Evening star., 1926-04-22
.NEWD.A.R. ERASEEN
ON ELECTION DAY
Harmony Assures Successful
Administration for
Mrs. BroSSeau.
BY ALICE ROGERS HAGER.

necessary last nlghG to foreSee a har-
7nonious and successful term ahead
for the Observation-Disclosures. so much
n love feast was the Daughters as
sembly for nominations. The voting
today is a mere formality, with the
S1rception of the contested Office of vice
president general, and will set the
seal upon new era in the society, for
which Mrs. Cook has worked patiently
and unstintedly. They are a very hand
some and distinguished group, this
new board that Mrs. Alfred j. Bros
seau VIII head as president general
Mr.. BroSSeau was there last night,
looking very proud and plea ased, and
Gen. Helmtck, looking quite ditto, was
with him. Up in the balcony, in one
OF the boxes, sat Adam Wyant of the
Herbert NJ. Lord, director of the
budget who also got themselves in
troduced by Mrs. Cook as trailing
clouds of their wives glory.
Great Deal of Oratory.
There was a great deal of oratory,
beginning with Gov. Farrington's
clear and friendly speech about
Hawaii and the presentation Of its
ul IldS. COklI2iultlS "lIIl lIlc
impassioned eXhortation of Rev. w.
Warren Giles of East Orange. who
was able to be very funny indeed
when he chose. and who informed his
audience that Princeton was the only
oasis in all the Jersey desert. One
rather wondered what sort of an oasis
he meant Then nominating speeches
began and flourished, with only Ver-
mont presenting its candidate on the
basis of strict common sense"
Mrs. Eli Helmick, slated as regis
trar general, told a funny story on
herself and Gen. Helmick about the
time when they We're in their first
post and very young at it. Jimmy"
Harbord-the same Gen. James q. >"
who wired the thouSand-dollar check
from Paris recently-waS an old
school friend of theirs: and having by
some fluke failed to make the enr
trance examinations to West Point,
he had come West, enlisted In
Lieut." Helmicks company. and was
working his way up to a commission.
But, OF course. SO long as he was in
the ranks he was persona non grata
socially at the post. Mrs. Helmick
ovefTode the unwritten law as long
as she safely could by inviting him to
the house frequently. When she
found that she couldn't mix him in
S6ilOIdl SCNIctl dlidlTS anu Keep lIOI1
injuring her husband, she declared to
the officers and their wives In no un-
certain terms, but with the twinkle in
her eye, l suspect, that thereafter she
would be at home until noon on Sun
days. And so Jimmy came to din
ner once a week unmolested, until the
coveted commission arrived, and the
ban was raised,
Army Well Represented.
The Army is we'll represented in
the daughters conclaves. Mrs. Amos
Fries, wife of the general in charge
of Chemical Warfare, who is national
chairman OF publicity. has been one
Of the hardest workers at the con-
gress. Mrs. Fries was born in Ne
braska and graduated from high
school, in Oregon, with the general.
But she went to Columbia and he to
West Point before they were married.
Afterward they lived in the Philip
pines and the usual routine Of Army
posts, coming to Washington, how
ever, more than 10 years ago. They
have six children. Mrs. Fries has
worked actively with the Girl Scouts,
the Parent-Teacher Association and
the League of American Pen Women.
Two years ago she wrote song for
the defense test, called II Didn't
Raise My Boy to Be a Stacker" in
answer TO the other version that was
popular before 1917. This was pub
lished by the Reserve Officers AsSo-
citation and has been run into many
thousand copies. Her other writing
has been along the lines Of features.
many of which are used as editorials
and widely copied. She has given a
series of radio talks to children on
American heroes. and she is on the
national board of the d. A. r.
Mrs. J. S. Frelinghuysen, candidate
for curator general, in addition to
her interest in Americana, which was
detailed in the speech nominating her
last night, has the distinction of
being a member Of the board Of the
American wing of the Metropolitan
Museum, in New York. Her husband
is the former Senator from New
Jersey.
Record of Mrs. l.. +. Hobart.
Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart, who came
10 the congress as Ohios candidate
for vice president general, has been
changed to that of organizing secre-
tary general on Mrs. BrosSeau' s ticket.
Mrs. Hobart has served in many i'm
portant positions, both in and out of
the society. She is a resident of Gin
cinnau and has been regent of the
chapter there three times, the only
person ever to be so honOred. In the
State organization she has acted as
both vice regent and for the past three
years as regent. She is a genealogist
of ability, and held the office of State
secretary of the Maytiower Descend
ants. She was first president Of the
national American Legion Auxiliary
and senior vice president Of the In
ternational Federation, having de-
clined the presidency because of ILL.,
ness in her family. During the past
month she has been appointed to
serve on the Ohio commission for the
seSquicentennial with the governor
and three men, she being the only
woman selected.
Seventy-eight regents and delegates
were present at the Hotel Roosevelt
yesterday at a. luncheon given by Vir-
ginia- A chair in new Constitution
Hall was voted In honor Of Mrs.
James Reese Schick, and one of the
bells in the Virginia carlton memorial
to the boys of that State who lost
their lives in the World War will be
given by the Virginia Daughters.
Kentucky's Candidate.
Among the candidates FOR vice pres.
ident general, the one from Kentucky,
Mrs. Eugene II. Ray, has the interest
Ing T0COTu VI HdNlIlB DSeH CHOSEN
honorary state regent for life, unani.
nously, at the recent election. She
was able during her term as State
regent, to locate a Real Daughter"
Monala w. Huff, living far back in
the Kentucky mountains, and visited
her in her distant home. Mrs. Ray
herself, is member of nine patriotic
societies.
From New Jersey, the daughter of
three generations of bankers, Mrs
Charles Read Banks is interested in