, 1906-10-20

then disposed of, including the cleo
ton of the following oihcers:
Regent-Mrs. W. II, Reed.
Secretary-Mrs. r. Il. Fitch.
Registrar-Mrs. Abbot.
Treasurer-Dr. Hebard.
EIistorian-Mrs. Blake.
Assistant Historian-Mrs. Lee.
A special committee was appointed
to select a subject for the essay to be
read at the university for the prize OF
$40. the committee consisting of DR.,
Hebard, Mrs. Fitch and Mrs. McFar'
lane. The prize essay is TO be dcliv,
cred next spring and the subject chos.
en- will consist of either Fort Lara.
mic" or, Government Military Posts
in Wyoming and Their Relation to the
Frontiersmen."
The following letter, written by Mrs.
Ellen Hall Crosman, ex-yice president
general for New York, was read by
Mrs. Fitch, the regent:
New Rochelle, N. Y, Oct. l, 1906.
MY Dear Mrs. Fitch:-When the
ID. A. r. Magazine comes to me l al
ways turn with great interest to the
account of the work Of the chapters;
nothing recently h as interested me
more than the we'll written article in
the September number, called The
Overland Trail in Wyoming" to which
your chapter gave a prize of $40. |
heartily congratulate the chapter up
on this evidence of successful effort TO
stimulate interest in American history
and development.
"As ex-vice president general of
New York state, under our dear Mrs.
Fairbanks administration, / became in,
terested in the national work of our
d "A. r, societies In all the states,
but above all in the great west-the
land of daring adventure and dauntless
endurance-and / read with especial
interest whatever pertains to western
d. A. R. l do feel as If no more bril-
liant women grace our order than the
wide-awake western Daughters
The chapter to which l belong, the
Mary Worthington Colonial chapter OF
the city of New York, is 1--WE think an
exceptionally delightful chapter. 1t is
one of nine chapters in the city OF
New York, and of nearly 100 chapters
in our state, which in all has a mem
bership of nearly 1000 Daughters,
The very first meeting of D. A. R. in
New York state was held in my house
on Fiftieth street in 1891, with four
women present. What a change! Hav.
ing joined when the national society
was only a few weeks old, of course
| feel quite a Mother in Israel. So
much was accomplished under Mrs
Fairbanks wise guidance that feel
gin to fill her place; She was 81 Won
derfully CAPABLE and never thought Of
herself in any way.
Should o come east, l shall be
most happy to see you under our W
roof and in our chapter. Believe me,
Gerry cordially yours"
Among the twenty-seven members
of Jacques Laramie chapter, the fol
lowing are out of the city, living az
other places: Mrs. f. w. Mondell at
Newcastle, Mrs. S. Coutant Parks al
Lander, Mrs. c. c. Carlisle and Mrs.
Gray at Cheyenne, Mrs. Maize Chaplin
Collins at Douglas, Mrs. John Hunton
at Fort Laramie, Miss Eaton at Oma-
ha, Mrs. George, Mrs. Richardson, Mrs.
Lucy Greene n Mrs. Emma Owen at
Los Angeles, Cal.
Tea was served at the Hebard home
during the afternoon and the members
greatly enjoyed the meeting.
One of the settled policies of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
is the perpetuation of the Declaration
of Independence. The original docu.
ment is now almost faded beyond de
ciphering. By order of the national
government, it has been placed in a
steel case and forever sealed from the
sight of man, the case being placed
in the archives among the sacred docu-
ments of the government. John Hay,
late secretary of state and for many
years secretary to President Lincoln,
caused an exact reproduction of the