its President-General. Then I came into contact with her in the matters pertaining to the Great Cause which I had proposed and originated at the Congress D. A. R., in 1895 The National Society of the Chil- dren of the American Revolution ; oh, how I trembled to intro- duce that Cause ! for it was in the early days, remember, when all our energies were strained to properly project and equip our own organization. But the voice of the Lord rang through my soul telling me to do it, and I had but to obey. How kind she was! How receptive to the need of such a cause being upheld by the D. A. R. Here the soul of the woman shone forth and her belief in the fundamental principle of life that puts a duty upon women especially, to safeguard the youth of our Country, made me love her then and there. There were so many obstacles in the way of the Cause. So few of the D. A. R. at first saw its need. Others thought it might be postponed, for the better forging ahead of the work of the D. A. R. itself. Some royal souls saw the time was ripe for the work to begin, realizing, oh, how true that was that we could best advance the interests of the D. A. R. by looking out for the childhood of the Nation and the National Society of the Children of the American Revolution was born into the world ! I ever found dear Mrs. Stevenson one of those royal souls who in every way in her power bade me God-speed in my work for this Cause. And one of the sweetest flowers of my remem- brance that shall never wither, is the friendship with her that it brought me, and the insight into her rare and gracious spirit