Evening star., 1928-04-19
vICNETTEs OF THE d. A. r. CONGRESS
ny ALICE ROGERS HAGER.

Hearts are beating high at the con.
| greSS today. Voting began a. an early
/ hour this mroning, following on tho
| heels Of the nomination speeches last
| evening, and the polls win not close
/ until about o'clock this afternoon
l Then will come the anxious time OF
waiting for the report OF the teilers
which will not be given until the END
/ of the program tonight, when the last
scene OF "Old 1ronSideS" has faded
/ from the silver screen.
Mrs. Daniel Mershon Garrison. state
| regent for MARYLAND and candidate for
I vice president general is running under
/ a severe handicap but is eliciting much
| xvnnathv because OF IT, Her daughter
/ is seriously III in Haiti and Mrs. Gaffi~
| son is with her instead OF being In
| WASHINGTON for the voting, She hopes.
| however. 10 return 10 this country
shortly. Her friends speak with pride
| OF the record she has made as the nrSt
resent in her State 10 come from a
chapter outside of Baltimore. Every
other Maryland Daughter 10 hold the
once of regent has been a member OF
some Baltimore chapter.
Much interest is being manifested
locally in the installation Of the newly
elected State regent OF the District, Mrs.
David Caldwell. Mrs, Caldwell has been
active in p. A, II. circles in Washing
ton for something like 2S years ana
she has a remarkable record.
Having served as State recording Sec
retaTy. State vice regent and now as
regent -eleCt and as chairman of praeu-
Cally every one of the State commit
tees, she has also organized the District
work for AmericaniEation and most re-
Gently acted as chairman of the District
Constitution Hall committee. She has
collected over SOS, 900 for that purpose
and in doing SO has disposed OF 50 floor
chairs, three platform chairs and raised
an additional 81 900. which makes the
District potential donor"
She has sold almost 400 cubic feet
OF Constitution Hall foundation ground
and is stiIl selling. The selling" 0t
this latter unusual commodity is not,
however. quite what It sounds. Accord
ing 10 the very clever scheme for raiS-
ing additional funds for the hall. any
one who win pay the society dollar
may have foot OF space in the foun-
dation OF the new building--theoreti-
cally--and in reality have her name
and that of some illustriouS ancestor
OF her own choosing included in the
corner stone.
Miss Helen Harmon. District OF CO.
lumbia vice regent-elect. who will also
be confirmed at this session Of the con-
greSs, has been State treasurer for
three years and has set q standard for
future treasurers 10 emulate. She is a
member OF the Col. John Donaldson
Chapter.
Miss Eta Legge Galloway State
chairman for Maryland OF genealogi-
cal research. has compiled during her
administration three volumes OF hither~
10 unpublished Maryland family rec
ords. including 10000 gravestone rec
ords. One copy OF her report goes 10
the national library. one to the Library
OF Congress and one TO the Maryland
State Historical Society.
At the last District State board ex-
ecutiye meeting money was appropri-
ated for two platform chairs In Con-
Sfitution Hall. one In memory OF the
Is charter members OF the national
society who were residents OF Washing
ton and one IN honor OF Mrs Eli Hell
mick. member OF the Army and Navy
Chapter and national registrar general
Mrs. John Mahoney. regent OF one
of the Boston chapters. Is known in
many parts Of the United States as
'the seed scatterer" She buys flower
seeds Of every imaginable variety. and
wherever she goes leave a trail Of beau
~ behind her. Not only this. but she
Is writer as well. using the pen name
Of Bangs Burgess" She Is member
of the League Of American Pen Wom~
en- in Boston.
Mrs Charles Read Banks. vice presi-
dent general from New Jersey and
chairman of the Ellis Island commit
tee, who gave her report yesterday