The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-16
MRS. MANNING
THE FHUORITE
She Is Likely to Be Elected
President ofthe d. A. r.
The support of Washington Society
Said to Have Been Given
to Her.

| National Society of the Daughters of
! the American Revolution. represent
ing 20.Oe0 women of distinguished.
American ancestry. may be Mrs. Dan
iel Manning, of Albany. descendant
of the SSchuylers and the Livingstons.
and woman Of national notability.
l. Mrs. Levi p. Morton Cwhom Mrs.
| Manning succeeded as regent of the
Mohawk Chapter. ID. "A r. of Albany.
1 during Governor Morton's term of Of
fice) and Mrs Benjamin Silliman
/ Church, of New York city, are at the
head of the hosts of New York "Daugh-
tiers" who indoTse Mrs. Manning's can
didacy in New York where Mrs. Don
| aid Mclean is conducting an active
campaign on her own account
The members of the National Coun-
/ ell in Washington are likely to indorse
Mrs. Manning almost unanimously.
Mrs. Russell A. Alger.. Mrs John W.
! Foster. the wife of Justice Field, and
I Mrs. Fry, Mrs. Fairbanks, Mrs. Mitch
| ell, wives of the Senator's, are among
! ;he Washington Daughters who are
identifying themselves with the cam
paign Of this candidate OF the Wash
ington coterie." as Mrs. Manning is
Indignantly called by Mrs. Donald Nc
Lean Reports from chapters through
out America seem To indicate that Mrs.
Manning's election is assured
Once year the national society
elects chief, and the women who
nave held the office have been women
OF tie Washington coterie" of ma
tional fame-the late Mrs. BENJAMIN
Harrison, Mrs. John w. Foster and
Mrs. Adlai Stevenson The Choice OF
the counseliors of the society natur-
ANY fell this year upon a woman also
OF national fame, who had the dignity
and character to keep up the traditions
or the society, and who. by her asso-
Citations and labors for the society
would be most readily in the line OF
Advancement
This woman was Mrs. Manning
! vice. resldent-general Of the society
The typical gentlewoman-graciou but
conservative in her tastes: a leader of
pleasant entertainings in Albany social
circles. but little of a clubwoman in
an old knickerbocker town which is
not much given to women's clubs: act
i've in church work and her charities
Her dinners are masterpieces of the
dinner giving art, and she has the fine
faculty Of the ideal hostess for draw
ing about her table the choice spirits
in the intellectual life of the city-the
brilliant women. the distinguished men
Personally Mrs. Manning is a woman
of fine presence; tall. and of graceful
/ carriage. her graCiousness, her tact.
and her abiding kindness impress the
stranger much with her charm. Her
pleasant face, which is OF classic pro-
file. with latent suspicion of merri-
ment in the blue eyes, lights we'll in
conversation. Her hair. of light chest
nut. has scarcely a thread of gray. She
dresses handsomely, and always with
exquisite taste. and her gowns partake
of the stateliness of the woman-heavy
Velvets and stiff brocades, in which
she might be some great dame of CO.
lonial times, stepped from an ancestral
portrait
Mrs Manning was born Mary Mar
garetta Fryer. and can trace her Dutch
ancestry back many generations i'm
Holland on her fathers side: on her
mothers side she can trace her ances-
try from Robert Livingston. first lord
Of the manor Of Livingston, to whom
was given the original grant Among
her famous ancestors are Philip Liv-
ingston. the second lord and Robert. the
third lord; Col. Peter r. Livingston.
GOV Rip Van Dam Abraham De Pey-
and Col Peter Schuyler. to whom a
monument is about to be erected in
Albany.
William ]. Fryer, the father of Mrs.
Manning was one of the early mer-
chant princes of Albany. Miss Fryer
was the second wife of the late Daniel
Manning. They were married in No
Vember. 1884. and in March, 1885. as the
climax of a brilliant political career
Daniel Manning was appointed Secre-
tary of the Treasury by President
Cleveland. He brought his bride to
Washington. where Mrs. Manning be-
gan a notable social regime, the Man
nings entertaining largely. Mrs. Man
ning's gracious manners. wit. CONVEX
sational powers and intellectual grasp
Of affairs made her the center of YER
itable salon. where could be found her
husbands political friends, diplomats
and the brilliant women who make up
Washingtons official circle.
After Mr.. Manning's death. in De
camber. 1857, Mrs, Manning stu kept
up her Washington friendships, spend |
ing a portion of every year in this city.