Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1929, Page 48

D. A. R. ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY NANNIE LANCASTER. 1 was surprised to discover that it had[ NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS. | |been written by a girl. Miss May Dick- | Copy for this column must be received at The Star office not later than noon of the Thursday preceding the Sunday of publica- tion. Notices received after that time necessarily must be omitted. The co-operation of contributors is earnestly solicited to the end that this column may be truly representative of your activities. clothing were ready to send to Virginia. | Mrs. Rapley told the chapter that she had presented a handsome beaded bag | and a handmade silver spoon, each over 200 years old, to the D. A. R. Museum. The chairman of the ways and means | committee, Mrs. Hicks, reported that | | the card party given by the chapter had | | been very successful. The chapter was | very much pleased to note among its | guests Mrs. Hobart, Mrs. Beavers, Mrs. The American Liberty Chapter was Caldwell and Mrs. Brumbaugh. " entertained at its March meeting DY | 5 ngants of the '76 Chapter held Mrs. Edith A. Crump, 3402 Sixteenth o 'aarch meeting at the home of Mrs street, assisted by Mrs. Morgan Sanders, James M. Doran, 3135 O street. The Mrs. H. 5. Ridgely and Mrs, Mary E. |Assisting hostesses ‘were Mrs. Caroline A. Kinsley and Mrs. Stephen J. Mur- Allan, The meeting was opened as| A FIRCes f - usual’ with prayer, singing of ~Amer- | Py, The xegent. Mrs. Tonals & bo o B};'dS‘flg:;fi‘:‘_‘h;:g“h""'t,‘:fi:'h'_";\‘j_ annual guest night, and after a bricf business meeting the remainder of the port, which she had given at the Dis- ‘N‘(‘nu\g was dl“\il(fll'd to a program and trict, state conference held March 6and 7 | o ciability. i at Continental Hall. This report showed | “"Dporis Rook., in Colonial costume, that the chapter was 100 per cent to|member of the Richard Lord Jones So- the good in responding to all national | ciety. Children of the American Revo- and State calls, besides subscribing |lytion, gave a reading and dance en- Jargely to patriotic enducation, Amer- |titled ~Grandmother'’s Minuet.” Dr icanism, student loan fund, boxes of | James M. Doran, prohibition commis- clothing and money sent to the moun- | sioner, made an address on the admin- tain poor, as well as Red Cross, White | jstration of the prohibition law. A talk Cross and home missionary work, which | was given by Mrs. Josiah Van Orsdel. is kept up by the chapter yearly. Mrs. | national president of the C. A. R.. on W. L. Ewell of the patrictic education |the work and progress of the society. committee reported that $25 had been | Three delightful whistling solos were raised by the state committee this year. | rendered by Miss Janet Coon, accom- She paid a tribute to Mrs. R. B. Owen, | panied on the piano by Paul Fishbaugh. one of the chapter's ex-regents, who |Mrs. Willilam Sherman Walker, chair- had accomplished so much when she [man of national defense, gave an illu- was State chairman of that committee | minating talk on that subject. Among in 1927, Mrs. E. M. Pickens of the|the guests were the regents of other Americanism committee reported that | District chapters. S $05 had been cleared from a benefit| Refreshments were served in the din- card party. Mrs. G. S. Newcomb of the | ing room. where Mrs. Constance Good- | Ellis Island committee reported that the |man and Mrs. E. M. Blackwell presided | box of new material voted by the chap- | at the table. The decorations were in ter had been sent. Mrs. R. B. Owen |yellow with jonquils told of one of the District's historic | - milestones protected by the District D. A. R. It was in the front lawn of | 5600 Western avenue and the pro-|309 New Jersey avenue southeast. Fol- tecting fence had been taken down and |lowing the business meeting, during put in the basement, but the stone was | which the indorsement of the chapter well taken care of and was in good con- | W: given to the candidacy of Mrs, dition. The chapter voted to give $17|Lowell F. Hobart for the next presi- to send two boys to the civilian camp |dent general. an interesting program at Quantico next Summer. It was re- | was given consisting of a talk by Mrs. Samuel Gorton Chapter met March 13 at the home of Mrs. Anne R. Thrall. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. MARCH 24 1929—PART 3. COMING TO CAPITAL inson reported that three barrels of [ | Daughter of Brig. Gen. Archiba | Id Campbell, U. general at Governors Island, and with her mother a recent guest in Washington. Gen. and Mrs. Campbell and Miss Campbell will come to Washington next seas also spoke of the address on “Patrick Henry.” Mrs. Amy F. Hammond said she had bought tickets for the D. A. R. student loan fund. Other committees had nm’ reports as there had not been any meetings held. It was voted to have the annual luncheon at the Willard.on April 23. The chapter had the pleasure of wel- coming Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, ex- State regent, and Mrs. Harry Colfax Grove. State historian. Mrs. Hodgkins spoke about the restoration of Wake- | field. She showed the chapter a plate | that was a reproduction of the ancient ; Wakefleld-Washington family china in | the salt glazeware used around 1735, and recently found in the ruins at! Wakefield, The chapter voted a con- | tribution for the Wakefield Fund. Mrs. | | Grove spoke of the importance of the ! { chapter histories. She also spoke of | | the “Mile Stones” one branch of the work of the State historic committee. The chapter also welcomed Mrs. E.} E. Curry, the regent of the E Pluribus | Unum_Chapter, who brought greetings | from her chapter. Other guests were: | Miss Whitaker and Mrs. Priscilla Alt- man. A delightful social hour followed the adjournament of the business meet- ing. Tuesday evening the Constitution | Chapter met at the Hamilton Hotel | The hostesses were Mrs, J. McK. Grand- field, Mrs. George A. Cook, Mrs. Sidney Phillips, Mrs. A. McPherson, Mrs. Frank Shull, Mrs. M. J. Junkin, Mrs. James | I Parker and Mis. N. C. R. Baggett. 4| The regent, Mrs. Robb H. McNeill, | presided. Following the usual opening exercises, the officers reports were ap- | proved. The standing committees next | presented their reports. | "Mrs. T. Hardie Seay. chapter dele- gate to the thirty-eighth Continental Congress, read a resume of the State Conference, held March 6 and 7. Mrs. Demett and Miss Newton were elected to membership. ~The honor | guest of the evening, Mrs. W. W. Hus- | band. national chairman on American- | ization, pleased the audience with a | highly instructive exposition of this |phase of the organization’s activities. | " ‘The chapter was entertained with | clnssical selections rendered by the or- | chestra of the Americanization School, | | composed of boy and girl students. Mrs. | Preston of South Hadley, Mass., was |also a guest of the chapter. Refres | ments were served during the social | hour. d " The next meeting is changed from A., assistant to the adjutant | aprij 16 to April 23 because of the Con- | tinental Congress. Col. Tench Tilghman Chapter.—The | | i | Photo by Arnold Genthe, New Yt ported that the Chapter House Cor- poration had $23.800 on hand. Atten- tion was called to the book- units of | $250 each in the new Constitution Ha!l; Library. The chapter voted to appro- | priate $50 toward buying one of these | units. Several members spoke of the| Jovely chapter aniversary tea given by | the regent in honor of Mrs. Lowell F.| Hobert, organizing secretary general and candidate for president general of the N. S. D. A. R. A rising vote of thanks was given to the regent. Among the visitors were Mrs. Morgan Sanders, wife of Representative Sanders of Texas; Mrs. David D. Darden of Wheeling, W. Va.; Mrs, Ray Thomson, wife of the American consul to En; land; Mrs. David Caldwell, State regen Miss Helen Harman, State vice regent: Mrs. Henry Patten, State chaplain; Miss Nellie_Ross, State recording secretary; |- Mrs. J. Edgar Smith, State correspond- | ing secretary; Mrs. George Hillyer, jr. | State treasurer; Mrs. Harry Grove, State historian. Mrs. Caldwell ex- plained the budget system she wishes the chapters to adopt for the District. Mrs. Grove spoke on chapter history end marking historic spots. She said she was delighted with the history of the American Liberty Chapter and hav- ing it turned in so promptly. R. H. Mc- Neill, one of our prominent lawyers, who has made a study of the Kellogg treaty, national defense and immigra- tion, was the principal speaker and gave an_instructive talk on those sub- jects. David Thomson, aged 3 years, son of the American consul, was the chapter’s mascot. There was a large attendance of chapter members. Mrs. Sanders and Mrs. Ridgely presided at All floral decorations . the tea table. ‘were red and green. The State Committee of Americanism met Tuesday afternoon in the library of the Americanization School. Miss Maude Alton was the honor guest- speaker. Miss Aiton gave a history talk of .the committee outlining the work planned in 1919 when the Daughters of the American Revolution were desir- ous of entering into this branch of serv- jce. Plans for a reception to be held in the near future with an entertain- ment were put under way. ment was made that a special commit- tee would enter into a neighborhood school project in & locality where ac- cess to the Americanization School was Ampossible. Mrs. Grattan Kerans, chairman, presided. The Emily Nelson Chapter met March 12 at the home of Mrs. Curtis, with Mrs. Barnard, her sister, acting as assisting hostess. There were a number of re- ports. One of them was given at the Btate conference by the chapter regent, Mrs. Helen Rapley. Another was the report of the historic committee meet- ing, which was given by the chapter historian. In speaking of the activities in which the D. A. R. participates, Mrs. Duvall told the chapter of the medal which her daughter, Mrs. Burton, also a member of the chapter, won in 1919. The medal was presented by the D. A. R. to the George Washington University student writing the best essay. Mrs., Burton wrote her paper on the John Rogers Clark expedition. The committee judg- ing the papers decided it was 18 points better than any of the others and then W. B. Moses & Sons Public Confide: . F Street at Eleventh Ross House, on the origin and history | of the short story. a paper on the life | hostess, assisted by Mrs. Weaver. of William McKinley by Mrs. Thrall | April 4 the meeting will be with the and several readings by Mrs. House. | regent, at her home. Refreshments were served. | it 1S - | Patriots’ Memorial Chapter was enter- The Dolly Madison Chapter was en- | tained March 12 at 2 p.n. by Mrs. W. tertained at its meeting March 12 by | T. Saul, a visiting member, at Wake- Mrs. T. F. Shuey in the parlors at|field Hail. New Hampshire avenue. The Stoneleigh Court. There was a large at- | regent, Mrs. J. P. Saffold, presided. The tendance. Reports from the State com- | meeting was opened with prayer, fol- mittees and from the recent State con-" jow by the pledge of allegiance to the P once ‘were full and interesting. AD |flag and the singing of ~America, the amendment to the by-laws was propos- Beautiful.” Reports of officers were ed and read, providing for the election | approved, also those of the chairmen of delegates at the same time as the o yarious committees. Mrs. George P. election of officers. Guests of honor were the State treasurer and the State vice regent, Miss Harmon, who spoke briefly to the chapier. Little John Boyden Chapter was en- tertained at its March meeting by Mrs. Mary Edmunds of 1614 Q street. The regent, Mrs. Fred L. Volland, presldeq: The meeting was opened by “America, the Lord's Prayer and the pledge to the flag. A report of the State Conference was made by the regent, and attention was called to the Continental Congress. The regents’ badge will be available to each alternate during the session of congress and they are requested to advise the regent of the scssion they wish to at- end. The treasurer, Mrs. Fred E. Per- Lee gave a detailed report of the year, showing over $200 had been spent in the work. Mrs, W. W. Morrison, chap- ter representative on student loan com- mittee and chairman of the benefit March 18, stated the many requests for tickets assured the success of it. Mrs. C. A. Weaver, vice chairman of the Girl Home Makers, reported for that committee, Through the chapter $49.50 has been donated for this work. The honor guest, Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, State regent for the District of Columbia, for Wakefield, gavesa talk, and the chapter pledged its support to the purchase of Washington's home. This being guest evening further business was dispensed with. The eve- ning was enjoyed at cards by the mem- bers and guests, Mrs. Hodgkins, Mrs. R. Oakley, Mrs. Rice, Mr. W. W. Mor- rison, Mr. G. T. Gregory and Dr. C. A. Weaver, Prizes were won by Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. PerLee and Mrs. Vol- land. A guest prize was presented to Mre. Hodgkins, Refreshments were served by the —————Keep in Line With= Youth | Reduce Your Weight Rebuild Your Body Lines The latest exer- our HIS METHOD OST SCIEN- rr No vibration RTRUDE RUBERY St. N.W. at Conn. Ave. 1731 L nce Since 1561 Main 3770 Conway gave a talk on the work being done in Americanism among the for- eigners in this country. It was voted to have a chapter banquet on April 9 at the Washington Club. All stood in silent tribute to the memory of Miss Rose Eckenrode, one of its members, | who recently passed away. At the close of the meeting a social hour was en- Joyed by members and guests. Richard Arnold Chapter celebrated its seventeenth anniversary with a the- ater party Monday evening, when Mrs. David D. Caldwell, State regent, D. C. D. A. R, was the guest of honor. The othing but the Truth,” at the Theater, was patronized by many other chapters, the house being sold for the benefit of the D. A. R. Student Loan Fund for George Wash- ington University scholarships, of which Mrs. James C. Ord is State chairman, Mrs ePter C. Pritchard, State vice chairman, and Mrs. Maude Beall Ford chairman for Richard Arnold Chapter. Mrs. Caldw~'l was 'entertained also by the chapter ot an after-theater supper parly at the Willard Hotel. The regent, Mrs. Randolph D. Hopkins, presided, assisted by Mrs. William G. Carter, Miss Mary Stella Belden, Mrs. John T. Moore, jr.; Mrs. Lee R. Pennington, jr.; Mrs. Benjamin Grady, Miss Ella Espey Miss Bertie Packett and Miss Edith C. Tea served, without charge, in the Rose Room, First Floor, Daily from 3 to 5 p.m. W. B. Moses & Sons SINCE 1861—SIXTY-EIGHT YEARS OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE Main 3770 Rugs of Wonderful Charm Discontinued Patterns—A Few Slightly Shopworn Who before her marriage to Lieut. Klepinger, § Sill, February 16, was Miss Martha Horton, daughter of Mrs. Eugenia Horton, for- merly of Washington, now of Fayettev MAN WHO WORKED BY EDISON TO RETIRE Telegraph Operator 62 Years, Tells How Inventor's Genius By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 23.—After more than 62 vears’ service with the Western Union Telegraph Co.; a career that began at a key adjoining that operated by Thomas A. Edison, Robert G. Wilson of Bayonne, N. J., will retire on full pey this week. He is manager of the com- pany’s main office at 195 Broadway. In telling of his long service today Wilson recalled with pride that young Edison used his desk in assembling instruments with which he was co ducting experiments that led to devele ment of the duplex system of telegraph: Wilson started his work as a telegraph operator in 1866 for the Bankers & Brokers' Telegraph Co. which was taken over by the Western Union. For the first five vears of his service he was a co-worker with Edison Jdison was just a quiet, unassum- oung man.” Wilson said today ‘liked by his fellow workers and both- ering no one. Even then, despite the fact that he was out of his 'teens, he was considered an inventive genius and had the respect of the men with whom he worked.” i i LANSBURGH&BRO 7th, 8th and E Sts. S. A., which took place at Fort e, N. ( FATHER TO BATTLE FOR LONG-LOST GIRL Daughter, Deserted by Mother, Adopted by Another, No Longer | | her two hours while she was on one of | the visits to the convent required of all adopted children. | Mr. Habit will return to New York | this week with his son, Fred, prepared | to institute legal steps to gain posses- sion of his child, who, he will contend. was taken from him against his will and unnecessarily. Mr. Habit now has a second wife and Northup. Miss Pearl Leona Heck was | present for the first time as a_member, | and Miss Olive Herrington, formerly of Beloit, Wis., was a prospective-member | guest. Miss Susan Edwards Moore of | | March meeting of the chapter was held he home of Mrs. J. Frank Wilson. | at tl vice | at Wakefield Hall, Mrs. regent, presiding. Mrs, Eva Chase, chairman of con- servation, gave a report of the two| Wilson, Is His, He Is Told. kBy the Associated Press. | EDENTON, N. C. March 23—Joe Thomas H. Welles Chapter was also mahogany trees given by the chapter | gapit wealthy Edenton merchant and present as a guest. Mrs. William G. Carter and Mrs. Lee | R. Pennington, jr., will entertain the | chapter_on Mond Victor Ivan Zelov of Rosemont, Phila- | delphia, and Mrs. Willlam Ashmead Dyer of Edgewold, Ardmore, Pa, will | be guests of honor. | | to Continental Hall, to be planted in | thefr grounds. The vice regent re- ported sending literature given by th talned from the Government Printing Office, to Rockville School. Ellis Island | chairman reported sending annual box | of materials to Ellis goods, sors, thread, etc. bus line operator, believes that after 20 years he has found a daughter of his April 1, when MTS. | porestry Association, and handbook ob- | that he never has seen, but, legally, she is no longer his, and he was informed by officials of a Roman Catholic con- Island—dress | vent, on Sixty-eighth street, New York, | | by which she was adopted in 1913, she Monticello Chapter held its March |~ Aft meeting Tuesday evening, at the home | tor of the regent, Mrs, A. E. T. Hansmann, | served. = Mrs, Frederick W. Matteson, 2835 Twenty-seventh strect. | Mrs. Elmer Saul, Miss Lucy G. Cabell Assisting ‘hostesses were Mrs. 8. E.|and Mis. Florence Keys Randall were Kramer, Mrs. E. C. Sasnett and MTIS. | gyegts, J. R. Pipes. i Mrs, Hansmann, adjourned, Refreshments were | regent, presided.| potomac Chapter had the honor of business was finished the chap- | oo tho foster daughter and heiress | of an aged woman whose estate approx- | imates $27,000,000. ‘The first wife of Habit, who is an American citizen of Syrian birth, de- serted their 2-week old daughter, Mary, and 13-month-old son, Fred, The chaplain, Mrs. Frank W. Carden, | terining Mis, David D. Caldwell,|in Brookiyn, in 1909, while Habit was opened the session by reading Lenton | gigte regent; Miss Helen Harman, State thoughts and a prayer from a book | yjce regent; Mrs. George Hillyer, jr. nearly 100 vears old. This was followed | gy "Hor o er Pand Mrs, Harry C. by the = e to the flag and the usual | patriotiz exercises. { The minutes of the previous meeting | were approved. The report of the treas- | urer, Mrs. Frank B. Whitaker, was ac- cepted. Mrs. Hansmann said that, as regent, she had carried the chapter flag at the exercises held February 322, in Me- | morial Continental Hall. She also said | she had attended a reception in honor of Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart; that she had, in addition, attended the State con- ference, and as_auditor, had audited the books of the Chapter House Cor- poration and those of the State treas- urer. ‘The historian, Mrs. Charles P. Benns, reported the meeting of the State his- toric committee, speaking of an ad- dress on “George Rogers Clark” and his patriotic work in saving the Northwest territory for the United States She . F Street at Eleventh | officers gave a greeting to the chapter Grove, State historian, on March 13. The meeting was held at the home of the vice regent, Mrs. John F. Little, 1510 Varnum street, Mrs. Frederick Y. Donn and Mrs. Catherine Vosbury being joint hostesses with her. After a short business meeting each of the State | and refreshments were served. Tiny Book Fad Revived. 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