A SPINNING wheel of gold, with rim of dark blue enamel, upon which appears the name of the Society in gold letters. The spokes terminate in thirteen stars typifying the thirteen original states. The distaff combined with the wheel is also of gold, while the flax with which it is filled is of platinum. The Official Emblem, Official Stationery, D. A. R. Spoon and Record Shield can be obtained only from J. E. Caldwell & Co. Official Jewelers and Stationers to the Society 902 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA Send for illustrated D. A. R. Booklet with full descriptions and prices. AMERICAN MONTHLY 茶茶茶茶茶茶茶茶茶茶茶茶茶茶茶茶茶茶茶 Copyrighted by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Terms of Subscription: One Year, $1.00; Single Copies, 10 cents. Miss Lilian Lockwood, Business Manager, 902 F street, N. W., Washington, D. C. CONTENTS-SEPTEMBER, 1898. FRONTISPIECE: Mrs. Russell A. Alger, Vice-President General, Chairman of SubCommittee of War Committee. HISTORY: A Year's Spinning. MALVINA S. WARING, Into the By-Paths of Centuries. MARY S. LOCKWOOD, History versus Fiction,. Colonial Housewives. GRACE M. H. WAKEMAN, Our Ancestors. M. FOLGER COLEMAN, New England Colonists. MARY ELIZABETH SPRINGER, Sketches of Revolutionary Ancestors. CORNELIA W. DAVOL, Our Flags. ELIZA MAYO DOUGAN, 213 217 221 223 225 227 229 237 WHAT WE ARE DOING AND CHAPTER WORK: Clinton Chapter, Astenrogen Chapter, Monroe Chapter, New York City Chapter, Wautauga's War Relief Circle, Work in Tennessee,. Mohegan Chapter, General Samuel Hopkins Chapter, Catherine Schuyler Chapter, Wequetonsing Chapter, Madison County Chapter, Springfield Chapter, Rockford Chapter, Cæsar Rodney Chapter, Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter, Bristol Chapter,. . . . . War Relief Work in the Children of the American Revolution, CURRENT TOPICS: Peace,. Notes, 243 245 246 . 249 251 252 254 255 256 258 258 258 259 259 260 261 261 263 264 283 288 296 296 296 297 Current History, YOUNG PEOPLE'S DEPARTMENT: Notes,. IN MEMORIAM: Nellie Earle Chase, Julia S. Perry, Mrs. Sarah Jones Hatch, Mrs. Annie Erwin Iredell, OFFICIAL: List of National Officers, How to Become a Member,. Minutes of National Board of Management, Illustrations Mrs. Bell Merrill Draper, Treasurer Hospital Corps, Mrs, Charlotte Emerson Main, Vice-President General, 298 299 370 ·309 - 317 No change can be made after the 18th of any month in the address of the Magazine for the following month. Harrisburg Publishing Co., Printers, Harrisburg, Pa. A SPINNING wheel of gold, with rim of dark blue enamel, upon which appears the name of the Society in gold letters. The spokes terminate in thirteen stars typifying the thirteen original states. The distaff combined with the wheel is also of gold, while the flax with which it is filled is of platinum. The Official Emblem, Official Stationery, D. A. R. Spoon and Record Shield can be obtained only from J. E. Caldwell & Co. Official Jewelers and Stationers to the Society 902 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA Send for illustrated D. A. R. Booklet with full descriptions and prices. |