Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-07

tan denominations in which to hold
appropriate services at given times.
Every literary and historical society IN
the United States and every patriotic
body is interested in the great work of
editing the letters of Pitt. now rapidly
nearing completion. The work was be-
gun on the motion of Mrs. Atterbury of
New York in 1904. The department of
historical research in the Carnegie In
stitution has aided the committee APP
pointed for the purpose by the Danes
An expert copyist from the public rec
ordS Office in London was employed TO
tranScrlbe the letters and papers of the
powerful premier. and many of private
character and hitherto held from the pub
lie. Every courtesy has been accorded
the society by the Royal Historical So
ciety of London. The work will cost sew
eral thousands of dollars and will be
one of the most valuable contributions to
history as well as to the archives OF the
society. The committee in charge of this
work is Mrs. Annie Leakin Sioussat of
Baltimore, who is the chairman; Cynthia
Beverly Tucker Coleman of virginia.
Katherine Van Rensselaer, of New York
city, Jennie Lippet Weldon of Rhode
Island and Marion Heiskell Gouveneur
of North Carolina.
= Mrs. Cox is native of Virginia, and
has been identified with the best in that
Pc
Rod following the horrors of the civil
war At the last biennial council held
in Washington, in May, she was re-elect-
ed without the slightest opposition to
succeed herself as the head of the Co
lonial Danes. Her administration has
been eminently successful, and she has
smoothed down the rough places and
solved many problems which appeared
impossible of peaceful adjustment. The
Vexed question about the rights Of nom
colonial states was satisfactorily settled
at the last council, and the society now
races the future with calm conviction
mat 1t has gone through the troubled
waters into a quiet haven. Gen. and
MIS- COX reside in d charming old home
IN Grace street, Richmond, and there dis
pense "a pleasant hospitality. They have
"a me plantation in the pine district of
North Carolina, and they have hosts of
TRENDS, In the spring and autumn enjoy
ing HE as in the antebellum days.
me Ioionlal DANES are now establish
ca IN thlrty-eight states, and the mem
pershlp Is something under 1900. Their
ron OF members would in a way con-
sutute an honor roll of American aris-
tocracy and culture. According to the
constitution, those who aspire to be
among the Danes must prove descent
from some ancestor of worthy life who
LOU, and this ancestor or some of his
meal descendants must be proven to
nave rendered efficient service during the
cSonlal period or in revolutionary times.
In ADDITION to this the society has pro-
Vlded that every applicant must be shown
not only eligible but acceptable. This eX-
eiudlng clause has prevented much or
the unpleasantnesS which has marred the
harmony Of other patriotic societies
where the bars have not been placed so
high
The officers of the National Society or
Colonial Danes are: Honorary president,
Mrs. Howard Townsend; president, Mrs.
William Ruffin Cox; honorary vice presl-
dent, the venerable Mrs. Beverly Ken
non, granddaughter of Nellie Gusts and
a resident of Tudor Place, Georgetown,
d. c., the colonial home of her ances-
tors, and acting vice president, Mrs.
Alexander F.. Jameson of Lawrenceville,
n. j.
The society in Washington is flourish
ing, and it boasts among its members
Mrs. William Howard Taft and Mrs.
James Schoolcraft Sherman and the
wives of three cabinet officers-Mrs.
Dickinson, Mrs. Wickersham and Mrs.