Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-18
NATIVES SOCIETY
PLANNING Dinner
Group in Spring Meeting
Pledges to Cooperate in
+ / Cleanup Campaign:

The Society Of Natives, District of
Columbia, at its Spring meeting, at the
Washington Club, Seventeenth and K
streets. last night discussed variety OF
matters ranging from the Americans
Greed, which it approved for patrlotc
observance, to the cleanup campaign,
to which the organization pledged ltS
cooperation. There was muSlcaI p,O-
gram. Plans for the annual banquet,
to be held at the Shoreham Hotel on
Nav 81, were finally outlined.
President Fred A. Emery called at
BENTON to the principles of the Amerl-
cans Greed, which was written by VII
lam TYLER Page, clerk of the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES. and adopted by Con-
nress on April 3. 1918. 1t was polnteo1
out that the thirty-ninth congress OF
the National Society of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution had
adopted a motion favoring April as
National Americans Greed DAY.
To Observe Greed.
On motion of Mrs. Henry Fenno
Gawtelle. seconded by Miss May Z.
HlIngerfor0, the society formally ap-
proved the idea OF observance OF the
action of Congress. The creeo was
drafted in 1851 In natlorla! con-
test open to all Americans with the
duties and obligations of citizens.
lanes F. Duhamel, historian OF the
eociety. discussed the life and achieve
mentS of Mrs E. D. E. N. SouthwoTth,
the novelist, whose old home at Ihrty-
sixth and Prospect street in George
town is an old landmark
He also referred to Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett and her son, VIVIAN
Burnett, the latter the original OF the
Little Lord Fauntleroy in one OF Mrs.
Burnetts books; and mentioned other
washington writer's. He announced that
during the Winter season of 1922 he
will give a series of talks before the
society on various phases Of the LIE
OF George Washington. Mr.. Duhamel
is the new chairman of the Natives
Committee on the washington Bicen-
tennial of 1882.
Musical Program Numbers.
The musical program was under the
direction of Mrs. Ella G. Robinson and
included the following numbers: The
Chandeliers, q new mems quartet, COM
prising the following: Nathan A Clark,
baritone and director; Paul E. Tullar,
lyric tenor: Sterling Bockoven. dramatic
tenor: Harry E. Mockbee, jr., baSso with
Mrs. Gertrude S. Mockbee as the accom-
PIANIST; soprano solo, Mrs. Frank
Philips, accompanied by MIS-. Ella Z.
Robinson; piano solo, Mrs. Irma G.
McGinness; whistling and vocal solos,
Miss Mildred Battle, accompanied by
Miss Marion Fowler.
The annual banquet Of the organiza-
ton will commemorate the removal OF
the seat of the Federal Government 70
washington. It was announced that the
tickets are in charge OF the correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. Roscoe j. Oatley,
41O1 New Hampshire avenue; the seat
ing arrangements in charge of Mrs. j. G.
Kondrup, 3012 Cambridge place; the
entertainment program in charge OF
Mrs, Ella G. Robinson, the chairman OF
the Entertainment Committee. Mrs.
Kondrup asked that all members to
whom tickets have been allocated make
prompt returns and that they send her
the. names OF those subscribing TO the
dinner in order to facilitate the arrang-
ing. Of seats at the banquet.