Evening star., 1928-04-17

Daddy. who Is Major in the Marines
and the son-in-iaw OF Mrs Rhett
Goode. chairman OF the program COM
nittee. was allowed 10 go up among
the celebrities when the meeting ad-
tourEed. He must have all Of four feet
high but he was taking his Rmbassa-
dors and famous ladies with all the
aplomb OF his uniform Leave II TO the
Martnesl He viii be aide 10 the presi-
dent OF the C. A. r.. when she makes
her address before the Congress.
Along with the pagentry OF the eve
ming session and the general exciss-
ment Of the convention opening. poll
tics have not been forgotten. Candi-
dates for the vacant ofilces in the vice
president general ranks include Mrs.
R1ett Goode OF Alabama. Mrs. Brooke
uwathmay White. ir. Of Florida. Mrs.
II. Eugene chubbuck OF Illinois. Mrs.
William Rock Painter Of Missouri and
Mrs. Henry Bourne Joy OF Michigan.
And even though new president gen.
eral will not BE- elected until the next
congress Mrs. Brossean's term having
one more year 10 run~~there are whisp-
ers of various unofficial" candidates al
ready. One Of these is Mrs, Lowell F.
Hobart, at present organizing seere-
tary general. who made the remark
able report Of the increase IN the So
ciety's membership yesterday afternoon.
Mrs Hobart. who halls from the Pres
ident~inaking State" has a long record
OF ID. A. r. work behind her.
She II the only Cincinnatian 10 have
been regent OF her chapter three times
over and she has held many State
offiees. ending with the regency Being
a geneaIogist by avocation. she has
SSAN 80 e.
flower descendants. She was the firSt
president Of the National American Ie-
gion Auxiliary and later senior vice
president of the International Fedora
lion, declining the presidency for per-
sonal reasons. She served on the Ohio
commission for the Sesquicentennial Ex-
position IN Philadelphia as It's only
woman member.
Another American Legion Auxiliary
worker of note, Mrs Amos Fries, nov
for the NTH consecutive year chairman
Of national publicity for the Daughters,
has offered prize 10 be awarded on
Thursday afternoon for the best single
chapter publicity story entered IN her
contest, Mrs. Prizes estimates that there
are some 10000 chapter meetings OF the
ID, A. II. held every year. and she has
made u great effort tn teach the local
chairmen the value and methods of well
written press notices. The judges OF
the entries are Mrs. Vylla Poe Wilson.
Washington newspaper woman: Miss
Natalie Sumner Lincoln. editor OF the
ID, A, II. Magazine. and Col Edward II.
Clark, veteran newapapeTman Mrs
Fries has herself written u series OF
articles or important phases Of the SO
ciety's work, which she Is expecting to
publish shortly In book form.
Singer Also u. A. n.
In accordance with the plan that
every woman on the program al this
congress shall be member Of the nu-
cirty. Miss Phfadie Wells, Metropolitan
Opera soprano. who sang so delightfully."-
last evening wAA chosen because she
WAS Daughter from the Anne Page
Chapter of Kirksvllle, Mo. In fact.
she IL the only known Daughter who
has taken grand opera and the Metro
p0litan ah her career
One ~ the most interesting features
Of the nag presentation ceremony which
followed Miss Wells fiTst group ot songs
was the choice Of pages from the coun-
tries represented by the flags, Niles
Virginia ItotheTweiI. who carried the
union jack, u q member of the London
chapter; Miss Virginia Connaiba, who
carried the Cuban banner, comes from
Havana Mrs, Margaret II, GarFulh
btafinG the territorial cni0rs. h an Alas
kan, and Mrs. Hoover Hangar, who gave
the trie1l0r OF France Into the hands OF
the Count de HartiEek, is the founder
Of the appropriately named benjamin
Franklin" Chapter nf Paris, IL will be
remembered that IL Was this Parts chap
ter which raised the fund 10 aquip and
maintain beautiful memorial r0nm ri
haniIiy Ia The American A0Apllal