Evening star., 1928-04-18
OF THE d. A. r. CONGRESS
BY ALICE ROGERS nAGER.

many of the inspirations for her work.
| In addition - her membership In the
| u. A. r. shW belongs to the Daughters
of the Founders and Patriots of Amer
lea, the Daughters of American Colo
nists, the United Daughters of 1872. the
national women'S committee OF the
| George Washington Sufgrave 1nstitu-
ton and the Daughters of the Barons
Of Runnymede.
Carrollton, Mo, sends Mrs. William
Rock Painter. Missouri's candidate for
the vice presidency general. Mrs. Painter
is the wife of former Lieut.. Gov.
now State Senator Painter, and
has for many years taken an active in~
terest In civic and patriotic matters. AS
State regent for the d. A. r. Mrs.
Painter was largely responsible for the
marking of several early Missouri high
ways. notably the old Spanish road run
ming north from New Madrid TO ST.
Louis. known as the Kings highway.
and of the Boones Lick and Santa Fe
trails. She has also been instrumental
places in the State. In the marking OF
graves of Revolutionary soldiers, and OF
other pioneer landmarks The old
Arrow Rock Aavern Is one of the best
known of these. Mrs Painter has had
much legislative experience. and was
largely responsible for the passage OF
the bill making the teaching of the
Constitution mandatory in the Missouri
schools,
Probably the youngest candidate in
the field for the same Office for which
the three preceding ladies are COM
peting Is Mrs Brooke Gwathmey White,
jr.. presented with enthusiasm by the
Daughters OF Florida. Mrs. White has
held practically every office OF impor-
tance in her chapter and her State
organizations. has been a member anc
vice chairman of various national COM
mittees and has represented her State
at the congresses for some five years
AS a page and for three years more as
State vice regent and regent. She is
an exceedingly decorative person. !
believe she also claims membership In
the Colonial Danes. that sine qua non
Of ancestral Americanism.
Mrs. Henry Bourne Joy. Michigan
has an unusually fine list OF names as
her sponsors In her candidacy for the
vice presidents position. Mrs. l.. Victor
Seydel, present vice president general
and Miss Alice Louise McDuffle, histo-
TO the regular group of State officers
Mrs. Joy Is one of the tried and trusted
workers of the society and has served
IN such important capacities as chair
man Of the revision committee, chair
man Of resolutions. chairman of tht
Liberty loan fund and member Of the
advisory committee on Constitution
Hall.
Miss Alice McDuflle. already men
toned as the historian general. has
held many Offices in her State of Mich
tean as well as in the national society
probably the most interesting heinc
that of national chairman OF Ameri.
cani2ation. When the World war syep:
America INTO It's maeissrom. she organ.
lzeo the work OF the Daughters ir
Michigan for the Serbian war orphan
rha performed such splendid service
mat she was decorated by the KING
OF Serbia with the Cross of Charity
One OF the most active women IN The
entire National Society, Mrs. William
sherman Walker Is somewhat of a ioint
resident OF two Washingtons. Her own
nome Is In Seattle. Washington State
but her work for the u. A. r has
been so absorbing of late years that she
has spent practically all OF each Win
Ter season In Washington of the Dis
trict OF Columbia. AS vice president
general, elected In 1927. and Chairman
OF the much discussed committee on
National Defense she has been an
outstanding figure In Capital circles
Jointly with Mrs. Brosseau she has
been the real storm center OF the al
legged blacklist" controversy. and her
collection of magazines and newspapers
covering several large screens In her
office at Continental Hall and purport-
Ing to show the trail Of Red nrona-
sanda" In our cities and schools. Is wide
ly known. She served as organizing
secretary general on Mrs. Cookies board
from 1923 to 1895.
MRS. Ell A. Helmick, national regis
trar-general and wife Of the recentlv
retired qnarteTmaster- general of the
Army, who probably In as well loved
rs any D. A. r. officer In record of
many years has added to her typical
army background OF forts and posts
here In the Orient and the American
territories. the zegt of authorship. As
a young woman. newly married, she was
stationed with the then Lieut.. Helmick
as post in the Indian country OF the
West. Jimmy Habbord (now major
general retired was earning his spurs
at the same post. As means of filling
up spare hours of Army life. Jimmy
undertook to be a correspondent for
n string Of Western papers One day
however, his innged~for commission ar
rived and with IL transfer 90 another