she gratified the hopes and demands of her loving "Daughters" ; and that we, upon seeing her once more presiding, "went wild with enthusiasm ; ' ' such a spontaneous ovation has rarely ever been given to any woman, as the applause with which we then gave expression to our joy and affection. LETIT1A GEEEN STEVENSON 2 7 Under her gentle sway we continued to prosper, we out-grew the little church at the corner of 14th and L streets; we out- grew the Columbia Theatre, at 12th and F streets; we out- grew the Chase Opera House on Pennsylvania Avenue. Under her influence we developed and defined closely our methods of work. We inaugurated the printed Statute Book to give per- manence and value to the decrees of the Continental Congress. We began the publication of the now invaluable Lineage Book, and also the Directory. In the Sixth Continental Congress her firm and fair rulings sustained the defenders of the Constitution of the Society, which was threatened with a sweeping revision that would have changed its character. Thus in many ways did she help to lay the foundations of this grand society of American women deep and strong; her efforts are impressed on its principles; her name should be "writ large" on the pages of its history. Its membership can look to her record for an example of justice and gentleness and breadth of vision equalled it is true, by that of her gifted and honored sister, Mrs. Scott, our other President General (for their names are indelibly linked in the history of this Society),