Evening star., 1932-04-21
Sidelights of D. A. r. Congress

The overseas chapters of the national
society have sent delegates from eight
chapters, the largest number ever rep
resented at a congress. There are three
members from the Walter Hines Page
Chapter of London. Mrs. @. r. kenWay
Mrs Constantine Brown ana MIS- Paul
Derrick. Miss Kenway is page from
this chapter and Mrs. William Stephen
son is a corridor hostess. The chapter
at Rome. Italy, is represented by Mrs
Josephine Caruso, who arrived THIS
morning The Philippines chapter is
represented by MIS-. Charles 5. Lonln-
gier, honorary State regent, ana MISS
Clara Donaldson, State treasurer: the
Benjamin Franklin Chapter OF Paris
by Mrs. Hoover Hanger and Miss Ada
johnson. State vice regent, the Shang-
hal CHAPTER by Miss Emma S. Lester.
the Aloloa Chapter of Hawaii by Miss
Carolyn Church and Mrs. c. K. Het-
field the Havana Chapter by Mrs. Rob-
ert r. Ellis. regent, and the very re-
Gently organized chapter of Porto Rico
by the regent, Mrs. William A. d'Wegil-
bert. The delegates met this morning
IN the Lafayette room through the
courtesy of Mrs. Beavers, chairman OF
buildings and grounds, and the Paris
charter They will meet for dinner this
evening at the Raleigh.
Floral tributes of three years as pres
ident general of the D. A. R. bloSson1ed
again last night in the rainbow gown
and bouquet of Mrs. Lowell Fletcher
Hobart.
Presiding over the session Of the
Continental Congress in which gold
blonde Mrs. Russell William Magma of
Massachusetts, was nominated, her sue
eeSsor, Mrs. Hobart, Shimmered in her
own past popularity.
Her dress was made entirely of florists
ribbon that had been tied on the bou-
quets sent to her on the platform. Its
close-fitting bodice was of golden bands
in basket weave on diagonal lines. Its
billowy skirt was rainbow ruffles. Her
old-fashioned bouquet was all of arti-
ficial flowers, made of gay bits OF more
shiny ribbons.
Mrs. Edward Everett Gam will be a
guest at the reception and tea to be
given this afternoon by Mrs. Porter H.
Dale and Mrs Warren r. Austin, wives
of the Vermont Senators, in compliment
to the delegates from Vermont. The
affair will be given from 4 to 6 o'clock
in the apartment of Senator and Mrs.
Austin at the Mayf1ower.
Assisting at the tea table will be Mrs.
Wendell P. Stafford. wife of the former
associate Justice of the District of Co.
lumbia Supreme Court; Mrs. Walter w.
Husband. wife of the Second Assistant
Secretary of Labor: Mrs. Charles H.
Robb. wife of the associate justice of
the District Court of Appeals, and Mrs
Joseph Fairbanks, formerly of st. Johns
bury. Vt, but who now lives in Wash
ington.
A busy group at the Congress today
will be the Tellers' Committee. which
is headed by Mrs. Frank L. Mason.
chairman, with Mrs. M. Raymond
Hatch, vice chairman. The polls opened
at o'clock this morning and all dur
ing the morning session State delega-
tions we're excused from the hall in
order that they might cast their votes
for their favorite daughters.
Miss Emma L. CroweIl is chairman
of the Resolutions Committee and has
serving with her Mrs. John Laidlaw
Buel. Mrs. William H. Cudworth, Mrs
Edwin c. Gregory. Mrs. George Thacher
Guernsey. Mrs Charles E. Herrick. Mrs
Robert Lincoln Hoyal. Mrs. Livingston
L. Hunter. Mrs. Henry B. Joy, Mrs.
William L. Manchester Mrs. Howard
Mccall, Mrs John Trigg Moss Mrs
w. B. Reid. Mrs. Robert j. Reed, Mrs
Finley j. Shepard, Mrs. Vinton Earl
Sisson.
The Credentials Committee is one OF
the most important at the congress
Mrs Henry NJ Robert. jr., is chairman
Miss Anna c. Blaine, Mrs. Harry B
Gauss, Mrs. j. p Mclean. Miss Emma
T. Strider, vice chairmen. and the
other members include Mrs. Clyde B
Aitchison, Mrs. Charles H. Armstrong
Mrs. Gaius M. Brumbaugh, Mrs. Will
liam Millar Cochran, Mrs. Mary Cush-
man Darte, Mrs. George De Bolt, Mrs