Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-04-22

The new presidCnt-general is the
widow of the late Secretary of the
Treasury. She traces her lineage back
many generations. She was a Miss
Fryer, her fathers family being Hol
land Dutch. On her mothers side she
is descended from Robert Livingston,
first Lord of the Manor of Livingston,
and among her ancestry are Philip,
the second Lord, and Robert, the third
Lord of the Manor, Col. Peter r. Liv
ingston; Gov. Rip Van Dam, Abraham
De Peyster Olaf Stevenson Van
CORTLAND and Col Peter Schuyler.
The Daughters OF the American Rev
olution is not the oldest of the patriot
ic societies of women, but it is the
largest and most Influential. The con-
dition for membership in the organiza.
ton is that an applicant shall be de-
scended from an ancestor who with
unfailing loyalty, rendered material
aid to the cause OF independence as q
recognized patriot as soldier or sailor
or as a civil officer in one of the sever
al colonies or states or of the united
course must be acceptable personally
to the society.
The only patriotic women's society
which antedates the Daughters is the
Society of the Colonial Danes of Amer.
lea That was organized in New York
in April, 1890, with the object of secur-
ing relics and pre- serving the history
and traditions of the heroes of the wal
of the Revolution and the fathers OF
the republic The Daughters of the
American Revolution was organized in
Washington, Oct. II, 1880. This was il
the Harrison administration, and many
of the women whose husbands helC
prominent positions under the govern
ment interested themselves in the soci
ETY. MIS-. Harrison was made presi
dent general, and she held the position
until her death. After her Mrs. JOIN
w. Foster was president general for {
short time then Mrs Adlai e. Steven
son, wife of the then vice president O
the United States, was elected, and sh,
/ held the office until the election of Mrs
/ Moaning.
j.. founders of he society were Nj s
- s. Lockwood Miss Eugenl
.'-Ir Miss Mary Desha AM
--s II. Nalwortb Of Wash
iugtoc. nrat suggestion came il
"a published article from the pen o
Mrs Lockwood. and the work Of form
ing the organization was done by tn
four women named Since the societ.
was formed severe, others of simila
character have sprung into existence
among the Dau-hlcts of the Reyolu
ton, the National Society Colon3o
Danes Of Americ. the DANES of tn
Revolution and the General Society @
the United Daughters Of 1912. OF thes
the Daughters of the Revolution is a
offshoot from the Daughters of tn
American Revolution. 1t ows its eXis
tence 10 a split in me Daughters of tn
American Revolution, growing out q
a controversy over the qualfcatioq
for membership. At the outset Ia
Daughters of the American RevOlut,o
adopted a rule that only lineal de
scendants of men who fought for free
dom in the Revelation should be ad
mitted but when the question of Mis-
Eugenia Washington's membershi
arose it was agreed to suspend the rul
and admit this one collateral descend
ant of the greatest Revolutionary her,
Immediately other candidates for sus
pension of the rue presented then
selves, and a war of the "collaterals
and the 'lineals" was inaugurated.
Girl of Three in the Choir.
Vera Caldwell, little girl of three
sings in *he choir Of the Presbytera
church Siarylanh. No. According t
THE s.. Louis Republic" her voic
can be heard in every part of tn
church.