Chapter may be able to acomplish in another year is most encouraging.-MARY STOYELL STIMPSON, Historian.

ANNE WOOD ELDERKIN CHAPTER.-A few months ago the Regent of the Anne Wood Elderkin Chapter, of Willimantic, Connecticut, Mrs. Sarah P. Bugbee, and the Vice-Regent, Mrs. Mary R. Smith, each offered a prize (five dollars in gold) to the High and Grammar Schools of the town, for the best historical essays. One to the pupils of the High School on "The Causes of the Revolution," and the other to the pupils of the Grammar Schools upon "Jonathan Trumbull," of Lebanon, Connecticut. There were ten High School essays on the first topic given, and twelve from the Grammar School on "Jonathan Trumbull." The contest closed December 1st, and the prizes awarded by a committee composed of the following: Mrs. Sarah P. Bugbee, Mrs. Mary R. Smith, Mrs. Sarah M. Hayden; also as judges, Rev. F. N. Means, Miss G. I. Walter, Mr. A. B. Lincoln. The prizes were presented by Mrs. Lizzie Litchfield to Miss Bertha Lyon Young, a senior in the High School, and to Master N. Albert Leonard, of the Model Schools. Miss Ethel Risedorf, Miss Mabel James, and Master Ralph Johnson received honorable mention.

The High School assembly room was made attractive with the national colors. Patriotic songs were sung, and a brief address was made by the Rev. F. N. Means, contrasting the relationship of the United States and England at the present time with what it was in colonial days.

“Of common origin and in some respects with a common history, essentially one people by language and ideas, the English speaking nations have become re-united in a union of fellowship, sympathy and mental understanding."

Mrs. Sarah P. Bugbee, the Regent of the Chapter, thanked the public for its coöperation in this effort of the Daughters of the American Revolution, to stimulate the study of colonial affairs among the children of our schools and communities.JULIA A. SWIFT, Historian.

LYDIA CORE CHAPTER (of Taunton, Massachusetts) held on Washington's Birthday an especially interesting meeting.

Some months since it was voted by the Chapter to offer annually to the senior class in the High School prizes for the best and second best essays on some subject connected with our national history. This proposition received the cordial coöperation of the school committee and the principal of the High School.

The meeting held in Historical Hall, February 22d, was made the occasion of presenting the prizes to the successful competitors. It was also the social meeting of the season, the ladies of the Chapter hospitably entertaining as their guests members of the Sons of the American Revolution and all other friends interested in the proceedings.

The historical subject proposed for this year by the Daughters of the American Revolution, "A Comparison of the Causes of the Spanish American War of 1898 with those of the Mexican War, or the War of Independence," brought out two very creditable essays. To that by E. Russell Tolman, comparing the causes of the late war with those of our Revolution, the judges awarded the first prize, "The American Revolution," by Fiske, in two volumes, and to Roy Gould, who compared the Spanish with the Mexican war, was presented in two volumes, "Half Century of Conflict," by Francis Parkman. The prizes were presented by Judge Fox on behalf of the Chapter. The singing of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," by Mrs. Clinton Rhodes, closed the exercises, after which refreshments were served.

The members of the Chapter feel that this new field of effort is most promising, and that year by year interest in our history and institutions will be stimulated in the younger generation. by its means.-ISABEL W. ANDROS, Historian.

NEW ALBANY CHAPTER.-Since the organization of the New Albany (Indiana) Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, October 15, 1898, the Chapter has been searching diligently for an appropriate name. At the regular monthly meeting, March 25, the name "Peankeshaw" was chosen.

Concerning the origin of this name, Miss Clara Funk, the Secretary of the committee that chose the name, read the following:

"The Peankeshaws were connected with this section of Indiana before there was an Indiana. It is the tribe name of a branch of the great Algonquin stock of Indians, a stock that at one time extended from Labrador to Palmico, North Carolina.

"This tribe, in the latter part of the seventeenth century, encouraged by LaSalle, joined some Indian settlements in Illinois. So there was a time just before the beginning of the eighteenth century in which no Indians lived in the present limits of our State; but with the beginning of the new century this tribe came back to Southern Indiana.

"These Indians were habitually friendly with the early settlers, and were very helpful to them. We have not found an instance of cruelty practised by them upon the settlers.

"This name we have found translated in two ways, one, 'The Great Door.' Surely none can fail to see that our Chapter has opened the door of historical research, and through this 'Great Door' all may come to love and honor our country the more.

"The other translation is the color 'Vermilion.' You all know the durability of that color. Is not that significant of the fact that we will wear well?"

The Chapter has chosen this name as it is almost the only one which it can rightfully use. These Indians had a great regard for George Rogers Clark, and on account of the love and esteem they bore him, they ceded him a large tract of land on the west side of the falls of the Ohio, upon which a large part of New Albany is situated.

In a lengthy "Deed of Gift," Tobacco's Son, Grand Chief of all the Peankeshaw nations and tribes, declared that, whereas their once peaceable land had been put into confusion by the English, and as the sky of their councils had become misty and never clear, the Master of Life had sent a father among them (Colonel George Rogers Clark). And as they desired him to remain long among them, that they might take his council and be happy, they gave him certain lands about the falls of the Ohio. All this land above and below the earth was to belong to him, except a road through the said land to his door, which should be theirs, that they might walk on to speak to him. The "Declaration" was signed at St. Vincent, June 16, 1779.

The Chapter has, besides its regular program as a feature of each meeting, a history of the revolutionary ancestors of its members, one being given each month in the order of their admittance to the Chapter. At the March meeting, Mrs. Frances Rice Maginnis gave a very entertaining account of her ancestors of whom she has a clear record for many generations. At the same meeting an interesting report by the Misses Bragdon, Delegates to the National Convention, was read by the Secretary; and Mrs. Margaret Johnson read a carefully prepared and instructive paper on "Indiana in the Nineteenth Century."

Six new names have been added to the Chapter's roll since its organization last October: Miss Clara Funk, Miss Adelia Woodruff, Mrs. Harriet Steele, Mrs. Mary Scribner Collins, Miss Maud Funk, and Mrs. Emily Maginnis Barnum.— ALICE L. GREENE, Historian pro tem.

GENESEE CHAPTER.-February 14th was a very pleasant day for the members of the Genesee Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Dr. Burr, of Paul Wheeler, North Stonington, Connecticut, ancestry, issued invitations to the Daughters to meet her in her home at Oak Grove. After an exchange of greeting, Miss Pitts, of the Louise St. Clair Chapter, of Detroit, was introduced and gave us a most valuable paper on the "Mayflower Compact."

The paper was replete with wisdom and historical facts, giving the causes that led up to the expedition that resulted in the settlement of Plymouth Colony. After the reading, questions concerning the history of our early country (six in number) were given to the ladies and the one most successful in answering all was given a prize. Our Regent was the victor.

Friday, March 10th, was the second monthly meeting of the Daughters in the new year. Instead of the regular afternoon business meeting, the program was varied and made a social function. A colonial tea was served.

Mrs. E. C. Durant (Peter Creeper ancestry) opened her beautiful home for the occasion. The archives (garret) of each home was ransacked for the laid-away and hidden garments that were suggestive of our ancestry. When the eve

ning arrived, the result was most satisfactory. The pompadour, wigs, high heels, old laces, embroideries and panniers were all that could be desired. The guests were received in the long drawing room, which had been most tastefully decorated with cut flowers. The event of the evening was when the dining room doors were thrown back. A blaze of glory greeted the vision. Gas jets and candles vied with one another in splendor. Flags festooned walls and windows. One table, the length of the room, seated the nineteen guests. It was decorated through the center with wide white and blue satin ribbon. Statues were placed here and there on the table, while a large crystal vase occupied the centre and was filled with fruits and flowers. At the close of the repast each guest responded to roll call by a quotation chosen as appropriate from some one of the thirteen original States. Beautiful (souvenirs) half-shells decorated with the American flag and tied with dainty ribbons, were given each. The closing exercise was singing the national hymn.

Our appreciation of Mrs. Durant's hospitality materialized on Sunday last, March 26, that being her birthday. The record shield of the Daughters of the American Revolution, properly engraved, was presented to her. The gift was a surprise and greatly admired.

Unity of spirit and purpose dominates us in all of our work, and we feel ourselves ready for whatever we may be called upon to do, whether for country or local effort.-GRATIA E. DAYTON MAHON, Historian.

DONEGAL CHAPTER (Lancaster, Pennsylvania).-The regular meeting of Donegal Chapter was held at the home of the Regent, Mrs. J. Harold Wickersham, on Wednesday afternoon, March 8th. Her hospitable home was beautifully decorated with stately palms and the "red, white and blue," and the air was fragrant with blooming flowers. The meeting was very interesting and opened by singing "My Country, "Tis of Thee," accompanied by the orchestra, who played during the reception which followed, at the conclusion of the business meeting. Among the guests were the Witness Tree Chapter of Columbia; Mrs. Lamberton, Regent of the Harrisburg Chapter; Mrs.