The Washington times., 1927-06-20
AN ELOTs NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY IN THE CAPITAL
Board Meeting Of D. A. r. Brings
Many Notable Women to 1OUn
Festivities Planned for
Next Few Days; Mrs.
Frelinghuysen Here
By JEAN ELIOT


nlHE Daughters have debouched
4 again upon Washington-this
time as single spies. not in battalions
for the annual meeting Of the
national board Of the National So.
ciety, Daughters Of the American
Revolution,
The board members are few in
number compared to the hordes OF
delegates who come pouring into
town for the Continental Congress
each year. But they bulk large in
the interest OF Daughters all over the
country, and there is as much enter.
tanning for them here as the brief
period Of their meeting allows.
Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, president
general, D. A. r.. is here from her
home at Greenwich. Conn.,. and pro-
poses to remain at the Willard
through the week. Other visitors
from Connecticut here for the meet
ing are Mrs. George Maynard Miner,
former president general, and Mrs.
Charles Bissell, vice president gen
eral, who, like Mrs. Brosseau, are
staying at the Willard.
Mrs. FrennghuySen dere
Mrs. Adam Wyant. the treasurer
general, who has been at her home
IN Greensburg for while, has re-
turned for the board meeting. And
Mrs. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, of
New Jersey, is also attending. The
wife OF former Senator Frelinghuy
sen OF New Jersey, charming Mrs.
Frelinghuysen has quite shaken
the dust of Washington from her
feet since her husband retired from
politics and we seldom see her
here unless some gathering Of the
D. A. r. brings her to town. Tho
F'relinghuysens owned a handsome
house in Sixteenth Street, but sold
It d year or so ago to Senator and
Mrs. James Couzens, who had
already been occupying it on q
lease. But Mrs. Frelinghuysen's
mother, Mrs. Brewster Warwick,
has a house here, so she always
has a pied-a.terre in the Capital.
Mrs. Wyant, I understand, is
hoping to budget the D. A. r.
much as the Government is bud.
geted and before she left Wash
ingtcn she was in frequent COM
TaIInication with Brig. Gen. Her
bert Lord, director Of the Bureau
Of the Budget, to talk over posi-.
biiities.
Dinner Party Tonight
The most picturesque festivity in
connection with the meeting this
week is the dinner to be given on
Wednesday evening for the board
with Mrs. Charles w. Richardson
as hostess. She will entertain at
Then, tonight Mrs. Lowell Fletcher
Hobart, organizing secretary general
Of the D. A. r., 10 giving a dinner
at the Willard for members of the
executive committee. Mrs. Bros
geau is to be the honor guest and
others in the company will be Mrs.
BiSsell, Mrs. Frelinghuysen, Mrs.
Eli A. Helmick, Mrs Wyant and
Miss Alice Louise McDuffie, of
Michigan.
Fete in Fredericksburg
Apropos of the D. A. R., Daugh-
HNrs from Washington are receiving
q cordial invitation from Freder.
iclzsburg, Va. to attend series Of
teas to be held on Saturday after
moons. June rs, July 2 and July 9,
at Kenmore, home Of Betty Wash
ington Lewis, which has been
restored and is being maintained
az a shrine. The teas will be given
under the auspices of the Washing.
ton-Lewis Chapter. D. A. R., and
It is expected that guests from
Washington, Baltimore and Rich
mond will attend.