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She is a tall, stately lady, and a little younger than 

 the Secretary. She reminds one of the highborn 

 ladies of the olden days. Her daughter, Mary E. 

 Endicott, assists in the social entertainments of the 

 War Secretary's home. She s the embodiment of 

 New England feminine culture. Her figure is of a 

 distinguished mould, and her manners the same. 

 Her face is an index to an intelligent and well-stored 

 mind." 



Mrs. Chamberlain's father is thus referred to in 

 the same book : 



" The Secretary of War, William Crowninshield 

 Endicott, represents the old Puritan stock of Gover- 

 nor John Endicott, who was sent out in 1628 by the 

 Massachusetts Company to take charge of their 

 affairs at Salem. This son of that blue-blooded 

 ancestry was born one hundred and ninety-eight 

 years after, on the same spot. From 1873 ^^ ^^^^ 

 he was Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of 

 Massachusetts, and in 1884 President Cleveland 

 chose him as the representative of that better type of 

 Northern Democracy which regards statesmanship 

 as something more than office farming. The Secre- 

 tary is a man of middle stature and somewhat grey. 

 In conversation, while reserved, possibly the result 

 of the judicial habit, he is still affable and satisfying." 



Mr. Endicott was called to his rest in the spring 

 of 1900, but his widow is still alive and well and re- 



