Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
D. A. r. ACTIVITIES

of the District of Columbia D. A. r. will
be held IN Memorial Continental Hall
Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
Ehe State regent Mrs. David d. Cald-
well, will preside. The opening session
on Wednesday will be followed by
luncheon in honor of the national off,
GERS. Mrs. G. G. Coombs, Mrs. Frederick
=. Reynolds, and Mrs. Thomas D. White
are in charge.
Mrs Josiah A. Van Orsdel registrar
general; Mrs. Harriet Rigdon, treasurer
general; Mrs. John M. Beavers national
chairman in charge of buildings and
grounds; Mrs. Katherine White Kit
redge, vice president general from YER
mont: Mrs. Daniel Nershon Garrison,
vice president general from Maryland;
MRS. Robert A. Walsh, State regent of
Maryland; Mrs. G.. Wallace w. Hanger
former vice president general District
of Columbia; Mrs. Eta Legg Galloway,
Baltimore; Mrs. F. S. De Lano of Kala-
mazoo, Mich. Mrs. William Louis
Dunno, N. S. d. A. r. publicity chair
man, and two charter members of the
- London, England, Chapter, N. S. D. A.
: R.-MesdameS D. Earle Brundage and
Volney A. Brundage-will be among the
visitors attending the conference.
Mrs. Warren E. Shantz. remembered
by every D. A. R. as Rosalie Hardy,
the daughter of Mrs. William B. Hardy.
former State regent, will be special page
to the State regent, Mrs. Caldwell
Mrs. Edward Tarring has been APP
pointed acting chaplain in the absence
of the retiring chaplain, Mrs. John D. |
Patton, who has been called to North |
Carolina.
For the first time in several years two |
rival tickets are in the field for the BIZ /
ennial election of State officers Mrs. |
Helen NJ. Harmon. candidate for State |
regent on the administration ticket, has |
just concluded a two-year term as vice !
State regent, anc also served her chap |
ter in the various offices, from chap |
lain to regent. Her strongest rival, /
Mrs Albert N. Bags, is regent of Mai. /
LEnfant Chapter, noted for her abil- /
ity and enthusiasm. She has the un-
divided support of the conservative /
party, of which Mrs. Ella A. Helnick
was long the titular leader.
Besides Miss Harmon the administra- |
tion ticket carries the names of Mrs. |
Harry Colfax Grove, vice State regent
Miss Helen NJ Brown, chaplain; Mrs
Mallette Roach Spengler, corresponding
secretary; Miss Mae Brown, recording
secretary, and Miss Katrina Harvey,
historian. Mrs. A. E. T. Hansmann
has the distinction of being the only
candidate to receive the Endorsement of
both parties
On the conservative ticket with Mrs
Bags are Mrs. Georgia Knox Berry,
vice State regent; Mrs. Bessie Will
marth Calm, recording secretary: Mrs
howard l.. Blshop, corresponding Sec
rotary; Mrs. Rose Gouveneur Hoes. his
tor1an, and Mrs. j. p. Saffold chap
lain
Two years ago Mrs. David D. Cald-
well was elected without opposition and
50 popular has been her administration
she is being unanimously Endorsed as a
candidate for the national Office of vice
president general, coming I'D for cleo
ton at the next Continental Congress.
State Historic Committee met on
Thursday at Continental Hall Mrs.
= Harry c. Grove, the State historian,
reported that the portrait of Chief Jus
tice Marshall selected for the bronze
tablet to mark his residence is from a
painting by Chester Harding
Mrs. George P. Conway, first chair
man OF the milestones, told of the or
ganization of her committee and of the
pioneer work Of the members in locat-
ing boundary stones.
Mrs. Grant F. Chase, the present
chairman of milestones, read a paper
giving the history to date of the Dis
trict of Columbia milestones The
records of the dedication of each stone
and the chapter in which care it is
placed will be attached to Mrs
Chase's paper for the State historians
= files.
Mrs. waFI Wagner read detailed
account of the funeral of Gen WASH
ington, as it appeared in the Kingston,
Ulster County Gazette, of the date of
January 4, 1900.
State committee on manual for i'm
migrants, ID. A. r., met Monday after
noon at Memorial Continental Hall.
Twenty-one chapters were represented.
The chairman, Mrs. Alexander H. Bell,
presided. and reported that in the past
year orders had been sent to the Of
1f 10 - r1r 1x,V-x
general from this committee for 2,067
manuals in English, Italian, Yiddish,
French, German, Polish, Norwegian,
Swedish, Russian, Spanish, Armenian
and Greek, for use in schools, courts,
banks, foreign churches, bureaus Of
education and of immigration and by
individual foreigners; that 81 chapters
had contributed $23820 to the manual
fund, with % other chapters yet to be
heard from. Mrs. Wood, Americaniza-
ton case worker, was the speaker.
Miss Lillian Chenoweth, State chair
man of music for the District of Co
lumbia Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution, has arranged the
music for the State conference of the
D. A. R., to be held in Continental Hall
on March 5 and 6. Mrs. Malletta Roach
Spengler, with Miss May Adele Levers
at the piano, will lead the singing. On
the afternoon of March 5 group of
songs will be sung by Nellie Barber
Brooks, accompanied by Elsie Cranmer,
both artists of the Lovette Studio. Miss
Chenoweth will sing by request at the
memorial service On the afternoon of
March 6, accompanied by Mrs. Clifton
Clark.
Victory Chapter.-The annual guest
night was held Monday evening at the
home of Mrs. Frank B. Littell the as
sisting hostesses being Mrs. William A.
Ting. Mrs. Earl B. Fuller and Mrs. F.
A. Norcross. In the absence of the re-
gent, Mrs. Joseph Stewart, the vice re-
gent. Mrs. Towson Price. presided. The
registrar, Mrs. Arthur Field announced
that five new members had been adj
rnitted to membership in the chapter.
The chapter voted a contribution to
the work at Camp Neville, where a
Summer camp for boys has been estab-
lished
Following the reports, members and
guests listened to an interesting paper
read by Mrs. David d. Caldwell on
washington as a Business Man"
During the social hour Mrs. David D.
Caldwell. State regent, and Mrs. Harry
Colfax Grove, State historian. presided
at the table.
Capt. Wendell; Wolfe Chapter held its
February meeting at the home of Miss
Mary Terrell. The regent, Mrs. Ada
Mills Payne, presided. new member,
Miss Helen Barnard, has been added to
our list. The honorary regent, Miss
Bertha Frances Wolfe, gave report of
the district regional conference held at
Annapolis, to which she was a delegate.
Mrs. Alexander Bell State chairman of
manual for fnnniprantS stated that this