Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11


scented.
After usual preliminary exercises
the State regent read her report, de-
failing her official activities of the past
two months, which consisted OF at
tending national and State board and
committee meetings, conferences ana
social functions, and disposing OF cor
respondence. She also referred with
feeling to her attendance upon the
unveiling exercises Of the Canadian
memorial in Arlington.
State Vice Regent Mrs. Caldwell re-
ported attending a meeting or the
national board as the representative
of Mrs Wiley. the State regent, men
tioning the fact that 100 new men,
bers were admitted on that date. The
State treasurer. Mrs. Oatley, referred
to her printed report, which was IN
the hands of each person present, and
again asked that checks be prepared
with attention to details. She request
cd that treasurers and others sending
checks to her Office accompany the
checks with letters describing them
and stating for what purpose they
were drawn She wishes to keep
these letters on file for reference pur-
poses. She made a special request
that with each check the sender give
her address.
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chapter house committee, reported
tlAS the amount of the building fund
H. now s9,173 and that she hopes TO
reach the $4,000 mark by March l.
She announced that her committee
will give a card party at the Wash
ington Hotel February 4. Mrs. David
D. Caldwell, chairman Constitution
jail finance committee, announced
that her committee had passed reso-
nYadipeo~ that the State
executive committee act faVorably
upon the plan to ask each State TO
raise 81 900 for Constitution Hall fund
bv the end of March, in which event
a generous friend of the organization
will donate the sum of $4,000. Mrs.
Caldwell also asked support of the
Denny-a-day plan and that in their
Christmas giving members do not Tor
get Constitution Hall. She said that
many pledge cards have not yet been
received, although the amounts
pledged have already gone forward.
and urged that these cards be handed
her at once. In case of the compile
ton of the required fund, ground will
he broken for Constitution Hall in
April and the 1929 congress will be
held in the building.
The chairman of Constitution Hall
and Revolutionary relics reported the
receipt of many interesting and valu
able additions to the museum, and
among other things asked that pic-
lures of signers of the Declaration OF
Independence be presented.
Mrs. w. w. Husband, chairman
Americanism, reported activities OF
her chapter and said that a program
has been prepared to be given in
Continental Hall on December II at s
in, ha ch he
methods of teaching English to for
eign-born in the AmericaniZation
school, in the Lincoln School Build
ing. The Secretary of Labor, Mr..
Davis, will be speaker. Mrs. Husband
said that at her usual Friday luncheon
in the Lincoln School she had girls
just from Ireland, Lithuania, Italy
and Armenia. She referred in particu-
lar to the Armenian girl, saying that
when she arrived a few weeks since
she had seemed hopeless. as all of
her family had been murdered in the
country from which she came. I'm
der the influences of the Americaniza-
ton School this situation had been
changed, as it has been for many
others.
An interesting report was given by
Mrs. Eastment, chairman student loan
fund, in which she said that at last the
fund is functioning and that a loan
has been made to a worthy young
woman of Revolutionary descent. BY
means of this loan she has been en-
abled to continue her studies in George
Washington University and through
which she will soon become self-sup-
porting and able to repay the loan.
Other committee reports were present |
ed by Mrs. Beavers, Mrs. Casanova, |
Mrs. Gaus, Mrs. Kiefer for the memo |
rial fund, and by the State historian, |
Mrs. Thompson, who said that her |
committee has a meeting December Is |
in Continental Hall, when one of the |
speakers viii be Mrs. H. H. Smith of |
Fredericksburg.
AS the State regent Mrs. Wiley, |
had called a special meeting of the |
State conference. this meeting con- |
vened at pm. with So voters present |
out OF total of 103. 1t was unani- |
mously decided to hold the State regu- !
lar conference on March ! and the an |
nual meeting of the District d. A. r. |
on March for the election of officers, |
amendment Of bylaws and such other
routine business, and the usual lunch |
con will be held. The meetings will
then adjopurn until March 30, when
the president general, Mrs. Brosseau,
VIII be present and reports of officers.
unanimous vote it was decided to give
dinner on March 80 in honor of the
president general, to which all Daugh-
tiers in the District will be invited
Plans will be in the hands of the State
entertainment committee.
The Abigail Hartman Rice Cbanter
met December 6 at 1409 Webster
street, Mrs. Frank Morrison, regent.
presiding. Miss Helen Belt and her
sister, Mrs. Emory OZabal. were hos
tesses. The meeting opened with
prayer and the salute to the flag, led
by the chaplain, Mrs. Charles A. Wal
oron. Following the minutes of the
previous meeting, the regent read a
letter from Mrs. Van OrsdeH. presi-
dent Of the Children Of the American
Revolution, stating that new State
director, Mrs. Lucy B. Claughton, had
been appointed for the District of Co
lumbia, and bespeaking the co-opera-
ton Of the chapter for Mrs. Claughton
in her work; also a letter from Miss
Ellen Lorain Dorsey. chairman of the
Caroline Scott Harrison Memorial,
asking that the District complete it's
quota this year for this dormitory.
Active committee reports were
heard, among them one from Mrs.
Waldron, who stated that plans
were being made for a Christmas
party by the committee on the
Children Of the Republic for the group
at Peck Memorial Chapel: Mrs. Shin
nick reported a meeting of the Con-
stitution Hall committee, making an
appeal to the chapter to do it's share
toward financing the Districts as
sessment Of 81 900 to be paid by next
April; also for rummage for the sale
by this committee on December Is
16 and II. The Misses Caldwell Of
fered their home for a card party to
raise the chapters contribution to the
assessment, and a number of offers
OF rummage were made.
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