Luther Stearns Cushing

Watts, Mary S[tanbery] (1868–1958), Ohio novelist whose works include Nathan Burke (1910), a story of an Ohio backwoods boy in the Mexican War; Van Cleve (1913), dealing with the Middle West during the period of the Spanish‐American War; The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1914), dealing with the career of a slum girl and her humanitarian work; From Father to Son (1919), a story showing the changing standards of the 20th century by the refusal of a boy to accept the fortune of a profiteering grandfather; The Boardman Family (1918); The House of Rimmon (1922); Luther Nichols (1923); and The Fabric of the Loom (1924).

Luther Stearns Cushing 1803-56, American lawyer, b. Lunenburg, Mass., grad. Harvard Law School, 1826. His best-known work is his short Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1844; many later editions), usually known as Cushing's Manual. It is still used in the United States in conducting meetings and legislative activities. Cushing's fuller treatment of the subject is Elements of the Law and Practice of Legislative Assemblies (1856).