Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1916 — D. A. R. OBSERVED WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY [ARTICLE]

D. A. R. OBSERVED WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY

Dinner Served at Home of Mrs. A. R. Hopkins—Husbands Were the Guests. The annual custom of observing Washington’s birthday by the Daughters of the American Revolution was carried out in a delightful manner this year. A dinner was served at the home of Mrs. A. R. Hopkins, and the members with their husbands as guests were present. The committee who judged the dressmaking and the manuscripts of the 1915 graduates in the annual competitions were also guests at the banquet. Interspersing the banquet courses the following program was carried out: Our Annual Guests, the Gentlemen — Mrs. Ketchum. “War”—Hon. E. P. Honan. “Idilio”, Theodore Lock—Mrs. Hopkins. * “Our Ancestors” —Miss Daugherty. “A Gypsy Maiden, I”, Paiker; “At Dawning”, Cadman, < Miss Padgett. “Liberty"—Dr. Cumick. Valse Parisienne, Edward Schutt— Mrs. Gwin. “Peace”—Mrs. Mills. When I Awake”, “Mavoumeen” — Mrs. Randle. To Van Rensselaer Chapter—Mrs. Murray. Toastmistress —Mrs. Burton.