Thirteen Colonies, Chapter, every member voted for Mrs. Roome for regent.

It has increased to a membership of twenty-four. One member, Mrs. Bennett, died in 1906; and another, Mrs. Letitia Tyler Sample, died in December, 1907. The latter had become a member of the national society in February, 1893, at the earnest solicitation of Miss Lilian Pike, to whom she was sincerely attached; and Mrs. Roome now mourns the loss of a revered and valuable friend. Mrs. Sample was not eminent merely as a daughter of President Tyler, but by reason of her high character and great attainments, her dignified deportment and noble endurance of adversity, commanded the respect and admiration of all who met her.

Thirteen Colonies Chapter is a quiet and unpretending chapter, which does not care to be so very strenuous, but only to do its duty under all circumstances, and to keep that esprit de corps that is incumbent on every chapter. As it has never adopted any special line of work, we have nothing of sufficient importance to chronicle and will close with the quotation: "They also serve who only stand and wait."-LILIAN PIKE ROOME, Regent.

Continental Dames Chapter was organized February 11I, 1903, at the home of Mrs. Harry T. Guss, with a charter membership of fifteen members. After the formal call of the meeting, the following officers were chosen: Regent, Mrs. Sarah Chace Guss; vice-regent, Mrs. Julia Allen; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Bates Warren; recording secretary, Mrs. John Warren; treasurer, Miss Maybelle A. Brooks. The chapter now numbers twenty-one active members and two honorary members, Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood and Miss Mary Desha, to whom the society owes so much. It was the first chapter formed of young ladies in the District. The chapter gave one hundred dollars for a chair for the use of the president general on the. platform of the auditorium in the Continental Memorial Hall. The regent has been presented with a gavel made from a tree which grew in a corner of the old church on Jamestown Island.-MRS ELIZABETH MCCARTHY, Historian.

Captain Molly Pitcher Chapter is almost too young to be said to have a history. However we, its members, feel that a beginning has been made. In naming our chapter-the initial event in our history-the story of the bravery of a revolutionary character, Captain Molly Pitcher, is perpetuated. That in itself is an important thing, for the names and the history of the illustrious people of revolutionary times must not be forgotten or lost in the increasing remoteness of the past. Everyone knows the story of Molly Pitcher, whose real name was Mrs. Mary Hays, but on account of some things to be mentioned later, a brief sketch will not be out of place. She was the wife of John Hays, a gunner in the first artillery, Continental line, of the Pennsylvania troops. The conflict in which Molly attained renown was that of Monmouth, whither the British forces had retreated from Philadelphia and where they were overtaken by the Continental forces under Washington. The battle took place in the heat of summer, on a July day, when the thermometer registered 96° in the shade. Molly, with a heart full of sympathy for those brave men, carried water back and forth in a pitcher from a nearby spring. "Molly with the pitcher" was soon shortened to Molly Pitcher and this soubriquet outlives her real name. The deed for which Molly Pitcher's name is made illustrious occurred when her husband was shot down and a call was made for some one to take his place. As no one responded, Molly Pitcher came forward and took up the rammer, serving faith

fully throughout the battle amidst the smoke and heat. What wonderful courage and bravery! Ought we not to be proud of such a woman and keep her memory fresh?

Our officers are: Regent, Mrs. Albert Gore; vice-regent, Mrs. W. S. Chesley; secretary, Miss Naomi Thompson; treasurer, Miss Harriet Richardson; registrar, Miss Eva, Towles; historian, Miss Lucy Madeira.

Mrs. Gore still continues as our regent, of whose ability and popularity we are very proud. Mrs. Gore was born in Washington and is the daughter of Mr. Philip Larner. Her grandfather, Mr. Noble D. Larner, was president of the Sons of the American Revolution, and

her mother is a charter member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Gore is entitled to membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution through five revolutionary ancestors.

Last year, for the benefit of Continental Hall, we gave a large euchre party, and from the sale of tickets we made, clear of

expenses, fifty dollars. At the suggestion of our regent we put this sum in a beautiful silver pitcher, which, at the meeting of the sixteenth continental congress, our regent presented to Mrs. McLean in behalf of Continental Hall. The pitcher is of colonial design. Engraved on one side are the words: "Presented to Continental Hall of the Daughters of the American Revolution from the Captain Molly Pitcher Chapter, April, 1907" and on the other side is the insignia of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The pitcher is to be used at all the meetings of the continental congress.-HARRIET RICHARDSON. Historian.

Our Flag Chapter.-Our national emblem and all it represents has a large place in our chapter thought, hence it was voted to be eminently appropriate that we follow the example given us by the children of the public schools, have the salute

Mrs. Donald McLean, Honorary Member.

to the Flag as a part of the program of every meeting. "I pledge allegiance to the Flag and to the republic for which it stands-one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all" is a sentiment to which all true Americans should heartily respond.