Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
ID. A. r. Activities

/ I'D. A. r.. Activities
An interesting event of the coming
week will be the ceremonies of conse-
Grafton of the new auditorium Of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
Constitution Hall, at pm. Wednesday
The beautiful new hall, which will
house in the future the large meetings
phony concerts and other musical
events Of the forthcoming season are
| scheduled to be held, will have its first
christening" in the presence of men,
bers of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, of the gentlemen who COM
pose the advisory board and of its
creators-the architect, John Rus
sell Pope: his associates and the men,
bers of the contracting firm. Formal
invitations have not been issued, but all
Daughters are expected to attend. The
ceremonies will be on the radio.
Constitution Hall will seat 1000 per-
sons, and was built by the d. A. r. at
a cost of 81 500. 000-all of which was
contributed within the society. 1t is
on the block with Memorial Continental
Hall, and opens on Eighteenth street,
| C and D streetS-the latter being a car
riage entrance. Right Rev. James z.
| Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will
| officiate and deliver the conservation
address. Several prominent women Or
ganists will contribute to the program
Mrs. Thomas Kite of Cincinnati. Ohio,
will play the prelude Mrs. James 6.
Montgomery, several hymns and the
postlude, and Miss Dorothy Jeane Sill
Versteen of Brevard, N. c., will PLAY the
Largo" from Dvorak'S New World
symphony" Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Ho-
| bart, president general, will preside.
The ceremonies will open with a pro-
cessional of the State regents - mora
than so of whom are expected to be
! present-each carrying her State flag.
The vice presidents general. the honor
airy presidents general and the honor
airy vice presidents general will follow,
and the national officers and the ad-
visory board will escort the president
| general.
Several social affairs have been ar
| ranged, including reception from to
IL o'clock Wednesday at the Willard by
the District of Columbia D. A. r. in
honor Of Mrs. Hobart and the board.
! The president general and the board
members also will be honor guests at n
luncheon on Thursday at the Baltimore
! Country Club. given by the Maryland
| D. A. r. in honor of Mrs. Daniel NJ.
Garrison. former State regent and now
vice president general.
Monticello Chapter held its first meet
ing Of the year Tuesday at the home of
the regent, Mrs. A. E. T. Hansmann,
1885 Twenty-seventh street. Mrs. K
M Jacquette assisted Mrs. Hansmann.
The meeting opened with prayer by the
chaplain, Mrs. Frank w. Garden. The
hn n
Summer of Mrs. Maud Wilson, charter
member of the chapter. and Mrs. Helen
| C. =. Morse. The usual patriotic eXer-
ciseS followed, and the reports of the
secretary and treasurer were accepted
! The historian, Mrs Charles p. BennS,
gave a report of two meetings. At one
an address on Washington was given,
and at the other a paper on Ticon-
deroga was read by the historian. She
| also stated they are to mark the build
ing at Eighteenth and F streets, once
occupied by Chief Justice John Mar
shall. Mrs Hansmann announced that
Constitution Hall would be dedicated
by a vesper service at o'clock October
%. She spoke of the $500 pledged
by the State regent, Mrs. David Cald-
we'll, for pair of bronze doors, and
the chapter agreed to do its part. She
also stated. that the District D. A. r.
was to give case for the museum.
Mrs s. B. Woodbridge gave a report
of the meeting of the legislative COM
mittee, at which plea was made for
the chapters to support several bills now
| pending in Congress, and for a study
! of the Constitution of the United States.
1 The meeting of the committee on the
correct use of the flag was reported by
Miss Helen White. AT this meeting the
chapters were urged to support the bill
to make THE Star Spangled Banner
the national anthem. She also told OF
the large United States flag and the
F., D. A. r. flag presented to the State
organization by the Dorothy Hancock
Chapter. Mrs. Benns asked the men,
bers to secure old wills and records for
the genealogical committee. She also
showed some interesting genealogical
charts. The chapter had as a guest
Mrs. Francis A. st. Clair, past State
regent and chairman of tie committee
| on real Daughters. She made a plea
for the names of any real Daughters
whose graves are unmarked or living
| real Daughters to be enrolled in the
D. A. R. Another guest was Mrs. Pris-
ella Altman. The members gave an
| account of their vacation experiences
| after which the meeting adjourned for
a social hour.
The Dolly Madison Chapter of the
/ d. A. r. had its first meeting of the
season at the home of Mrs. William
Knowles Cooper, 1907 Highland avenue,
Cleveland Park. The meeting was
opened with devotional exercises, led
| by the chapter chaplain, Mrs. Annie G..
Tonge. Other officers present were
| The regent, Mrs. WILDER w. Leech; vice
| regent, Mrs. John M. Beavers; record
| ing secretary, Mrs. E. A. Varela; cor
! responding secretary, Mr. Henry T.
Ohterdinger; registrar, Mrs Melville D.
| Lindsay, and historian, Mrs Isabel w
Baker. There was full attendance and
important business was transacted.
| E. Pluribus Unum Chapter held its
october meeting at the home of the
new regent, Mrs. Harry M. Friend, the
Portner, at 8 o'clock. After the usual
opening exercises the resignation of the
recording secretary, Mrs. Alice Harri-
son, was accepted, and Mrs. Marguerite
Wilcox Cooley elected to fill the va
cancy. A number of new names for
membership were proposed by the reg
1strar, Mrs S. E. johnson. The re-
ports from the chapter officers and
committee chairmen were given. Money
was voted for the expenses of the re-
ception to be given for the president
general
Mrs. William B. Sinnott, chairman
of the card party committee, explained
to the assembled chapter the plans for
the annual card party to be given al
the Roosevelt Hotel on Saturday, No
vember 80, 1929, at o'clock The
new year books were distributed
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