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322 shows her power as an essayist, her article on William Butler Yeats and his work toward the revival of Irish literature being one that to read is a delight. It is a noticeable thing in Miss Frothingham's writing that she never seems to have "talked herself out": there is always evidence of resources in reserve.

Miss Frothingham intends to make literature her profession. Another volume of fiction is in preparation. She is now (winter of 1904) in Paris, and later will move on to Sicily. Though the social demands of Boston's best circles upon her time are many, her tastes impel her to her library and desk, whence, it is safe to prophesy, will come volumes from her pen which will hold a place among the brilliant books of the present decade.

DDIE AUGUSTA NOTTAGE, who has been active in patriotic and charitable work for more than forty years, is a native of Boston and a graduate of the Hancock School in that city. Her maiden name was Kingsbury. She was born April 5, 1839, daughter of Daniel W. and Sylvia (Wild) Kingsbury. Her maternal grandparents were William and Sally (Thayer) Wild. On July 7, 1864, Addie A. Kingsbury was married to Josiah Marshall Nottage, a veteran of the Civil War. Mr. Nottage enlisted in the Eighth Massachusetts Battery. (Contracting a fever in the army, he was honorably discharged as an invalid, and in after life never fully regained his health. His <leath occurred September 13, 1894. Mr. Nottage was a member of John A. Hawes Po.st, No. 159, G. A. R., of East Boston. He was a son of Josiah and Tharce Lowd (Penniman) Nottage. His father was born in New Hampshire, and his mother in Braintree, Mass.

Mrs. Nottage has been active for a long time in the temperance cause. For fifteen years, beginning in her girlhood, she was identified with the Daughters of Rechab. This society, formed in March, 1845, in Boston, was the first organized movement of women for the promotion of temperance in Massachusetts. Its official title was "The Independent Order of the United Daughters of Rechab," and subordinate societies were termed "tents." Its motto was Temperance, Fortitude, Justice, and its principles were founded upon the thirty-fifth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah. While temperance was the leading principle of the order, its members were bound by the strongest ties of sisterly affection. To assist each other as "friends travelling together" was one of its objects. The society prospered for many years, and hundreds of tents were instituted throughout the country.

The Sons of Temperance and the Independent Order of Good Templars, formed a few years later, admitted women to membership and the Order of Rechabites decreased in numbers, many of its members feeling that more effective work couUl be accomplished in the organizations formed on a broader basis. Until a few years ago, however. State encampments of the Daughters of Rechab were held semi-annually in Boston, continuing their sessions three and four days. The presiding officer was called "Worthy Senior Matron," and the chaplain bore the title of "Encampment Shepherdess." Two tents in Boston, the North Star and Olive Branch, continued their work nearly forty years. Mrs. Nottage was Worthy Senior Matron of one of the Boston tents. She also joined the Sons of Temperance, and for twenty years was active in Neptune Division, No. 29, of Boston, filling all the prominent offices.

Mrs. Nottage is a Past Noble Lady of Hamlin Lodge, of Boston, Independent Order of Odd Ladies. She is deeply interested in the principles of Odd Fellowship, and is a Past Grand of Mary Washington Lodge, Daughters of Rebecca, Boston. The ritualistic work of the D. of R. is familiar to her, and she is often invited to participate in the ceremonies of other lodges. The Rebecca Merriam Lodge of Roxbury presented her a gold badge in appreciation of the impressive manner in which she delivered the address for the lodge.

It is in patriotic work, however, that Mrs. Nottage is most widely known. Every week for three years (1861-64) during the Civil War she assisted in the work carried on in Boston, under the leadership of Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis, of making garments and fur-