Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
D. A. R. ACTIVITIES
CONDUCTED By MAMIE LANCASTER.

Richard Arnold Chapter, ID. C.
! ID. A. R., held its January meeting or
the first Tuesday In the month, at the
| home of Miss BERTHE L. Packet, or
Seventeenth street. Mrs. Randolph D
Hopkins, the regent, presided. The
vice regent, Mrs. Aaron e. GottShall
who has been i'll for some time, was re-
ported to be improving. The minutes
were read by Mrs. Lee r. Pennington,
jr., chapter historian.
Announcement was made of the sud-
den passing of the former State regent,
Mrs. James Marshall Wiley, and a
silent tribute was paid to her memory
by the entire chapter. AS part of her
report, the regent read letter written
by Mrs. Wiley just before her death,
in which the work and high ideals Of
the N. S. D. A. r. were indicated as
part Of her very life.
Announcement was also made Of the
sessions of the Women's Patriotic Con-
ference on National Defense to convene
on the evening of January 20. and con-
tinue through January 81. These meet
ings will be held in Memorial Conti-
mental Hall, and be presided over by
Mrs. Alfred ]. BroSSeau, president gen.
eral. Thirty-three patriotic organiza-
lions will participate in the conference,
and as the number of delegates is I'M
limited, the railroads have made special
rates from January Is to February 6.
Qualifications for delegates and alter
mates to the thirty eighth Continental
Congress, opening April Is, were read,
after which the following were elected
to represent the chapter: Delegate, Mrs.
Randolph D. Hopkins, regent: Mrs.
Aaron E. Gottshall. ex-off1cio alternate
other alternates, Mrs. William G. Car
ter, Mrs. M Bodman Benson, Miss
Mary Stella Belden, Mrs. Lee r. Pen
nington, jr., Mrs John T. Moore, Mrs,
H. Benson Brown, Mrs. Benjamin
Grady, Mrs. j. Franklin Gross, Miss
Edith Northup and Mrs. James S,
Easily Smith.
An advance copy of the president
generals February message was read
and appreciated BY unanimous vote
the chapter Endorsed the resolutions
adopted by the executive board. N. S.
D. A., reaff1rming the action of Conti-
mental Congress in favor of adequate
national defense as represented by the
cruiser bill now before Congress. The
Kellogg multilateral peace-pact was
also Endorsed, and every member urged
to use her influence to secure its pas
sage during the present session of the
United States Congress, and to include
appeal for the provision OF Sumclent
personnel to man the new cruisers. A
suitable United States merchant marine
was likewise urged as an important
provision of the bill.
State COmmittee.-Mrs. Grattan
Kerans chairman, presided at the meet
ing of the State committee Of Ameri-
canism, held Tuesday aftern Jon in the
library of the Americanization school.
A card party will be given by this COM
mittee February at the City Club,
1920 G street. Mrs. William H. Wag-
ner, chairman of the ways and means
committee, distributed tickets to dele
gates present and urged their co-opera-
ton in the effort of the committee to
raise working funds for period Of two
years. Other members of the ways and
means committee working with Mrs.
Wagner are Mrs. Grant F. Chase, Mrs.
Nancy D. North, Mrs. Robert M. Fergu-
son, Miss Helen Wolfe, Mrs. E. A.
Varela Mrs. G. B. Gwyn is chairman,
and with Mrs. Chase, Miss Helen Wolfe
and Miss Ella Ford are members of the
candy committee. Young girls in cos
tune will be present to assist in the sale
of candy; Mrs. Blake Palm is chairman