Evening star., 1929-10-06
ID. A. II. Activities

The committee on manual 1or I'M
migrants, District of Columbia D. A.
r., held its first meeting Of the year
Tuesday afternoon, at Memorial Conti-
mental Hall. Mrs. alexander H. Bel,
chairman, presided. Mrs. David d. Cald-
we'll, State regent, was present and
gave q talk on d. A. r. activities.
After the business session, news ar
ticles by James j. Davis on "The New
Era in immigration" were read by
Mrs. Albert N. Baggs and Mrs. Chester
B. Watts. This committee plans to
distribute 1000 manuals this year and
raise the District of Columbia quota
of 1865 for printing and publishing
these books. The next meeting VIII
be held in November, when Mrs. E..
Grattan Kerans will be the speaker
A meeting of the Committee for
the Girl Homemakers was held Wednes-
day evening at the home Of Mrs.
Clarence A. Weaver, 1914 @ street,
when the committees were assigned
for the carrying on of this work for
the year. The following chapters Of
the D. A. r. were represented at the
meeting: Victory Chapter, Mrs. David
Caldwell, State regent; Little John
Boyden Chapter, Mrs. Clarence A..
Weaver; Eugenia Washington Chapter,
Mrs. Frank Sanford Curtiss; Wendell
Wolfe Chapter, Miss Elizabeth Malott
Barnes: Maj. LInfant Chapter, Miss
Caroline Babb; Columbia Chapter,
Mrs. MacNulty; Constitution Chapter,
Mrs. Alfred L. Talbot, and Richard
Arnold Chapter, Miss Pearl Leona
Heck. Great interest was shown
among the representatives of the
chapters present for the carrying on
Of this great project and hearty CO.
operation pledged by all. At the nd
of business refreshments were served
by the hostess. Another meeting of
the committees will be held in the near
future. The first meeting Of the Club
for Girl Homemakers will be held on
the evening Of october II, at 326 c
street.
The October meeting of the Abigail
Hartman Rice Chapter, D. A. r., was
held Tuesday evening at the home Of
Miss Mildred Brashears, 4400 Sixteenth
street, with an unusually large attend
ance. The regent, Mrs. Malette Speng-
Ter, called the chapter to order. Re-
ports of the officers were read. The
amount of business to come before the
chapter in the reports of the various
committees points to very busy year
for the d. A. r.. Mrs, Charles Waldron,
nounced that the District chapters had
sent 35 boys to camp this Summer. In
Mrs. Jasper M. Beall'S report on ma
tional defense she stated that she at
tended a meeting of the State commit
tee, of which Mrs. Holt is chairman.
She gave an account of the activities
of her committee for the coming year.
Their plans are extensive, since the
D. A. r. advocates adequate national
defense. Mrs. Edwin F. Brooks. on the
committee for patriotic education,
cellaneous articles made by the Cross
more School for Girls. The Crossnore
School, in the mountains of North Car
olina, Is one Of the objects of the chap
ter's work in patriotic education. Miss
Roberta Galloway, chairman OF the
Continental ball to be given November
19, explained the various committees
and how they we're to work toward
making this benefit success. A card
party is also being given in conjunction
with the ball. Mrs. william DougaI
Leetch. former regent, now of Norfolk
brought word of greeting. Mrs. JOSH
ua Van Orsdel. registrar general, gave
a talk, and she impressed upon the
chapter the importance of seeing that
all papers before coming to the national
headquarters were filled out correctly.
Mrs. Fred T. Dubois. honorary presi-
dent of the Society of the Children OF
the American Revolution. spoke on the
Importance of patriotic education in the
young people. An invitation was read
to the chapter to a reception to the
president general, Mrs. Fletcher Lowell
Hobart. at the Willard Hotel, October
%. The reception Is being given by
the District D. A. r. The membership
committee announced that Miss Doro-
thy Dietrich had been unanimously
elected to membership.
The October meeting Of the Frances
Scott Chapter, D. A. r., was held In the