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Daniel Herr and Miss Pierson, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. McCarthy, Regent of the Wyoming Valley Chapter, of WilkesBarre. Mrs. McCarthy gave a very interesting talk, and several articles of interest were read. The Chapter is in a most flourishing condition, new members being added at every meeting.-MAGARET SLAYMAKER, Historian.

HADDONFIELD (New Jersey) CHAPTER was the first to entertain the newly elected State Regent, Miss E. E. Batcheller. Mrs. Henry D. Moore, the Regent, gave a beautiful luncheon at her home in Haddonfield on March 30th to thitry guests. Besides the members of the Chapter and the guest of honor, Miss Batcheller, and the retiring State Regent, Mrs. D. A. Depue, the invited guests were: Miss Mary McKeon, Regent of the Nassau Chapter, of Camden; Mrs. A. F. R. Martin, of the Nova Caesarea Chapter, of Newark; Miss Sarah N. Doughty, Regent of the General Lafayette Chapter, of Atlantic City, and Mrs. E. E. Williams, of the Philadelphia Chapter.

A string band in the conservatory adjoining the dining-room played patriotic airs throughout the luncheon. After the coffee, Mrs. Depue made a short address on "Incidents of the last Congress," Miss Batcheller spoke on "Lines of work in the year before us," and Miss McKeon made some spirited remarks on "The duty of the South Jersey Chapters."

The Chapter members present were: Mrs. J. S. Doughty, Mrs. W. D. Sherrerd, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. J. F. Tatem, Mrs. W. H. Rogers, Miss Shepherd, Miss Hamlin, Mrs. Babcock, Mrs. W. Smith, Miss Smith, Mrs. Tomlin, Miss Sherrerd, Mrs. Lippincott, Miss Dotterer, Mrs. Nye, Mrs. Furber, Miss Cuthbert, Mrs. W. H. Babcock, Miss Bancroft, Mrs. Hoopes.

CAMDEN CHAPTER.-The annual meeting of the Camden Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, was held November 14th at the home of Mrs. E. H. Conant. The following officers were unanimously elected: Regent, Mrs. W. J. Frisbie; Vice-Regent, Mrs. B. D. Stone; Registrar, Mrs. E. T. Pike; Secretary, Mrs. Ella Conant; Treasurer, Mrs. E. Edic; Historian, Mrs. H. L. Borland. A short program followed, and the Chapter adjourned to meet December 14th to celebrate

Boston Tea Party day at the home of Mrs. Rufus Tutbrill, where she, assisted by Mrs. Wm. Peck, entertained the Chapter and a few guests in a most hospitable manner. An excellent program suitable for the day was given. January 17th found the Daughters assembled at the home of Mrs. W. I. Stoddard, on Second street. An exceedingly interesting program was given. February has been a busy, pleasant and profitable month to the Camden Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. The Chapter is striving to raise three hundred dollars to erect a monument to the memory of revolutionary soldiers buried in Camden cemeteries. Almost enough money has been raised, and the last month, to increase the fund, our Regent, Mrs. W. J. Frisbie, has helped us to give two profitable and very enjoyable entertainments. The first was a Salamagundi party, held in her former home on Second street, and for which she issued personal invitations. This party was a social as well as a financial success, both young and old expressing themselves as having had a delightful time. The second, held February 17th, was a reception at her magnificent residence recently built on Upper Main street. For this reception invitations were issued. Mrs. Frisbie was assisted in receiving by Daughters of the Society. Throughout all the rooms of the elegant house were displayed the national colors, while the red, white and blue shone from the colored globes on the electroliers. About seventy dollars was netted as a result of the two entertainments, ten dollars of which was sent to the Lafayette Monument fund.-MRS. H. L. BORLAND, Historian.

KEWANEE (Illinois) CHAPTER.-A year has passed since we wrote you of the organization of our Chapter with thirteen charter members, but we are thirteen no more, having added six new members to our order, with the promise of more soon. We have tried to increase our membership, and with that object in view sent out invitations to all we knew were eligible to talk the matter over; also served lunch. On Flag Day in June we observed the day, and in the evening gave a public entertainment in one of our churches. A good patriotic program was provided by the Daughters of the American Revolu

tion. We trust it was enjoyed by all, and we hope was a help to our Chapter in bringing us before the public. Washington's Birthday we had an old-fashioned New England tea. We met early in the afternoon, bringing our work, and enjoyed ourselves hugely. As a Chapter not much was done for the war, but Kewanee responded grandly to the call. About thirty of our boys were in service, and everything possible was done for them before their going and on their return, and boxes sent them while away. They all safely returned. I hope another year there will be more of interest to write. We contributed to the Lafayette Monument fund.-LETTIE H. NICHOLSON, Historian.

DEBORAH CHAMPION CHAPTER (Adams, New York).-Friday afternoon, February 3d, the charter was presented to Deborah Champion Chapter, named in honor of a heroine of the American Revolution, who, when but seventeen years of age, was sent by her father, General Henry Champion, to carry important dispatches from New London to General Washington, at Boston. She also carried through the British lines the money to pay the soldiers who fought at Bunker Hill and Boston, accompanied only by an old slave. In addition to this Deborah Champion was an ancestress of our Regent, Mrs. I. L. Hunt; all of which led to the name being chosen for the Chapter. The presentation was at the home of Mrs. I. L. Hunt, and each of the thirty-four members invited a friend to accompany her. Mrs. Norman C. Stites, representative of the State Regent, was guest of honor, and in a very charming manner made her first presentation of charter. Mrs. Hunt received it and responded gracefully. The Chapter united in singing "America" and "Star-Spangled Banner." Mrs. R. H. Kirkland and Miss Musette Taylor furnished fine instrumental music. Mrs. Kirkland's rendition of "Barbara Fritchie" was soul-inspiring, and to a hearty encore she sang another patriotic song. Mrs. Fannie Stitt Legg delighted the audience by her dramatic reading, “A Romance of the Revolution." Miss Dora Allen recited beautifully "The American Flag," and the Historian read a short history of the Chapter. After the

program, an informal reception was held and a social hour enjoyed.

Mrs. Hunt's parlors were very handsomely decorated with bunting and flags, while potted plants and flowers were tastefully displayed. Beneath the charter stood a flax wheel draped in the national colors. A number of guests from out of town were present and among the few regrets was that of Miss Marietta Holley.

The Deborah Champion Chapter has been in existence in embryo form since early last spring, but was fully organized and in working order in October, when the following officers were elected: Regent, Miss Alice Gilbert Hunt; First Vice-Regent, Mrs. Fannie Stitt Legg; Second Vice-Regent, Mrs. Nancy Proctor Pratt; Third Vice-Regent, Mrs. Elizabeth Kirkland; Registrar, Mrs. Sarah Remington Taylor; Recording Secretary, Ella Coughlin Brown; Corresponding Secretary, Nellie G. Warriner; Treasurer, Mrs. Sarah L. B. Commins; Chaplain, Mrs. Almira Edgerton Ingraham; Historian, Mrs. Mary Conkling Bell; Committee of Safety, Mrs. Elizabeth Stone Nickolson, Mrs. Ruth Allen Waite, Miss Deborah J. Phillips.

The new Chapter has commenced work under very favorable auspices with many of the prominent ladies of the town enrolled as charter members. The Lafayette Monument fund has received attention and a very respectable amount has been contributed to which our visitors, reception day, kindly added quite an amount. Also a prize has been offered the students of the senior department of our public school for the best essay on "The Habits, Manners and Customs of the People before and during the Revolution."-M. L. CONKLING BELL, Historian.

SEQUOIA CHAPTER (San Francisco).-Though Sequoia Chapter is so far from scenes of revolutionary interest, it none the less enthusiastic in preserving the traditions of the olden times, and to step into the lovely Chapter rooms, at 1620 California street, one might easily fancy herself in old New England. Over the colonial mantel hangs the musket carried at Bunker Hill (with the canteen and powder horn) by an

ancester of one of our members. An old Paul Revere lantern used in 1775 keeps it company, and from the beams above hang the wooden water bottle, candle mold, corn, herbs, etc., in the old fashion. An old split-willow seat chair, dated 1698, invites you to sit by the fireside, where the warming-pan, footstove, bellows and pots and skillets suggest the cheer of a New England winter evening. The antique candle-sticks are ready for lighting, with snuffers and tray at hand. The cider pitchers, shining pewter platters, tea-pots, with the old blue ware so dear to our grandmothers, tells the story of comfort of long ago. On the wall hangs an old colonial mirror which did service in Salem in 1698. Quaint silhouettes, copies of ancestral treasures, look down upon you from the walls, and the spinning wheel, with its bunch of flax, speaks of some sweet Priscilla who perhaps sang to its hum in 1779. All the process of spinning and weaving is illustrated, from the bunch of flax, the swinging knife, the scutching board, hetchel, the wheel, the loom with its shuttles, quills and baskets, all tell the story of our industrious grandmothers. An old clock which has seen more than one hundred and fifty years pass by, still strikes out the hours, while an old clock reel ticks off the skeins of yarn. The wallet made by Polly Hunt in 1774 is still bright and whole, and the almanac hanging from the settle tells us it is only A. D. 1793, and one spending an hour with these quaint surroundings can almost feel that the nineteenth century is a dream, and one is really living in the long ago. These priceless treasures of Sequoia are mostly gifts from devoted members, and altogether the Chapter owns more than seventy genuine colonial relics, dating from 1698 to 1780.

On the 25th of April, Governor Budd sounded the first call for help for the soldiers, and the first contribution was from Mrs. William Alvord, the Honorary Regent of Sequoia, and Isabel Dennison, the daughter of one of our members, gave the first donation from the children of California. The pupils of Mills College furnished a hospital room in the name of Sequoia Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and Mrs. Mills, the college president and one of our members, opened her beautiful home for convalescent soldiers. Another of our generous members contributed one hundred dol

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