Evening star., 1928-04-21
By MARGARET roe HART.

| With questions of insurgency safely
/ solved the attention of ID. A. r., dele
gates turns to the absorbing issue. who
| Is TO be elected president general In
! ia29e" Inquiry among the leaders show
! that the leading candidate--one who
! has in every sense of the word been
drafted for this task--is Mrs Lowell
r. Hobart of Cincinnati. Ohio, organiz-
ing secretary general of the society
It is said that consultation with more
than $50 of the leading women of the
organization recently brought out
enormous Hobart sentiment prevailing
in the D. A. r. and it was decided TO
revert 10 the old method of having lead
erS in Ohio. Mrs Hobart's State, pre-
sent her name for the highest office in
The gift of the u. A. r. Mrs. Hobart
il is said. had no desire TO become a
candidate and had planned 10 return
to private life after her present term
expired But when the opportunity Tor
real service was shown to her She con-
Sented 80 the use of her name II her
State wished it, Other candidates Will,
OF course, appear III the field, but ii
is thought that by 1929 the sentiment
will be 50 overwhelmingly for Mrs. Ho-
bart that there will be no doubt Of her
election. Her popularity among the
'tv, not only in -. A r work. but as
orgp nizins president Of the American
Legion Auxiliary. has won hNr hosts
If friends throughout the country. Lake
Mrs BroSSeau. It is thought she Will
be an impartial presiding officer with
out vecogniging factional differences
and intent only ON promoting the good
of her society Mrs. Hobart has won
a reputation for tact and has the gift
Of friendly interest in HUMANITY Her
sturdy stand for national defense Is
well known.
Mrs. George Maynard Minor. honor
arv president general, has to her credit
when she was State regent of Connecu-
cut the first publication and dlStrlou-
ton of the manual for immigrants. SO
valuable did these books prove in the
work OF the d A. r, with the aliens
that ii is now a national project par
ticipate6 in By all the States. Mrs
Minor has the gift of oratory TO marked
degree. and during her regime as pres!-
dent general they were widely quoted
all over the world as examples of sound
togic and craftsmanship.
The session last evening in the Memo
rial Continental Hall presented a color
ful and brilliant scene. The delegates
were all in evening gowns. and the flags
OF the States, with tall palms, formed
an effective background for the strik-
ing and handsome gowns worn by the
Daughters.
Many OF the delegates have already
left washington and a large number
are leaving this morning. The sessions
today will find the delegates busy say
ing farewell TO their associates.
The banquet tonight at the Willard
Hotel viii bring the Thirty
Congress to a close. Mrs. Frank S
Hight is chairman OF the banquet com
mittee. Miss Margaret Withers. vico
chairman. and Mrs ]. Franklin Little,
vice chairman in charge of tickets.
A feature Of last nights session was
the presentation by the pages of the
crongress of wrist watch to Mrs. John
Denison Nevin chairman Of pages. and
bar pin TO Mrs Archibald /. McColl,
vice chairman. The pages last night
were in colorful evening gowns. last
nights session beng the only one the
pretty pages were privileged 10 wear
anything other than white