Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
y. A. r. ACTIVITIES

| beautiful with decoration of old-fash-
! Toned garden flowers.
| The chapter adjourned TO meet in the
| Fall.
Our Flag Chapter is planning a
! card party at the Carlton Hotel on
| October %. Mrs. George w. Trow-
bridge is chairman of the committee
on arrangements, assisted by Mrs.
j. d. Young, Mrs. Howard l.. Hodg-
kins, Mrs. r. M. Richards, Miss Alice
| E. Johnson, Mrs. William V. Cox,
Mrs. w. M. Hannay, Mrs. Edward M.
| Weeks. Mrs. w. B. Kennedy, Mrs.
A. H. Semmes and Mrs. H. P. Baxter.
The Col. John Washington Chapter
held it's June meeting at the home
of Mrs. Charles N. Joyce, 200 Wis
consin avenue Saturday afternoon.
| The regent, Miss Frances w. Weeks,
| presided, and Mrs. James M. Wiley,
District regent, gave a short talk,
making suggestions for the Fall work
of the chapter. Miss Fanny w. II.
Weeks, honorary regent OF the
chapter, and a charter member or
the society. gave interesting remi-
niscences.
Colonel Tench Tilghman Chapter
have been appointed by the regent Of
the chapter: Correct use of flag, Miss
Edith Marruder; conservation, Mrs.
William Chase; vice chairman, Mrs.
r. w. Balcum; Ellis Island, Mrs. VIII
liam Talbot; historic spots. Mrs. Mil
ton Darby; program, Mrs. Ernest Bull.
lard. with the cooperation of chair
men of standing committees; publicity,
Miss Lucy Leigh Bowie; Constitution
Hall, Mrs. English: ways and means.
Mrs. Samuel Riggs; vice chairman,
Mrs. Randolph Talbot; magazine,
Mrs. Allhutt.
The other members of the executive
board are: Regent, Mrs. e. G. John
son; vice regent, Miss Lucy Leigh
Bowie; corresponding secretary, Miss
Edith Magruder; treasurer. Mrs.
James Nicholson; recording secretary,
Miss Daisy Magruder; registrar, Mrs.
Randolph Talbot; historian, Mrs.
William Talbot; auditor, Mrs. Samuel
Riggs.
A portrait of Gen. Montgomery
from whom the county is named, will
be presented to the county commits
sioners on September 6, to be hung
in the courthouse. Miss Bowie is CIV
ing the engraving through the chap
ter. 1t is believed to be the only por-
trait of Gen. Montgomery in the
county, and was in the Allen Bowie
Davis collection. where it always hung
in his office at Greenwood. Fifty
years ago the picture was hung at the
Centennial at Philadelphia.
A meeting of the chapter will be
held July at 1890 am. at the resi-
dence of Mrs. r. G. Johnson.
Capital Society, Children of the
ASrrc
sented at the vesper services under
auspices of the United States Flag
Association, members of it's Junior and
senior divisions helping to form the
large living flag, and other members
| Of Capital Society who are high rank.
ing Scouts formed part of the flag
staff.
Capital Society is the first local
c. A, r. Society to sponsor the United
States Flag Association and has the
distinction of being the only District
organization forming a. junior living
flag within it's membership.
The beautiful colored certificates
given to all members Of living flag
were distributed at the conclusion of
the inspiring patriotic ceremonies held
by Capital Society in Statuary Hall of
the Capitol on May 30, when the mem
peIs, III CoIOHldI COSTUME, ueCOfdleu
the statues of IA Revolutionary
heroes.
Trimble Sawtelle, representing the
| flag staff. to give a personal interest
to the individual members, gave to
| each boy or girl forming the stars on
| the blue field, the particular star
representing the State where their
Revolutionary ancestor was born, or
that of their own birthplace.
Col. James A. Moss. director gen.
eral of the United States Flag Asso-
, citation. has promised to personally
present to the members of Capital
| Society the buttons that will show
| that the member represents a star.
| the field Of blue, the. flagstaff, a. red
| or a white stripe.
The president, Mrs. Sawtelle, has