Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-21

 and art. and. while these are her recre- - ation, she does not allow them to in- terfere with the many charities in which she Is interested and to which she gives a great deal of hes time Through her fathers family. the Gala wells of Canada, she descended In the third generation from Lord Campbell of England. and In the second genera tion from Sir Roderick Caldwell.
 Mrs. Charles J. Linthicum of Mary land also Is Of a most distinguished ancestry. tracing her lineage from Sir Ralph Sadler. .r
 Mrs. William schIey Howard of Georgia. whose grandfather. N. du Vinage, was librarian to the Ger
 man court and was decorated with the iron cross, Is one Of the most cles. She was descended from dis tinEuished HuEuenot family which settled in Texas. and on her maternal side has Daniel Boone of Kentucky and John C. Calhoun of South Carolina as ancestors.
 The purple Is not regnant Tn the House alone. for the Senate comes In for it's share. and shows goodly lot of forbears. of which one could well be proud Mrs. Hoke Smith of GeorEia, whose father. the late T. R. R. Cobb. was one of the most distinguished senators and Secretaries of State be- fore the civil war. has pedigree that reads like the early history or our | thames Of distinguished VirEinians and IGeorgians who served their country ID
 different capacities in colonial ana ] lferrfwethers, Randolphs, Lewises and ' Washingtons. Her Lewis ancestor was f the mother of three revolutionary sol- ' diers Of distinction, which Mrs ShaitH refers 10 with enthusiastic pride. el | One Of them. Charles Lewis was q colonel Of the Virginia line; another. Nicholas Lewis, was a coionet 9f VT VT Einia militia. and the third vas 1 the brave officer, William Lewis The ] founder Of the Lewis family was Jean ] Louis. a French HuEuenot- Who nen | froT, persecution at the time of ths revocation of the cdict of Nantes, ana settled in Wales He became iaInous as n military man under the Duke or | MarIborouuh; was made a field mar ! shal. and received the titles Of Earl I.iEonfa and Baron Inniskillen as a branch Of her family Mrs Smith is connected with the Washington family
 To this senatorial coterIe from ths south belongs Mrs Joseph E- Rans- dell, wife Of the senator from Louisi-
 ana, and treasurer general ot tne lDauGhters of the American Revolu- tion. a woman of executive ability: Her revolutionary forbears are seeono 10 none. and perhaps her largest in- tercEt Is in uatrioAlC AAaAl s- -.. - | Washington official society VIII nave the pleasure of welcoming back tnls winter Mrs. James w. Wadsworth, jr- wife of the newly elected junior sen, lator from New York She ts well Known as the daughter of the late lSscretarv of State John. Hay The FJavs come from distinguished Scotch lancestry, ~snd the story goes that the l6rst one who was knighted by Janes I was very deaf. The king In riding through the land of this hay was rendered some service py nm and on thanking him asked nls name. The old man. not hearing the gue ItFor said "AyeT and the king Iknighted him Hay ~
 ! Another charming addition 10 sena- = .oriaI circles will be Mrs. Lippitt of Rhode Island. the sister of Mrs Mn- liam Howard Taft. who, as Mrs lIaughIfn. frequently presided at the White House during the Taft admin lEstratfon when Mrs Taft was H. She y-as a Miss Heron of Cincinnati, and Iof distinguished ancestry Both sen ator and Mrs. Lippitt are possessed or lIsrge fortunes and entertain lavishly- Tlfe Olivers of Pennsylv the Stones of Missouri, the Weekes oL Massachusetts can all add to the glory
 oI rta ,s women of this Congress are as rich in brains as in blood, and arr leaving their marks in all phases or social and economic uplift. living Tor the generations that are to come. that ithev too. may point back with pride
 10 their forbears and feel an lnspirA- tion in their example