tion of the Grim Reaper into the ranks of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Again we are bereft of one of our most brilliant and best loved members, Mrs. Adlai B. Stevenson. On December twenty-fifth, when the whole Christian world was filled with happiness, celebrating the birth of our Saviour, after an illness of several months, our beloved Honorary Presi- dent General quietly entered "that undiscovered country," and joined the choir invisible in singing the glad hosannahs to Christ, whom she so conscientiously followed all her life. Mrs. Stevenson has held a warm place in the hearts of the Daughters of the American Revolution since the organization of the Society. She was elected three times to the office of Presi- dent General, being the second and fourth woman to occupy that position. In the years which intervened between the organization and the day of her passing away, she was at all times our ' ' Guide, Philosopher and Friend. ' ' Her last work for the Daughters was putting into book form her personal knowledge of the early history of the National Society. A valuable book, prized not only as a reference book, but as the work of the heart, head and hand of our much be- loved Honorary President General. A summary of Mrs. Stevenson's life is in itself the finest eulogy that could be written of any woman. She was a Christian gentlewoman, and whether abroad or standing at the side of her illustrious husband, receiving the homage of the people of our Nation, or quietly teaching her Sunday School class in her home church, she was always the same sweet, gracious, womanly