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DAUGHTERS OF AM. REVOLUTION. 80.5 DAUMIER. tors"al least one aided in establishing American independence. The society has admitted to Jiiembeisliij) about 40,000 women, organized into some 700 local chapters. These chapters are found in all of the Slates and Territories ex- cepting Idaho and ilississippi, Nevada. Arizona, and Xew Mexico, and there are also chapters in Canada, the Hawaiian Islands, and in Europe. Delegates from all the chapters meet in annual congress in Washington in the week of Washing- ton's Birthday. The society has collected n; my historical relics, which have been deposited in the United States National Jluseum in Washington, and it has also a valuable historical and genea- logical library at its headquarters in Washington. During the Spanish-American War it aided the Government by securing nurses of projier charac- ter and qualifications. The society' lias accumu- lated a fund of .$12.5,000, for the purpose of erect- ing a Continental itemorial Kail in Washington, and in 1002 purchased a site for that purpose. The National Society was incorporated by act of -Congress in 1896, and. in accordance with that act, reports annually to Congress. The society publishes The American Monthly Magazine, the first number of which was issued July, 1892; and also a series of lineage books, containing the record of the ancestry of eacli member of the organization. DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY, United. See Confederacy, United Daughteks OF THE. DAUGHTERS OF THE KING. An organi- zation for women in the E]Hscopal Church, analogous to the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew. It was organized in New York City in 1885, and its pledge requires that each member shall make an earnest eft'ort each week to bring at least one woman within the hearing of the gospel of Jesus Christ. It holds an annual convention, has headquarters in New York City, and an organ. The Royal Cross, and has enrolled up- ward of 12,000 persons. Jlembers are admitted with a solemn service before the altar, invested with the cross, and pledged by a vow to praj-er and service. Consult Bacon and Northrop, Young People's Societies (New Y'ork, 1900). DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION, Society of. A woman's hereditary jiatriotic society organized in New Y'ork City in 1891. As originally composed, the society consisted largely of those who had withdrawn from the Society of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution (q.v. ), because that society then ad- mitted to membership Avomen of collateral descent. The patriotic objects of the two soci- eties are similar, but the requirements for admission to the Daughters of the Revolution are the more stringent. They require a member to be the lineal descendant of an ancestor who jictively assisted in the. establishment of Ameri- can independence, and who became thereby liable to conviction for treason against the (iovcrnment of Great Britain. The General Society, which meets annually, is composed of national officers and delegates from the following organized State societies: Colorado. Connecticut, Delaware, In- diana, Iowa, Kentucky, MaryUxnd, Massachu- setts, Minnesota. New Hampshire, New .Jersey, New York, North C.irolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah. Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The total membership is 4000. DAULATABAD, dou'la-tA-hiid' (Ar., city of l)rosperity; Hind. Ucogiri, Skt. Drrai/iri, moun- tain of the gods, from the clitl which coniniunds the town). A strongly fortilied town of India, within the Nizam's (hjuiinions, near their north- western frontier, in latitude 19" 57' N., and longitude 75° 18' E. The town is noted for its commanding rock-fortress, which, with a height of about 500 feet, is scar]>ed into a perpendicular for the lowest third of its altitude. This strong- hold is all the more formidable from its being completely isolated, being 3000 yards distant from any otlu-r eminence. The town has greatly decayed, and has a population of less than one thousand. The famous cave temples of Ellora are within seven miles of Daulatabad. DAUMER, dou'mer, Oeorg Friedrich (1800- 75). A (icrman ])oet and philosophical writer, known also li}' his pen-name, Eusebius ICnuneran. He was horn at Nuremberg, studied at the Uni- versities of Erlangen and Leipzig, and, from 1822 to 1830, was a professor in the Nuremberg Gymnasium. He solenmly urged that human sacrifice had attended Hebraic and even primi- tive Christian rites, and passed in a few years from violent rationalism to ultra-Romanism. His writings, which mirror his peculiarities, include Die Vrrjeschichte ties Menschengcisles (1827); Die Gcheimnisse des christlichcn Allerlnnis (2 vols., 1847) : Aphorismen iiber Tod und Unstcrh- lichkeit (1805); and Das Wunder (1874). For somewhat more than a year he <'as guardian and instructor of the famous foiuidling Kaspar Hauser (q.v.), in regard to whom he published Mittheilunffcii iiber Kaspar Hauser (1832); EnihiillunijeH iiber Kaspar Hauser (1850) ; and Kaspar Hauser, sein Wesen, seine Unschuld (1873). DAUMET, do'ma', Pierre JliRoirE Honoris (1826 — ). A French architect, born in Paris. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and obtained the Prix de Rome in 1855. Afterwards he accompanied an areha>ological mission to Greece under the directorship of M. Ileuzey. Upon his return he was employed by the city of Paris in the rebuilding of the Palais de Jus- tice. After the death of Viollet le Due, he was made architect-in-chief for this imjiortant work, and completed it. In 1885 he became a member of the Institute and inspector-general of civil buildings. iI. Daumet's name became connected with all the architectural societies of interest in France, and he was elected an honorary mem- ber of the Royal Society of British Architects. His most notal)le work is the restoration of the Chateau de Chantilly for the Duke d'AunuUe (i87ii-sn. DAUMIER, du'my.'i'. HoxoRi:; (1808-79). A celebrated French carieatirist. Ixnn in Marseilles. Fashion, tittle-tattle, scandal, jiolitics. blemishes of figure, and oddities of character in turn inspired his genius for mockery. Few among his illustrious contemporaries escaped his pencil. His most celebrated work is the series of "Robert Macairc." jiublishcd in the Charivari, after which followed "Les actuality," "Lcs divor- ccnses." "Les femmes soeialistes." "Les philan- thropes du jour." "Les Grecs." "Les gens de jus- tice." "Les bons bourgeois." "Les pastorales." and "Les papas." The Revolution of 184S su'jgested two of his most remarkable series— "Idyl les par- lementaires" and "Les representants reprC'seutCs."