Evening star., 1927-04-20

gress in their smart frockS or white
crepes and silks are unusually pretty
this year. Mrs. John d. Nevin is
chairman of the pages and Mrs. Archi-
bald I. Mccall vice chairman. The
honor Of serving as pages to the presi'
dent general has been given to Miss
Barbara Hight, Miss Mildred Over
man Norvell and Miss Florence Trutn.
bun, daughter of Gov. Trumbun OF
Connecticut; Miss Maud G. Estorge is
page to the chaplain general, Cnd Miss
Alice Dixon to the recording secretary
general; Miss Dorothy Viles Bond to
the corresponding secretary general;
Miss Helen Hoffman,, to organizing
secretary general: Miss Mary Miller
Fisher, to treasurer general; Miss
Marguerite w. B. Pennoyer, to regis.
trar general; Miss Helen Eloise Carey,
to historian general: to the librarian
general. Miss Irene Parks Martin, and
to curator general. Miss Louisa Car
son.
The platform pages are Miss Anne
E. Bryan, Miss Dorothy Gibbs Garges,
Miss Rebekah Hewes, Miss Grace
Roper, Miss Frances Louise Seydel,
Miss Eleanor Sweeney, Miss Natalie
Tomlinson and Miss Audrey Daniel
Uhler.
The New York State delegation will
be honor guests of the New York
State Society at the Spring festival,
to be held this evening at the VIII
lard Hotel, $50 o'clock.
The Army and Navy Chapter, Ma
tional Society of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution, gave a reception
and dance last evening at the Wash
ington Barracks in honor Of the pages
Of the Congress.
The Baltimore Chapter entertained
yesterday at luncheon at the Hotel
Washington in honor Of the retiring
State regent, Mrs. Daniel Mershon Gar
rison. Mrs. Charles Thomas Marsden,
State regent-elect, was presented to
the society. Mrs. Marsden is a candi-
date for the vice president general and
has the unanimous Endorsement Of her
State.
Alfred J. Brosseau, husband Of the
president general. has presented to the
society, in honor Of his wife, q fac
smile copy, on silver, of the Declara-
ton Of independence. The plaque is
about 10 feet in height and will pre-
serve the immortal document on inn
perishable silver for countless genera
tions. It has been hung on the wall
at the entrance of Memorial Conti-
mental Hall, guarded by railing. Two
silver American flags have been placed
on either side OF It.
Mrs. Clarence s. Paine Of Lincoln,
Nebr., candidate for vice president
general, in addition to her other ac-
tivities, is dairy farmer, owning and
operating large farm near Minneapo-
lis.
An interesting candidate for honor
ary vice president general is Mrs.
Eleanor Washington Howard, who
has the distinction of being the last
girl child of the Washington family
born ct Mount Vernon. Mrs. Howard
is a charter member OF the Mount
Vernon Chapter and has served the
society as chapter regent, recording
secretary general, State regent and
vice president general.
Mrs. Taft, wife Of the United States
Chief Justice, was the honor guest at
a reception given by the Iowa delega-
tion Sunday afternoon at the VII.
lard Hotel. Mrs. e. g. Bowman Of
Washington was in charge of arrange
ments. Mrs. Charles George Saunders,
State regent, was assisted In receiving
by the State officers and committees.
The Iowa pages at the Congress are:
Miss Nelly Anderson of the James
Harlan Chapter, Miss Alice Brown
Custer of Old Thirteen Chapter and
Miss Helen Maynard Of Melrose Chap
ter.
Mrs Amos A. Fries is chairman of
the press committee for the Congress,
Miss Natalie Sumner Lincoln, vice
and others on the commit
tee are Mrs. A. ". Baggs. Miss Geor.
gia Knox Berry, Mrs. Sallie ". Fl.
Pickett, Mrs. Kate Scott Brooks, Mrs.
Grace Porter Hopkins, Miss Gertrude
Miss Maud McDougal, Mrs.
Samuel Orr, Miss Elizabeth E. Poe,
Mrs. Frank s. Ray, Mrs. Vylla Poe
Wilson, Miss Margaret Wade and
Mrs. William Wolff Smith.
A busy committee at the congress
is the Transportation committee, with
Mrs. James Lathrop Gavin as chair
man and Mrs. j. w. Griffiths vice
chairman.
Mrs. Brosseau, the president gen.
eral, writes her own speeches on her
own typewriter. She has real speed
as a typist, acquired when she was
society editor of an Illinois news.
paper. Her literary style is classed as
of a very good quality and she writes
with clarity and brevity. No busi-
ness head of great corporation pays
more attention to the practical de-
tails OF running this society OF 100000
members than does Mrs. Brosseau.
She appears in her Office at national
headquarters here by s o'clock
every morning when she is in town
and often works at her desk until late
at night and has made practice Of
cleaning up all business from day to
day, leaving none "he1d over"
Four women who formerly held the
nA3oa oP pnraciSon4 eyaparoI rn t1Y.aCanf