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OHIOAN AND GEORGIAN SEEK HIGHEST OFFICE Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart and Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge Are Candidates for Wl L PR 87 VR AAS AT ALY LS A S e i S S S Y TR A AT ANV R ARSI LAY 43 President The center of interest for thousands of members of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, is the election of officers, which this week will be an outstanding event of the socciety’s Continental Congress. Delegates to the congress from all the States will participate in the elec- tion Thursday when a selection will be made between two distinguished candi- dates for the office of president general and their respective “tickets.” Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart of Ohio and Mrs. Julius Young Talmadge of Georgia are the candidates for the society’s highest office. ‘They have drawn from the membership as run- ning mates for various subordinate offices women distinguished in many phases of the society’s widespread ac- tivity. A distinct competitive aspect has been given the election ,in that Mrs. ‘Talmadge, a resident of Athens, Ga. a city famous in the South's history | as the homeplace of Henry W. Grady, is the first woman from the section to offer for the office of president general. Women especially identified with the society in the South are among her candidates. Mrs. Talmadge has been prominently {dentified with the society for 17 vears. She has been treasurer and regent of her home chapter, State recording sec- retary, vice regent and regent for Georgia, vice president general of the national society and honorary regent. For seven years she has been a member of the national board of management. She was the first national chairman of the society’s student loan fund and at present is national chairman of the D. A. R. Magazine. Prominent in War Work. During the World War, Mrs. Tal- madge was State chairman of patriotic education for Georgia, and State chairman of a committee in charge of providing and maintaining a bed in the hospitals of France. The prosper- ous condition of the Georgia Soclety is credited largely to Mrs. Talmadge's business efficiency. Mrs. Hobart is Ohio’s first candidate for the society's highest office. She has directed the policies of a large | organization, having been the first president of the American Legion Auxiliary and director of a great in- i in the organization's member- p. Mrs. Hobart has been in contact with the National Society’s interests through service on several of its more impor- tant committees and her experience as chapter regent, State regent and or- ganizing general secretary of the society has given her keen understanding of the organization’s purposes. She is a member of the national exe- cutive committee and chairman of the commiittee on buildings and grounds. Both candidates have pledged loyalty to the society’s views on national de- fense and have promised to pursue policles of judicious economy, and work looking toward completion of Consti- tution Hall, which the society is erect- ing. Mrs. Hobart and Mrs. Talmadge have waged active campaigns and on the eve of convention of the congress it was conceded gemerally that a warmly contested election would result. Vice Presidential Candidates. There are 12 candidates for the 7 vice presidents general, whose terms expire with the present congress. Two vice presidents general whose terms ex- pire in 1930 are candidates for other offices, and in the event one is elected her place will be filled by the candidate for vice president receiving the eighth largest vote. The candidates for vice presidents general are: Mrs. R. B. Campbell of Kansas, Mrs. Daniel Mershon Garrison of Maryland, Mrs. Ralph Van Landing- ham of North Carolina, Mrs. Herbert Backus of Ohio, Mrs. N. Rowland Brown of Pennsylvania, Mrs. William L. Man- chester of Rhode Island, Mrs. Amos Ayres of South Dakota, Mrs. Katherine White Kittredge of Vermont, Mrs. Wil- liam Smith Shaw of Maine, Mrs. E. N. Slack of Tennessee, Mrs. Grant Everett Lilly of Kentucky and Mrs. O. H. Mack of Nevada. Mrs. Hobart's ticket comprises names prominently known to the national soclety. Mrs. Willlam Rock Painter of Mis- souri, candidate for chaplain general, is credited with having been largely re- sponsible for passage of a bill in her home State under which the Constitu- tion is taught in the schools. She has served as chapter and State regent of the D. A. R, and has been on sev- eral of the national soclety’s important committees, She is_president of the Missouri soclety, National Soclety United Daughters of 1812, and is State suditor of American War Mothers. Mrs. Bissell's Record. Mrs. Charles Humphrey Bissell of Connecticutt, candidate for recording secretary general, has been prominently identified with the soclety in her State since 1904, when she served as regent. She has been chairman of magazine for the national society and is a member of the executive committee and a vice president general. Miss Margaret B. Bennett of Pitts- burgh, candidate for corresponding secretary general, has been chairman of the national committee on credentials under two presidents general and also vice chairman of the soclety’s house committee. She was a member of the ‘women's committee for the Sesqui- centennial in Philadelphia. Mrs. William A. Beacker of New Jersey, has been unanimously indorsed of of vice didate the election of organizing secretary general. She has held office in her State society | through five administrations. Mrs. Harriet Vaughn Rigdon, undl-l date for the office of treasurer general, has been treasurer, historian and regent | of the State soclety in Indiana, her home. She is a member of several committees of the national society and has been State treasurer for the Dames of the Loyal Legion and the Daughters of the American Colonists. Runs for Registrar General. Mrs. Josiah A. Van Orsdel of Wash- ington, D. Van Orsdel of the District Court of Aryeals, is a candidate for the office of registrar general. As president. of the Soclety of the Children. of the American Revolution Mr. Ven Orsdel directed an increase in membership of more than 7,000. She has served sev- ber of the memorial committee and th: .;!dvuory committee of Constitution all, The candidate on Mrs. Hobart's ticket general is Mrs. Flora | ciety’s committees. her State conference for the office | fl:esldmt general and is a can- | for the office | C., the wife of Judge J. A.}. General. State treasurer and regent and on sev- eral of the national society's committees. Mrs. Hobart's candidate for the office of librarian general is Mrs. Russell William Magna of Massachusetts, na- tional chairman of the Constitution Hall committee. Whil> superintending the collection of a mwiion’ dollars for the buflding of the hall, she paid her own expenses, including publishing, mailing and the cost of traveling. Curator General Candidate. The candidate for the curator gen- eral is Mrs. Samuel Jackson Kramer | of New York, the retiring State regent of that State. She has served as a commissioner of the Board of Education of New York City and as a member of the Higher Board of Education. Under her administration as regent of thel Washington Heights Chapter of the so- clety the museum of Colonial and Revo- lutionary relics was _established. Mrs, Willlam W. Husband, a native | of Vermont but a resident of the Capi- | tal, is the candidate for treasurer gen- | eral on Mrs. Talmadge's ticket. She| has served as recording secretary, vice regent and regent of the Victory Chap- | ter in the District and has had con- siderable experience in financial affairs in administration and, organization work. She is serving her third term as national chairman of Americanism. It is felt that Mrs. Husband's residence | in Washington places her in position to give constant attention to the busi- ness of the national soclety. Mrs. Henry A. Beck of Indiana, honorary regent of that State, is candidate for organizing secretary gen: erai. She has been active in the D. A. R. for more than 30 years, having served as chapter and State regent and a member of several of the national so- For three years she was & member of the international re- lations committee of the American As- sociation of University Women. She has been a vice president general and s::xtle secretary and registrar for In- diana. Also Washington Resident. Mrs. William A. Rodenberg of Illinois, candidate for the office of correspond- ing secretary general, has been a mem- | ber of the national soclety’s house com- mittee for three years and for two years & member of the commitiee in chrage of invitations and boxes. She also is a resident of Washington and gl‘ l:u;uve member of the Congressional ub. Mrs. Newton D. Chapman of New York, candidate for the office of record- ing secretary general, is serving her third year as national chairman of the better films committee. She is vice- president of the Staten Island istorical Society and was State chairman for New York for the Valley Forge Memo- rial committee from 1922 to 1925, at which time a $7,000 memorial was placed in the Washington Memorial Chapel at Valley Forge. Mrs. Talmadge and the State Society of South Carolina present Mrs. Wil- liam B. Burney as a candidate for the office of chaplain general. She has been prominently identified with the organi- zation since 1901, having served as chapter secretary, twice as chapter re- gent, State registrar and State regent. She is national vice chairman of the society’s loan fund, having supervision over 12 States. Mrs. Burney has been president of the South Carolina Fed- eration of Women's Clubs. During the ‘World War she was awarded a service medal for outstanding work with the American Red Cross. Mrs. Matteson’s Record. Mrs. Frederick W. Matteson of the District of Columbia is a eandidate for the office or registrar general. She has had wide experience in the work as registrar of the Uniged Daughters of 1812 for five years and State registrar for the District of Columbia branch of that organization. She has been State recording secretary of her chap- ter and 2 member of the house and magazine committees. ‘Twenty years' service in the national society, in chapter offices and on na- tional committees is behind the candi- dacy of Mrs. Edwin Erle Sparks of Pennsylvania for the office of historian general. For three years she was na- tional vice chairman of petriotic educa- tion. She has been historian and regis- trar of the Chicago chapter and is now corresponding secretary of the National Officers Club of the D. A. R. Mrs. Jesse H. Shreve of California, candidate for the office of reporter general to the Smithsonian Institution, is a graduate of the University of Chi- cago and has been chairman of the Women's State Legislative Council for San Diego County, Calif. She has been active in State D. A. R. work. Attendance at every national con- gress of the soclety in 21 years is the record of Mrs. Hoval A. Smith of Ari- zona, candidate for the office of librarian general on Mrs. Talmadge's ticket. She was elected unanimously as State regent for Arizona for three consecutive terms, and organized the Children of "the American Revolution in her State and is now serving her sixth year as State director. Mrs. Smith was one of a unit that adopted a hospital near Paris dur- ing the World War, supporting it con- tinuously, for which the French govern- ment awarded her the Croix de Guerre. Mrs. Lucius Ellis Holland of Michigan, candidate for the office of curator gen- Ui L5 feft: Mrs. Julivs Y. Talmadge of Athens, Ga., (left) and Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart of Cincinnati, rival candidates for president general. Upper right: An- | pper other Betsy Ross and another flag. Beisy Ross, descendant of the Revolutionary heroine, presents a flag of American silk to Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, preside general. Margaret B. Barnett. NUMEROUS AFFAIRS PLANNEDFORD.A.R Social Functions Include Re-| ception at White House Thursday Afternoon. Not the least interesting phase of the annual congress of the National Soclety of the Daughters of the American Rev- olution is the social program arranged for officers and delegates, the most im- portant, of course, being the reception at the White House Thursday after- noon at 4:30 o'clock, when the Presi- dent and Mrs. Hoover will receive. Dozens of “campaign teas” are on for both candidates for the office of presi- dent general and those on their respec- tive tickets, and State societies are hold- ing receptions during the week for offi- cers and delegates their their States, Ball Planned for Tuesday. Following in importance the White House reception Thursday afternoon is the ball to be given by the president general, Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau; the vice presidents general and the national officers, assisted by State regents, Tues- day evening at the Willard Hotel in honor of the pages in attendance dur- ing the Congress. Waiting on Mrs. Brosseau are Miss Florence Trumbull, daughter of the Governor of Connecti- gen eral, has served her Saginaw chapter as recording secretary, treasurer and State regent. She was State auditor for six years, a member of the finance committee for three years and State regent for three years. | | | i 1 cut and Mrs. John H. Trumbull, and Miss Bina Day Deneen, daughter of Senator and Mrs. Charles 8. Deneen of Illinois. . Reporis are that Miss Trumbull has invited her fiance, John; Coolidge, to attend. v Among the Senators’ wives enter- taining is Mrs. Vandenburg of Michi gan, who will give a tea at the Willard Friday afternoon from 5 to 7 o'clock. ! Honor guests who will receive with her au, retiring president r Michigan woman, Mrs. Henry Joy of Detroit, vice presi- dent general; Miss Alice McDuffee of Kalamazoo, retiring historian general, and Mrs. Charles F. Bathrick of Battle Creck, the State regent. All delegates, alternates and vising daughters are' included in this reception. H From Grand Rapids, Mich,, the home | cf Senator vmdenbur,, will come . Carrie Welch, the ciiy regent; Charles Kindel, Mrs. Helen Rowe, Mrs. Charles Whittier, Mrs, Clarence Dexter and Mrs. C. W. Prichard. Mrs.‘Delom Blodgett, now of a former | resident of Grand Rapids, also is one of the delegates. Gives Tea This Afternoon. | Mrs, Brosteau will be jthe guest ol‘ nor at a reception and tea to be Mrs. Charles Bathrick otl Baghes §§§E§ 2 [ §~ 5 s,:;a‘ggfg .»%?. Below: Some of the candidates for office. D. A. R. Program ‘TODAY. 11 o'clock—Memorial service, Memorial Continental Hall. 3:30 0'clock—Placing wreath on Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Arlington Cometery. ‘TOMORROW, 10 AM. Organ recital, 9:30 to 10. Suite Gothique “Chorale’ “Priere a Notre Dame. “Andante Cantabile” from fifth symphony.: Sonata in C Minor—"Allegro Appassionato’ Mrs, James Shera Montgomery, musical Member, Livingston Manor Chapter, D.C. Assembly call: Mr. Arthur S. Witcomb, second leader, U. 8. Marine Band. Entrance of President General, Vice President General and National Officers escorted by the Pages. Thirty-eighth Continental Congress called to order by the President General: Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau +++.Mrs. Matthew Brewster, Chaplain General Scripture and Prayer. Salute to the Flag: Mrs. Charles Brand, National Chairman Correct Use of the Flag Committee Music: “The Star Spangled Banner veveerss..The Assemblage The American’s Creed.. .Mr. William Tyler Page (author) Music: “America” cesssvsanenses ...The Assemblage Greetings rs. Alfred J. Brosseau, President General Greetings: Children of the American Revolution, Mrs. Josiah A. Van Orsdel, National President Greetings: Col. W. B. Ladue, Commissioner, District of Columbia Greetings: Col. Walter Scott, Advisory Board, N. 8. D. A. R. Greetings: Sons of the American Revolution, Mr. Ganson Depew, President General Greetings: American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. Boyce Ficklen, jr., National President Address to the Congress . ....The President General Refiofl of Committee on Lisle 8. Lipscomb, Chairman Roll Call... John Trigg Moss, Official Reader Report of Co gral ...Mrs. Rhett Goode, Chairman Report of Standing Rules: Mrs. Henry B. Joy, Chairman Resolutions Committee Announcements: Recess for Luncheon. TOMORROW, 2 P.M. Assembly Call. Entrance of Pages. ‘Announcement of Resolutions Committee. Reports of National Officers: The President General. The Chaplain General. The Record Sec rs. Alfred J. Brosseau Mrs. Matthew Brewster Samuel Williams Earle .Mrs. Herbert M. Lord Lowell Fletcher Hobart Mrs. Eli A. Helmick Mrs. Adam M. Wyant b Mrs, Herbert M. Lord, Chairman Horace Martin Farnham, Chairman report of committee on ....Miss Alice Louise McDuffec ‘The Organizing Secreta! The Registrar General The Treasurer General Report of Finance Committee. Report of Auditing Committee. The Historian General (incorporatini Historical Research) The Librarian General (in xt of committee on Memorial Continental Hall Library)....Mrs. Horace Martin Farnham The Curator General (incorporating report on committee on Revolutionary Relics for Memorial Continental Hall) Mrs, Joseph 8. Frelinghuysen The Reporter General to the Smithsonian Institution, Mrs, Gerald L. Schuyler Announcements. TOMORROW, 8:15 P.M. From 7:45 to 8:15 the United States Marine Band Orchestra will play the following selections: ¢ 1. March: “Hail to the Spirit of Liberty”. 2. Overture: “Merry Wives of Windsor” 3. Excerpts from “The Three Musketeers 4. March: “General Lejeune” ........ Capt. Taylor Branson, Leader. Assembly Call e O e Coce. T, B ot Dol . Chaplain General, N. §. 8. A. R. . Charlotte Ryan, Metropolitan Opera Co. Ferrara, Ambassador from Cuba La Forge Charlotte Ryan, Mrs. James Shera Mon! 7 m&nflt. Address: “Citizenship,” Honorable James W. Good, Secretary of War Sy, Mp O NT B St Virgima. Muitary nsttats Musie: “In Quelle Trine Morbide” (from Manon at) .. . Ryan, Metropolitan Co. Opera St e oo oy Address: “Woman's Patriotio ‘Benediction. Left to right, Mrs. William B. Burney, Mrs. Newton David Chapman, Mrs. William R. Painter and M —Assoclated Press Ph: BY ALICE ROGERS HAGER. Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, just ending her term as president general of the D. A. R, has much to look back upon with pride and pleasure. Within her period at the head of the organization, the project of financing and building Constitution Hall has come to fruition. She was the treasurer general in Mrs. Cook’s cabinet and came to the presi- | dency with considerable knowledge of | what must be done to push it forward. It had been hoped to have the great building, which is to seat 4,000 per- sons, completed for the present con- gress, but that was impossible. How- ever, on Friday morning Mrs. Brosseau, the vice presidents general and the other national officers. led by the Ma- rine Corps buglers, will march in sol- emn_procession from the Auditorium to the dedication of the unfinished structure. It will bs remembered that it was three x:ars ago that the ground | was first officially set aside behind Me- | morial Continental Hall, when Mrs. Cook was the retiring president. Then Mrs. Coolidge helped to lay the corner stone with Mrs. Brosseau late last year, and now the new president general | will have the right to look forward to | holding her first congress, the fortieth, | next April in the society’s own audi- torium. * ok ok ok Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, one of | the two candidates for Mrs. Brosseau's office—Mrs. Junius Y. Talmadge of Georgia is the other—comes from the | “President-making” State of Ohio. She | American Legion Auxiliary, which she was largely instrumental in organiz- ing. As organizing secretary general she”hns served with the present “cabi- net” and this past year, as chairman of buildings and grounds, has had the responsibility of renovating the Con- tental Hall. Mrs, Hobart's home is in Cincinnati, where she has been ex- \ tremely active in other capacities as ;well as in the society. A trained | genealogist, she held the office of State , Seczetery of the Mayflower Descendants, jand she was the only woman selected { by the governor to serve on the Ohio committee for the Sesquicentennial Ex- i position in Philadelphia. i _Her opponent, Mrs, Junius Young Talmadge, comes from Athens, Ga. ‘and has also the right to claim yea: jof distinguished service in D. A. R. ! work, She was for several terms na- ‘tional chairman of the student loan { fund, beginning at the time of its in- ception, and later national chairman 1of the soclety's ne committee, |in which capacity she is still serving. !She has been vice president general | from Georgia since 1926. And as far as + ancestors go, she had through those il- {lustrious forbears a hand in the sign- ing of both the Declaration of Inde- News of D. A. R. Full reports of the D. A. R. Convention April 14 to 21, inclusive.: Mail — Postage Pre- Mexico and Foreign ..... Leave order with Star Mrs. Adam Wyant, treasurer zeneral, D. A. R. Personalities I has already held the first office in the | (Continued From First Page.) the chairman of the committee, Miss Aline Bolomons, and unvefled by Miss Janet Richards. Mrcs. Brosseau will accept it on behalf of the society. Members of the families of the four ploneer women to be memorialized have signified their intention to attend the exercises. Mr and Mrs. George B. Christiancy of Hartsdale, N. Y., are ex- pected to represent the family of Mrs. Lockwood. Mrs. Eugenia Washington Moncure Bradfield will represent the Washington family; Mrs. Esther Neely Emmort of Washington D. C., and Desha Breckenridge of Lexington, Ky., the relatives of Miss Desha, and Miss Ellen Harden Walworth of Albany, N. Y., will be present as the representa- tive of her mother, whose name she bears. Among those attending the meeting of the committee which agreed finally on the plans for the exercises were: The vice chairmen, Miss Janet Rich- ards, District of Columbia, and Mrs. W. O. Spencer of North Carolina; the secretary, Mrs. Matthew Gault of Mary- land; the following State representa- tives, Mrs. Charles C. Keene, New Andrew Hickman, Oklahoma; Mrs. Richard Jackson Barker, Massachuset! Mrs. Charles H. Bissell, Connecticut; Mrs. Edward Barrett, Sheboygan, and Mrs. James F. Trottman, Milwaukee, Wi Mrs. William B. Burney, South Carolina; Mrs. Albert L. Calder, Rhode Island; Mrs. Harvey Thyson White and Mrs. Livingston Schuyler, New York City, and Mrs. Prank D. Callan, Ilian, N. Y. State; Mrs. Joseph. S. Calfee, Missouri; Mrs. John Campbell, rado; Mrs. John N. Carey, Indiana; | Mrs. _Benjamin Butterworth, Moline; | Mrs. William J. Sweeney, Rock Island, {and Mrs. Donald K. Moore, Chicago. who united to put Illinois in the lead among contributing States; Mrs. Flora McGill Keefer and Mrs. Randolph D.| Hopkins, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. W. H. | Conaway, West Virginia; Mrs. Cassius ; C. Cottle, California; Miss Emma L. | Crowell, Philadelphia; Mrs. John Up- i ton Myers, Bethlehem, and Miss Susan | Frazler, Lancaster, combining for | Pennsylvania; Miss Myra Hazard, | Mississippi; Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, | Alabama; Mrs. Benjamin Heath, North | Cerolina; Mrs. W. H. Hoyt, Minnesota: | Mrs. Thomas Kite, Ohio; Mrs. Eliza P. | Leary, and Mrs. Katherine W. Kit- tredge, Washington: State; Mrs. Archi- Iblld I. McColl and Miss Alice Louise | McDuffee, Michigan: Mrs. David Niven, 1Alexmdfln. end Mrs. Benjamin Pur- sell, Richmond, Va.; Mrs. Errick Thor- | burg, North Dakota, and Mrs. Brock | White of Jacksonville, Fla. Hall to Be Dedicated. | ‘The dedication of Constitution Hall, | | the society’s $2,000,000 building adjoin- ! ing the site of its national headquarters, | | will be an event of Friday afternoon. | At the close of the business meeting Friday morning, the president genersl, | Hampshire; Mrs. H. C. Ashby and Mrs. | ELECTION OF OFFICERS WILL FEATURE D. A: R. GATHERING THIS WEEK ' ! D. A. R. DELEGATES MARCH ‘ON CAPITAL FOR CONGRESS Election Holds Interest as Members, Assemble for Opening of Thirty-Eighth National Convention Tomorrow. vice presidents general and officers v 1 march to the hall for the service. The financial report of the bullding committee was transmitted to the na- tional board of management at its meeting yesterday. Mrs. Russell W. Magna of Massachusetts, chairman, re- ported that about 80 per cent of the million dollars pledged a year ago had been collected, without expense to the soclety. The third dedicatory service will be held at Bethesda, Md., Friday after- noon, at 4 o'clock, when the twelfth statue to be placed on the National Cld Trails Road will be unveiled. The statues are erected by the society to the “ploneer mothers of the covered wagon days.” Mrs. John Trigg Moss, national chairman of the Old Trails Road committee, will preside. Harry S. Truman, president of the National Old Trails Road Association, and Frank A. Davis, secretary of t association, will attend the exercises, as will Mrs. Brosseau. Meetings of State delegations and national committees have been arranged for Tuesday afternoon, and in the aft- ernoon members of the congress wil make & pilgrimage to Mount Vernon to place wreaths on the tombs of George and Martha Washington. ‘The outstanding social event of the congress will take place Tuesday eve- ning. Mrs. Brosseau, the vice presi- dents general and other officers, as- sisted by the State regents, will receive members at a reception in Memorial Continental Hall. Later in the eve- ning, from 9 to 12 o'clock, the an- nual ball in honor of the pages of the fi:;l':;fi! will be given at the Willard Interesting programs have been ar- ranged for evening meetings during the week. The Secretary of War, James W. Goode; Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune of the United States Marine Corps, and Representative Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida, will deliver addresses tomor- row e 'grludm. and Orchestra will play from 5 ;‘(’tg:zls o'clock "lundbelnl;ther feature m the appearance of Charlotte Ryan of the m‘t’?:pollun Opera Co., in a group of songs. A concert by the Marine Band Or- chestra and two groups of songs sung by Mrs. James Lathrop Gavin will be presented Wednesday _evening. The United States Navy Band Orchestra Hsée will play. 'presentative Ruth Hanna M - mick of Ilinois will address thef:;- gress Friday evening, as will Repre- Sentative Florence P. Kahn of Cali- fornia. , A pageant picturing the de- velopment of the American flag will be ! presented. -Installation of the newly electes - cers will take place on glml‘dlg. olfll?e ciosing day of the congress. Newly elected State regents and State vice regents will be confirmed. The congress will have its last social function of the season in the evening at a banquet in the Willard Hotel. Mrs. Prank S. Hight Is chairman of the banquet committee, | pendence and the Declaration of Meck- | | lenburg. * % % ‘The tale of Constitution Hall could | not be told in full without mention of under whom .the $1,000,000 fund was raised, and of Mrs. Russell William \vagm, officially dubbed “golddigger of !the D. A. R.” Mrs. Magna, with her red hair and her infectious smile, is | being presented by her State of Massa- | chusetts on Mrs. Hobart’s ticket for the post of librarian. | Her list of afliations is an impres- | sive one: Boston Colony of New Eng- tland Women, Colonial Daughters of | the Seventeenth Century, Connecticut Valley 'Historical Society, Daughters of American Colonists, Daughters of Colonial Wars, Daughters of the Union, Ex-Regents Club of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Soclety of Mayflower Descendants, New York Society of Meyflower Descendants, New England Historical Genealogical Society, Old Glory Club, Sulgrave Institution, Val- ley Forge Historical Society, Women's Press Club of New York, Business and Professional Women's Club of Boston and the League of American Pen Women in Washington. * k k% One of the well known District Daughters. who is, however, a legal resident of Calvin Coolidge’s home State, is Mrs. William W. Husband, wife of the Second Assistant Secretary of Labor. Mrs. Husband is running for the treasurer generalship on Mrs. Talmadge's ticket, after much active work in the society. She made an un- usually effective chairman of the Americanization work in the District, having & wide personal knowledge of immigrant needs from her husband's former post of United States commis- sioner general of immigration. She has |since given three vears as nationa! chairman of ‘Americanism. * ok k& One of the high spots of the week's ! Congress will be the dedication of the | twelfth memorial monument to the pioneer mothers of the days when the | covered wagons swept the Western trails. The famous statue will be un- veiled at Bethesda, Md., and follows the other similar ones that now blaze the way across the country from Upland, Calif. Mrs. John Trigg Moss, chair- man of the National Old Trails Road committee, who has been the originator and developer of the idea of thus memorializing the “Madonna of the Trail,” is to preside at the ceremony. | ‘The other memorials, which are like{ this one, and depict a maternal flgur!,l & bal its arms, and a child cling- ing to its skirts, have erected at Springfield, Ohio; Wheeling, W. Va. Pee Gee'’s S“Family” Paint $2.50 Per Gal. Pure lead sinc and linseed oil. for Painting” % wxflenu:m at the Al rium or The Evening Star office, - 11th St. and Pa. Ave. N.W. 3—Branches—3 MAIN OFFICE-6™ & C.Sts. S.W. CAMP MEIGS-5™ & Fla. Ave.N.E. BRIGHTWOOD-592! N % Council Grove, Kans.; Lexington, Mo.; Lamar, Colo.; Alwquerque,nr?. 'Mex.E Springville, Ariz.; Vandalia, 1ll,: Rich- mond, Ind, and Washington County, corapanics ‘the Beute, vemien aeaec Te, MOTSS.J’!MST tten by Mrs, 0 the honor motherhood of the wg‘ry ot sy I stand—a sacred shrine. May all who pass within the shadow AwEte) ang o ‘While, and undersiand the ideals, and the real inner e Beauty of soul of those mothers of old, as they d down the Great homing trail of the Nation.” {WEST VIRGINIA SOCIETY WILL HONOR OFFICIALS The West Virginia Soclety will hold a reception for the Governor and the | Senators and Representatives in Con- gress at the Willard Hotel Friday night at 9 o'clock. The committee named by the board of governors of the society to have charge of the affair consists of E. F. Morgan, former Governor of West Virginia; Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, Mrs. S, W. Walker, Stuart F. Reed and Col. Colin Livingstone. All West Virginians are invited to at- tend, and tickets may be obtained by calling on any member of the board of gvvernorl or the president, W. E. Hoff- Improvements To Your Home AU)NG with the coming of spring, come thoughts of home improvement. 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