The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-10

| AbSAlbEf5 OK the ~. "A. rs. VIII go 10
Norfolk Saturday TO attend the re-
4 ception given in the honor of Mrs
Williams Cumming Story, candidate
for national president
The reception will be held at the
home of DIR. and Mrs. Spelgh, who
are ardent supporters of Mrs. Storys
candidacy. MIS- Story has also many
followers in the Richmond ID. a. X.
and although the trip to Norfolk
means a stay in the Tidewater city
! overnight the enthusiasts declare that
not even that will prevent them from
attending.
Mrs Story Is honorary State regent
of New York, and according to the
family records, one of her ancestors
was Johannis de la Montague, who
settled here in 1913 lie married
a de Forest and was the chief coun-
sci during the time of Governors Keit
and Stuyvesant The also was COVER
|, nor of Fort Orange, through his line
Mrs story descends from many OF
the prominent Dutch families Henry
Townsend, Richard Platt, the Yer
miiyes Gerrett Van Wagner
Domino Gideon Schaats, the Porters
and the Van Vredenburgs. William
j. Van Vredenburg, her great grand
father on her maternal side, was ALSO
born here. and at the time the Revo~
lutionary war began a government
surveyor and later became colonel.
Twenty-three men of her family were
: in the Colonial war and several mem
bers OF her family had the honor
nj entertaining George Washington.
, Her beautiful old home at No. 10
) State street, New York city, Is stll
= standing and Is now the home Of
My Lady of the Rosary" Mrs.
story was the only daughter of
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Hart Allen--James Hart Allen was
the son OF Hon stephen Allen, for
merly mayor OF New York city;
through her fathers ancestry Sam
uel Taylor Coleridge, the poet, and
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge de-
scended. Through her mother from
Robert Porter, OF Ellington, and Sir
Robert Porter, both of England. Enos
r. Throop, her great-uncle, was gov
T ernor of the State of New York,
Mrs. Story was educated at home by
private tutors; she is very much in
j terested in music and the arts, hav-
ing had several pictures accepted by
the American Art association and the
National Academy of Design, and
hung In their exhibitions.
Her First Once.
- The first ID. A. r. office Mrs Story
d held was president of the first So
n ciety organized In New York city, OF
the Children of the American Revo-
luton; she was afterwards made di-
n rector OF the State, which office she
/, held for several years. During her
term of office as state regent or
New York she established an emer-
d gency fund for real daughters; State
d rules were framed and dopted dur
e ing her State regency: the Washing
s ton memorial tablet was placed on
h board the steamship o1e 0rge Wash
= ington, also. She was largely IN
II strumental in the preservation OF
n Washington headquarters NO other
10 woman In New York has held once
10 In the state as long as Mrs Story has.
Is When the State utility emmittee OF
l. the New York d. A. r. was estab-
II lshed she became the treasurer.
h which ONCE she filed for several
1t wears. when she was elected it's chair
o. man. Her work on this committee
II brought her into touch with nearly
l. every chapter in the Empire state
a. and when she was nominated for
1t state Regent in 1908. It was felt
1t that there was no woman In the state
y who knew so well what bad been
Is accomplished by the many individua!
&c chapters OF the State, the general
2. need OF the d, A, Fl. work. and the
st possibilities OF united work carried on
= by the chapters. When Mrs. Story
+ was elected president OF the New
u York City Federation of Women 4
e clubs a few years since, she came to
the f-ead Of an orga nization made
# up OF warning factions, seemingly
% hopeless of anything but discord'
10 Under her leadership they soon be
q came n united and harmonious hody'
d and ii is firmly believed that II eject
$, ed president general OF the d. A X.
P. she will likewise harmonic its dis
n cordant notes as far as this can be
= done. During her term of office as
7, ore sident of the New York CITY red
n Grafton Of Women's clubs the mem
l. bership in that organization increased
e. from 10000 members to 6o,ooo' =
= record that any woman may justly
s be proud Of.
e some of Her Activities.
=, Mrs. Story is member of the
d board in the Society OF the Daugh-
e tiers OF the Empire State; historian
" In the Washington Headquarters as
ISOLATION, founded by the Daughters
= Of the American Revolution; vice
n president of the National Society,"
n Patriotic Women OF America; mem
n Der Of the national committee OF prls"
n on labor and ce-president or the
s Washington Headquarters association;
g president OF the Won1an's Missionary
Y Society. st. Johns Episcopal cnurch'
:. | Far Rockaway L. l., and is mem
q Der Of the Society of Colonial DANES
of New York. and chairman In the
New iork state OF xne Tvorfians r.
ranic memorial. ~
Mrs. Story stands forth preemi-
nently for her devotion to the prin-
| ciples OF the d. A, r.. organization.
She is n woman OF strong patriotic
/ inheritance. and her interest in edu-
cationa1 work is not secondary. The
close comradeship which she has
maintained with her sons throughout
their school and college life has been
a special inspiration in her york
along the lines of patriotic education
and its possible influences. Along
these lines her influence has always
been strongly exerted for the better
ment of conditions in her home city.
As a parliamentarian, Mrs. story
stands unsurpassed among leaders or
womens organizations. She is alb
soluteIy fair and unprejudiced. Her
rulings are clear. simple and con-
else. Her ability to dispatch the
business of session in practical
buFiness-lik way, without rushing"
and with fairness and tmpartialtty
to all. is exceptional. She is woman