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Rh ing at Wood's museum, where she played twice a day in "Popsey Wopsey," and also appeared in "Andy Blake." She again went west, and later sailed for Australia. After playing in that country for some time, she returned to the United States, and. withdrawing from the stage, went to Europe, where she acquired the French language. Her old fondness for the stage reviving, she determined on an appearance abroad. Paul Ferrier adapted for her a French version of "Nan the Good-for-nothing," which he called " Miss Maggie." and on 1 Sept., 1884, she acted at the Folies Dramatiques in Paris, under the name of Mile. Helene Dauvray. Her engagement lasted over three months, after which she returned to the United States. The novel of "Mrs. Geoffrey" was adapted for her, under the name of "Mona," by Felix Morris, and she took the titular character in the Star theatre. New York, 27 April, 1885, but without success. Miss Dauvray had forsaken her old soubrette parts, and was ambitious of winning distinction in serious roles. She then attempted comedy, and Bronson Howard wrote for her "One of our Girls," which was originally produced in the Lyceum theatre, New York, 10 Nov., 1885. This play ran for several months, and proved a great success. A year later, Mr. Howard prepared for her "Met by Chance," which was first played on 11 Jan., 1887, but was not successful.

DAVALOS, Gil de (dah'-vah-los), Spanish soldier, b. in Baeza de Castilla, Spain ; d. in Quito, Ecuador, in 1562. He went to Peru with the viceroy, Antonio de Mendoza, and in 1557 founded the city of Cucuca by order of Viceroy Andres Hurtado de Mendoza, by whom he was also ordered to conquer Quijos and Macas, which he did. In 1559 he founded Baeza, the capital of Quijos; also Archidona, Avila, Logrono, and other towns, and the town of Sevilla del Oro, or Macas, capital of this district. Gil de Davalos had been mayor of Cuzco at the time of the disturbances at Chuquisaca in 1558, and when the "encomenderos" were asking for the revocation of some instructions given by the audiencia of Lima, which were opposed to their interests, Davalos set about carrying out these instructions with such diligence as to destroy a bill presented to him on the subject by Capt. Francisco Hernandez Giron. It was believed that this act of Davalos precipitated the revolution at Cuzco at the close of that year. The agitators persuaded Nuno Mendiola to go to the mayor on some pretext and stab him. This was not done ; but, at the moment of the revolt, Davalos was made a prisoner and taken out of the city to a distance of sixty miles, where he was left at liberty. He went to Lima and served in the army of the king during the campaign that ended with the defeat and death of Giron. From November, 1556, till his death, Davalos was chief justice of Quito.

DAVEISS, Joseph Hamilton. See Daviess.

DAVEISS, Maria, author, b. in Harrodsburg, Ky., 31 Oct., 1814; d. there, 19 Dec., 1896. Her early education was received in Harrodsburg. In 1839 she married William Daveiss. Her poem in compliment to a bride was extensively copied, and was followed by &ldquo;The Nun&rdquo; and &ldquo;A Harvest Hymn.&rdquo; &ldquo;Roger Sherman, A Tale of '76,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Woman's Love,&rdquo; are her best-known stories. She received from the Kentucky state agricultural society a premium for an essay on the &ldquo;Cultivation and Uses of the Chinese Sugar-Cane,&rdquo; which she was successful in introducing into the state. Mrs. Daveiss published a &ldquo;History of Mercer and Boyle Counties, Ky.&rdquo; (1886).

DAVENPORT, Adolphus Hoyt, actor, b. in Stamford, Conn., 4 Aug., 1828; d. in New Orleans, La., 22 Oct., 1873. An early fondness for the stage influenced him to become an actor, and, transposing his name, which was Adolphus Davenport Hoyt, he became known as &ldquo;Dolly Davenport.&rdquo; His first appearance was as Willis, in &ldquo;Paul Pry,&rdquo; at the Baltimore athenæum during 1848, and his success was such that he was soon intrusted with the role of Claude Melnotte, which he played to Mrs. W. H. Russell's (now Mrs. John Hoey) Pauline. At the solicitation of his parents, he studied law with Homer H. Stewart, of New York, and, after two years' preparation, was admitted to the bar. But he soon reappeared on the stage, and played in Wallack's old theatre, for the benefit of David S. Palmer, as Box in &ldquo;Box and Cox.&rdquo; Early in 1853 he appeared as Montano in &ldquo;Othello,&rdquo; and as Capt. Charles in &ldquo;Who Speaks First?&rdquo; at the old Broadway theatre. His first appearance in Philadelphia was at the old Chestnut street theatre, and he was a member of the company during 1853-'4. Subsequently he was a member of the Walnut street theatre's company, and played there during the season of 1855-'6. He then drifted southward, and acted principally in southern cities. He was manager of the Mobile theatre during 1872, and was connected with Bidwell's academy of music.

DAVENPORT, Bennett Franklin, sanitary chemist, b. in Cambridge, Mass., 28 May, 1845. He was graduated at Harvard in 1867, then spent some time in the university in Tübingen, after which he was graduated at Harvard medical college in 1871, and also at the College of physicians and surgeons in New York in 1871. After settling in Boston, he devoted his attention to sanitary chemistry. In 1879 he became professor of chemistry in the Massachusetts college of pharmacy, and in 1882 inspector of milk and vinegar to the city of Boston, and also analyst to the Massachusetts state board of health. In these capacities he has regularly furnished reports to the annual documents of the Boston and State board of health. He has also prepared the semi-annual reports on foods and drugs in the Boston &ldquo;Medical and Surgical Journal.&rdquo; Dr. Davenport is a member of the chemical societies of London, Berlin, and New York, and of other scientific bodies.

DAVENPORT, Edward Loomis, actor, b. in Boston, Mass., 15 Nov., 1814; d. in Canton, Pa., 1 Sept., 1877. He made his first appearance on the stage in Providence, R. I., in 1836, as Parson Will in "A New Way to Pay Old Debts," with Junius Brutus Booth as Sir Giles Overreach, a part in which Mr. Davenport afterward became famous. He then appeared in New York at the Bowery theatre, under the management of Thomas H. Hamlin, and in 1838 played first in Philadelphia, in the Walnut street theatre, as Count Montalban in " The Honeymoon." But he appeared chiefly in Boston imtil 1847, when, with Mrs. Anna Cora Mowatt, he visited England, appearing with her, on 6 Dec, 1847, at the Manchester theatre, as Claude Melnotte to her Pauline. While in England he supported William C. Macready for two seasons, including his farewell engagement, and became very popular at the Haymarket theatre. London, as William in " Black-eyed Susan." He returned to the United States in 1854, and filled various engagements under the management of Mrs. J. B. Barrow, Henry C. Jarrett, Mark Smith, James W. Wallack, and William Wheatley. In 1859 he became manager of the Howard athenfeum, in Boston, and ten years later imdertook the management of the Chestnut street theatre in Philadelphia. Dur-