Evening star., 1927-03-13
D. A. r. ACTIVITIES

and Mrs. James Mooney reported OF
the excellent work of the Americani
zation committee.
Miss Winifrede Beall, a new mem
Der, was welcomed into the chapter
Col. Tench TiIghman Chapter
The patriotic education committee an
| nounces an essay contest, Whlch j;
open to all students attending th'
public high schools in Montgomery
| County. The subject of the essay Is
| Edmund Burke and His sympathy
| With the American Colonists. Al
essays entered should be from / 1000 Il
500 words, written on one side OF
paper only. No name should be sign
ed, but sealed envelope, attached tt
the first page, must contain the name
| of the writer and home and school ad
dress. The contest closes May ]
and all essays are to be sent to the
chairman of patriotic education, Mrs
Enoch c. Johnson, Bethesda, Md.
The prize will consist Of a five-dol
| lar gold piece of current issue.
The judges of the essays are c
Harry Hites, editor of the Sunday
| magazine of the Washington Post
Edwin Bateman Morris, author OF
many SLOTlGS dllu lIlc SuN1CSoiu u
movie, THE Narrow Street." and
Rev. Clarence Parker, rector of St
Johns P. E. Church, Bethesda, and
also writer and author of IAN Angle
Unawares."
Col. John DoneIson Chapter was en-
tertained at its March meeting by Mrs
Harry G. Oberholser and Mrs. Sallie
S. Allen. at 2S05 Eighteenth street
The regent, Mrs. Walter r. Metz, pre-
sided and Miss Helen Harman acted
as secretary in the absence of Miss
Bottorff. The routine business which
consists of the reports of the officers
and representatives of the chapter on
the various State committees was dis
posed of as follows: A written report
Of the chapter historian, Miss A. B.
Classic, was read by the secretary
Mrs. Adela Brand reported the rally
of the children, Sons and Daughters
of the Republic. Mrs. Oberholser
spoke of the work of the State and
national Constitution Hall finance
committee and received the subscrip
tions which were made toward the
foundation by six chapter members al
the State conference. The regent re-
ported for the State Americanization
committee and spoke of the activity
of the chapter as presented by the
State chairman in her report to the
State conference. She also gave a
brief resume of the proceedings of the
State conference and read her report
of the chapters work for the year
Miss Harman also spoke at some
length of the State work as CLEANED
from the reports of the regents and
committee chairmen at the annual
meeting of the District d. A. r.
hue cl1v 0f
was appropriated for national defense
work and the report of the chairman
of the ways and means committee was
heard.
A guest of the evening was Mrs.
John M. Beavers, vice president gen.
eral and chairman of the State Chap
ter House Corporation. Mrs. Beavers
spoke of the progress Of the work OF
the chapter house corporation. Mrs.
David D. Caldwell, State vice regent
and State chairman of the Constitu.
ton Hall finance committee, was also
present and talked at some length out
lining the development of the work of
the Constitution Hall finance com
mittee.
A social hour was spent and refresh
ments were served by the hostesses.
The National Society, Children of
the American Revolution, will hold its
thirty-second annual convention in the
auditorium of the National Red Cross
Building April 1928. The society will
make it pilgrimage to the tomb of
Gen. Washington at Mount Vernon
April %.
The Dolly Madison Chapter held its
March meeting Tuesday evening with
the regent, Mrs. A. d. Call, in the
chair. Reports were made by officers,
standing committees, special commit
tees and by chapter representatives
on State committees. Extensive re-
ports were also made of the State
annual conference, which took place
the first week in March. Money to
complete the payment of $50 was
voted for the chapter chair in Consti-
tuition Hail. A short recess followed
the business meeting, after which the
chapter listened to songs by Mrs. Bar
nard, vice regent; short reading
from the Letters of Dolly Madison .
by Miss Flora Johnson, the historian,
and an instructive narration of the
beginning of the National d. A. r.,
by Miss Dorsey. Miss Dorsey, on re-
quest of Mrs. Beavers, later showed
some of the beautiful miniatures for
WAA(h 0A4C AiCtO SCCICIdTy anu the
commission for which she donates to
the d. A. r..
The Wakefield Society of the Chill.
dren of the American Revolution, at
its last meeting. held at the home of
Mrs. James Herndon Lightfoot, was
honored by the presence of Mrs. 10.
siah A. Van Orsdel, national president
Of the Children of the American Revo.
luton; Mrs. Edward L. Morrison, D.
c. State director, and Miss Ella
Lorraine Dorsey, secretary of the
Wakefield Memorial Association. After
the brief business meeting, called to
elect delegate to the c. A. r. con.
gress, Mrs. Van Orsdel and Mrs. Nor.
rison spoke about the organizat ton
and growth of the C. A. r. Miss Dor.
sey told the chapter about the plans
for the restoration of Wakefield, the
birthplace of George Washington, in
an interesting way that aroused the
enthusiasm of every member present.
After the talk Mrs. Lightfoot
showed the chapter some relics of the
Washington family, including a brick
from the hearth in the room where
Washington was born.
The older girls of the chapter as
sisted the hostess.