral. This tribute to the retirement
of Mrs. Cook was in no manner a 70
hection unon the personal popularit,
of Mrs. Alfred j. Brosse8u. the new
president general who as treasurer
general during the past three wears
had much to do with the successful
campaign for the beginning of Con
stitution Hall
Fut from every side II was declared
that never before have the Daughters
of the American Revolution had a
president general who was so unani.
rously admired as was Mrs. Cook.
Greeted With Kiss.
In pinnins the blue insignia Of Of.
hce upon Mrs. Rrosseau At her in.
duction during the closing minutes
yesterday afternoon. Mrs Cook
wished her success and Godspeed'
and then took the new nresident-cen-
eral in her arms and kissed her af.
fectionately. The auditorium burst
into enthusiastic applause at this
mark Of affection.
The other newly elected national Of
fcers were then INDICTED into office
and the new State regents and State
vice regents We're formally confirmed.
There was no more business before
the congress and the hour for ad.
iournment Of the most tranquil and
possibly most progressive congress in
the history Of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution had arrived. The
delegates left the hall singing Aud
Lang Syne."
Last night they reassembed for
their annual dinner. but it bore no
Official rela ton tn the congress The
dinner was held in the main ballroom
of the Willard Hotel and its brilliancy
was more social than anything else.
The newly installed national officers
occupied places Of honor and il was
one function to which the huSba ndS
~ the dele gates were entitled 10 he