The Washington times., 1937-11-05

torical Evening, held at Co
Vermont Ave. N. W.
Dr.. Thomas P. Martin, chief
Of the Manuscript Division Of
the Library of Congress, was the
guest speaker. DR.. Martin an
nounced his speech was "off the
record" He spoke particularly
on the acquisition by the
Library of Congress Of the Alex
ander H. Stephen collection Of
letters, papers and drafts, so
valuable because Stephen was
the first and only vice president
of the Confederate States. The
collection was purchased by
Bernard M. Baruch, OF New
York, the son of a Confederate
surgeon, and the documents
were presented by him to the
Congressional Library.
HISTORY OF LIBRARY
DR.. Martin also gave an in
teresting account Of the Library
of Congress, from the time it
was started with a small appro-
priation from Congress which in
cluded 50 a day for the librarian,
through to the time Of its burn
ing by the British in 1914 (many
of the valuable documents were
saved and also the library as
it is today. Photostat copies OF
historically important Con-
federate documents were shown
the group by DR.. Martin.
Miss Margaret Daniel, division
historian, was in charge Of the
program. Mrs. Livingston Vann,
president Of the Williams
Chapter of the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, led the
audience in giving the Pledge Of
Allegiance to the Flag. Mrs:
Richard A. Allen, president OF
the District of Columbia Division,
followed by leading in a salute
to the Confederate flag. And
then opened the program by
presenting Miss Daniel.
HISTORIANS INTRODUCED
Miss Daniels. wearing a white
lace evening gown, with q RED
corsage and white gloves. intro
duced the following chapter
historians who were attending:
Mrs. w. o. Owen, Of Jefferson
Davis Chapter; Miss Katherine
V'ootten, Of the Robert E. Lee
Chapter; Mrs. R. S. Pendexter,
of Stonewall jackson Chapter;
Mrs, Waverlie Thornhill, of ]. E.
B. Stuart Chapter; Mrs. Mary
Farr Yates, Of the Richard Stod-
dard Ewell Chapter; Mrs. A. w.
Wells, of the A. F. c. Williams
Chapter and Mrs. Charles H.
Wagner, Confederate Flag
Chapter. Mrs. Eugenia Rollins
was introduced as representing
the Hillery Herbert Trlmble
Chapter, in the absence OF the
historian.
A musical program was given
by Miss Marion Dulling, who
sang, accompanied by Miss Mary
Brattenberger, both Of the Wash
ington College Of Music; DR.. s.
L, Christie, tenor, and Livingston
Vann, baritone, Sang-both &C
companied ~ Mrs. Christie at
the piano.
Approximately $50 members
and guests attended. The pro-
gram was followed by a recep-
ton and refreshments.
CONFEDERATE COLORS
Mrs. Wagner, wearing black
velvet gown with a bodice OF cut
velvet, and Mrs. w. H. Gibson,
also dressed in black velvet with
a collar of white rouching, were
in charge o. the refreshments.
Miss Evelyn Daniels, treasurer
! of Dixie Chapter, wearing a
lovely gown of red crepe, decor
ated with ruby clips, presided at
the punch bowl.
Mrs. Allen looked very charm
ing last. night wearing a white
crepe dress, with a red velvet
poppy in front. She wore the
red and white ribbon insignia
of the organization. The colorS
of the Confederacy being red
and white, this color scheme was
carried out in the refreshments.
The table was decorated with
beautiful white chrysanthemumS