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 1917 
 
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 Dedicated to the peerless Texas women 
 who have consecrated and dedicated their 
 minds, hearts and hands to the things 
 worth while. 
 
''''Forward out of error. 
 Leave behind the night; 
 Forward through the darkness, 
 Forward into light.'' 
 
AN APPRECIATION. 
 
 In appreciation of those who Iiave so efficiently assisted nie in 
 the preparation of tiiis work, it gives nie pleasure to mention 
 Messrs. C. Klaerner and J. M. Dunn, who, associated with me, 
 were untiring in their efi'orts to make this puhlication a work of 
 merit. In this connection, T wish also to express mv apprecia- 
 tion of the valuaiile services of "The Elliotts,"' who furnished some 
 of the best prints of this work. As "makers of pictures," they 
 have meritoriously won State and J^ational reputation. To those 
 who have contributed l)iographical sketches, and to all who have 
 in other ways given their co-operation, I hereby express my thanks 
 and gratitude. 
 
 Editor. 
 
GREETINGS. 
 
 If m the figiit my arm was strong, 
 And forced my foes to yield — 
 If conquering and unliiirt I came 
 Back from the hattlefiehl — 
 It is hecaii!=e her prayers luue l)een 
 My safeguard and my sliiehl. 
 
 — A. A. PROCTOR. 
 
 For ages the liistory and literature of the world have lieen 
 made resplendent with the deeds of woman. Temples and shrines 
 have heen dedicated to her, and to these the jDilgrims of every 
 clime and nation liave jonrneyed to pay their homage. For her, 
 knighthood blosson.ied into the flower of chivalry; for her, knights 
 in mailed armor drew their swords, and for her, nations have 
 fonght against nations. For ages she has been the theme of the 
 poet and the ins]n ration of the artist. In the world's great pic- 
 ture-galleries we see her rejn'esented. There is Queen Esther 
 pleading for her jieople : Euth gleaning in the fields of Boaz ; 
 Deborah delivering Israel from the hands of Jabin ; Joan of Arc 
 leading her army to victory; Volumnia. and Virgilia. pleading with 
 Coriolanus to save Uome ; Beatrice among the stars ; Portia bring- 
 ing Shylock to justice. Tlien, there is Cornelia, the devoted 
 n]other of the C4racchi ; there is Madame Eoland, the heroine and 
 martyr of France : there is Josephine — the morning star of INTa- 
 poleon's destiny. Upon the browns of these heroines of past ages 
 the laurel and mvitle have woven their crowns; at their feet the 
 amarant blooms in all its fragrance and glory. In the past 
 these -women were potential and pre-eminent, but, after finishing 
 their work, they passed from the stage of action into the hearts 
 of those who honor and revere them. 
 
 Though the pages that are to follow we are to become" better 
 acquainted Avith the women of another age and another land — • 
 the women of Texas — the State which at one time was an empire. 
 To be a "Texas woman." and true to all that Texas expects of 
 
6 Grektings. 
 
 lier. is indeed an enviable title. The true Texas woman is an 
 architect and builder. She is a dynamic force in the home, the 
 State, and in all that makes for the upbuilding' of Texas man- 
 hood and womanhood. Had Kipling- known her, he woidd have 
 named her as an excei)tion when he penned his foolish lines: 
 '"The female of the species is more deadly than the male."' 
 
 The greatest women in Texas today are not the Maria An- 
 tionettes within the circle of the idle rich, whom fortune has 
 placed beyond the pale of toil, and ''who reap where they have 
 not sown, and gather where they have not strawed ;"' they are not 
 the Avomen who have scored the greatest number of prizes at 
 euchre, or as adepts at the bridge talde : they are not the women 
 who are authorities on the modern dance. The greatest women 
 of Texas today are the women, who, in the service of God, of 
 country, and of humanity, believe that they best serve themselves 
 by ser\ing these and forgetting themselves: they are the women 
 who realize that, the more they have of the various talents, the 
 more is expected of them, and the more they shoidd g^ive. 
 
 When Mexican invasion threatened the frontier and heart of 
 Texas, her noble women, paraphrasing- the words of the wife of 
 D'Aguesseau, said, "'Go, forget that you have wives and children 
 to lose, and remeudjer only that you have a country to save." 
 Tliese women were the wives, mothers and daughters of the 
 stirrdy pioneers whose axes had blazed a path from the highways 
 of civilization to the ramparts of despotism and — to the shrine 
 of holy martyrdom. The Texas woman of that period was 
 dauntless and courageous, and in every test and trial she was 
 faithful to her trust. She was at the Alamo and saw the 
 l)abe of her breast ba]itized with the 1)1 ood of martyrs, and, as 
 the awful finale, saw the smoke as it curled heavenward from 
 the funeral ]iyre upon which loved ones were placed like faggots. 
 At Goliad her cup was filled with the waters of Marah, and in 
 agonv she drained it to its bitter dregs. When the Lone Star, 
 in all of its glory and splendor, rose from San Jacinto's field of 
 carnage and ccnciuest, its sheen of light enveloped the mothers 
 of a new repu1)lic — the women who had suffered the pangs and 
 privations of patriotic i)eople struggling to throw off the yoke of 
 bondage. To the mothers of Texas that Lone Star was as the 
 
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 iiioniing star, for it meant that the nigiit of her life had passed — 
 tliat the dawn of her morning liad come. 
 
 When the tlanies of civil strife swept over the Southland, she 
 was constantly at her post of dnty, surrounded hy the horrors 
 and tragedies day after day, and tlirough the long vigils of count- 
 less nights. She was never idle, for her hands found much to do. 
 She spun the thread and wove the cloth that she made into uni- 
 forms for her bovs in gray, who were fighting beneath the stars 
 and bars for the honor and glory of the Southland. With gentle 
 and loving hands she nursed the sick and ^vounded back to health 
 and strength. The functions performed by her were as neces- 
 sary as though she shouldered a musket, drew a sword, placed a 
 bavonet, or led a charge. 
 
 Social caste has no place in Texas. It is contrarv to the spirit 
 of Texanism, and is not democratic. The only true basis of social 
 distinction are the composite elements of heart and mind, and when 
 there is a fullness of pure heart and the richness of intellect, 
 there is to be found the source of tlie Greater Democracy. 
 
 The Texas woman of today is doing great things. She pos- 
 sesses a natural tact and diplomacv that win. She possesses the 
 noble passions of a pure heart : the fullness of soul, and the fer- 
 tility of brain. In tlie fabric of society, industry, and govern- 
 ment, is seen the rich productions of her mind, heart and hand. 
 She has a vital interest in the affairs of her country. She is in- 
 terested in something more than the home and the school. She 
 has an interest in clean streets, better factory conditions, child 
 and animal protection, playgrounds, higher moral standards, pub- 
 lic health, social justice, and decent government. Enthroned 
 upon the crest of a tidal wave, she is coming into her own — her 
 day is come. 
 
 Sinclair Morel and. 
 
MES. EEBECCW J. FISHEE. 
 
 •■The Mother of Texas" 
 V,Y :MKS;. FRED SCOTT. 
 
 Xot a woman in Texas can look back upon so romantic, so 
 tlirillino- and wonderful a lii^toiy as Mrs. Rebecca J. Fisher, 
 whose lono- life has been an insjiiration to others in its devotion 
 to duty, country and God. 
 
 Born in Philadelphia, of parents with nol)le blood in their 
 veins and heirs to immense fortunes in England, she came to 
 Texas when a little girl, her parents leaving the comforts and 
 refinements of their home for the adventurous fortunes of a new 
 and untried land. 
 
 Her father fought for the Eepublic of Texas and shared the 
 
10 Texas Women's IIali. of Fame. 
 
 liardsliip? of the pioneers. A little home he l)iiilt. hut was un- 
 able to defend against that worse than Mexican foe, the Indian. 
 One day, as the sun was setting, the war whoop of the Comanche 
 was heard, and a little after, Eebecca and her brother Avere torn 
 from the arms of their mother, whose cruel deatli they had wit- 
 nessed, with that of their father, to be made captives by the 
 Indians. 
 
 The second adventure of little Reliecca and her In'other was 
 when the Indians, pursued, strnck their captives and left them 
 in the forest for dead. Regaining consciousness, Eebecca carjied 
 her brother, who Avas Avounded more severely than herself, to the 
 edge of the forest, praying for guidance as she Avent, and the 
 Father of the fatherless heard her jirayer and directed her feet 
 to the path of the Texas rangers, whose jmrsuit caused the flight 
 of the Indians. These nol)le men rescued and revived the little 
 ones, taking them to friendly shelter. 
 
 Eebecca went to school at Entersville, the largest and most 
 important college for girls in Texas at that time. There she 
 grew to fair young Avomanhood and on the eve of graduation AA^as 
 songht in marriage by a German iiobleman, Avho, Avith his suite, 
 Avas making a visit in Texas, and attending the closing exer- 
 cises of the sc'hool, fell in love at first sight Avith the beantiful 
 Texan. 
 
 She refused his suit, presented through the president of the 
 college, at Avhose home she lived, and later married Eev. Orceueth 
 Fisher, a prominent Methodist minister, nnich older tha.n herself. 
 
 AVith her husband, ]\[rs. Fisher's life was full of adA'enture, 
 for he Avas a missionarv and carried his beautiful wife into far 
 fields. A long voyage Avas made to California, Avhere for several 
 years he ministered to a gi'OAving congregation. Mrs. Fisiier, 
 Avith her golden curls and big brown eyes, her Ijeautiful figure 
 and charming Avays Avon a place at once in the affections of all 
 Avho kncAV her. 
 
 Hearing the call again to the wild. Eev. and Mrs. Fisher and 
 their children went overlaiid tlirough the most danger-beset coun- 
 try to the northern part of Washington territory, Avhere Dr. 
 Fisher began a great cam]) meeting. It Avas just Ijefore the Avar 
 period, and feeling Avas high. Dr. Fislier Avas a ]\Iethodist min- 
 
Texas Women's Hall of Fame. 11 
 
 ister, South, while tlie "West was for the Xorth. Xot imderstaud- 
 ing tliat religion has no Xorth or South, on a beautiful Sunday 
 morning rumors came that a moh of rough men were going to 
 hang the mini&ter. Dr. Fisher was brave, and would not defer his 
 meeting. A vast crowd came, thousands of men, women and chil- 
 dren, and the moh of rough men, led by the roughest of them 
 all. Both factions were armed, excitement reigned. When the 
 riot seemed imminent and men a.nd women were waiting, breath- 
 less, for the first move of the desperadoes, Mrs. Fisher sprang 
 over the benches and faced the leader, holding him by the arm. 
 In calm tones of conscious power she ordered him tc listen to her. 
 
 For a moment he looked into her resolute face, then became 
 bilent and listened to her exhortations. He and the mob were 
 subdued by her heroism, for by her words and actions and at 
 the risk of her life, she averted what might have been a bloody 
 battle. 
 
 Mrs. Fisher has for many years been one of Texas' most hon- 
 ored Avomen. She has been called the mother of Texas, and has 
 played as important a part in peace as in war. There is never 
 a distinguished gathering that is complete without Mrs. Fisher's 
 presence : there is no patriotic ceremony that is not graced by 
 Mrs. Fisher's oratory. Mi's. Fisher is a finished speaker and has 
 made some of the most noteworthy addresses that have been 
 heard in the halls of legislature, in the halls of learning or at 
 the unveiling of the marble monuments erected to the State's 
 noble past by a grateful present. 
 
 Although now 85 years old, her magnificent presence was the 
 occasion of an ovation when she addressed the legislature at the 
 opening session last year, and her portrait is the onlv woman's 
 picture honored by a jDlace on the walls of the Senate Chamber, 
 where she, as the "Mother of Texas," and her husband as Chap- 
 lain of the last Senate of the Eepuhlic of Texas had much to 
 do with fashioning the high ideals of that body. 
 
 She was the only woman orator at the unveiling of a monu- 
 ment to General Sam Houston at Huntsville several years ago. 
 So eloquent were her words that they created the most wonderful 
 impression and she was accorded the highest honors at an occa- 
 
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 Texas Wo:mex"s IT all of Fa:me. 
 
 sion that was mai'kod ))y a iiotahle gathering, among whom was 
 A\'illian •!. Bryan, of national fame. 
 
 Mrs. Fisher has lived in Austin more than forty years. She 
 has been president of the Daughters oi the Eepublic of Texas 
 for man}' years, and is as vitally interested in the affairs of that 
 splendid organization that has done so much for the preserva- 
 tion of the Alamo and otlier sainted spots in the Tiepnhlic's his- 
 tory, as she is in the affairs of thii; great State which she Ioats 
 so devotedly, the Lone Star State, one and indivisible. 
 
 We hcsi redeem tlie jiast hi/ forcjetting 
 i-t. — Elbert Hubbaed. 
 
 •'The trork Imhit is the sieve that sep- 
 arates the dreamer from the doer." 
 
 IT'c rise by raising others — and he 
 irhn stoops aliore the fallen, stands erect. 
 
 IXGERSOLL. 
 
MKS. JAMES E. FEEGUSOX. 
 
 "The First Lady of the Land" 
 BY KATIE DAFFAJsT. 
 
 Freedom from all aft'ec-tation and a compelling sincerity should 
 be the impresvsive attribute of a woman's character, and to be 
 just exactly what we seem to be is a characteristic of true nobil- 
 ity. Characters possessing these attributes give ballast and sup- 
 port to all M'ith whom they are associated, and their genuine, 
 direct individuality allows their friends, always, to know just 
 where to find them. Such characters atti'oct unto themselves 
 many true and valuable friends who place a liigh value upon real 
 worthiness unweakened by imitation or affectation. 
 
 Mrs. Jas. E. Ferguson is one of those rare women wlio. at 
 
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14 Texas Wo:\rEx's Hall of Fame. 
 
 once, gives out the impression of her genuineness, without the 
 slightest desire to create a thought otlier than the plain, exact 
 and entire truth, for she ignores sham and falseliood, and lives 
 upon a plane of pure tliought and high' ideals. 
 
 Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson, wife of Governor Jas. E. 
 Ferguson, and daughter of .Tose])h L. and Eliza Garrison "Wal- 
 lace, is loyal to the splendid early training of a nohle pioneer 
 mother and father. At an early day her parents came to Texas 
 and cast tlieir fortunes in the fertile, picturesque section of our 
 State now known as Bell county, and as this section became one 
 of tlie most prosperous portions of the State, rich in agricul- 
 tural development and resources, they aceuraulated a large for- 
 tune. ]\frs. Ferguson, who is a. native of Bell county, is a loyal, 
 devoted daughter of Texas, faithful to all early traditions and 
 history, and ever hopeful of the greater future growth and ex- 
 cellence of all Texas enterprises and institutions. 
 
 Miriam Wallace received training from private teachers in her 
 own home until she entered Baylor College at Belton, the oldest 
 woman's college in the State. Here she made a specialty of art 
 and music, devoting much time in her school girl days to paint- 
 ing some very attractive pictures, which indicate a far more than 
 ordinary taste and temperament in artistic study. 
 
 Miriam Wallace, probably, did not realize as she grew up amid 
 the beloved and familiar surroundings of her ancestral home, 
 just wliat was in store for her when the Idoom of lier life should 
 develop into perfectness and maturity, Imt, liad she known it 
 and realized it all, she could not have made better preparation. 
 For. witli a d.oep cultivation of heart, and a true sense of Chris- 
 tian womanhood and its numifold responsiljilities, she lived out 
 the Years of a happy girlhood, terminating this gentle period in 
 her marriage to the one man of her choice. On January 31, 
 l(Sr)9, she was married in Belton to James E. Ferguson, also a 
 native of Bell county, and, at the time, one of the active, ener- 
 getic young lawyers of Belton. After five happy years in their 
 pretty cottage home in Belton, Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson removed 
 to Temple, one of the l)usy, substantial commercial localities in 
 Central Texas. Here Mr. Ferguson Iiecame a strong factor in 
 business and professional life, acquiring extended banking and 
 landed interests in this and other ]:)Oitii)ns of the State. In the 
 
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 atti-;u-tive Fero'ii-ion lioine i]i Temple wliole-hearted, delightful 
 hospitality was dispensed, and Mrs. Ferguson, — though already 
 endeared to the good people of Temple, many of whom had 
 known her since her chihlhood, — became the patroness of all good 
 woi'k and unselfish effort to advance the cause of the right. 
 
 •'To the cause that needs assistance 
 And the wrong that needs resistance,'" 
 
 she is ever ready witli Jier influence, her good judgment and her 
 means to do her full part, which is always done liberally and 
 unselfisijly. Tier cliureh is her first consideration, and her life 
 as a church-member is free from all irregularities and inconsist- 
 encies, for she dutifully regards all that her church stands for 
 and maintains. Her gifts to the Methodist Church in Temple 
 have been handsome and numerous, and she is the never-failing 
 friend to all Christian giving, worthily placed. 
 
 ]\Irs. Ferguson has been the good angel to many bright, am- 
 bitious girls who craved the opportunities of education, but who 
 were without the means of going forward. There are girls in 
 Texa^ enjoying good positions in schools and colleges, and others 
 presiding ovei' their own happy homes, who owe their happiness 
 and success to her unselfishness and her willingnes to serve God 
 in the sweetest, truest way, which is, and ever will be, by help- 
 ing those less fortunate than ourselves. There are many who 
 will "arise to call her blessed." 
 
 Two interesting daughters, Ouida Wallace, age fifteen, and 
 Tiuby Dorrac(., age twelve, brighten the Ferg-uson home, and they 
 bofh receive the tenderest, most watchful care of their devoted 
 parents, at the same time the rational, practical training which 
 is essential to noble, u^isullied womanhood. Ouida, an exception- 
 ally bright girl, who makes friends readily, is a good student, 
 giving especial attention to literature and music, while little 
 Dorrace is a beloved favorite among her little friends and a con- 
 stant reader of the good books which are carefully selected for 
 her by her mother. 
 
 "When her husband was inaugurated Governor of Texas, Jan- 
 nary 19, 1915, at which time a demonstration was made which 
 eclipsed anything of its kind that the city of Austin or the State 
 
16 Texas A^'o.mia'.s TIall of Fa:\ie. 
 
 of Texas liad over I)efore witnessed, Mrs. Fero-nson's attitude was 
 one of quiet dipiiitv and re])oso. at the same time one of deep- 
 seated interest in. Iiei' hushainrs ni;|)iefodented success. 
 
 ITjion the o'.'casion of the inaii,£;'iiral hall, given in hnnor of 
 Governor Ferguson, which was attended l)v ten tliousaiid people, 
 Mrs. Ferguson mot. ])ersonally, many of them, extending gracious 
 words to each and alK for she possesses the hapjiy faculty of 
 making each individual that she meets feel that she shares a 
 personal interest in them and their welfare. 
 
 Governor and Mrs. Ferguson first opened the doors of the 
 Mansion socially on March "?, 1015. commemorating the birthday 
 of General Sam Houston and the signing of the Texas Declara- 
 tion of IndepcndeiK-e at A\'ashington-nn-the-Brazos, in honor of 
 the momliors of both houses of the Thirtv-fourth Legislature. 
 The assembled guests included the legislative members and their 
 wives, the judiciary and the heads of all State dei^artments. 
 
 The traditional Xow Year's reception, observed January 1. 
 1916, was well ajipointod and hospitable, ol)serving in clearest 
 detail onr old-time earlv American custom of "wishing the Gov- 
 ernor health, wealth and prosjierity at the first blush of the year." 
 
 Mrs. Ferguson's semi-monthly "At Homos" are the occasion 
 for the coming together of some of Austin's choicest women v.lio, 
 with their charming liostess, linger over a. cup of tea in the 
 stately old Mansion, which, each year, grows dearer to Texans as 
 the scene of more than half a century of gayety. chivalry and 
 fSouthern beauty. 
 
 Though she meets, unswervingly, all social and official obliga- 
 tions placed upon her and dis]:)enses numerous courtesies, Mrs. 
 Ferguson is the exjionent of a far nolder typo of woman than 
 the one who is a slave to "society." Her life is devoted to her 
 liusband, her home and her two beautiful children, and all things 
 else are incidental thereto. "She looketh well to the ways of her 
 household and eateth not the bread of idleness." and the sacred 
 quietness of her own swett home airp.?als far more to her than 
 do the glories or glitter of State or official life. Being unalter- 
 ably oi)p(tsod to woman suffrage, she believes in woman stand- 
 ing faiilv and squarel\- u]ion the bed-rock principles laid d'nvn 
 by our own mothers and grandmothers. She believes that a good 
 
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 woman's place is, essential! v, in the home, and her most intimate 
 ambitions and desires should he the fuliillmcnt of the ideal home. 
 Mrs. Ferguson avoids all ])ersonal jjuMicity. and only throngh 
 her husband does she care to he at all identified with affairs out- 
 side her home circle. Her husband's splendid life of aehie^'e- 
 ment has been constantly sustained by her gentle womanhood and 
 many Christian grace*. 
 
 ••V\'oinaii is f]ic highest, holiest, most 
 p reel oils gift to man. Her mission mid 
 throne is the famili/, and if anything is 
 irifhheld thai loould make her mare effi- 
 cient, useful, or happy in that sphere. 
 sJie is wronged, and lias not her rights." 
 
 ••The surest way to icin the regard of 
 a sensible u-oman is to treat her intellect 
 irith deferential respect — to tall- to her 
 its a thinking being.'' 
 
MRS. PERCY V. PEXXYHACKKR. 
 
 HI! I dp: XEfLL TAYr.OI!. 
 
 Yii-,u-iiiia and Texas l)otli liave liad a part in tltc luakiim' i>t' 
 ]ier. IV)!' she is a nati\"c of tlu' Old Dominion State and lias 
 lived lu'i' life from eavl\- li-ii'llidod in Texas. This niav ex]ilain 
 that striking' (■()iid)iiiati()n of ])i'()o-i'(>s-i\eness and conscrvatisni in 
 liei' inake-up wlnCh disl inu'uislirs hei' as one of the sanest and 
 calmest minds in the foiefi'ont of the modern woman move- 
 ment, and at the same lime as one id' the most conrap'eons and 
 deteiinine(l. 
 
 She is a notah'e oratoi'. \('l withal she is not a \'()luhlc Wdinan. 
 hut rather ,<.;i\cii 1o li'^tenin.u' — lioth in ]nd)lii- and in private—to 
 
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 ■wciii'liiiiy lici- "Words, mid to withlioldiiii;' ihciii till the |ii-i'diti'i'- 
 iiiincd iiioinc'iit foT utterance arrives. 
 
 I'lic people of her own Soutliwe^t lia\e set her forwai-d as one 
 of their clioseii leadeis >ince liei' earlie,>-t woiiiaiiliood. Her s.-rv- 
 iee to them has heeii aloiiii' ediu-atioiud lines, which.- in a new 
 roinitr\'. ai'e al\va\s aiiioiiii' the most pressiii;'- and the mo>t \ ital. 
 T)Ut ■'educat ioiial"" in this ease lias to inelnde more than tea(di- 
 inu'. thoui;h she is reniemi)ei'ed as a I'are teacdier. one oj' the 
 pioneers who laid the foundation stones of the ])resent spU'udid 
 svsteni of puhlic s( hooU in 'Texas, and is tlie autlujr of a text- 
 hook on Texas liistoi'v whieli was used in most of the Texas 
 schools, piivate as well as puhlic. h)r twenty-tive veats. and which 
 has the uniipU' experieu t' anions- te\t-1)noks of heiui;- actually 
 ]o\-ed hv the (dtildi'eii who s1uil\' it. ITei' woik as a promoter of 
 the woman's ehih movement is also in line with her life-loni; 
 efforts to furtlier the intelh'ct ual de\('lopnient of hei' section. 
 Verv earlv in the history of that movement she reeoi;iiizeil what 
 it meant and what it ])romise(l to heeonie : and side ])\- side witli 
 the pioneei work which she was iloin"' for the de\elopment of 
 the ])ul)lic sidiodl system, went lier ])ioneer work of estahlishing- 
 and encouraiiini;- wonu'n's clul)s in Texas, and of ,ui\ inu' them a 
 trend toward solid and earnest studw When she was (diosen 
 president of the State Fedi'iation in 1I)(»1. she saw an opp>or- 
 tnnity of making' hei- two favorite lines id' pid)lie aeti\itv coalesce. 
 and her administration promptly de\otinii' itself to the task of 
 concentratino- the entire force of the federated cduh women of the 
 State ill an effort to stivngthen the financial resource^ of the ])uh- 
 ]ic school system and to hrinaino- the advanta.yes of the State 
 T'^pjversity and teidiuical schools more easilv within leacli of the 
 )K)Oi- hoys and o-irl< of Texas, witli the result that when she and 
 hei- co-workers retired from oflHce tlie\- had to their credit a 
 K'cord of verv jiosilive aecomi)lishment in the line of their eli..sen 
 endeavor. 
 
 She seems to have lieen more fortunate in her domestic life 
 than most women destined to a pultli'- career. Iler hushaiid — 
 himself one of the u'reat ])inncer educational fences of the Sta'e — 
 saw to it that she had the needed eiicoura^'ement m keeping ti'ne 
 to the onward course of her own devednpnieiit durinu' the --ou- 
 
20 'Fexas Wo:\rEX'S TTall of Fa:me. 
 
 sinning years ot" licr early mari'ied life, when lier children and 
 her horae-makino- were her first care and threatened to swani}) all 
 ontside- interests. Tlu' result has heen that her marriaiie. in- 
 stea<l of heinii' a liiiidi'aiice t<» her ti'aiiiino- for pnljlie work, has 
 ]'ather helped it along. 
 
 By her hnshaiid's death in 1800, she was hi'ought face to face 
 with the duty of learning the ways of the ])nsiness world in 
 order to administer her own and her children's financial inter- 
 ests intelligently, and the experience, heavy and distracting 
 though it mnst have heen, ended hy developing in her that prac- 
 tical hnsiness sense which has made her services as a mendx^r of 
 the Board of the General Federation of snch s])ecial value. 
 
 Her home in Austin is a distinguished social and intellectual 
 center from wdiich radiates a cordial and generous hospitality, 
 marked at once hy elegance and siin]dicity. Here she lives the 
 life of the lousiest M'oman in Ameiii-a. Her own hand is on the 
 domestic machinery, nniking it revolve with smoothness and com- 
 fort to everyhody concerned. Her children are devotedly moth- 
 ered. From here she manages her own financial affairs ; is in 
 close touch with her church activities and her social duties: i'J a 
 guiding spirit in her home cluh; a potent iiiflueiu'e in the State 
 Xational Federation ; a patroness of every movement fur the ad- 
 Aancement of education and the extension of culture among the 
 people; ]es]:)onds to continual demands for ]nd)lic lectures, and 
 still finds time somehow for widely extended travel and f)r(nul 
 study. To kec]) such varied activities g(ring. and to do it with 
 the serene air of heing always in command of the sit?nition, is 
 ])roof of a transcendent executive ahility. and, in fact, executive 
 al)ility of this quality is what Mrs. rennyl)acker"s admirers claim 
 as one of her distinguishing characteristics. 
 
 Her career exemplifies the hest in the new woman's movement, 
 and is a reassnring answer to those who still ask whither it is 
 tending. Here is one of its most hrilliaut leaders helping to 
 carry it forward hy the force of those womanly qualities dear- 
 est to the world. Her successes and distinctions are as much 
 the logical outcome of the faithful and intelligent discharge of 
 the duty nearest at hand, day hy dav, and hour hy hour, as they 
 are of her hrilliaut o-ifts and widely extended knowledge. There 
 
Texas Womex's Hall of FA:\rE. 21 
 
 is a big iiioiliei'-lieart in Jier little body wbicb bas been tbe 
 jirompting force bebind ber eflPorts to make life better, sweeter 
 and more beautiful for all tbe world about ber, and bas im- 
 presf^ed upon all tbat sbe bas done a ebaracter splendidly 
 maternal. 
 
 Tbis i>; wbat draws along tbat tremendous following wbich 
 sbe bas in ber own State, making women of all degrees of con- 
 servatism as well as of progressiveness, equally trust in ber as a 
 leader, and winniiig from men a res]iectful bearing of anv cause 
 sbe belps to ])ut forward. Tbcy lecognize in ber one of tbose 
 forces of natural social development at once inevitable and benefi- 
 cent — wbicb seems at tbis time specially pro\ided to carrv us 
 safely into a new and strangely different aspect, and wbicb gives 
 us, in tbe disturbing face of cbange. a sense of security and 
 comfort. 
 
 Tbe splendid i)ersonal qualities indicated bave been important 
 elements in ber administration of tbe bigb office conferred upon 
 ber by tbe General Federation of AVomen's Clubs wbcn sbe was 
 made tbe cbief executive at tbe Itiennial in San Fransico. It is 
 truly wonderful to tbe average woman to contemplate all tbat 
 Mrs. Pennybacker bas accomplisbed. Sbe bas visited tbirtv-six 
 States in connection wilb ber duties as president and bas made 
 one bundred and twenty addresses at Federation meetings and 
 otiier important gatberings. ~^Her letters written total twentv-tive 
 tbousand. Always :\rrs. Pennybacker bas urged in letters and in 
 addresses greater interest and co-operation with tbe General Fed- 
 eration, and as tbe result of ber efforts 660 new clubs bave 
 joined tbe Federation under ber regime. 
 
 Probably no Geneial Fcdei'ation president bas received more 
 pleasant letters of commendation concerning tbe work sbe bas 
 done. 'J'be newspapers have been particularly generous with 
 their space and their words of praise, and a mimber of tbe lead- 
 ing magazines have recognized tbe importance of tbe work being 
 do]]c and tbe prominence of the leading personality in its ac- 
 complishment. Mrs. Pennybacker bas won for Iierself a warm 
 place in tbe hearts of newspaper reiiorters, because sbe is alwavs 
 so approachable, so glad to belji, although ever modest when it 
 comes to telling of licr own acliievements, and particularlv ap- 
 
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 Avlicii it c-diiKs to ]-:cci)iiig an en<>ageni('iit. J'crluips tliis is one 
 of tlio sccrcjs of her Avi")iiderful reeord of ai-eonqjlislnneiits. Slie 
 ]ie\('i' dallies, iior | U'ociast iiiates. ^Vhai slie does, she does at the 
 pi-0])er lime, and then dismisses it ami takes u\) the next thine'. 
 ITei' enlhusiasni and jiei'sonal ina.mietism liave won her Friends 
 i]i Qwrv |ia.i't of the eountf\' where slie has spoken, and it is ^'^I'v 
 to say that no M-onian noi' man lias listened to her voice and 
 lu'ard liei' woi'd,- of sincei'e a])|ieal fm- in'oorcs.- ;dono- liio-liost lines 
 A\itliont ac(|iiii'inu- a )ierinanen< insfiiration for tinnu's worth while. 
 
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MRS. FUKV) FLEMIXG. 
 
 ^[ks. FitKi) P'lk.mixg. of Dallcis, lias for many years heeu one 
 of tlie foremost women in I'exas chil) atl'airs, anil is now ])resi- 
 <1ent of tlie Texas State . Federation of Women's Clubs. 
 
 Hei- maiden name was Miss Doi'a TTartzell. Siie was l)orn in 
 tlie old town of Di'esden in Xavarro county, Texas. She is tlie 
 daii«,diter of Daniel B. and :\Iartlia (Carroll) TTartzell. After 
 finishing lier local education in what was then known as the 
 Dresden High School. Afrs. Fleming went to tlie Synodical (Col- 
 lege at Fulton Missouri, a well kimwn 7^resi)yterian institution, 
 from which she graduated. As a young giil she was noted for 
 hei' studions jnopensities, and has always het'ii athirst for infor- 
 
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2-i Texas AVomen's Hall of Fame. 
 
 niation which she lias acquired I'l'om oeneroiis reading", and from 
 extensive travel, observation and experience. 
 
 At various times, she took sjiecial courset> of stud}-, and for 
 several years followed up tlie Chautauqua conrses. Mrs. Flem- 
 ing, as president of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, 
 brings to the office the gifts requisite for success. A pleasing 
 personality, wide experience and unusnal loya.lty to the Federa- 
 tion since its organization, beino- one of the few presidents who 
 assisted in the organization in 1897. 
 
 Mrs. Fleming has sei'ved in many important positions, being 
 es])ecially active in the jniblic library movement. 
 
 In inoi *lie was electeii chairman of the Art Committee, and 
 it was during her term of this chairmanship that tlie Federa- 
 tion instituted jiersonally conduct('(| traveling art galleries. 
 Credit must l)e gi^en her as the pioneer in this work in Texas. 
 In fact, slie was the first Art chairman to introduce personally 
 conducted art galleries in the United States. 
 
 For four years Mrs. Fleming served as chairman of Program 
 Con.imittee : was president of Third District; served as State 
 vice-president-at-large : was an appointed member of Executive 
 Bo;ird. and cliairman of Education. 
 
 It was in the latter capacity thaf her etfoits were most labori- 
 mis and far-reaching. She realized the great need of the scholar- 
 ship and loan work, in educating deservijig girls and making 
 them self-sup])orting. Her Rural School recommendation that the 
 "Texas Federation of Women's Clubs strive to promote the edu- 
 cational interest and improve the rural school conditions to the 
 extent iliat the l)oys and girls in the conntry may have advan- 
 tages equal to those enjoyed by the children in ihe towns and 
 cities" was ado]5ted, and with this united effort marked im- 
 provement in '"Texas Eural Schools'" is the result. If 3lrs. 
 Fleming lias a "holiby'' in clul) work, it is rui'al homes and rural 
 schools. 
 
 She was ])]-omincnt]\- identified with the first movement for 
 Mothers' Clubs, and is a director in the Texas Fine Arts Asso- 
 ciation. During the last tnn years. .Afrs. Fleming has been 
 prominent in clnb work of Dallas. Slu' has served as president 
 of the Fi'ee l\inilcrL;nrten Association, as director in the Dallas 
 
Texas Womkx's Hall ov FAAri:. 
 
 25 
 
 Art Association . is one of tlio eliavter iiicinbcrs of the Dallas 
 Woiiieu's Foruiii. of which she was the first vice-])re.si(1eiit, and 
 is a charter iiu'inl)er of the Dallas Matheon Clul). 
 
 As a D. A. K.. she is descended from the famous Charles Car- 
 roll of '^Carrollton."' and, as we always save the l)est foi- the last, 
 she is an ideal home-maker, wife and mother. 
 
 Mrs. Fleming- is not only a clnh woman, hut also a woman of 
 business ability. Slie has given time and effort to the ranching 
 inteiests. and lias mad(> a success of it. 
 
 "The buclliii;/ on of tlic knight's (triiior 
 hi/ ]iis hidji'n JkiikI h'os not a mere vapricr 
 of ro ma II lie fiishion. It is flic type of an 
 eternal truth that the sonVs armor is 
 never irell set to the Jieart unless a ivoiii- 
 an's hand lia.s liraeed it. and it is only 
 irhen she Jjraees it loosely that the honor 
 of manhood fails." 
 
 "I'rctly icoinen irithout reliyioii are 
 like floirers irithout perfume." 
 
Mi.*s. .lonx s. Ti h'XKi;. 
 
 Mi;s. Jctiix S. Triixi:!;. nrc M attic liclx'cca lli.ii-litowcr. i> a 
 daii^litci' of the Loiic Star Stale, llcr parents. Isaac O. and 
 ]?ebeeca l)ii(llc\' llijilitower. came to 'l\'\as from Alabama in tlie 
 earl\- ^O's, and settled in Cass ccnntx', wliicli was tlieir liomc nniil 
 the War between tlie States. It was here tha.t Mattie, the eiulith 
 C'liild ill a faniil\- of ten. was lioiai durini;- the tr('nl)l(ins da\-; of 
 liccoiisl I uclion. I'xdoi-c she was a \'ear oM. her father nio\c(| 
 with liis family to -lohnson county, at that time the ri'ontici' of 
 Te.\as, and settle(| neai' (dehunie. wdieie the chihii-en wvvv I'eared 
 and educated. 
 
 In ISS"). "Mi^s flattie 11 iu'htower was happilv mari'ied to .lolm 
 S. Tiinier. a chissmate. wlio lias since Ix'ccnie one of the leading 
 
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']'k.\ AS Womia's II A!. I. OF Famk. 27 
 
 pliysicians of 'l'c\;is. 'Vlw fmits of lliis uiiidii were two hovs — 
 Isiiac (iicciic and l)i'(|lcy Scott, hotli oi' wlioin died in childhood, 
 and thi'cc daughter.^, Kida I'cai'l. Klizaheth Mattic (now Mrs. IT. 
 .\. Ilndspctli. of Terrell. 'J'exas). and Katlieryii dulin, who liave 
 gTOwn to matnrity and occupy jtroniinent ]ii:sitioiis in educa- 
 tional. I'cliginns and social circles. 
 
 Mi's. 'I'nriici'"s lal)oi-s in behalf of linnnin!t\- hcgan at the age 
 of seven, when >^\\v took the r(')le of a diamkard's child iji a 
 teniiieraiicc di'ania. It was tln'ii that her childish lieai't M'as ini- 
 liressed with the evils of di-iid<, and with a desire to enlist in 
 tlic iciniicrancc I'cd'orni. At ihe age >)f fourteen she joined the 
 T'nited Friends of Feni])ei'ancc, and at fifteen the Woman's (diris- 
 tian 'J^enipeiancc Fnion. and was eler-ted recording secretary. 
 Since that time Mis. Tui'nei' has served in almost every official 
 capacity in the local and State W. ('. T. V. For six years slie 
 was editor and inisiness manager of the Texas White Ribbon. 
 Foi' siv years she held .ihe oftice of vice-president-at-lai'ge, at the 
 end of wliicli ])eriod slie was elected State president. 
 
 .\t the end of six months of administrative work a severe and 
 almost fatal illness, followed hy a long ])eriod of cojivaleseence, 
 forced ^Irs. Tufner to relincpiisli all ])nl)lic work for a time. 
 
 In (>ct(jl)er, 1909. Mrs. Turner assisted in the organization of 
 the 'I'exas Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations, 
 serving as secretary of the ]n-elinunary meetings. She still holds 
 tlie othce of seeretary. lia\ing lecorded the proceedings of every 
 annual conventi(<ji excei)t one. when she Avas detained at home hv 
 illness in he)' famil\-. 
 
 In 1907. (ioNeriKU' C'amphell ap'pointed Mrs. Turner a regent 
 of the State College of Industrial Arts for A^onng AVomen. She 
 wa< elected secretary of the lioard of TJegents, in which cajiac'ty 
 she ser\ed the (V)lleg(. for foup veai's, during Avhich time she 
 signed the di))lomas of two of hei' daughters. 
 
 When a child Mrs. Tuiaier united with the AT. K. Church, 
 South, and hei' life has heen one of di'votion and service to her 
 church. She has filled variiuis offi;-es in the organizations of the 
 clinrch. heing at this time ])resident of the Woman's Alissionary 
 Society of First ]\Iethodist Chui'ch. Dallas, and Social Sei'vice 
 SuiJorintendent of the Xorth Texas Conferene(\ She is also Press 
 
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 Texas Women's Hat,l of Fame. 
 
 Keporter of the Citv ]\lission Boai'd. She assisted in tlie organ- 
 ization and heeame the first jn-esident of tlie Interdenomiiiational 
 Conncil of C'lnireh Women of tlie city of Dallas. She is a meni- 
 her of the Advisory Board of the Soc^ial Service Bnrean of the 
 city of Dallas and superintendent of the Department of Social 
 Pnrity of the Texas Sunday School Association. She is presi- 
 dent of the Dallas hranch of the AVoman's Christian Temperance 
 Union, and treasurer of the State W. C. T. U. 
 
 Mrs. Turner is an active nieniher of the Southern Sociological 
 Congress, has attended many sessions of the National Woman's 
 Christian Temperance T'nion, and has twice l)een a delegate to 
 the Woi'ld's conventions of that organization. 
 
 Holding to the truism that "the light that shines farthest 
 shines hrightest at home,"' ]\[rs. Turner has placed "home" he- 
 fore "i)uhh'c service." and has chosen the work which could he 
 carried on under her own roof in order to he constantly in touch 
 with her family. 
 
 "Her children rise u]\ and call her hlessed ; her husliand. also, 
 and he praiseth her." 
 
 "The (Iccprsf fcnd'riirss a icoman can 
 fihow 1() a man is to Jiclp hi in In do his 
 duty." 
 
 ••Ill llic iiiarriayc union the indcpcnd- 
 riicr of thr husband and wife should he 
 (■(/ual, their dependence mutual, and their 
 olili fiat ions reciproiaJ.'' 
 
KATTE DAFFAX. 
 
 BY :\IA]D J. ALLEX. 
 
 Texas claims a ])rilliant, versatile and successful woman in 
 Katie Daffan, for, amonof the women of the South, she is dis- 
 tinguished for her literary talents and her success in educational 
 lines, wliile there is no woman more widely and favorahly known, 
 or hetter loved than she. 
 
 Miss Daffan is a native of Texas, and her useful youno- woman- 
 hood and life of unselfishness will remain an inspiration to all 
 womankind for all time to come. For, not only is she honored 
 for her literary and her educational work, she is knoM'n for her 
 zeal and lier untirinof energ}- in all uplifting spheres of life, de- 
 
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30 Tkxas \\ ().mi:\"s Hall oi- Fa.ml. 
 
 voting imu-li oi' licr own hnsv life to the lidp aiid uuidniicc of 
 otiiers. 
 
 Katie Datfaii is the (lau-lilci' of I.. A. and Mollie Day Daffan. 
 and liej' family ranks among tlie oldest and hest in the State. 
 Slie is a graduate ot tlie Pligli Sihool at Corsicana, Texas, a 
 graduate of Hollins College. \'iiginia, niu\ a special history stu- 
 dent at the I^niversity of Chicago and the I'ni\-ei-sity of Texas. 
 But her education has been jaigely gathered fi'oni \ery pi'actical 
 schocd, that is, her s])lendid opliortunities for ohservation and 
 the study of men and women. She is a cai'eful and far-seeing 
 student of liumanitA' in its varied strength and weakness, and 
 she is iisuallv coriect in her estimate of thost' slu^ meets, foi- she 
 possesses, to the jioint of an inspired gift, the (pialit\' of un(h.'r- 
 standing and foreseeing the motives and designs of othei's. 
 
 Ker i)rogress in educational fields has heen rajjid. and. among 
 hei' dea.rest fi'iends oxer the State are her formei' pupils. She 
 hegan lier work as a teacher in the piimary dei)artment of the 
 schools at Ennis. Texas, and I'rom there went to the ITuiston 
 High Scho;>I, where she t:uiglit hi-~t()rv. At this same time she 
 wa^s elected to teach in the Howard Payne College at lii'own- 
 wood, and a dec-ision hetween the two attractive opjiortuinties 
 wa.'- diHicult to reach. She was. For one vear. |»rinci])al of a gii'ls" 
 S'-hool in Dallas, and during two summer sessions taught in nor- 
 mal schools at Kast Texas p(u'nt-. Dui'ing this time she was 
 elected tiist vice-i)resident of the Texas State Teachers' .\ssocia- 
 tion. and ap])oin1r'd a memhcr of the State Text-Rook Hoai'd hy 
 (Jovernc-r T. ^F. Cam]>heH. IFer last teaching was in San Au- 
 gustine-, the oldest town in Texas settled hy Americans, whicli 
 stay wa-^ in every way delightful, and hesides the jjleasant re- 
 lations with her ]ni])ils, there was much in the |)i;-tnres(pie, his- 
 torical secti(Ui of interest to one d<'\'oted to the studv of hi^toi'y. 
 
 During her stav in San Augustine. ^liss Datfan gave a weekly 
 lecture on English and American autho]-s. going twice a month 
 to Center to lectuic to the teachers and cluh W(unen in that en- 
 terprising citv. 
 
 Slie has traveled e\tensi\-ely, and among lier choicest early lit- 
 erary works are sketches and accounts of connti'ies \i-ite(l. auKuig 
 tliese heing "A Texas Girl in Mexico," written f(U' and ])uhlished 
 
Tkxas \\'()Aii:\'s IIai.i. or I^'ami;. 31 
 
 in ilic papers in the City of Mexic-o ami I'm' the Texas papers. 
 'r]\\< sketch, was ]ire])ar<'(l aftci' an extcn'h'd sojuuin in \\n' iiei.a'h- 
 hor I'epuhlic. AnKUii;- her hilcr lilerar\- pi'nthu-tions .ii'c ""Wonian 
 ill ITistdiA,"" hio'^-i'aphic-al stndies of famous women in all periods 
 of the \\(n-ld's instoiv. anil "The Woman on the I'inc Spi'inas 
 IJoad."" a (plaint feminine philosophw touched with a spiiated 
 ronianc(\ "Mv Fathei' as I IJememhcr Him." is hei' Faihei-"s life 
 in memoriani : ■"'I'exr.s Iln-ocs"" is a storv hook for children, he- 
 iiiLi ihe lives of the li'i'eat nu^n. of 'I'exas, and "As 'Idiiidsclli a 
 Woman'" is a collection of her eai'lier poems. 
 
 She !;as conti-ihutetl hioui'aphical accounts, stories and [)oems 
 to a iinmhei- of hooks. "Texas Writer>."" an excellent cunipiUi- 
 tion hv I). F. Eau'letDn, I'roftssoi' of Knu'lish in Austin College. 
 SluM'nian. Texas, includes a numiier of Aliss Daft'an's ])rodiU'tions. 
 Foi- four years she conti'ihuted i-cii-ulai' historical artitdes to the 
 Ildiislini Post, wjiicdi articles were latei' puhlished in suhstantial 
 foian. and she contrihuted a weekly stoi'v from the lifi- of some 
 Texas hero for a pei'iod of two years. Not since Mollie \\. Mcoic 
 Davis s;) t'ndeared herself to Texas with the fruit of her s|)lendid 
 ];en lias a wonniii writer in Texas done hetter or nmrc \ersatile 
 liteiaiA- woik than Katie DalTan. 
 
 At the hegiiminii' of hei' second school term as teachei' at San 
 Angustine, September, I!)!!, Miss Daffan was called to Austin, 
 liavino- lieen elected suiJeriiitendent of the (Confederate Woman's 
 TTonie. whi -h had just lieconie a State institutio]i. This "Home" 
 was a gift to the State of Texas fi'om the Daughters of the Con- 
 federacy of Texas, and Miss Datfan, who was State president of 
 the Daughters of the Confederacv for three of the years they 
 were huildino- and maintaining the TTonie, was. at all times, an 
 ind(d'atigah!e worker foi- its success and well-being. Her elec- 
 tion as the first superintendent of the institution after it (-anie 
 under the contiol of the State met ^itli the unanimous a]ipr ival 
 of the (V)nfederate snldieis and Daught"ers of the Confederacy 
 
 Her duties are so many and her days so taken up with tlie 
 beloved a2'e(l ones und(M' her care, that she has, for the time lie- 
 inff not contributed exiensivelv to the jiress of her State or to 
 general literature. But her life at the T[(une. and the unscdfish 
 nianner in whi(di she conducts all of the ditferent all'airs of this 
 
32 Texas Wo.mkx's Halt, of Fa:\[e. 
 
 Home for tlic ;i_ii:t'(l. is a l)t';uitifiil piiciii in itself. For. a life 
 which is ,iiiven to the constant ser\in,i:- of others, with no thought 
 of self, is the purest, truesi poem. She lias been three times 
 re-elected superintendent of this institution. 
 
 Katie Datfan was twice appointed hy the Commander of the 
 Texas (Vrnfedeiate Veterans, S])onsor for Texas to the General 
 Confedeiate l»e-unions. Iield at Tiiiliinond. Yiriiinia. and Dallas, 
 Texas, and she was ap]>ointed Sponsor for the South hy the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief of the Confederate A'eterans for the General Re- 
 union held in Chattanoo.ua, Tennessee. '^Fhis is the highest social 
 distinction enjoyed hy a Southern wonmn. and has, in the earlier 
 years of Eeunions, been held bv ]\Iiss Winnie Davis, daughter of 
 President Jefferson DaAis. and bv Miss Lucy Lee Hill, daughter 
 of General A. 1*. Hill. Tho Texas Legislature, which was in 
 session at the time, passed a resolution, expressing the apprecia- 
 tion of Texas to General Bennett H. Young, (*ommander-in- 
 Chief, for selecting ^liss T)affan for this honor. She is secretary 
 for life of "Hood's Texas Brigade,"' the immortal Brigade of 
 Texas, which hei' father, a sixteen-year old Confederate soldier, 
 entered at the beginning of the GO's. 
 
 For two years Miss DafFan was president of the Texas Woman's 
 Press Associatio]!, during which period she met with the Press 
 Association, addressing their assemblies and attending their ex- 
 ecutive coun'il meetings. She served two years as State His- 
 torian of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and she is 
 vice-president of the Texas Historical Association. 
 
 To have accomplished so much and to have remained far in 
 the lead in so manv A\ortln' endeavors, indicates the highest execu- 
 tive ])Ower, together with a ceaseless flow of energy. Of these 
 two essentials of greatest success, Katie Datfan possesses a large 
 amount, and, together with it all, a heart filled with love and 
 unselfishness, and the determination to give her \ery best in 
 whatever capacity she may be called upon for service. 
 
MRS. EMMA EFGEXTE BLOUXT 8HINDLER. 
 
 Mrs. Em:ma Kigkxtk Bloixt Shixdlkr was born Novem- 
 ber 18, 1851, at San Augustine, Texas. She is tlic daughter of 
 Stephen William Blount, one of the signers of the Declaration 
 of Independence of Texas, and Mary Landon. Her father M^as a 
 native of Georgia and ])er motlier of A^erniont. They emigrated 
 to Texas in the early 30's when tiie "Lone Star" was just begin- 
 ning to glimmer above the political horizon. They settled in 
 East Texas and founded a family now known far and wide for 
 intelligence. ]iublic spirit and high character. 
 
 [n 1892. Miss Emma Eugenie Blount became the wife of 
 Robert Conrad Shindler, son of Eev. R. D. and Mary Dana 
 Shindler. They came to Nacogdoches to reside, where Mrs. 
 
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 ShiiidU': (K'\()1('(l lici'-^cir 1() [lie cai'c (iP her lnisl»;iii(l"s cliildi'on l;y 
 liirt foi'iiicr ^\'\fr, and to llic limit i|)li('<l di)iiicstic duties iiivdhcd 
 in tliid delicate and responsible ta.sk. 
 
 With rare i;-i)()d sense and woiiiaiily de\(»ti(»n, wliieli are Jeadini:" 
 tra.its in lier ciiaraete''. slie disehar.u'ed those duties so tactfidly 
 and huinii'lv that the chihli'eii all leuard her with filial aiTeetion, 
 and tlie\- and her liiisliand erMwn hei' with their heart's teiiderest 
 lo\'e. 
 
 Ill the midst of her many houseliold cares, she always found 
 t)ji|)(n't iiiiit\' to assist in works cl a |uil)lic character and soon 
 hiM-aine a leader in church and social circles. 
 
 (iiftc^d hy nature and cidtiiied hy stiidv and wide I'cadinji', she 
 possesses rcinarkahle literai'\- talent, and is the author of numer- 
 ous ])oeius which lia\e excited nc little conimeiit. She has also 
 issued from tlie press se\'eral novelettes, which are delightful in 
 their romair-e. charminL;' in |>lot. pure in diction, and hi'cathin.LZ' 
 tlie iinest iiHU'al -sentiment. Amoni; ether productions of ]i"i' 
 ,i>Taeeful pen niav he mentioned "The Twin Sistei's," a charminL;' 
 little stor\'. and •'Alanette Barrinuti'ii."* another of greater lenuth 
 and (Mpial inei'its, and "Mv Rahv ('lothes," a |);)pular little p'ocm. 
 lU'sides these. 'S\v<. Shindlei' has heen a \aluahle contrihutor to 
 the local pi'css. Like all trrie Texans. she is intensely patriotic. 
 and takes a deep intei'est in e\cr\-thinL;- connected with the 
 romantic lii>^tor\ of her State. When in lS!)-i it was decided lo 
 tear down the 'Mild Stone Koi't" at her home town, Xacoudoches. 
 a strut-! lire rich in historic associations and consecralcil in the 
 hearts <d' the descendant of the early settlers in Texas, she en- 
 listed the s\-m])ath\- and aid of the women of a local cluh. 
 'i'h.ev carcd'ullv preserx'ed e\'ei v stone as it was remo\('(l I'l'din the 
 walls, hallowe(l h\- so iiiaii\- prei-ions memories, and on dune lo. 
 1007. these ]iatiiotic women l)t\i;'an the work of rehuildinc the 
 famous Old Stone Foit at \aco,ii-doches. On duly Itli of that 
 year the corner-stone was relaid under Ihe aiisi)ices of the ^lasonic 
 fraternity. '^Flnis will he ]n'eser\ed to future i;( nerat ions this 
 ancient landmark of Texas liistcu'v. The committee ap])ointe(l 
 hv 'he memhers of the Oum (*oncilio (Muh to look after the Morlc 
 wrrc : Mrs. I\miua 1?. Shindler. chairman: ^Irs. Iv M. Oolson. 
 Mr-^. \V. V. Price and :\rrs. E. C. T.ranch. In picservino- this 
 
'1'exas \V().mi;x"s IIat.l of Fa:me. '-^o 
 
 v;ilu;i!ilc it'lic ol' Hie early st'tlU'iiU'iit of Texas, llicsc liood wnnicu 
 <le.scr\(' tlio lastinii- li-ratitiide of all patrititic Tcxaiis. 
 
 But tliis j)ati'iotie work ol" Mrs. Sliiiidlci- is only one of Iho 
 iiiaiiv instances in wliicli the sn1)ject ol this sketeh manitested 
 hei' y.vi\] for tlie ]nil)lie well'art' and her I'eadiness for n'ood woi'ds 
 and works. Mrs. Shindler, descended from revolutionary sires 
 who tlii'ew ofr the ^Mexican yoke and heat l)aek the tides of sav- 
 •A<Xv imasio]]. has in hei' \('ins the hlood of heroes, and e\ery lihei' 
 of hei- heini:' vihrates with ])ride in her nati\'e State and its weird 
 History. Witli ]ien and tonii'iie and hand she is ever I'eady to 
 write or talk or act foi' the jxood and a'lory of Texas. Sh<' has 
 w«Mi a |)lace in, the histoi'v of ]ier State and in the hearts of al! 
 th(\-e who know iier. 
 
 ^frs. Shindler rcino\ed to Dalliarr in 1!M)S, wliere she still 
 resides. 
 
 '•('Ii ri.sl iaiiit u Ihik llfliil iroiiiaii la <i 
 iicir place in, llic irorld. — And just in 
 /inj/Kji't Ion (i.<t Chrisllaulli/ lias sn'ai/. 
 u-ill site risr to a lin/Jicr dif/iiltii in 
 hiniian life. — ^y]lat she lias iion- and all 
 she shall liarr of jiririlcfics ami Iriic 
 honor, she oa-rs lo that fiosjicl irhirh tool.' 
 those (/nalities irhieh had h<<n eoniitcj I 
 ireal: and nnn'orth ;/_ and (/are them a di- 
 rine (/tori/ in Christ." 
 

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 MRS. SAMUEL HIATT BUENSIDE. 
 
 Mrs. Samuel Hiatt Burxside is a naiive of Philadelpliia. 
 She camp to Wichita Fall?., where slie met and married Dr. 
 Burnside, a Jventiickian. Of tliis marriage two daughters are 
 living, Alice and Margaret. Mrs. Burnside was formerly Miss 
 Marv Clvice of the line of Francis Grice, a soldier of the Frencli 
 and Indian Avar. The local chapter of ''Hie Daughters of tlie 
 American devolution." which she organized, is named for her 
 ancestor. She is also the retiring State treasurer, D. A. R. 
 
 Mrs. Burnside is a faithful and earnest worker of the Tres- 
 l)yterian Church. 
 
 She has Iteen an active memher of the State Federation of 
 AYomen's Clul'S for manv years, holding a mnnher of offices. In 
 
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'J'kx AS WoxfEx's Hall of Fame. 
 
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 tl.e ]ia?t administration, s]ie lias iiiadc a most efficient presi- 
 dent of the First District, liaviny- done especially good work in 
 the exteiLsion of chibs. The First District honored her by plac- 
 ing her name on the Honor Koll of the State Endowment Fund. 
 At present she holds the office of State treasurer, Texas Feder- 
 ation of ^Vomen's Clubs, and in the words of the ]N'ew Century 
 Club of Wichita Falls, that endorsed her for this office, "She is 
 affable, earnest and sincei'e, as an officer faithful, as a worker 
 untirino." 
 
 / beliecc in the hands that work, in 
 the brains that think, and in the hearts 
 that lore. — Elbert Hubbard. 
 
 "A true iconian is the propelling force 
 that drives man to his goal; she is the 
 magnet that draios him to pinnficled 
 ideals; she is the leverage that lifts him 
 closer to tiis God." 
 
:\rRs. Aiors'rrs ?>. r;T]iFFTTTT. 
 
 ]\[ks. ArorsTL's B. Gimfft'imi is a lover of the hcst in music, 
 ]iavino- oi'oaiiized the St. (■er-elia C'luli of 'JV'rrell. and served as 
 its jiresident for tliree yeai's. Slie was a pujtil of TTans Krcissig 
 of Dallas, and of tlie late Eaffael Joscffy of Xew York. She is 
 an assoeiate iiieiiiher of l)ot]i tlte Mozart and the Schidiei't ('hd)S 
 of Dallas. 
 
 She is a ])ast president of the General J. S. Griffith Chapter, 
 Dan^uhters of the Confederacy, and has serxed on the State hoard 
 of tl]i< oroanizatioii. She is Fast ^Yorthy ^Fation id' the Kastern 
 Star of Teri'ell, '^Pexas. She or^'anized and was ])resident of the 
 
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Ti'X AS \\"()Mi:\"s IIai.i. ok Kami: 
 
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 I'jjual Su irr;iL;x' As>()ci;il ioii ol' 'JV'i'i'ell. mid i> an ai-ti\f nicinhor 
 1)1' tile Dnlla- l^<|iial Surt'i-aiiv Assoi-iation. 
 
 She is ail eiit liusiastic tiMclicr in the K])isc(i|ial Sumlay Sr'idnl 
 ol' TTio-hlaiid I'ark. Slif is a iiicinln'i- of tlw Dallas ^(•ll-^^'()lll(■n. 
 tlx' A\'iinia!!"s Foriiiii of Da.llas. tlic I)a||as i^'iiic Arts Assoi iat i:iii. 
 the Aiiit'i'it-aii Ft'dcratidii of Arts. \Vas!iiiiiit()ii. I). ('., the YoTiiiii" 
 W'oiiu'ir- Cliristiaii Association dI' Dallas, and honoiarv \i(T-])r('si- 
 deiit of tlu' \\';)inaii"s l^'air of lIoii<toii. 
 
 ]\frs. (ii'ifRtli has liccn in chd-. work- for twenty-six years; has 
 been identified with the State Feilcratii n of Women's ('luhs since 
 its organization. The Social Science Cliil) of Teirell. n{' which 
 she is the retirin,^- president, is a cliailer nienihev of the State 
 Fedei'ation. 
 
 For the ]ia<t two years ^Fi's. (Griffith has l)een State chairman 
 of Kindergarten of the F'edeiation of Clnhs. and has (h)ne effec- 
 ti\"e work in ci'eating sentiment for the ])ass;;ge of a l»ill for !'ree 
 kiridergarfens in the ])iihlic schools of Texas. She is a nuMnher 
 of the Dallas F^ree Kindergarten .\sso; iation. 
 
 ]\rrs. (Ji'ifHtli is now the corresj-jondii^u' secretary of the Texas 
 Federatioji of Women's Cliilis. 
 
 "'I'lir I'ltlurc of fiocii'i ji i.s ill llir hands: 
 (if iiiollicrs; If llic irnrlil inift IiikI lliroiii/li 
 irdiinni slir iilaiir run sun i I ." 
 
 "If i/(Jit iroiihl rcfiinn tlir troiiil 'frani 
 its crrdrs niitl rices, liniin hi/ enlist inq 
 till' mot hers." 
 
 "The most iin /torliint /lersdn in A inrr 
 icii is llie iroiiKiii irlio Hiinl.s." 
 
MK8. MORRIS SHEPPARD. 
 
 Lucif.E Saxdkrsox Sin- iTAKi). (laiigliter of Xoali P. and Siit^an 
 Feriius:)!! Sanderson^ was horn at Toxaikana, Ark., Ma}- "24, 1890. 
 From 1893 to 1899 she lived at Kelly and Frostville, mill towns 
 in Arkansas, where her father had lumber interests. The family 
 returned to Texarkana in 1899, locating on the Texas side, and 
 tliat city lias siure remained their home. 
 
 She was educated mainly in tlie pulilic schools of Texarkana. 
 1\'xas, at Raiidoljili Macon AVonuin's College. Lyiicid)urg, A'ir- 
 ginia, and Belmont Seminary, AYashington, T). ('. She specialized 
 in music- during her college years, and is dev(^ted to the ]nano. 
 On December 1. 1909, at Texarkana, she Mas married to Sen- 
 ator Morris Shop])ard. who was at that time a mcudx'r of the 
 
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1"i;.\As \\■()^rE^•"s Hall of Fame. _ 41 
 
 lower House of Congress. She has ae(Oiin)anie<l her hushaud on 
 a niimljer of speaking tours, and takes gieat interest in things 
 political. There are two ehildi'en — Janet, aged tive, and Susan, 
 who is two years old. 
 
 The woman in ])uhlic Hie who remains enthusiastic and un- 
 wearied throughout a Washington season, with its round of offi- 
 cial and private entertaining, is rare. The woman who not onl}" 
 accomplishes this feat, hut Avho finds time to read with her hus- 
 hand the good old hooks that a certain Mr. Dickens, a Mr. Thacke- 
 ray, and other gentlemen of their time used to write, is a para- 
 gon. She has achieved hoth poise and a sense of leisure. 
 
 One finds on tlie lihrary tahle of tlie young wife of Senator 
 Sheppard, of Texas, not only these standard works of fiction 
 that show slie fj'eads the conventional and well-worn ])at]is of 
 litci'ature. Resides these, there is always some raver volume at 
 hand — such, for instance, as an "Autohiography of Benvenuto 
 Cellini,"' or it may he an exquisite brochure hy some little-known, 
 little-read authoi'. which ])roves its owner and reader to he a 
 connois'^eur of hooks. 
 
 "My husband and I." says Mrs. Sheppard, "are fond of society, 
 but we do not allow it to interfere with our favorite recreations, 
 that of reading together. I don't know just how we accomplish 
 it, but w^e do find time to enjoy together a great many of these 
 standard books which are so much more enjoyable when read 
 aloud than when read to oneself. Did it ever occur to you liow 
 few modern stories there are that stand this test of being read 
 aloud ? One usually takes the latest book, races through it on a 
 rainy day, and forgets it hy the time the sun shines again. But 
 the old books and the I'are books are mellow, and companionable, 
 and leisurely. I can recommend them as an antidote for those 
 conditions in the life of the modem woman tliat make for rest- 
 lessness, nervousness and discontent."' 
 
 Mrs. Sheppard is one of the prettiest women in congressional 
 circles at the Capital. She had known for years the man whose 
 name she was to bear, l)ut their romance did not l)egin in Tex- 
 arkana, wdiere both lived. It began in Washington, when Senator 
 Sheppard was in the lower House of Congress, and when Mrs. 
 Sjieppard was attending a fashionalile school at the Ca^u'tal. 
 
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 Tkxas \\'()\i1':\"s I1\i,i oi- I'\\me. 
 
 IFei' t;iste> arc |)i'i iici jiai I \- ddiiicstir, allli(Uiii-|i lici' |);ii't in llic 
 social life ol' \\'a.-liiiiL;tiin is an iiii]H)i-lant one. She is a niciiilicr 
 of tlie Iwiptisi Clmi-cli. and llic I )aua-htcrs (if tlu- Anici'icaii lu-vn- 
 ]ntio]i. She lias the ilisliiictioii dI' Ix'ini;- the yoiingrst sciialorial 
 matron. 
 
 "'l\> till' nintlii'!' of an\' cliiM."" Mis. Slic|»|)aril sii\'s. ""that cliiM 
 js i1k' one aI)S()r')cnl iiitc\'(st. cDniinL;- lict'oic hooks. -orirt\'. fads 
 Ol- liol)liic's of an\- sort. Alothci'hood means a lilx'i'al ('(luca- 
 tion to the nvi'i'aiic woman. IlowcNcr sn|i('flicial she mav li.avc 
 I»(_'on hcFort'. slic now liccomcs 'dead in cai'Mc,--!" as we ma\' sav 
 \\itli rci^ai'd lo i'N crNtliini:- that allVils or tout hcs the life of lior 
 c-liild. from Ilic cnttin^' ol' a tooth to the i-iioosini;' of a collego 
 eonrsf."" 
 
 ]\r]'s. Sh('|i|i;ir(i .--upcrxiscs closely the care and ti-ainini;' of liev 
 little daiiLiliter. That the child, howexer. is not hei' onlv absorl)- 
 ino- intei'est is exiiienced when one asks if she is politicalU' am- 
 bitions i'nr hei' hnshand. Her face liiihts ii{) as she savs : 
 
 ■■[ am and always lia\'e been. I am proud of what he has ac- 
 complished ar a coinparat !\'el\- early aiie. in politics. IJut ajiart 
 from this, and more than this. I am pi'oud of what he has ac- 
 eo]np)lished as a man.'" 
 
 'Fi'oiii ircrii iroiiKtii (iccard i ni/ in In r 
 
 'ihili 1 1;. 
 'I <) crci-ji ir(,iiiiiii (ici-oi iliiKi hi li<i iic iJ." 
 
 "If i1 inix (I iroiiKiu irlin j,ul iiiiiii on/ 
 if /'ii I'ddi.sc. il l.s slill ifiiiiKi II. a tid iniiiiiiii 
 mil/, irhii (-(III Icdil III III hinlr." 
 
MKS. F. L. JACCAED. 
 
 Mti.s. F. L. Jaccaki) (Laura lliil)l,ar(l Jaccard ), of Fovt Worth 
 is a writer of ai)|)ealin,a' verse, which is l)ein,a' carried over the 
 hiiid l)y good magazines and in tlie form of booklets, the best 
 known of wlu'cli is. ])r()hahl\-. "'(Jod's Toiu-lies,"" published bv 
 Smith c\: T.aniar, to which W. .7. Marsh ha>^ written a l)eautiful 
 nin^ical setting as a song (■\(le undei- the title of "Flower 
 Wreath."" 
 
 Mrs. Jaccai'd has also several songs in cii'ciilation. which are 
 steadily gaining recognition among the best musicians, a setting 
 of Tennyson's "'('ro^sina- rlu' F)ar"'' being the most widely used 
 at ni'cscnt. She has also wi'itteu a numl)er of sono-s for voung 
 
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 Texas Women's Halt, of Fame. 
 
 people, whicli have been used at Xafional Conventions of the 
 Baracca, Pliilatbea and Epworth League Societies, the Epwortli 
 League liynin having l)een arlopted hx the (Canadian League, and 
 later translated into tlie vernaculars of India for mission use. 
 
 Mrs. Jaecard is identified with the church, club and social 
 life of Forth Worth, and is, at pi'esent, President of the Y. 
 W. C. A. 
 
 The late Thomas C. Hubbard, ]\lrs. Jaccard's father, was one 
 of the pioneers of Texas and, during the earl}^ days of railroads, 
 did splendid work in colonization. Mrs. Jaecard was married in 
 1S93 to F. L. Jaecard, of St. Louis, and is the mother of two 
 promising sons, Cai'leton and Mermod. 
 
 // ivc icould sec flic i-olor of our future, 
 irc must look for it in ciir present; if we 
 irould gate on the star of our destiny, we 
 must looJc for it in our licarts. — Canox 
 Farrar. 
 
 "Teacli nic to feel another's n-oc. 
 To hide the fault I see ; 
 That mercy I to others stioir. 
 That mercy show to )iie.'' 
 
MAID .1. ALLP]X. 
 
 BY KVTIK DAl'FAX. 
 
 To 1)0 able to jilace a iiol)k\ juire lliou^ilit l)efore tlie world, 
 therefore, to be able to lielp the world, is, perliaps, the very 
 greatest opportunity tliat aiiv of us can liave. To write snccess- 
 fnlly and send true work, like white-winged angel messengers into 
 thousands of Iiearts and homes, some glad and some sad, is to 
 help just as many lives as come in contact with that work. Our 
 opinion^ and views of lift are undeniably formed by the Jour- 
 nalistic leading that we do, for, newspaper reading is a well- 
 defined, systematic habit; n.s much a ])art of our daily life as 
 rising in tlie morning or retiring at night. So, our newspapers, 
 
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4(i 'ri:x \s \\()\ii:\"s IIai.i. oi' I'\\mi;. 
 
 iiiaiiiiziiic's and aJI roniis of ciiiTOit litcratinc that we I'catl !«'- 
 come an actual part oP us, .ind \vc owe nioi'c of ourselves tlian 
 \\v reali/.e to i'lis daily liahit u\' al)sorl)iua' tl)e tliou^ii'lit and li;d)it 
 of nevvspa])ei' M'l'itei's. 
 
 A Texas woman. ^laid .). Allen, liv her nati\e ,iiirts as well as 
 industry, has taken a snhstanlial place in our journalistic world, 
 and she is one of" the few women in oui- State oi- aiiv other State, 
 who ha- owned and edited a sueccssrid newspaper, in'eseiitina' to 
 hei- I'eaders food for llioUL;ht. and the daily re\iew of excnts — 
 national. Stale and local. 
 
 ATaid d. .Mien, daii-hter of (d'or.u-. A. and Susan Rohcrson 
 .\llen, is a nati\-e of Holland, llcll countv. 'I'exas. Like uianv 
 <ilhci- di-t iim'uishcd 'I'exans \\ ho ai'e native lo this splendid por- 
 tion of our State, she is loval and true to all mattei's which 
 a(fe(-t the hest interest of Im'II county. 
 
 At an eai'iv ao'e ]\Iiss .\llen e'dered actix'elv into the nows- 
 ]i;;|ici' world, hei' (Irst journ;dis1 ic e\]terience hiini;' as editor and 
 o\\ nei' of the lltirllrll Xcirs. This woi'k, ilion,uh it was an initial 
 clfoit. was a u'leat success, and the acdual experience n-ained here 
 ha- heen a soui'ce of pi'(dit to her in hei' ma.uv and \arie(l enter- 
 prises since that llrsi one. She was later llie pi-cprictoi' of tlu^ 
 (li'diKjci' Ncii'x. and the ( 'mu iiwrcf ( 'oiiniicfruil . hriuu'in.u' r<.irth 
 puhlications <o ,i poiid of splendid developuu'id ami wide cii'- 
 cuiation. 
 
 ]Miss .\llcn has rre(picutlv taken )tart in the lu'o^i'anis of the 
 Texas I'ress .\ssociatiou and theii- annual State meetiuox. of 
 wliicli excellent association she is a mend)ei'. Siu' has filled the 
 lii.uii otfice of "Essayist" (d' this association, a^ well as Iniviuu' 
 served as a niemher of the Execntixe Committee and as dcle^'ate 
 to tlu' National As^ocialion. 
 
 I^'or three vcars she has directed the affaii's of the Central d'exas 
 Press Association as ]u-esi(lent, introducing;- many new ideas and 
 ])raidical ])lans of develojuuent alon"' many interestin.s; lines. 
 TFer "s])ecial editions" of newsi^apers. which are a. constiaKdive 
 and comijrehensive manifesto of the life and ,arowtli of some of 
 our most enter])risin<>- Texas towns, speak ])lainly of her tacd as 
 well as ^kill in the ]irofession of journalism. Though it is, 
 nrohahlv. not S(-) well known as some of her otjicv joui-nalisi i(^ 
 
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 \v;)i-k. ]\liss Allen has wi'ittcu a miinlicr iif cliarniiiii;' jxh'iiis. all 
 licaiit i fill in scntinicnl. which. I'loni lime Id tinu'. liaxc hccn pnii- 
 li-hcil and lead with L;cnuinc |ilca^iii-c h\' hci' friends. Her euii- 
 trilinlions. iMlitorially. a^ well a> in l\'atiire artieles, may l)e 
 found in many niauazines and pei'iodieals. 
 
 As a I )au,L;litei' n\' the licunhlic of T^'xas, a deseen<hint of one 
 of the liei'oes wiio s|iai'e(| in the niakin"" of our wonderful State, 
 slu' is in close relation with thi' lustoi'\' as well as the tradition 
 of lier ])eloved native State, and she is an iniei'ested uieinhei- of 
 the Texas nistorii-il Association. 
 
 .\s a I)aui;'htei- of the ( "ojifederac-v, she is active and enei'u'etic, 
 .•jfiviiiii' her talents toward keei)in,a- hefoi'e her I'eaders the fair and 
 ininai-tial history of oui- Southland, i'vvr from hias or prejudice, 
 hut ahlaze witli the ti'uth. 
 
 In that most \aluahle of woman's attrihutes, '"personalit v." 
 Miss Allen is at once d(di,i|-litful, coinhinino- in her iiiterestiiiii,' 
 self the alertness oj the trained husiness woman with the o'entle 
 manner, free fi'om all affectation, of nohle Southern womanhood. 
 
 
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MH8. ARTHUE VEWELL McCALLITM. 
 
 Jane Yelvekton McCallum was Iwni in La A'ernia, Texas, 
 of splendid parentage, the Yelverton family beino- one of grreat 
 antiqnitv in Norfolk. Eny-land, and to wliieli Ijelonged the illns- 
 trioiis line bearing the titles of Viscount Longueville, Earl of 
 Sussex and Baron de TJnthyn. 
 
 On her motlier's side, Mrs. MiC'alluin is a lineal descendant 
 of the Marquis de Rossette. of France — a family distinguished in 
 the military annals of France since the days of the first crusade. 
 Her ancestors caiue to America early, achieving great renown, 
 and to ihem she owes the fact that she is a Colonial Dame of 
 America. 
 
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Texas AYoirKN's PIall of Fame. 49 
 
 Tho^^,^■h ^Irs. ]\I(('a]liiiii liad many educational advantages — 
 pu1)lic scliool, pi-ivate instruction, and later a finishing school in 
 the East — she was not satisfied. Imt took several courses at the 
 University, after she came to Austin with her husl)and, and while 
 she was rearing her family — a daughter and four sons. 
 
 One of her chief pleasures is found in mingling with young 
 ])eople in genera], and lier own in paj'ticular. and it is due per- 
 haps, to her light-hearted, yonngful disposition, as much as to 
 her brilliancy of mind, that she was chosen a member of the 
 Alpha Delta Pi sorority. Tliis honor is greatly prized by Mrs. 
 McCallum, as sbe is the first and probably only married woman 
 attending the University of Texas to be taken into a sorority. 
 
 Mrs. McCallum says of herself that, being very much in love 
 with hei- own husband (who is superintendent of pvd)lic schools 
 in Austin), she naturally takes great interest in all school affairs. 
 She is fond of boys, having four of her own. so is an active 
 member of the Advisory Committee to the Probation Officer. 
 
 She is a member of the High School jMothers' Club, the United 
 C!harities. Shakespeare Club, Y. W. C. A., Texas Fine Arts Asso- 
 ciation, Austin Equal Sufi-rage Association, besides being a Co- 
 lonial Dame and member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. 
 
 Mrs. McCallum's interest at present lies in her suffrage work, 
 having l)een elected president of the Austin Equal Suffrage Asso- 
 ciation in 1916. 
 
 She has come to the firm conviction, she declares, that women 
 in their organizations wear themselves out in futile efforts be- 
 cause they have not the vote, and she feels that other activities 
 should be of secondary consideration until women obtain this 
 foundation stone. Then, and not until then, will their dearest 
 hopes which concern primarily the welfare of their homes and 
 children, be realized. 
 
 Mrs. McCallum has had always a taste for clean, above-board 
 ])olitics. She is a writer of ability, and in whatever way she 
 uses her talents, which are many, she is keenly alive, and suc- 
 cessful in her undertakino-. 
 
ME8. M. HETTY crKMJV. 
 
 The subject of tliis sketcJi, Mrs. :\I. Ki'tty Ciirrv. relict of 
 Jndo'e Edwin Paxton Curry, was Ijorii in Brenhani. Wasliinalon 
 county, I'exas. and lias ever made her home in the historic place 
 of her hirth. 
 
 ]\rrs. CiuTv is thi' dauo'hter of Henry K. and Juliette Shepard 
 Harrison, and the granddaug'hter of Judge Jas. E. Shepard, an 
 (Muiiient lawyei' in the h'gal annaU of Texas. Both on ])aternal 
 and maternal sides of her family. Mrs. ( hirry conu's IVoiu a huio- 
 line of distingni^hcd ancestors, heiiiu' related to tlu' most promi- 
 nent colonial families of Yiro-inia and KeVitueky, among them 
 the HarrisdiN. ArcDowells, Armisteads. Shclhys and AfarcJndls. 
 
 Mrs. Curry is a mendjer of the T)aughtcrs of the Amei-Jcan 
 
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'J'exas \\'().\ii;\"s II Ai.i. ()i- 1-'a.\i 
 
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 Revolution, and i< eligible to the ('oloninl Dames. Daughter- of 
 181:?, Daughters of the Confedeiaev. al^^o, as lineal descendant of 
 Elder Brewster, she is eligible to mcmberslii|) in the May Flower 
 As^deiation. 
 
 Mrs. ("urrv came into ]U"oniinerice through her work in the 
 Texas Federation of Women's Clubs: her ability was early recog- 
 nized, and she has held nian\- ])ositions of hoiuu' in this gi'eat 
 organization. 
 
 She hn.s labored in an earnest, straightforward .manner for the 
 good of clubdom, and is well qualified by birth, education and 
 soiiiul judgment to occupy the ]n'ominent positioji she hold.- in 
 the State. Having the rare faculty of expressioji and a quick 
 understanding of her subject, added to a convincing and iJieas- 
 ing personality, she is a speaker of force and power. 
 
 She is an autboritv on all subject? pertaining to political 
 sciem-e. and was for two years chairman of the Political Science 
 Committee of the State Federation. In this capacity she issued 
 a j'irintcd pamphlet of suggestive outline for club study. Sh.e 
 wields a facile pen and often contrib-utes to papers and periodicals. 
 
 LiH-allv, in all things pertaining to the .mental and moi-al 
 gnnvth of the town, she is a I'ecognized leader. 
 
 At ju'esent. Mrs. Cui'jt is vice-president-at-large of the Texas 
 Federati(m of Women's Clubs. 
 
 "When the men of Israel haired in 
 helplessness before Vharoah, tiro iromen 
 spurned his edicts and refused liis be- 
 hests."' 
 
 Every iroiiKin irlio adds lit tin intl- 
 being of ilie irorld is one of the sariors 
 of mankind ; every tear that is shed in 
 sympathy is jtuttiny out the pns of 
 Hell: every loviny heart-throb is a jxirf 
 of the afomiiK lit. — Ei.r.ERT Hiui-.AIU). 
 
MRS. WILL C. ANDERSON. 
 
 Mi!8. Will C. Axdekson, of Winiislnn'o. Texas, president of 
 the Third Distriet of the Texas Federation of Women's Cluhs, is 
 possessed of a charniing personality ajid ureat execntive ability. 
 She was a most efficient vice-president of 11 le Third Distrii-t 
 and served on the State committee on Clnli Extension, Ijeiny- 
 very snccessful in bringing clubs into the Federation. She has 
 ser^ed several times as president of the Standard Club, of which 
 slie is a charter member; has organized and ])resided over two 
 other clubs; had been president of the City Federation of her 
 citv. She is one of the trustees of the Winnsboro Carnegie 
 Library, and has been ever since its foundation several years ago. 
 
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Texas \Vo:\iex*s Hall of Fa:mk. 
 
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 She has also beoii <ui)eiinteni1eiit of Winnsboro Flower Show at 
 three different times. So she brings experience in political work 
 that will increase membership, which is needed in this particular 
 section, though t!ie district is noted for exceptional work and one 
 of the most cultured centers of the State. 
 
 Mrs. Anderson is an active worker in chnrch and Sunday 
 school work, having seivecl for two years as president of Social 
 Service Department, and for s(!vera.l years as president of her 
 missionarv societv. 
 
 ''.Ao language can express the power 
 and heauty and heroism and majesty of 
 a mother's love. It shrinks not tv-here 
 man cowers, and grows stronger tvhere 
 man faints, and over the wastes of 
 loorldly fortune sends the radiance of its 
 quenchless fidelity like a star in heaven." 
 
 "A fair test and measure of civiliza- 
 tion is the inflnence of good vx>men." 
 
MRS. S. J. WRIGHT. 
 
 Mrs. S. ,T. ^^'IUGIrT was horn in Kansas in 1861. Slie was 
 educated in the schools of Lea^-enworth, Kansas. In 1883, Miss 
 lone ^Y. Tanner became the wife of Captain S. J. AVright. of 
 Paris, Texas, a distino-iiislied phmter as well a.s hanker, and a 
 inenihcr of one of tlie oldest of the ]noneer families of I'od TJivcr 
 and Lamar counties. 
 
 Mrs. Wiiii'lit's career as n ])rominent clul) woman of 'I'exns 
 commenced with lier ])ecomino- a charter inemher of the Lotus 
 rinh of Paris, foi'med in 1890. Under ]\Irs. Pennybacker's ad- 
 ministration, with whom she had heen a sclioolmate in Leaven- 
 woith, slie sewed as a member of the Art Committee, her especial 
 work l)eino" to compile a series of '•'Sketches of English Arti.-ts 
 ■witli Outlines of 'I'lieii' Works,'' which appeared in the l)(illn><- 
 
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'I'l'XAs \\'()\ii:x's TTali, ok Fa.mi;. 5o 
 
 (utlvestoii Xrii-s. "'Hie Ti'jneliiiii' Art (iallcry"" was at tliat liiiic 
 l)i'inii- st'iit I'lit. ])ei'soiially conducted, under the auspicH'S of this 
 Ai't Depaiiiiu'iit, Eno'lish artists being especially featured. Mrs. 
 W'ri.uiit 1)eeaiue eliair!uan n{ tlio Art Committee, ])re])arin!.;" 
 sketches for publication and for the use of tlie chil) Avomeu for 
 references of Italian. Ihitcli. Flemish, (ierman and French art- 
 ists, all of which were rc])re-'ented. though reproductions were 
 sent out hy lier committee. In 1905, Mrs. AVright was elected 
 lUT'sident of the 'Hiird Distiict, Texas Federation of Women's 
 ("hd)s. under ^Fi's. Cone Johnson, State president. Tlie special 
 work of lier administration was the fouudinp- of the "Educational 
 Aid Fu]id'" throug-h her recommendation. This movement was 
 so well ]'eceived that it was soon made a portion of State Feder- 
 ation work, ];7iown as the "Educational Loan Fund,"* and ])laced 
 upon a more business-like basis. In 1902, Mrs. Wright was 
 olccti'd first vice-jiresident of the Texas Federation of Womeiv's 
 Clubs, and in 1909 was elected ]n-esident of the State Federa- 
 tion. The foundation of all the plans of work during her ad- 
 ministration was the threefold development of the child — phys- 
 ical, mental and moral- She has been known by some as the 
 "Ueform President." since it was through her zealous efforts 
 that prison reform was agitated. She also recommended that 
 tlie dependent family of the convict be provided for out of the 
 proceeds of his labor, to wdiich tlie Federation pledged its sup- 
 iiort. She used her efforts in behalf of a more adecpiate child 
 labor law, the same to go hand in hand with compulsory edu- 
 cation. The nroblem of the rural wonnm received attention for 
 the first time by the club women, and the first country woman's 
 club joined the Federation, that of Xormanna, Texas, under 
 ^frs. ('. ('. Swami. president. The first county federation was 
 formed and added to the federated clubs of the State, the Arm- 
 strong ('onnt\ Federation, mider Mrs. ^^^ A. Warner, of Clamle. 
 The women wage-earner was first given statistical attention 
 through ^Irs. Wright's efforts. Through recommendations of 
 ^Fi's. Wi'ight, city federation^ were allowed to become members 
 of the State Federation, and a committee on social service was 
 added. As the crowning feature of this administration at its 
 llrst mectina" in Houston, the sum of $?00() was i)ledired as Texas' 
 
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 56 Texas Wo3[ex"s Hall of Fame. 
 
 pro rata toward tlio (xoneral Ferleratinir's Endowment Fund of 
 $100,000 
 
 Seeing the need in Texas for a systematic compilation of the 
 State's local history, legend^, etc., Mrs. Wright asked Jier succes- 
 sor, ]\Irs. Hertzberg, for the ajipointniont of chairman of History 
 Committee, Texas Federation of Women's Clnbs, after which, 
 with the assistance of the club women of the State, as well as 
 other local 'J'exans, both men and women, she began editing 
 and compiling "''Texas: Historical, Traditional, Legendary,"' 
 work of such magnitude, and a task so monumental as to require 
 more than the oiu^ volume originally intended. In preparing the 
 "District of Bexar" f(U" this Avork, she found the history of San 
 Antonio so fascinating and so wonderful, in itself an epitome of 
 the early history of Texas, that she lu-ejiared a separate and dis- 
 tinct volume, "San Antonio: Historical, Traditional, Legendary," 
 which has recently left the press. 
 
 Mrs. Wright is a lineal descendant, through her maternal 
 grandmother, of Bishop Henry, first Bishop of the Church of 
 England. 
 
 She has two children, both married, George T. AVright, of 
 Tviomatia, Texas, and lone, who is married to E. I. Scales, of 
 Paris, and she is happy in the possession of four grandchildren. 
 Her husband passed a^vav in October. 101,5. 
 
MRS. ja:\jes e. harpee. 
 
 BY ELIXOK M. WINX. 
 
 A great psycliolosist has said that the ultimate standard of 
 value among human beings is personaliti/. Subtle as is the mean- 
 ing of the word and careles.sly as it is used, to all minds it stands 
 for a unit}^ of qualities that stamp character. 
 
 Of Mrs. James R. Harper it may l)e said that only the word 
 personality stamjis her work, her worth and her charm. There 
 is only one Mrs. Harper, and there was in the days of her young 
 womanhood onlv one Clara Deason. 
 
 Tn the life of tliis gifted woman tliere have been events that 
 have stood for the culmination of periods of preparation and 
 effort, the details of which bear significance only as they are re- 
 lated to th(» trium])ba,nt result. 
 
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58 Tkxas \\'o.mi;x"s 1! ai.i, oi' Fami:. 
 
 A Texan bv hirlli aiK] education. Clnia iHasoiu in lier young 
 girlhood began to pi'ei)arc for tlie woi-k of ieat-liing in Texas. 
 Troni the fiist inspirational olini]»se of llic fi:tiire the young girl 
 worked tow-u'd a liigli ideal that was with her a kinil of ])atj'iot- 
 ism. for slu' loxcd Iwv native State with a love that was strong 
 and ])Uie. 
 
 Tiie free life of the rt.neh and plain. su]i|>l('ni('nled by the con- 
 ventions of city and town, gave to her. as a. student, a })hysieal 
 poise that reacted in ber mentality, and from teacbers and subool 
 exeeutive.s slu^ received siudi recogniiinn a> oidy the woi'tby 
 receive. 
 
 Miss Dea'^on's iiist teaching experience was in Dallas. Texas, 
 and it was in that city that her fir-t lu-olossional and society 
 successes were achieved. Xever foi' a moment neglecting her 
 great work of teaching. Miss Deason wa> yet prominent in the 
 social life of the city, and by her buoyant spirit, winsome smile 
 and fine conversational qualities, she bocame as gieat a soeial 
 favorite as she Avas a professional success. 
 
 The first significant e\ent of ^fiss Deason's scdiool cai'eer was 
 her success with gi'ammar school girls and hoys, which resulted 
 in the reorganization of a self-governing school — an athievement 
 so reniaikal)1e that Miss Deason awoke one morning to find her 
 fame recorded in a great daily news])a])er. and enthusiastically 
 co)nmeuded I)V dozens of prominent educators. 
 
 As a direct result of Miss Deason's work in Dallas, she was 
 offered a scIkjoI ])rincipalshi]i in F(U-t Woith. which she accepted, 
 having the distinction of l)cing the only woman ever elected to 
 such a jjosition in that city. 
 
 Following Miss Deason's a]Ji)oiutment in Fort AVorth, she was 
 elected vice-presidcni of the State Teachers' Association, and if 
 a certain judo-e had ]iot come riding by one day — who knows — 
 the Xational Educational Ass^eiation might have boasted another 
 woman ]n'esident. 
 
 As I have said Ixd'orc. ^fiss Deason's social life kept even step 
 with lu I' woidd A\ork'. and a more popidar young lady never 
 graced a balli'oom. sjiarkled at a i)an(pi<^t table or smiled from a 
 box at a theater. 
 
 In church and welfai'e work she maintained alwavs a live in- 
 
Texas \Vo.mi:x"s ITall of Fame. 
 
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 terest, .-ind tn tliesc diiiics ^ho l)ronglil a cheer that is nftcn hick- 
 ino- whfiv tliciv is not perfecf halr.iicc of professional, social aiKl 
 religions activities. 
 
 A pretty storv misht he written of Miss Deason's life romance, 
 whirh heo-an when she was a cliild, strengthened as she grew to 
 womanhood and culminated m her marriage in 1909 to Judge 
 James R. Harper, now Chief Justice of the Court of Civil Ap- 
 ]ioals' at El I'aso. Texas. 
 
 Tn a lia])i)\- home now with a hoy and a girl of lier own, Mrs. 
 Harper is doing her real world work, for which all the rest was 
 hnt a preparation. 
 
 A chapter of her life that might l)e inserted is her heautiful 
 de\otion to those nearest and dearest to her l).v ties of hlood and 
 friendship. There has never heeu any shadow of turning in 
 ]\[rs. Harper's loves and friendships, and I do not know that a 
 finer thing could he said of any human heing. and this fact goes 
 to prove that Mrs. Harper has the great essential of personality. 
 fndJi and unselfishness. 
 
 "If we icoidd know the political ami 
 moral condition of a state, ice must ask 
 irhat rank women hold in it. Their in- 
 flnencc embraces the irJiole life." 
 
 Xo woman: lives to herself. Her chil- 
 dren partake of her life. When she is 
 thrilled with an idea, the whole famihj 
 is awakened. — Alice Hubbard. 
 
IXVICTUS. 
 
 W. E. HENLY. 
 
 Out of the niglit that covers me, 
 Black as the pit from ])nle to ]ii)le. 
 
 I thank wliatevev gods there l)e, 
 For iiiv iniconquerahle sonl. 
 
 In the fell clutch of circnnistancc, 
 T have not winced or cried aloud. 
 
 Beneath the Ijludgeonings of chance, 
 My head i.s l)loody. l)ut nnl)o\ved. 
 
 Beyond this place of wrath and tears 
 Looms hut the Hojtov of the Shade, 
 
 And vet the menace of th.e years 
 Finds and shall find me unafrnid. 
 
 It matters not how straight the gate ; 
 
 Ho^^' chai'ged with ]mnishmcnt the scroll; 
 I am the master of my fate — 
 
 I am the caiitain of mv souh 
 
MRS. MARY AUTRY (^HI^JER. 
 
 Mat?y Autry, eldest eliild of Micajali Aiitrv and ^lartlia Wyche 
 Autrv, was born in Davidson eountv, 'I'emiev^see, February 7, 
 1827. Her mother was of the Piitman family in Virginia, Put- 
 man being her maiden name. Her fatlier, Mieajah Autrv. who 
 fell at the Alamo, was of French extraction, his ancestors havino- 
 come to N"orth Carolina as Huguenots to escape the oppression 
 of the Catholics in France. Her father was a lawyer, and an 
 accomplished musician. He came to Texas in 1835, with James 
 Bowie, by way of New Orleans, tlience up Red River to Nachi- 
 toches, Louisiana, aiid fi'Om thence marched on foot by the old 
 military road to San Antonio. The children of Mrs. Greer have 
 
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63 TjiXAs Wu.MHx's PIall of Fame. 
 
 ill tlu'ir possession the oviuinal Icttev written l)y ^[ajor Autrv 
 from Xacliitoches, Louisiana, on ilie v\v of his (k'|)artnre, and 
 this was tlie last letter lie e\'er AMOte, he having fallen, as stated, 
 with Travis and Bowie in defense of the Alamo in March, t836. 
 The snbject of this sketch married James Madison Greer at Holly 
 Springs, Mississippi, December 'd'?, LS-tl. Fonr children were 
 liorn of this marriage — James M., Hal Wyche, I'obert Antry, 
 and IX Edward Greer; all four became hiwyers, and, with the 
 exception of James ^F., are now residents of the State ot Texas. 
 
 Mary Antry Greer died in Beaumont, Texas, on May ?."), 191o, 
 at the ripe old age of eighty-three years. Her death came at the 
 liome of her younger son, D. Edward Greer, and came as she 
 had often said she wished that it would — siuhlenly and evidently 
 without ])ain. She was sitting in her rocking chair after dinner 
 and said she believed she wonld take a nap. A i'vw minntes after 
 her son had left her she \\as found sitting with her head to one 
 side with no contraction of pain on her face. She had goi'ie to 
 that judgment which she did not fear. Her body rests in the 
 soil of Texas, the State she loved so well. 
 
 ]\Irs. Greer had only one brother. James L. Antry, who was 
 a lawyer and had the distinction of lieing elected speaker of the 
 house of representatives in Mississip]:)i before he was twenty- 
 one years of age. His iiartner in the law ]")raciice was L. Q. C. 
 Lamar, afterwards a Justire of the Su|)ieine Court of the I'nited 
 States. He was a colonel in the Confederate army, at one iime 
 in command of Vicksbu rg when it was attackeii by (icneial (ii'ant. 
 He, as also ]\rrs. (ireer's nephew, Captain Dc Wilt Clinton Smith. 
 lost his life in defense of the Confederacy. It was Colonel 
 Autr\- \\lio, when General Giant ordered him to surrender, re- 
 ])lied, ''Mississippians do not know how to surrender."' He left 
 one son. Judge Jas. L. Antry. of Houston, Texas. 
 
 It was given Mrs. Greer to li\c almost a (-(.'iitury, and perhaps 
 tlie most eventful ccnturv of American history. W'hvn she was a 
 child, the Napolecuii;- wars df Europe were a fresh memory, and 
 the American I>e\'olution was in the experience of many li'.im;- 
 men. General ^^'asllin^■ton himself ha.d been a guest of her 
 mother's home in A'irginia. and General Jackson was an inmate of 
 the household in Tennessee. She was intimateh' connectt'd with 
 
'j'j:x A-- \\'((Mi:\"s II\i.i (II- 1''a.mj-. Go 
 
 ihc stniii'u'le tor the iii(lc]ii'ii(|('ii(c of Tcxms, sjiiee her fat her lost 
 liis ]!!"(.■ nt tlic ,\lanio in llial .-Iruu-^lc. V.u'aiiu in The wai' witli 
 Mexico in 'U\ >\iv was tlu'owii in contact witli tiic youn,^' Anici'icans 
 leavinii' for tlio frojit. Slie ofteii s]:)oko of the leaving of tlie com- 
 pany raised liy Elcanah (ireer from PTolly Springs, afterwards Gen- 
 eral (li'ecr in ^lie Confederate army, and of the enthnsiasm of the 
 ladies on thai occasion. 'J'hc snhject of this sketch went thiouiih 
 the terril)le Civil War. and the more terril)le iieconstrncticn 
 Period following it, hnt lived to see the nation again nnited and 
 \irtnall\' controHed hy the sons of her heloved 8(nithhnid. She 
 lived to see Woodrow Wilson, President; Jndge Wliite, a Confed- 
 erate soldier, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; and a ma- 
 joiity of the cahinet Sontiiern men. She saw Texas under four 
 flags — the Mexican, the Tfcpuhlic, Confederate, and United States 
 of America. She had an intimate friend at the Court of Maxi- 
 milian when iie was Em|)er(n- of Mexico, an American who was 
 given the title of "■'Duke of Sonora.'' She owned slaves, aiul 
 was hronuht u]) under ihe old aristocratic Southern regime. 
 
 In hei' lifetime she saw the industrial world changed hy the 
 invention of the steam I'ailwav, telegrajdi and telephone. 
 
 Having lived through all these wars, and heing possessed of 
 an intense idealistic and imaginative temperament, there devel- 
 oped in her an enthusiastic jiatriotisni which lasted through her 
 life. She was never ahle to entii'ely forgive the Xorth foi- the 
 needless o]i]")res.sinn of the South during the lieconstruction 
 Period, and hei' love for Texas was piohahly greater than that of 
 most naii\e-horn Texans on account of her father having lost his 
 life in the struggle for its independence. 
 
 In religion she Avas a de\dut Christian, as a mendjer of the 
 Protestant Ejnscopal Church. 
 
 Like most women of her generation, she was taught many 
 accomplishments, hut little of the ])i-acticaL So great was her 
 love for learning, however, and so youthful was she at the lime 
 of her marriage that she presented the noveltv of going to school 
 after her marriage, as she had done Itefore. She was an oniniv- 
 orous reader, and her familiaritv with all the English classics was 
 wonderfnl. In her ear!\- life she studied Shakespeare and knew 
 liim so thorouii'ldv that to rl'e Time of her death she made fre- 
 
64 'J'EXAh Women's I Fall of Fame. 
 
 qnent apt quotations from his ])lavs. tlioiigh she had l)een un- 
 able to I'ead ])rint for ^^cvcraJ years. She believed hiiu to lir.ve 
 been the greatest uian wJio ever lived except Moses, and often 
 said, half joi-ularl\-, tliat Shakespeare was inspired. Tluiugh 
 possessed of a liiizld\- jioetic and imaginative mind, she read 
 and was familiar with the philosophy of Her])ert Spencer and 
 Avith the theorA- of evolution through the writing of Darwin and 
 Haeckel : and, thongli a devout Christian, she was a believer in 
 tl^e theory of e\<)lutiiui. 
 
 Of medium lieight, well rounded sha|)ely form, lirunette in 
 style, she Avas in youth considered quite pretty. Her chiefest 
 charms were lier grace of manner and her great sense of wit 
 aiul luunor. and quick repartee. 
 
 Music was a passion with her, and as a pianist she had un- 
 usual talent. She played many difficult pieces on that instru- 
 ment, but sang- the old melodies with far more enjoyment, ac- 
 compaining herself on the guitar. She wrote music and com- 
 posed several songs. So thorough was she in her piano phxying 
 that she could up to the time of her death render much classical 
 music from memory, sucli as F>ee^'hoven's Sjiirit Waltz, though 
 she had not heard a souiul for jiearly fifty years. 
 
 She read much, thouglit more, wrote some, and puljlislied very 
 little. Her two grandsons, owning the (ireer printing plant in 
 Beaumont, printed sevei'al of hei' |)roductions in pamphlet form 
 for private distiibutiou. Among others, she wrote a play she 
 styled "Sam Houston." 
 
 Her desci'i|itii)ii of ''I'exas, extiacted from lur drama. "Pictures 
 from the Old Soutli," is worth mentioning. Jn a dialogue be- 
 tween General Sain Honston and General Jackson, she makes 
 Houston say of Texas : 
 
 "Oh, it is a beauteous, glorious clime. 
 Where all the seasons meet, and blend. 
 She leaves her emerald-sandaled foot 
 In the ciTstal waters of the Gulf, 
 Her robe of turquoise lilue is broidered o'er 
 With evei'-blooming flowers of loveliest hue; 
 Her voice is tuneful melody itself; 
 Her breath is sweet as violets" scent. 
 
Texas \\'o:^ri:x'.s TrALi, of Fame. 6/5 
 
 For she wears the iridescent splendors 
 
 Of Xorth, Soutli. Edsi. West, woven m one. 
 
 Tf, as scientists avow, she rose from nether deep. 
 
 Then Xeptune kindlv did transform 
 
 Each glittering gem, each shining pearl. 
 
 Into everlasting, ever-hlooming fruits and flowers." 
 
 She also wrote a child's history of Texas, in which her inieuse 
 love for the State and her idealization of it was demonstrated. 
 She wrote a drama in form of an epic poem, in which the "NTorth 
 and South were personified; a.nd, though quite favorably criti- 
 cized by eminent literary men, she could not bring herself to the 
 detail labor of making it a finished production for publication. 
 She had not sufficient ambition to really work on her liternrv 
 compositions, and hence they had not tlie perfection she could 
 have given them. In the Memoirs of Jefferson Davis, written 
 Ity his wife, in the second volume, on page 924, the author quotes 
 from this production of Mrs. Greer: 
 
 Aside from those characteristics to be gathered from what has 
 lieretofore been said in this sketch, there should be mentioned 
 lier glorious sense of humor that never degenerated into a sneer 
 or the ridicule of others. It was spontaneous, wholesome and 
 cheering. It lived with her through her long life, and niost 
 surely she needed its strength because she was a woman acquainted 
 with sorrows. After the birth of her second child her hearing 
 became impaired and gradually grew worse until in the middle 
 70's she lost it entirely. Her versatility of mind was s:reat, c'.nd 
 perhaps it may be said of her that slie '-aecomplished little be- 
 cause she conceived so much." She was impatient of detail, And 
 her "South" was merely a fragment instead of an orderly drama, 
 because she didn't have the patience to put it in practical form. 
 Shakespeare was to her an inspiration next to the Bible, and she 
 knew with that thoroughness of knowledge all of the plays of 
 the o-reat master. 
 
^\R^. F. S. DAA'TS. 
 
 Ill any list of lii^lily eultuiod. ii()l)lv iisofiil, aiii] jiistlv 'lislin- 
 giiished Texas woiik'h. tlie name of ^fr^. F. S. Daxis would niand 
 at or near tlie liead. Slie was honi in ({eoi'i;-ia, but she, with Iier 
 parents, removed to Texas Avlien slie was a little child. Tier 
 fatlier, Waid Hill, was of the far-fanuMl Hill rniiiily of ({eoruia. 
 and her mother, w'lose maiden name was Margaret Fawson, was 
 of ehoiee Scotch and Fna'li^li stiu-k, distinp'nished for their 
 sterling- <|ualities of chai'acter and life. Waid ITili was descended 
 ill a dire;-t line from the TTna'Henot-; of France. TTis ancestors 
 
 GC) 
 
'J'exas Wo:\[i:v"s Kall of F\.-\ri:. 67 
 
 MXTc soldiers in tlio Aiuericnii Kovolution. aiid .Mrs. I)a\is, M'liose 
 maiden inuuc M-as ^Tan- A. ITill. is aclively alliliatiMl with the 
 Daugliters of tlie American Revolution. 
 
 Educated in one of onr Texas colleges, and naturally- endowed 
 witli an in(isi\e and i'ece]')ti\o mind, j\Irs. Davis is a wonuin of 
 exceptional cidture and I'eliiicmcnt. She was l)ovn to leadersliip. 
 Tn t'verv realm in whicli she moves she exhibits these sterlino- 
 (jiialities of head and heait which, conpled Avith her grace and 
 winsomeness, have by their very force and quality stamped her 
 as one who i^^ horn to lead. 
 
 At the eai'l\- age of fourteen she joined the First Baptist 
 Church of DalJas. of which she has been a consistent and hio-hlv 
 honored member ever since. In 1887 she was ]narried to Dr. 
 F. S. Davis, one of tlie leading phvsicians of Dallas. In 1898 
 slie was electeil lecording seci-etary of the Baptist AVomen Mis- 
 sion Vrorkei'.s of Texas, whicli position she tilled with excep- 
 tional ability until 190(!. when she was elected to the office of 
 nresident of tlie Baptist AVomcn Mission Workers of Texas, in 
 which ca])a.city she has nobly served ever since that dale. When 
 she took tlie presidency of tlie Baptist Women Mission Workers 
 of Texas, the ajinual contributions aggregated $57,816.96. Last 
 year they reached the startlingly gratifying figure of $-2o8,256.51. 
 3Iuch of this marvelous increase is due to the high administra- 
 tive ability of the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Coincident with the other honors which have lieen conferred 
 ujion lior l)y the Baptist women of her own State and of the 
 South, has been her election and repeated re-election as vice- 
 president of the AVomen's :\rissionary Fnion, auxiliary to the 
 Southern Bai)tist Convention. This jiosition she now holds, and 
 through the years there has been an ever increasing love in the 
 hearts of the Baptist women of the South for this remarkably 
 cajiable and consecrated leader. 
 
 In addition to her other multiform activities, Mrs. Davis is 
 editor of the AVomen's De]iartment of the Bapii^t Standard, and 
 is also an active member of the Dallas Pen AVomen's Club. For 
 many years she has been aitively and officially identified with 
 tlu^ wo!-k of the Young AA'onien's Christian Association, both 
 local and national. 
 
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 Texas \Vo]\[ex's Halt, of Fame. 
 
 So universally is Mrs. Davis recogiTized as a woman of mark 
 among the Baj^tists of the South that she was recently appointed 
 l)v the Foreign Mission Board to tiie Panama-American Mission- 
 ary Conference. 
 
 Among the marked acliievements of her administration a.s 
 ])resident of the Baptist A¥omen Mission Workers of Texas was 
 the erection on the grounds of the Southwestern Baptist Theo- 
 log^ical Seminary at Fort Worth of the $!()(), 000 building com- 
 pleted last year, in which are housed the women students and 
 teachers in the Baptist W^omen's Missionary Training School. 
 All things considered, Mrs. Davis is making an impress upon 
 her time and contemporaries unexcelled in Texas Baptist annals. 
 She is now in the prime of her great, good life, and those who 
 know her Itest think of her remarkable career with grateful 
 hearts. While slie has scored many important achievements, her 
 mind and heart and life are so devoted and receptive that it is 
 not too much to hope that in the years to come she will reach 
 iww heights of service, and win fresh laurels in that sphere in 
 Thich she has found '^ueh marked distinction. 
 
 From the lowliest depth there is a 
 path to the loftiest height. — Carlyle. 
 
 "That man only is great who utilizes 
 the blessings that God provides; and of 
 these blessings no gift equals the gentle, 
 trusting companionship of a good 
 ironian." 
 
MES. W. P. HOBBY. 
 
 ]\Ii!s. William Pettus Hobby was born in Woodville, Texas. 
 Slie is the danghter of Hon. 8. B. Cooper, of New York, meni- 
 l)er of the Board of United States General Appraisers, formerly 
 Ijpprosentativo in Congress from the Second Congressional Dis- 
 xrivt of Texas.'' 
 
 Mrs. Hobby was ^(hKated at Kidd-Key College, Sherman. 
 Following her graduation she spent her yonng ladyhood in Beau- 
 mont, Washington and New Yoi'k. 
 
 Essentially she is mentally broad and liighly trained. Her 
 native mental capacity has been developed to n degree that justi- 
 fies in every sense the credit she gets everywhere as a brilliant, 
 learned, well-poiserl. broad-minded and well-rounded wonian. She 
 
70 Texas AVo:\[t:n-"s TTall of FA:srE. 
 
 is Democratic to tlio cove, politically and socially. She lived in 
 Washington during the sessions of Congress and held a sec^lre 
 and enviable ]:)Osition in Washington society, where she was especi- 
 ally ])n])ular in c(ingi-essional, dijdomatic and executive circles. 
 Hers was a substantial fv])e of social acti\ity. She waived noth- 
 ing of the conventions and yet she carried into all her activities 
 a sincerity and eaiiiestness wliiih A\on her nianv loval fi'icnds 
 among people whose names were known arornid the world. She 
 moved in the inner circles, the circles within the circles, in Wash- 
 ington's ma.ny circles and among her highlv esteemed friends slie 
 numbered diplomats, cabinet members, notabU' authors and men 
 of science, presidents of the I'nited States, ambassadors fi'om 
 the foremost nations of the world, men of letters and artist>; of 
 international renown. And withal she is popular with those less 
 favored in the fortunes and mishaps of politics and government 
 life.. She counts by the liundreds her loyal friends and admirers 
 both in Washington and in her native State and home citv. To 
 meet her is to become her friend and loyal admirer. She makes 
 no accounting of class or ca.-te. She concpiers with consummate 
 ease and gentle grace all ^\ho come within her range. From the 
 lowliest to the highest she tlings around them the net of lier 
 affections and draws them to her service and support according' to 
 their fitness and favor. 
 
 In nearly every section of the United States lives somebody who 
 has praise for her. Her life has been exceedingly full and active, 
 and her campaign for friends and friendship has never slackened. 
 
 She was married to Lieutenant (lovemor AV. V. Hobbv in 
 May, 101.5. 
 
 In Ecaumont, ]\r]'s. Hobliv has always been popular. ]>e- 
 ing always in the center of political strife, she learned deftness 
 in dealing with ]ieo|)le and, while she holds to firm convictions 
 in all things, she has a faculty for comforting those who dis- 
 agree with her which would mean unlimited success in the ])0- 
 litical advancement of a man, or a woman when they get the 
 ballot. She has been foremost in the social life of Beaumont; 
 has found time to aid in all commercial and civic matters engag- 
 ing the attention of women, and witbal has not neglected the 
 literary pursuits of club lilV. Unceasing activity is her domiuat- 
 
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 iiig chai'aetoristic. For lier. liuinaiiity is something definite, sonie- 
 tliing real and elose, and she recognizes the need and place for 
 :ill manner and kinds of people, and she accords to each one his 
 rightfnl ])lace and gi-ants him liis right of heing and aids him 
 to the exercise of his hest elements. Fair-minded along fnnda- 
 mental lines, liroad in her learning and witli a niarvelons facility 
 foi' gathering all that is of value from things and people around 
 her, slie ty])ifies the highest development of woman. 
 
 thp: rose. 
 
 ):Y JOHN KKXDRICK UANCS. 
 
 The Base teas bom, 
 iS7ie bloomed, and died. 
 
 "A lot forlorn" 
 Some mortal eried. 
 
 "A few brief days 
 Of life, a breath 
 
 Like summer haze. 
 
 And thenee to death!" 
 
 Ah, veil Ihal's life! 
 
 (hir years are brief. 
 Some joy. some strife, 
 
 And then relief. 
 
 Hoir joyous she, 
 
 How free from xcoes, 
 
 To lire, and be. 
 And die, a Rose! 
 
Ml^S. JOITX \V. PPiESTOX 
 
 Mits. AxxiK Lewis White Preston, wife of Dr. John Pres- 
 ton, of Austin, was Ijorii of distino-uislio;] ])arentao-e in Seguin, 
 Texas. April 12, 1861. Her ])arents, Judge John Preston White 
 and Annie Stuart Lewis White, were Virginians of Scotch-Irish 
 descent, and of notahle ancestry of colonial and revolutionai-y 
 distinction. Two great-grandmothers were sisters, Marv and 
 Margaret Preston, daughters of Colonel William Preston, of 
 Smithfield, Virginia, for many years a meml)er of the A'irginia 
 House of Burgesses. j\Iary married Colonel John Lewis, owner 
 of the Sweet Springs of Virginia and one of General AVashing- 
 ti)n"s most loved and trusted aids-de-camp at A'alley Forge. 
 
Texas Womex's Hall of Fame. 73 
 
 Margaret B. mai'i-icd lici- (■(nisin. Coloiu'l .Idlm Pi'cston, (if Wnl- 
 nut CtIovo, A\'asliiiiL;t()n cnuiity. A'irginia. Otlici' iiialt-i'iia! an- 
 cestors were Colonel Alexander Montgomery. iie])!iew of (leiioral 
 Ricliard Moiilgomery of eolonia.l liistoiT, and (Vdonel A\'illiani 
 Russell Thomson, one of South Carolina^ noted heroes. Thi-ongh 
 this ancestry, Mrs. Trenton is a (V)lonial Dajiie of America, one 
 of the niost excdiisixc of the ])atrioti:- organizations. She is also 
 a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy. 
 
 ]\rrs. Preston was educated at the Seguin Female Academy and 
 the Farmville (A'a.) College for (lirls. V>diile tlu're she was a 
 memher of the St. Cecelia Society, a musical and literary organ- 
 ization. Mrs. Freston (>arly achieved honors in music and liter- 
 ature, and was elected ])i'e-;ident of her class at commencement 
 in l<S7i. 
 
 I'etui'jiing to Seguin, she took active intei'est in woi'k of her 
 church, the Protestant Episcojial. was organist and choir loader. 
 In 1879, she married Dr. John Preston, a native of Abingdon, 
 Virginia. They located in Seguin, where Dr. Preston practiced 
 liis profession, and ^Frs. Preston made a home for him and their 
 family, without o-ivjuo- u]) her churcli and other work. 
 
 Jn 188(5, (loveruor Pops ap])ointed Dr. Preston first assistant 
 physician at the State Insane Asylum, and after living in Aus- 
 tin nearly four years Governor Hogg appointed him Superin- 
 tendent of the Xorth Texas Hospital for the Insane at Terrell, 
 Texas. Mrs. Preston identified herself at once with church 
 work, was organist, president of the Ladies' Guild and teacher 
 of the Sunday school. She organized a chautauqua circle and 
 the first woman's clul) in Terrell, called the Progressive Club, 
 now known as the Pioneei- Club. It was at this iinu' that Mrs. 
 Preston did good work as Texas regent for the Confederate 
 Museum at Pichmond. A^a.. and interested herself in sending 
 yearly to the State Faii' af Dallas fancy work collected from the 
 patients at the asylum, i-eceiving for them money ]n-izes and ril)- 
 bons, which encouraged these unfortunate people to occupy their 
 dull lives ^vith worth-while work. 
 
 From Terrell they moved to Lockhart. where Mrs. Preston was 
 president of the General X. De Bray Chapter, V. D. C, con- 
 ferrins" on the (*onfederate soldiers of C*aldwell countv the first 
 
74 Tkxas Wo:\iex's TTat.t. of F-V^rR. 
 
 Cro'Si^cs. of Hnii')!' bestowed llu've. She devoted a ^i-e.-it deal of 
 time to clnl) woi'k. lielpinp- to oroainze the li'vinp' Cliih. one of 
 11k best in the State. She wa^ one (if tlie jioard of Directors 
 of the Enii'ene Chirk Libraiy, and organized the lii'st ^[others' 
 Cluh in the puhiic schools thei'e. 
 
 In IIM);!, (ioxei'ndi- Lanliain appninlcil l)r. I'l'eston Su])erin- 
 teiideiit of the l^pileptie ColonA- at Ahileiie. and the l)oard of 
 Manao'ers ap])oiiite(| Mrs. I'l'eston as .Matron. She superintended 
 the nniiaekinp" and a.i'rano'ement of lh<' furniture and sup})lies 
 for all the cotlaj^t's and hnihlinos, the phintin,u' of ilowers and 
 shrnbs, ajid helped to make Ihe ])hiee a real home foi' the most 
 nnfortnnatt' of ilu^ State's afllieted |H'n])le. She l)eeanie identified 
 v.itli the town in hei' clmreh and cluh work. In liX)'-*. when Dr. 
 Preston was ap])ointed l)v (iO\ernor ('am])hell to the supei'in- 
 tendencv of the State Disane Asylum. ^Irs. Preston ti-ansferred 
 her alle.S'iance to .Vustin, and has e\'er sime nsed h.er hrain, lier 
 enerii'v. her knowled,i;e and her heait in ehui'ch. eivie and school 
 chd) u'ork. Perha])s, dearest to her heart is the last, foi' Mrs. 
 Preston lia< demonstrated a Avc/jiderful a])i!ity in leadci'ship in 
 this work. Siie v.as jnesident of P)aker School Cluh. and for 
 three rears ])i'esident of the ITigii School Parents and Teachers' 
 Cluh in the most succt'ssful and forwartl-m.'irchini;- years of the 
 oluh"s existiuiee. 
 
 At the meeting- of the Fifth District Convention of 'I'exas 
 Congre.-^.^ of ^lothers. in ^lay. IDlii, Mis. Preston was unani- 
 mously electe(l president of this di^tl•ict. coni]>rising eiuhty-three 
 counties of South Texas, an hon')r une.\])ected l)y her. Imt .show- 
 ing the a])preciation of hei' co-woi'kei's of her ca])ahility for 
 leadershi]). 
 
 Mrs. Preston is the mothei' of seven children — four son- and 
 three beautiful and splendid younu' daughters, all of whom are 
 achieving- success in their line of work. The youngest. ]\Iargaret 
 Lvnn, is still in school. 
 
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 ^[r,s. E. E. BrciTAXA.v was l)Oin in Weatherford, August 11, 
 1866. Slie was tlie dauoliter of 0. AV. and Jane E. Keclcrv 
 grand-daughter of Oliver Loving, a pioneer of Texas, for whom 
 Loving county and Loving Valley are named. Father 0. W. 
 Keeler, one of the early educators of Texas, taiight school forty- 
 8ix years: he was a man of great learning and classical educa- 
 tion. Miss Eunice Keeler attended schools of Texas and Xew 
 York. .She was married to Jl. E. Buchanan. Fort Worth, Texas, 
 Eehruary ??, 18ST. one child. Oliver Buchanan, blessing this 
 union. Always interested in education and ciiltural affairs of 
 Texas, she joined the first litcrarv club organized in Fort Worth, 
 
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76 'ri':xAs A\'o:mi:x*s ITall of Fa^ie. 
 
 the Woman's "Wediiesflav Clul), and (irii'anizLd the first literary 
 eliilj in Fort Wortli fen- young women, in 189(i — the Monday Book 
 Clu)) of Fort "\A"ortli. Slie directed the stndy of tin's elnli for 
 ten years, and is still parliamentarian of the same, and a de- 
 voted and beloved member. 
 
 When the State Federation voted to raise a State Endowment 
 Fund of $10,000 to aid in carrying on the ever increasing work 
 of State Federation, Mrs. Bucbanan Avas ebosen State cbaii'man 
 of Endowment. The Mondav Bonk Club of Fort Wortli was not 
 tJie only organization wishing to honor Mrs. Buchanan bv plac- 
 ing her name on the Honor Eoll. When the Endowment Found- 
 ei's presented the opportunity, tbe First District of Federated 
 Clubs insisted on bonoring Mrs. Bucbanan bv placing her name 
 on the State Honor Roll. 
 
 At one session of Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Mrs. 
 Bucbanan, cbairman of the Endowment Connnittee, raised 
 nearly $2000 of tbe amount in fifteen minutes. In rapid suc- 
 cession several names were placed on the founders' roll, contri- 
 butions of $100 pacb being given for this ])urposc. 
 
 ^Frs. Bucbanan is one of tbe best parliamentarians of the 
 State. an_d has twice ^er\-ed as State ])arliamentarian of tbe Texas 
 Federation of Women's Clubs. 
 
 ]\rrs. Bucbr;nan is a gifted s])eaker, combining an ardent love 
 for her woi'k A\-itb a most cbai-ming personality. 
 
MT{S. WALTEI? D. ADAMS. 
 
 Mrs. Walter D. Ada]\[,s, Forney, Texas, mee Miss Matie Self, 
 was l)orn in Forney and lias resided there all her life. She was 
 married to Walter D. Adams December 20, 1895. She is an ac- 
 complislied musician and prominent social leader, president 
 Woman's AVednesday Club and treasurer of the Ladies' Auxiliary 
 of the Texas Pharmaceutical Association, a charter member of 
 botli organizations. She is active in all civic questions, intensely 
 interested in any undertaking with which she is connected, avoid- 
 ing positions of prominence, content to be allowed to work in the 
 ranks, official preferment having no allurement except where it 
 offers opportunity for more useful service. Possessed of practical 
 
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 TrxAs Wo-MKx's ITai.l of Fame. 
 
 coniiiioii seJisc, >li(' i< qualiticMl, if need \)<\ to .^rasp and deal 
 with l)nsiness prol)lcni>^, ]ierfe':-tly content, liowever. to entrust the 
 care of sncli matters to lier ]nisl)aiid, raniiliarizing herself witli 
 its details onlv foi- the information which it affords. A close oh- 
 server of pnhlic (|uestions, yet liaAinii' no desire to actively engage 
 in its aifairs; heh'eving that that woman v\dio hest serves her 
 home best serves lier country; that tlie liiisl)ands and fathers who 
 have established this great C'omi lonwealtli can still 1)0 ti'usted to 
 safelv onide its destinies. 
 
 "W'unian irus taken out of iiiaii ; not 
 out of his head to top him, nor out of 
 liis fret 1o he trampled underfoot : hut 
 nut of Ills fiide to he equal In liiui. un-Irr 
 tiis (inn to tjc proteeted, and near liis 
 heart to he to red." 
 
 •■/ pud the great thlufi in //(/.s- u-orld 
 is not so inueh ichere we stand as in udiut 
 direction ire are morin;/." 
 
MRS. GKOI?GE LANG8T0X 
 
 Mrs. George Laxgstox, nee Miss Carrie L. Smith, is a native- 
 born Texan, and has inlierited tlie true ])ioneer spirit from a 
 long line of ancestors. Early in the seventeenth centurv. one 
 William Tonneliei;, a Fi-cnch Tlngiienot, born in 1675, carried 
 his wife and l)abv into England. In 1740, descendants of these, 
 William Tunnell and his wife. Lady Anne, came to America and 
 settled in Fairfax county. Virginia. This same spirt of endur- 
 ance brought the Smith l)rothers to the new countiy. and lliey 
 foxmded homes in jSTorth Carolina. 
 
 Tt Mas in Ensk county. Texas, that Lucian Smitli met and 
 married Amanda Tieagan, daugliter of Matilda Tunnell and Wil- 
 
80 TiJXAs AVoMKx's Hall of Fame. 
 
 liiiin Ti(3agan, and liere tlic subject of this sketch, a real daughier 
 of the T?epul)lic of Texas, first saw the light. In her childhood 
 days her fatlier's oft-repeated words portray lier spirit : "Well, 
 I'll declare ! Wlien she's not reading slie's scribbling, and wlien 
 she's not scribl)]ing, she's reading.'" 
 
 Mrs. Langston received her education in tJie public schools of 
 Johnson county, in Granbury College and in the Sam Houston 
 Normal Institute. In oratory and physical culture she studied 
 in Chicago and Xew York. Later she tauglit in Granbury Col- 
 lege, and during all this time appealed in public recital work 
 before State Teachers' Associations, clubs, church societies and 
 cliautauquas. In the summer of 1890, Mrs. Langston had charge 
 of the Department of Expression and Oratory at the then flour- 
 ishing Chautauqua of Georgetown, Texas. 
 
 Since her marriage to Mr. Langston in 1893, Mrs. Langston 
 has been active in the woman's club movement. She has served 
 nianv times on tlie State Executi\e C*ommittee, was president of 
 the First District in 1908-10, and historian 1906-08, delegate- 
 at-large to the biennials whicli met at St. Louis and San Fran- 
 cisco, president of her liome club, the XXth Centur\', and or- 
 ganized, among others, the first Industrial Art Club of Cisco. 
 She is an active member of the Methodist Church. 
 
 In 1904, Mrs. Langston wi-ote and ind)]is]ied "The History of 
 Eastland C^ounty, Texas." 
 
 Mr. and Mr';. Langston ha\c one t-hild. Joyce, a member of the 
 class of 1917 in the University of Southern California. 
 
 However, ]\Irs. Langston's life work has been educating boys 
 and girls. Together with Mr. Langston, she has directly for- 
 warded the education of twenty-three young men and young 
 women, and the number is beyond guessing that she has helped 
 materiallv in hours of need and discouragement, and has inspired 
 others to push on and do things wortli while. 
 
:\iijs. s. p. r, ROOKS. 
 
 Mrs. S. p. PjROOKs. of Wact), was horn in Jolnison coimtv, 
 Texas. Her parents came from Louisiana just after the Civil 
 War. Rer father, W. P. Sims, was a farmer of retiring dispo- 
 sition, and was for four years a Confederate soldier of experience 
 on many battlefields, and a Christian gentleman of high merit. 
 He lived to he 78 years of age. Her mother was educated in 
 Keatchie College, hut in a practical fashion reared to maturity 
 a family of five sons and three daughters. She yet lives near 
 Cleburne. 
 
 Mrs. Brooks A^as educated in Irving's Select School for woinen. 
 She Avas a teacher for several years in the public schools of Cle- 
 
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 TlXAS \\()Mi:x"s II ALL OF F.v.M]:. 
 
 1)11 inc. luniiiu the i'rieii(Uhi]) of all wlir) knew Iut. Slic was 
 inairit'd to S. l\ l\vo()k>, of ^^'a(•(), a tcacluT in l)a\'l()i' riih'er- 
 sitv, who was afterward^ elected iiicsiilent of that institution. 
 
 She has iiu't well e\erv detail of the inanifold duties ]'e<|!iired 
 of her in the twenty years of niariied life. She has two eh.il- 
 dren — Aui'elia. a senior in the \Va;-o Hi,i;ii School, ami Sims 
 I'aliiK'r in the u'rainniar grade. 
 
 ^^'itll her hnshand she has traveled niiich throuuhoiit the Tainted 
 States and Mexico. She lives at Kf.M S]HM,alit Street, Waco, 
 wliere she often entertains the Faculty, officers and studeiii:s of 
 Bavlor, as well as her niaiiv friends in the citv. 
 
 "(I'/initr up jilciisdii/ I lioiifilil s in i/nur 
 iiiiiid. for plvdsd III tlioinilits iiidhf pjins- 
 (iiii lircN." 
 
 "W'IkiI ire air <ifriii<l hi do lirforc iliril, 
 ire should Jic of mid to lliiiil: heforr Cod."' 
 
 "('itisrlfisli and noblr (iclioiis iirc the 
 most radiant pai/rs in the hiof/raph 1/ of 
 souls." 
 
MRS. ADAM KANKIN J0IiX80iS\ 
 
 EY MAUY JOIIXSOX POSEY. 
 
 JoEspjiixi-: l']ASTLAxn Mils l)()rii in Wliite county, Tennessee, 
 August 3], ISI.-). The Eastlcind estate, "C'lifty," was one of the 
 most valuable in that State and noted tlirougliout tlie South for 
 the food and slielter given to tlie (*onfe(ku'ate sohliers during tlie 
 ('i\il ^^'a^. ('1)011 this ])laee was also located Bon Ayre Springs, 
 ii raiiious watering ])lace, where the elite of the South gathered 
 during the summer season. Here the Eastland familv resided 
 until Josejiiiine was six months ohh when ihey mo\-ed to Texas 
 and houglit a plantation on the Colorado river in Fayette county. 
 The Eastland family had always heen pi'ominent in Tennessee. 
 
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84 Ti;xA,s ^\'oME^'■s Hall of Fa^ie. 
 
 Its men disting'iiislied Southern gentlemen, and its women noted 
 for their Avit and l)eauty. They became no less prominent in 
 tlicir new Texas home. 
 
 Major Xicholas Eastland, Josephine's uncle, was a graduate 
 of West Point, and served on General Jackson's staff during the 
 war with Mexico. Later he was elected judge of his county, 
 then became an influential and valued member of the Legislature. 
 Eastland county, Texas, was named for him. Captain William 
 Eastland, Xicholas' brother, was in the Goliad expedition, and 
 was one of the Mier prisoners drawing a lilack bean and being 
 shot by the Mexicans. 
 
 Josephine's father, PJobert Mosby Eastland, died when she was 
 six years old. In the course of time her mother was married to 
 Warren J. Hill, a wealthy slave owner, whose plantation covered 
 many rich acres near La Grange, Texas. Here Josephine lived 
 until quite a large girl, when the family moved to Burnet, Texas, 
 and had many exciting- experiences in this Indian-infested district. 
 
 Josephine was sent to x4.ustin to attend the school of Amelia 
 E. Barr, the author, which at that time was the only girls' semi- 
 ]iary in Texas. Just then the war cloud was hovering; over the 
 South, each day the muttering-g of tlie a]iproaching storm grow- 
 ing louder. She ^vas married to Adam IJankin Johnson on Jan- 
 uary 1. 1861. In the following Xoveinber the young husband 
 left his l)ride to return to his native State, Kentucky, to enlist 
 with General Forrest and fight for hi^ country. A year passed 
 in anxious waiting, and at last ho returned a gallant figure in 
 his colonel's unifoi'in of grav. He took Josephine back with 
 him and left her with friends at "Wheatland," their plantation, 
 near Fincastle, Virginia. He then rejoined his command, hop- 
 ing each dav that the war wouM close and that he could return 
 to his young wife. Three years passed with only occasional and 
 dangerous journevs to Virginia liv the Confederate colonel. 
 
 The SouHl (luring this terrible ])eriod, had been torn, dis- 
 mantled, ruined. Continuous carnage drowned the song of 
 birds that had made melody in this land of promise. Shot and 
 shell mowed dowii the noldest of her sons. The vast plantations 
 and the palatial homes that had been the Old Dominion's pride 
 Avere reduced to ashes. It became a land of memories drenched 
 
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 with llic I)]oo(l of Southern soldiery and tlie tears oT Southern 
 women, and Josephine's heart was not spared. Her hnshand, 
 wild had now ^^on the rank of hrio-adier-o-eneral wliile leadins" 
 a ^'allant charge at Grnlihs Cross Tioads, Kentnckv. Avas shot 
 tliroiigli the eyes, rendering him totally hlind. After a time in 
 Boston Harbor prison he was exchanged and returned to '"Wheat- 
 land,'"' broken in healtli. his sight destroyed, and nothing of this 
 world's goods but his C'unfederate uniform. 
 
 Did she despair when sl)e contenijilated a future robbed of all 
 that had meant so much, with scarcely a ray of hope to lighten 
 the lowering clouds; no biime : no money, and a Iilind husband? 
 Xo. A thousand times No. She turiied a brave face to the bat- 
 tles of life and fought them bravely and well. 
 
 Xow began the perilous trip to Texas : every inc-b of the I'oad 
 beset l)y dangers. When they reached Jackson, Mississippi, the 
 Victorious Federals had tired the town, and the streets were 
 literally running in molasses. As the train drew into the station, 
 a guard came through and ordered the removal of all Confed- 
 eiate uniforms. When he came to General Johnson and made 
 the demand, a lady sitting immediately behind liim rose up in 
 righteous indignation, saying: ''In the name of heaven, do you 
 ex])ect our soldiers to go naked? You have left them notliing 
 but their uniforms, and now you demand them. This general 
 shall not remove the uniform w'hich he lias done much to honor'" : 
 and opening her grip she took from it a long linen ulster, which 
 she insisted upon the general's wearing, and which completely 
 concealed his gray clothes. As they crossed the Mississippi river, 
 the boat thev were on was searched by Federal officers in the 
 effort to find Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, whom 
 they meant to hang. Failing this, they set fire to the Iwat, and 
 it was only through heroic measures that the flames were con- 
 trolled until those aboard could reach the shore. 
 
 The remainder of the journey to the Lone Star State was 
 made in a carriage, and was fraught with great hardships and 
 nnich danger. When they at last reached Texas and tried to 
 cross the Colorado river they found it a swollen flood. By great 
 ])ersuasion the ferryman consented to take them over. They 
 reached shore safely and encamped for the night. About sun- 
 
80 Texas Womkn's TTalt. of yA:ME. 
 
 down. wliJit ciiiili! liavc caused tlieiii iiinri' terror tliaii tlie siu'lit 
 of twenty ('oiiiam-!ie warriofs ridiiiu' into tlie stream on the 
 ()])]>osite side? And witli w1iat relief did Josephine watch them 
 l):Utle ■with t!ie a)i,L;r\' waters and then witlidi'aw witliout liaving- 
 setured tlieir ])rev. 
 
 Lhmo, Texas, was reached at hist, and tliere tliev setth^d. 
 Indians were numerous, and tlieir fiendish crimes grew worse. 
 '^Idie strno-o-lo heu'an. Tln'ee children were horn to them in 
 the course of time — l-5eTtie. TJoliert and Juliet. .Vfter a time, 
 strano'e as it may seem, thev accumuhited some stock and 
 liorses. hut manv were stolen ]>v tlie Indians. One time in a 
 hundred thousand you would see such courage and determination 
 as dominated these two. The man hlind was no less a mrin. and 
 his heljimeet a most extracu'dinary wonurn. So success hecame 
 theirs and logether they literally wrested a fortune from this 
 wild and forhidding land. 
 
 Latei- they mc)ved to Burnet, Texas, which ]'lace ha.s since heen 
 th.eir home. Genei'al dohnson hecame a very intluential citizen 
 and accumulated much land. Hero six more children were 1)orn 
 — Fannie, Willie. Lucy. A(him, Eth.el and ]\Iai'y. The three 
 former died young. 
 
 On the to]! op ;i hill I'ast of the town stands Airy ^Fount, with 
 twehe hundicd and lifty surrounding acres of ]iastui'e land, in- 
 cluding ]'ii-li liehN. In this domicile Josephine drew around her 
 her loved oiics ami made a "liomc" for them. Hers was the 
 hand that soothed when life grew ill. Hers the voice that gave 
 encouragement in e\'eiv trial. Tier lionu' and childi-en were her 
 happiness, and wvwv luice did she fail in the loving duties re- 
 (juii'ed hv her hlind hushand. Slie reared six children to man- 
 hood and wom.anliooil — six children to rise u}) and call her hlessed. 
 

 
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 Mi.ss EujJY lii-:iij lior.ixsox is tlio 'lauu-litei- of J as. E. Eobin- 
 son, deceased, and Bettv (1. Eol)inson. She wa^^ l)orii in tlio his- 
 toric little town of Robinson, six miles sontji of W'ar-o, Avhicli was 
 first settled l)\- iicr ]);'.tt'nial oi-andfather. Jolm IJoliinson. in 1850, 
 and lias e\-er borne liis name. She is a niine of the ITons. Lud 
 T. and X. B. Williams, of Waeo. She is a <;-i'an(hlano-hter of 
 tliat s])lendid old ])ioneer citizen of Lorena. JJr. 11. ('. Williams. 
 
 As a child, ^[iss Eobin<on had a decided inclination toward 
 things artistic, and her innd ]»ies Avere ihe ))ride of her associates. 
 She spent fonr yeai's as a stndent at Kidd-Kev College, Sher- 
 man, Texas. At the end of her first year there, she won a 
 
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88 Texas AVome.\-"s Hall of Fame. 
 
 medal I'nr di'nwiiiu". whirli encouraiicd lici' in taking up the serious 
 stud}' of art. After leaving Kidd-Key. she studied two years in 
 the Chicago Art Institute. She returned to her home iu "Waco, 
 where she eaptui'ed so many lirst prizes in designing figures in 
 cotton for llie Cotton Palace that she came to he a professional 
 and was disqualified from the contests. Before this time, ]\Iiss 
 ]?ohinson had looked on her talent merely as an accomplishment, 
 hut when she A\as no longer eligihle to enter amateur exhihits, 
 she decided to turn it into practical use. Slie then spent a vear 
 in the Chase School of Art, in Xew York City. Frank Alvah 
 Parsons, who is at the head of the Chase School and is one of 
 the champions in Amerit-a of commercial art. took great interest 
 in Miss Pohinson's woi'k and ])ointed out to her the willingness 
 with which l)ig manufacturers pay for original and catchy ad- 
 vertisements. Pie suggested the novelty of statuary as an ad- 
 vertising medium, and with this in view she came to San An- 
 tonio and studied sculptui-e under Ponijieo Coppini. 
 
 "The Petircd Kid," done in plaster of Paris, is the work of 
 Miss Pohinon. This work was done for an automohile sales com- 
 pany, which gave their first order for one hundred of these fig- 
 ures in plaster. The Indian Maiden at the Cotton Palace, "Waco, 
 Texas, is also one of Miss Pohinson's creations. The statue, 
 which is of heroic and therefore more than life-size, is made en- 
 tirely of cotton. To the eye it hears the similitude of marhle or 
 hisqne. It stands on a hase or pedestal perhaps six feet high, 
 with a fountain at the hase. As a model for this statue, Miss 
 Rohiuson had the valuable co-operation of Miss Mamie Welch, 
 of Waco, Texas, whose grace of figure and pose are exemplified 
 in the statue. In the creation of this statue, design, tradition 
 and history have been adhered to. Waco was the home of the 
 aboriginal days, and took its name from the tribe of Waco In- 
 dians. She created the statue of an Indian woman looking west- 
 ward over the prairies. 
 
MRS. MABEL DAY LEA. 
 
 There is true bcauly in the career of a self-reliant soul bent 
 on success in a laudable direction. The courageous steps of 
 such a woman embody a lesson worth treasuring in print. Such 
 a propelling power animated and guided the soul of ^Mabel Dav 
 Lea through her entire life. 
 
 Mal)el Day Lea was born in Brunswick, Chariton county, Mis- 
 souri, July 4, 1854, the daughter of Mr. John Doss, a native of 
 Kentucky, who in 1833 married Francis Pope Monroe, who was 
 born in Richmond, Va., in 1817, a grand niece of President 
 Monroe, and also a direct descendant of John Buckner, emigrint 
 from England, who settled in Gloucester county, Virginia. He 
 Avas a member of the House of Burgesses at the session of No- 
 Ycmher 1683, to October 16, 1693. His son. Richard Buckner, 
 
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90 Texas AVo:\n:x"s TTali. of Fa mi;. 
 
 of Essex and ('arnlinc (•:)untic's, was also a iiicinlici' of tliL' II(nise 
 01 Biiro-esscs for Caroline at the session of Ft'lu-uary 1T?T-S, 
 M-Ax, 1730. to :\;a,v, 17.3-3. 
 
 :\rrs. Mabel Day Lea, nee Mhs Mabel Doss, was etliicatcd at 
 TTocker ('olleg-e, Lexin^iton. Kentucky, where she graduated with 
 lionors in 1872. Tn 1873, she '.•aiiie from Cliillieothe, Missouri, 
 with her brother, John Doss, to Sherman, Texas; and as a 
 tcaeher of music won not oidy di>tinclion but a warm ]ilace in 
 the Jiearts of the best and most ]-efined peo])le of Siiennan. Their 
 frien(b<lii]) was manifested i)y ricli and en(^,nring ]iresents bo- 
 sto-wed u])(m her on different occa.-ions. 
 
 On tlie •?t)th (if danuary. I.s7!>, in Sherman, ^liss Mabel Doss 
 mari'ied Colonel A\'illiam Henry Day. of Austin. This marivlas'e 
 was chionicled by the jiress of Denison and Sherman as one of 
 the most joyous ever witnessed in Texas, bailed with blessings 
 by friend^ of both ])arties. To lliem was born, December 19, 
 1880. a (bmghter, npon whom wa< bestowed the joint names of 
 her ])arents, Willie ^Faliel. 
 
 Colonel Day bad bought a I'anch ot 8.-). 000 acres well stock-ed 
 «"ith fine cattle in Coleman countw and it was here be made bis 
 ]'ome with his family until the time of his doatli, Jnne 14, 1881. 
 
 ^Ii-s. Day wa< left a wid')w \viih a young baby and a large 
 [)ropertA' liea\'ily encumbereik She was a woman of positi\e. ivro- 
 gressiye and aggressive character. Her mind was weli balanced 
 for bnsiness as well a* the fine arts. With her indomitable will 
 ])(>wei' and unswerving faith in what was riglit. she took up lior 
 husband's bnsiness, overcame diflicnltic^ thai windd have discour- 
 aged others, and succee(h'd when many around her faile(L Fail- 
 ure to lier was onlv a link in the chain of success. 
 
 The Day ranch was the first to be fenced in the State of Tcxn.s. 
 I'lie cattle ]ieoplc ni those davs were accustomed to fi'ce grass, 
 and thei'e was a body of men whc/ re\-olted against the id('a of 
 ])astures being fenced and formed themselves into a body k-nown 
 in history as the fence-cutters. Shortly aftei- the death, of 
 Colonel Daw thev cut every strand of wire on the Day ranch, 
 and destroyed hundreds of miles n\' fence. ^Frs. Day went to 
 Austin and Ic^-islatcd a^'ainst tenc" cutting, and it was she wlio 
 
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 v.'as iustniiiiciital in luniii,:^' laws ])ass('(l which iiiadr tin's act a 
 felony, therein- |nittiiii;' nn end to tliis lawless l)u>iness. 
 
 ^fis. Day wa< a rei^-'ilai- attendant at the eon\'eiitions of t^ e 
 'i'e.xas Cattle IJaisers' Associalion. and. tliou'.-ii not a nieiiil)er of 
 the assoeiati(jn. she hail many close anil anli'iit ri'ieiids in the 
 convention, and was (|uite active at thi> lime in consiiinniiving 
 large cattle and land transaition-. 
 
 On April 2S, INS!), Mrs. ^tahel Day was married th.e se:-(;nd 
 time to Captain J. C. Lea, of Iioswell, Xew ^fexieo, the founder 
 and promoter of the famous Pecos 'N^alley. j\[is. Lea was a 
 wonmn who conld not stand -^till. In IioswelL she put her ener- 
 gies to work to hu.ilil chui'ches and colleges. She Avas a charter 
 niemhei' of the ( 'hi'isti;iii Church there, and todav a heautiful 
 ^^■^^'i.ntiO ehnrch huilding, with a large and acti\'e mernhei'ship, 
 stands as a monument to her ]iioneer efforts in church work. 
 
 The Xew Mexico ^Military Institute, a State military school, 
 was first founded hv Captain and Afrs. Lea, Mrs. Lea heing the 
 ];ower behind the throne, and the ca])tain Avith his active con- 
 nection with gowrnment allairs succeeded in having this made 
 a territorial institution. Tt has for the jiast three successive 
 years heen designated 1)\- the rnited States War Department as 
 a distinguished institution, which fact ])laces it among the first 
 ten militarv schools of America. Graduates from this school en- 
 ter the United States army as second lieutenants. The Military 
 Institute is owned and supported liy the State of Xew Mexico. 
 Th.e present plant is estimated to l)e worth $300,000. 
 
 Mr«. ]\ral)el Dav Lea was a foundation huildei-. a pathfinder, 
 a committee of ways and means of opening u]) and doing things. 
 Mrs. Lea Avas at all times in close touch with her business in- 
 terests in Texas, and Coleman county owes her much, for she 
 was the first one to open her ranch for colonization. She had 
 founded homes and settled over five hundred families in Cole- 
 man county, and Imilt u]) schools and churches, and coinmuni- 
 ties of high moral and religions tone. Mr?. Lea was actively 
 engaged in this work at the time of her death. April 4. 1906. 
 
MES. 0. B. COLQUITT. 
 
 ]\Ii;s. OscAU Braxcii Colquitt was l)orn at Mindeii. Wclister 
 Parisli, La., Xovember 19, LSri."). Tier fatliei', Isaac MurrCll, and 
 !u'v motlicr. TJchecca Fuller, were liorn in Clailwrne Parisli, La., 
 (nit of which AVehster Parish was created. Her father, Isaac 
 ]\riirrel], was tlic tirst Avliite male child born in Claiborne Parish, 
 his father havino^ emigrated there about fifteen years after Jeffer- 
 son bonglit Louisiana from France, or about 1818. Her father. 
 Isaac Murrell, was a merchant and iilanter, and was interested in 
 business at Minden, La., and in Xew Orleans under the firm 
 name of Pawlins & Murrell. Tor many years l)efore his death. 
 Mrs. Colqnitt was one of eight children, four of whom are ]i\- 
 
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Tkx'As \Vo:\[i;\'s IIai.i of FA:\ri;. 
 
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 hvj;. Mrs. ('iil(|iiilt niaiTJed Deft'iiihci- D. ISS;"), and is the motlier 
 of live cliikhvii ; tiie youngest, Waltei- F., died three years befoi'e 
 her husljaiid was nominated for CJovernor in 1!»10, the otiiers all 
 heing gi'owii. ^[r.^. (Sdqnitt. most of lier life, has taken an inter- 
 est in v-iiureh work, charity work, and was especially interested 
 in ])atriotie a'^sociations, like the Daughters of 1S13 and the 
 Daughters of the Confederacy. She helonged to no women's 
 clubs except the "Mothers' Cln))."' 
 
 As to her niaiiagement of the Mansion during the four years 
 Iier Inisband was governor, thousands of citizens of Austin and 
 Texas, men and women, are in position to speak. Governor Col- 
 ([uitt has often said, ''NTo man ever had a better wife, no chil- 
 dreii a more patient, faithful and sympathetic mother. Prefer- 
 ring the seclusion of the domestic circle, she never shrank from 
 jmblic dnty — social, reh'gious or oflicial." 
 
 '■//, instead of a gem vr even a /loicer, 
 ICC could cast the gift of a lovely thought 
 into the heart of a friend, that iroiild be 
 giving as the angels give." 
 
 '•Woman!" With that icord, life's 
 dearest hopes and memories come. Truth, 
 heaiity, love, in her adored, and earth's 
 lost paradise restored, in the green hoicer 
 of home." 
 
:\]US. FANXY CIIA]\IKKi:s (;()()('II K^JLKJIART. 
 
 BY :\[i;s. X. (). KixG. 
 
 Aliis. Faxxy Ciia:\ip.i:rs Goocii h.i.KiiAirr first l)('(anu' known 
 to the Jiterai'v world through \)vv hook. "Face to Face- witli the 
 Mexicans/' ami throuo'li her exliau?ti\e study of Mexit-an life 
 and character; the entire suhjeet iiuitter was ohtained within their 
 homes, seven veaj's liaving hcen cousumed in the ])re]iaiati()n of 
 rhis book. 81ie <])eedilv at)Sori)ed ti.''ii' hinuuage. and thrDUgli this 
 niciliuiu slie was eual)led to make a eh ai' and coniin-chcnsive stud^'' 
 
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ri;x \s \\'()Mi:\"s Hai.i. oi' l<'\.\ii:. 95 
 
 oi:' their lives, which has ^-ixeii sntisfaetidii to I'eatlers o( this honk, 
 not onlv in .Mexico and tlie Ignited States, l)ut also in Europe. 
 i\Irs. Ii>iehart"s i^-ifts of :-i'calioii and evpression nvv pi-oiiounced in 
 their eharaeter, and are hannoiiiously coiid)ine(l for eirecti\e work. 
 A\'heii the hook appeared, it was widely heralded throitii'hout the 
 eonntrv, both hy the ]iewspaj)crs and niao-azines, and among the 
 nio,st l)rillian<: erilicisins of the wiiters of the times was that of 
 William Dean lloweds, who devoted foui- pages in llnriicr's 
 Monfliij. Her genius has heen given distinguished I'eeognition hy 
 the al)]est wi'itei'^ and litei-atcurs e^■erywhere. She has l:)een made 
 a ]nend)er o!' Ihe h'.-iding scientific and historical societies of 
 Euro]ie and America, and among them she has heen nuide Fel- 
 low of the Eoyal Society ol Si-iencc and Letters of London, Eng- 
 land, and her nanie aoncars uiion the rolls of manv states in 
 this cou.ntry. 
 
 Mrs. Igleharfs h\<x hook. "The Boy Captive of the Texas Mier 
 Expedition." ti'cats of o]U' of the most stirring episodes in the 
 history of 'I'exas. It is ^]\\(' to her extended study of Mexican 
 life, as end)odied in her "Face to Face." that she was enabled to 
 gatlier data to make one of the most A'alualjle siorv books l)e- 
 tween Texas and ^fexico. 
 
 ]\Irs. Jglehart is a '^o;'ial genins, and many of her talents have 
 lieen cut ami ])olis]icd to that end. She is Idesscd with a fine 
 ])hysi(pie. connminding presence, and subtle ])Ower. known as per- 
 sona! magnetism, which is known lo the Mexicans as '"simpatica."" 
 In conversation. Aw ha> infinite lact and posses.ses the power of 
 bringing to th.c surface the best ijualities of those who come in 
 contact with her magical iidluenee. ami. altliough she is so ad- 
 mirably accomplished, she has neithei- pretense nor ])edantry, and 
 moves v.'ith conscious ease in the jialaces of the rich ajul the cot- 
 tages of the ])Ot)r, bearing with hci- the aroma of grace and svm- 
 pathy. Her wit and re])artee owe its sjiarkle to her Irish an- 
 cestry, which, came from both ]iai'ents. and the solidity of her 
 character came I'rom the English of her father, and the brilliance 
 and charm of her nninner come from the Huguenot of her 
 mother. Being one of the closest obscivers, all that she writes 
 possesses the fla\()r of i-emai'kable r-bavni and ability. 
 
 ]\L's. Tglehart is a native of ^rississi|i)ii. brought here when 
 
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 Texas Wo^iikx's Hall of Fa:me. 
 
 a child, and she has great reverence and love for her adopted 
 State. One of the most remarkable phases of her composite char- 
 acter is tlie calm and patient manner in which she meets every 
 change that comes up in her life. Her loyalty as a friend has 
 a special merit, and once enjoying the richness of her friendsliip, 
 one always wishes to possess it. All her qualities are of the high- 
 est order, and gives her a remarkable pei'sonality that is rarely met. 
 
 "Br just and fear not ; let all the ends 
 thou aimest at be thy country's, thy 
 (rod's, and truth's." 
 
 "Ideas arc the factors ttiut lift ciril- 
 .zalion. They create rerohitious. There 
 is )nore dynamite in an idea than in 
 many honths." 
 
MES. Y. A. COLLINS. 
 
 Mrs. Y. a. C'ollixs, nee Miss Xannie Kiiykeiidall. of Grand 
 Saline, Texas, was ])orn in A^an Zandt county. Texas, July 20, 
 ISSL 
 
 She is the daug-hter of E. R. Knvkendall, now of Grand Saline. 
 Texas. Her mother was a JMiss Bratcher. Her parents were of 
 two of the oldest families of A'an Zandt county, hoth families 
 having- settled tliere in the early 50's. 
 
 She was educated in the puhlic schools of Van Zandt conntv, 
 at Canton and Grand Saline. 
 
 On Decemher 14. 1902, she was married to Y. A. Collins, 
 since which time she has resided in Beaumont, Texas. Of this 
 
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 Texas A\'o\ii:n-"s TTall of F v:\rE. 
 
 marriage, four ehildicn Iwno liccii l)oni, towit : Allcin', age 11 
 years; W. T\., age 10 Acars: Lillian Mae, age 8 years, and .iack- 
 D., age 5 years. 
 
 She is a ineinlx'r of the Christian Church, the Ladies of the 
 Maccabees, tl!(> AVoodniau Cii-cle and the Pythian Sisters. She 
 is president oT the ^lotliers' Congress of JetfersDn countv, Texas, 
 and alsii ])resident of the l^irent-Teachers' Association of the 
 scliool distiict in wJiic-li she resides. 
 
 She ^'s an ardent prohibitionist and woman sulfi'agist, and 
 always manifests great iuierei-t in public affairs. 
 
 "When I lie Al liii(/lit 1/ (U'sii/iicd la err- 
 (ilr until. Ilic nil inns iiih/cIn of his nllri- 
 biilr.s- Cdiiir ill Ihcir tinJcr hcforc Him 
 (111(1 spoh'c of his piivjiosc. Tnilh said. 
 'Create him not. Falhir. Ih irill dim/ 
 the right: deiu/ his dlilii/d I ions to I'liee. 
 and deny the sacred (ind inviolate tnitli: 
 therefore create him not.' Justice said. 
 •Create him not. Father. He irill /ill the 
 world iritJi injustice and irroiKj : he irill 
 deseciale Thi/ holy tenijtle. do deeds of 
 riejjenee and of blood, and in the rery 
 firnt yeneration he irill irantonly slai/ his 
 brother: therefore create him not.' lint 
 f/entle Mercy knelt tiy the throne and 
 irhisyered. 'Create him. Father. [ irill 
 be with him in all tiis iranderinys : I will 
 follow his irayirard steys. and tiy the 
 les.Hons he shall learn from the e.ryeri- 
 ence of his oirn errors. I irill tniiiy him 
 back to Thee.' " 
 
MES. CO^Tp] JOHXSOX 
 
 liare l)cauty of person ami eliarm of maiiiier rivaled only by 
 intellectual attainments and strength of character; this is aptly 
 descriptive of Mrs. Cone Johnson, of Tyler, nee Miss Birdie lioh- 
 ertson, of Salado, a native daughter of Texas. 
 
 She is descended from a long line of di^^tinguished ancestors, 
 the Tiobertsons of Virginia, Korth Carolinu, Tennessee and Texas, 
 prominent in tlieir country's history from King's Mountain to 
 San Jacinto. 
 
 Her great-uncle. General James Eohertson. was the founder of 
 Xashville, Tennessee, the cnnijiatriot of John Sevier, and the in- 
 timate of Genernl Jackson. Her great-grandfather. Elijah IJob- 
 
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100 'I'hxas \^'o:\rE.\"s TI all of Fa:\[e. 
 
 ertsoii. was a eoloncl in the AVar of tlic Kcvolutioii : licr u'raiid- 
 fatliei". Sterling S. Iinherti^oii, was a majnr df Tennessee troops 
 in 181"?, Ernpressai'io in Texas inider tlie Mexican Colonization 
 Laws and loiindei' df Uobertson's (V)lony: eomnianded a eoin- 
 ])any at San Jacinto; was a signer of the Texas Declaration of 
 Independence, and a nienil)er of the Sena+c of the First Con- 
 gi'ess of Texas. 
 
 Her father, E. Sterling C Eohertson, came to Texas when a 
 voiith. aided hi>^ father in the work of the colony, was Acting 
 JNistniaster (ieneral of 'i'exas in is;!!) : was a mendier of the Se- 
 cession Convention of 1861; commissioned a brigadier general 
 of Texas State troojis; served on staff of General McCnllough with 
 the rank of colonel, and actively particiiJated in the war between 
 the States nntil the snrrender of (General Lee. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Texas Constitutional Con\ention of 1876; was a man 
 of large affairs and wide influence and of great patriotic devo- 
 tion to hi< State and country. 
 
 But ]\rrs. Johnson's claims to f>e i-anked as ou-C of the noted 
 women of 1'oxas do not rest on her descent from such distin- 
 guished ancestry. They are l)ut the liackground of her own 
 achievements. 
 
 A catalogue of them will be the liest eulogv that can be pro- 
 nounced upon her ; 
 
 Graduating from Wesleyan College, Macon. Georgia, with high 
 honors, she was soon thereafter marrieil to Hon. Cone Johnson, 
 then a member of the Texas Senate. Li 1!)03. Mrs. Johnson 
 went to her Alma Mater to deliver the literary address at the 
 Commencement, it being the first time such an honor was con- 
 ferred apon a woman. 
 
 Passionately devoted to the nu'niory of the cause of the Con- 
 federacy and to tlie welfare of the survivors of that historic 
 struggle and active in the work of the Danglders, she was elected 
 ])resident of the Texas Di\'ision, V. D. ('.. in D(i'3, and is held 
 in the highest esteem by tliat band of nolile, devoted women. 
 Amongst her most ardent admirers ai-e many old ( Confederate 
 veterans, upon whose lapel she pinned the simple f)ut priceless 
 Cross of Houoi'. 
 
 At the Austin Convention in IDO.") of the Texas Federation of 
 
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 Women's ('liil)s. she was elected j)i'esi(leiit. Her ailiiiiiiistratiou 
 was marked hy txwut yrowtli in the memlxTshi]) oT the Federa- 
 tion and liy inereased activities of tlie elul)s in matters of edu- 
 cation and eivic iniproveinent. 
 
 WJieii the College of Indnsti'ial Arts for young women at Den- 
 ton was created, :\rrs. Johnson, hy appointment of (ioveinor Laii- 
 liam, hecame a memher of tlie first Board of IJegents. and l)v 
 iea])pointnient of Governors ('am])l)ell and Colquitt served until 
 ill health necessitated her withdrawal from the work. 
 
 In the Xational Campaign of 191-?. Mrs. Johnson was vice- 
 president of the ^Vomel^s Xational Wilson and Marshall Demo- 
 cratic League, and was an active workei- and adviser at the Xa- 
 tional Democratic lieadqua rters in Xew York. 
 
 In 1914, her ]nisl)and receiving from J'resident Wilson tlie a])- 
 l)ointment as Solicitor of the State Department, :\Ir. and Mrs. 
 Johnson took uj) their residence in Washington, where she soon 
 hecaine prominent and ])0])ular in the social aiTairs of the Xa- 
 tional Capital. With her white hair hut youthful face, tiawless 
 com])le\ion and the indescrihahle charm of a cultured woman of 
 the South, she is a striking figure in the social life of olticial and 
 diprlomatic circles as g,-,est and hostess. 
 
 ilrs. Johnson has accomplished her work without noise (u- Hare 
 of trumpets, and with a modesty hecoming a true daughtej' of 
 the South. Xothing has ever heen allowed to interfere with her 
 duties to lier cluirc-h and cluirity. For more than eight years 
 she was the ]n-esident of the Women's Home Mission Society of 
 Marvin Chuich, Tyler, and has always heen actively interested in 
 charity and civic imjirovements. The affection in which she is 
 held hy the ])eople of her home city, of all ranks and conditions, 
 IS a heautiful trihute to a heautifiil woman with a heautiful 
 character. 
 
MRS. ELLA CAIU'TTTLUS PORTEE. 
 
 Mrs. Porter is a native Texan, daughter of Captain Samuel 
 and Lnla Cox Caruthers. Her fathei- came to Texas from Ten- 
 nessee in the early 30's, when a small child, and he and liis 
 family were actively connected with the early history of Texas. 
 Two nncles fonght in the hattle of San Jacinto. He was a cap- 
 tain in the Civil AYar and a man of nnrelenting principles of 
 honor and integrity. Her mother was a native of Virginia and 
 possessed unusual literary aliility. 
 
 Mrs. Porter was married at a \ory early age, was left alone a 
 few years later with two little girls. Later she entered ^NTashville 
 C*o]lege for Youny- Ladies, placing lier children in tlie ]n'imary 
 
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Tkxas \\'o.mi:x"s Hai.[. of Kami;. lUo 
 
 (lc'|iartiiH'iit. Slie rt'iiiaiiu'd lici'c I'nr lliii'o vcars. and rrLL'i\e<l 
 liei' degree in liistorv. She tlu'ii went lo Chic-agn. where she took 
 a 8|)eeial coiii'se in «ociolno-v in Chicago Tniversity. ]»eturuing 
 to Texas fonr veais later slie acce])ted tlie chairmansliip of 
 IMotlicrs' De]>artinent in the Texas A\'()iiian"s (di-'i-^tian 'I'emper- 
 aiu-e T'nion. a jxisition she al)lv tiUcd Inr a nnndier of years, and 
 whieli ]»j-o\-(mI excellent training tor her l)roadcr work a few years 
 later. 
 
 In 1900, Mrs. Poiter was sent as a delegate to lepresent Texas 
 at tlie World's Teni]X'ranee Convention of the Woman's Chris- 
 tian Tenipcranee Union, held in Edinhnrgh. Scotland. Lady 
 TIenrv Somerset pre'^ided at this great gatlieiing of temperance 
 workers from all over the woidd. 
 
 In 1908. ]\[rs. Porter was appointed hy the Governor to repre- 
 sent Texas at the First International Congress on the welfare of 
 the child, held in Washington, D. C*. In the spring of the fol- 
 lowing year she called together the local Mothers' Cluhs of Dal- 
 las, her home city, and o]ganized them into the Dallas Council 
 of Mothers. 
 
 It was throngh Mrs. Pcn'ter's efforts that the first hoard of 
 censors for moving pictures was appointed in Dallas. 
 
 In 1909, Mrs. Porter sent out a call for a Texas Congres.^ of 
 Mothers to he held in Dallas during the State Pair. Every mavor 
 in the State Avas asked to appoint delegates to this meeting. A 
 most enthusiastic hody of re]n'esentative mothers and teachers 
 from all over the State answered the call, and when Mrs. Porter 
 ]n-esented the fpiestion as to whether the hody wished to form a 
 State Congress of ]\fothers, every representative ]iresent aro-^e to 
 her feet, and then and there under the ins]iiration of that h.oly 
 purpose trie I'exas Congress of Mothers was horn, and the motto, 
 "A little child shall lead them,'' was adopted. ]\Irs. Porter was 
 elected president: ^Frs. Eleanor Brackenridge. of San Antonio, 
 first vice-president, and Mrs. John S. Turner, of Dallas, re- 
 cording secretarv. An official organ, the Texas Motlierliood 
 ^fagazine, was also launched. The gi'owth of the Texas Con- 
 gress of Mothers aiid Parent-Teacher Associations was remark- 
 ahle. due largeh to Mrs. Porter's organizing ahility and untiring 
 efforts. 
 
104 Texas Womkx's Hall of Fa.mi:. 
 
 .Ill 1!)](». Mv< I'oitci' calit'd t(>,u'(.'tlicM' ami |l^(■^■i(l(■(l ii\ci' tlie 
 first Child ^Wdfarc ('oiirciciici' (Acr held in Texas. The (-((iircr- 
 eiice iiicl at Au-tiu under the auspices nl' the Texas Congress of 
 Mothers, and canu- together at the close of the second State 
 Coiivention of tiie Congress. Fourtee]i State organizations, all 
 liaving some dei)artnient hearing ninin •■hild wA'Ifai'e. were ri'])i'e- 
 sented. Tiie intent of the ('(infeienee was to to-oi'dinate the 
 work in the Stati' for (diild welfare, .-md to ]>revent dnplicatinn 
 of etforl. The Conference agreed that its s])ecitic work would 
 he to nnite the efforts of all these oi'ganizations towards tlie ])as- 
 sage of legislati\e measures tliat would liettei' conditions for cliil- 
 di'cn in Texas. 
 
 J>nring Mrs. Porter's administration of the Congress of Motli- 
 ers the first child welfare exhihit ever held in the State was suc- 
 cessfully maintained at the I'exas State Fail- in Dallas. The oh- 
 ject of this exliihit wa< to demdiistrate tin- work of the Congress 
 of Motliei's and to show through ohject lessons the need for bet- 
 ter conditions foi- children in the home and in the school. It 
 demonstrated conclnsively the great need f-ir a moi'e intelliu<'nt 
 |iarenthood. A moAving ])ictni(' show in coniu ction with this ex- 
 hihit was of gi'eat educational value in showing, among olhei' 
 things, the danger of the common house-fly and the mos((uito, 
 also the dangci' to the child of impnre milk. Another remark- 
 able exiiihit shown at this time demonstrated the danger ol the 
 common di'inking cu)). which, followed hy a ])ersistent cam]~)aign, 
 I'esulted in the estahlislnnent of sanitaiy d;iid<ing fountains in 
 almost all the public schools over the State, and in the adoption 
 of tile indnidual drinkina' cup on all railroad trains and in nianv 
 ])u!)lic ]ilaces of business. 
 
 Through Mrs. Porter's efforts a hill providing for a Child 
 Welfare Commission in Texas was drai'ted .-Mid ]n'esented to the 
 Legislature, but failed of ]iassage on accouni of a small apjiro- 
 ]n-iati()n askc(l for its maintenance. An cvUicational campaign 
 was also begun duiing the lln'rd year of the Congress looking 
 towards the introduction of a bill ])i'o\i(ling for State aid for 
 needy mothers — mothers who are struggling alonr . ami unin'o- 
 vided for. lo hrinu- up good citizens foi' the State. 
 
 At the close of the third Ai'ar of the ConL;-ress ol' ^fothcrs, Ah's. 
 
Texas W():\ii:x's IFam. oi- Fa:mi-: 
 
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 Porter (lecliiu'd to si'iAc llic (ii\uiiiiiz;il ion loiin'cr as its president, 
 tlioUi;h ])('rsi<t(']it ly ufii'i'il to di^ so. She was eleclcd lionornrv 
 pi'e^ideiit and lir<' incnil)('i' o1' tlie e\t'cuti\(' hoard. 
 
 Dmin^ii' tlie three yeais ol' Mi's. rortci'"s adiniiiJsl rat ion of the 
 C'oiiii'ress the oi-uaiiizatioii inercased to sonietliiii,"- over eight !iuii- 
 dreil inond)ers. 
 
 Tile a:-ti\(' ail] and co-oiieratioii of all State educational insti- 
 tutions had !)eeu enlisted. The State I )e])artinent of I'uhlic In- 
 stinietion. realizing wliat a |)o\ver foi- good organized motherhood 
 would nu'an to the puhlic seliool system ol' Texcis. gave its un- 
 (|uali(ied endoisement and eo-opevation. The ('onl'evence for 
 Edueation had hacked its endorsement hy a suhstiintial tinancial 
 donation. All tliese agencies coming logetlier in a s\ in]iatlietie 
 eo-()])erati^■e •^])irit for child welfai'e, fully denionsti'ated the truth 
 that "the lo\e of childhood is the couimon tie which unites lis 
 in holiest i)ui-r)ose."* 
 
 "AJas, ICC male a ladder of our 
 flioiights, iclierc angels step, hiil sleep 
 oiirselres at the foot; our liic/Ji resolres 
 look down vpon our slumbering acts.'' 
 
 ''What ICC admire in Columbus is not 
 his having discovered a world, but his 
 
 tiaring gone to search for II on the faith 
 of an ojunioii." 
 
TllK Bh'AYKST BATTLE. 
 
 BY joAQuix :\iii.i.i:i;. 
 
 'r\]Q l)]'av('st l)attlo that ever was Inu.ulit; 
 
 Sliall I It'll yon wlierc and wlicn? 
 Oji the inajis of the world you will liiid it not 
 
 It was fono-ht hy tlie niotliors of men. 
 
 Xav. not witli cannon or liattle sliot, 
 
 Witli sword (ir noliler ])on ; 
 Xav not witli oloqnent word or tlioniiht. 
 
 From months of wonderfnl men. 
 
 Bnt dec]) in a walled-n)) woman's heart — 
 Of ■»\-oiiian that wonhl not yield. 
 
 But patiently, silently hore her ]iart — 
 Lo! there i^ that hattlelield. 
 
 Xo marshaling troop, no l)ivonae song-. 
 
 Xo hanner to gleam and wave; 
 And r)h 1 these battles they la.st so long — 
 
 From hahyhoofl to the gravel 
 
 Yet, faithful still as a bridge of stars, 
 She fights in her walled-np town — 
 
 Fights on and on in the endless wars, 
 Then silent, nnseen — goes down. 
 
 Kx; 
 
MRS. E. A. WATTERS. 
 
 Altliouiiii IxM'ii near Springfield, Illinois, and cdueatcd in Mis- 
 souri, Mi's. Watters claims Cleburne, Texas, as her adopted home, 
 for she came there soon after gradnating, and was connected 
 with its public schools for six years, five yeai's as pi'incipal of a 
 ward school. Slie was mai'ried to Dr. E. A. "Watters of Fort 
 Worth. June 0. ISOT. Four boys liave coiiu' into their home, 
 l^cnlizing tlie vahu' of tbt' kindergarten in Ihe education of the 
 child. j\rrs. A^'atfers I)e(auu' active in tlie Kindergarten Associa- 
 tion, acting as vice-president. The Association succeeded in 
 getting the kindergarten in the public school? of Cleburne. 
 
 In 1910, she wa* a])|)ointed bv tlie executive board of Texas 
 Congress of Mothers as chairman for Tarrant county. She or- 
 ganized a Parent-Teachers Association in the city and country 
 
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108 
 
 Tkxas Wo:\:ex's TFaij. of Kami:. 
 
 schools. In IDl'J, she was appointed president of the First Dis- 
 trict, wdiich position she lield ^uitil \o\cnii)ei\ lill-l-, wheii slie 
 was elected \ icc-president-at-larL^e of the State and was made 
 the head of the executive depaitment. She is greatlv interested 
 in the widfare of tlie child in liome. state and scliool. and in 
 every de])ai'tnieid ui' tlie Avork- of llie Texas i '()ni;'ress of ^Motliers. 
 Slie is also an acti\e niendjer of the .Mai'v isliam Kuth Chapter 
 of tlio D. A. 17. 
 
 "Tlic Iks/ poll ion oj (t i/ooil iroiiKin's 
 life is her mile, iia iiirlcss, inirciiirinbcrtil 
 (Ids of L-iii<lness and of lorr." 
 
 "'J'lii' hriijlilcsl lihiir of i iil(lli(/<'iicc is 
 of i nc(tl(i(litlil i; Irss rahic Ihmi llir siikiU- 
 rsl spaily of clidrili/." 
 
:\[L'S. JOTIX V\'. WOODS. 
 
 .Mi;s. .Ioii\ W. Woods, licforc lier inan-ia.ue, De(,'eml)er 26, 
 l!M)(i, was lI.-,'i(Mi Miin- Siniili. She Avas l)nrn in Blossom, Lamar 
 eoujity, Texas. Slie \\as the great-granddaughter of Hardy 
 Moore, a pioneer settUr of Lamar conntv. She is of Scotcli- 
 Trisli descent. Her grandmother Avas a direct descendant of the 
 Folsonis, Avlio. on account of tlieir political influence, were han- 
 islK'd from England after the l)attle of ('ullodeii. 
 
 The Folsoms and Moores figured largely in the historv of the 
 colonies and the ]'evolutionary War: ^fon'is i\[oore of South 
 Cai'olina lieing an ancestor. 
 
 She is a very loyal daughter of the Confederacy; was educated 
 
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110 
 
 Tkxas AVo:\[i:x"s Uali. of Fa:mk. 
 
 in tilt' j)nlilic schools ol:' Texas, with two years normal training",, 
 ])re])nralor\- to teadiino-. She is also a trained reader. 
 
 She has remark-able mentality, and, althouo-h frail, is an in- 
 cessant stndent, iii\ini;- much time to liistoiT, litei'ature and men- 
 tal science. "W'hile she isn't a lawyer, she is interested in law, 
 and often assists her husband in_ working- np his eases. She has 
 given some attt'iition to writing, and some of her verses have 
 I'eal mei'it. ]Ter interest in politics is actuated solely for the 
 ])etterment of conditions for women and children, for she is a 
 home body, engaging herself almost entirely in home-making and 
 education of hei' little daughtei', who will enter a preparatory 
 school hv the time she is twelve. 
 
 M]'s. Woodv accom])li-^hes things, not by leading and ])ulling. 
 1)ut by remaining in the background to push. Sh.e was res])on- 
 sible for the election of her husband to the legislature, and 
 withcuit making herself ;', cons])icnous figure, hel])ed to make him 
 Speaker, that she might furtliei' tlie chances of her pet measure., 
 the Compulsorv Education Bill. 
 
 "Kind hearts arc wore than coroiirift. 
 and simple faith than Norman blood." 
 
 "The tiif/hest joy to the Christian al- 
 ntost alirays comes through suffcrinf/. 
 \o flon-cr can iloom in Pa7'adisc irhich is 
 not traihiplanted from Oethscmanc. \o 
 one can taste of the fruit of the tree of 
 life, that h^s not tasted of the fruits of 
 the tree of Calvary. The crou-n is after 
 the cross." 
 
MESS M. ELEANOli BILVCKENEIDGE. 
 
 Miss M. Eleaxor Brackenkidge, a leader in advanced move- 
 rnents among women in Texas, is a native of Indiana. After 
 gradnating at Abderson's Female Seminary in Xcw Albany, In- 
 diana. .?he joined her family in Texa^^, where they had settled 
 some years previously. Her girlhood was spent in beautiful 
 Jackson county, where she was friends with all in the joy of life 
 and voutli. an eager listener to the romance of the early days 
 from the lij^s of tliose broad-minded makers of historv. The Aus- 
 tin colonists. 
 
 The most influential organization of that day was the Tem- 
 perance Society, whicli constituted tlie social fmu-tion of the 
 
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11? Tkxas W():\lf.x''s TFaij. of "Fa:\ie. 
 
 ^\"eek in llic iiici'tin.u- of yoniio- ;-inil nld. An cffoi't was made ])y 
 tliG yoiini^- iiicn of Hit' society to take the Indies into tnll mein- 
 1)ersliip. ,iii-aii(iiiu- tlieiii voting ])rivileges : at tlie end of a warm 
 eoiitest, tile resulting tie vnfe was decided in tlie negative l)y tlie 
 presiding otficer's xoiv. 
 
 After ]\[iss Iji'aekcni'idge and liei' nioihcr removed to San An- 
 tonio, tlieir ]iome at tlie licad of the river was a social center, 
 wiiere the Pioneer (did) of San Antonio was organized in t'^e 
 year of the advent of the Southeri] Pacific Railroad. Our Pead- 
 ij]g C'hih. the oldest club of San Antonio now snrviving. is a 
 legitimate descendant of the Head of the ]?iver Mutual Admi- 
 ration Society. The meeting of the Texas Federation of Li^c- 
 ]'ary Cluhs in Tyler and the (Jcneral Federation of Clubs in 
 Denver Avas a revelation of the wonderful gifts of women and 
 an inspiration to elTort. followed by the organization of the 
 Vroman's Club of San Antonio, the iii'st department club of the 
 State, whi(di has the lionor of frcing the clubs of the limitation 
 of the woi'd "literary." Miss Pra(d<enridge served as president 
 for seven vears. The (dub took the initiative in placing indus- 
 tiial and manual training in the ]ad)lic schools; a police matron 
 and probation oHictr in the ciTv hall: aUo the initiative in th.e 
 studv of laws alfcctiiig women and children, ami other \v3rk 
 since taken up bv the Federaticm. The \^'onuln's Club of San 
 Antonio has the honor of being the first to endorse suffrage. 
 
 Miss Brackenridge also took a leading part in organizing tlie 
 Texas Congress of ]\[others, of whidi she is honorary iiresident. 
 TJiough a believer in the ecpial lights (d' women since her girl- 
 hood, it was iioi until she felt that the time was ripe for this 
 feature wliirli all of her other etb)rts had been leading up to, 
 that she i)ublished and distributed over the State a pamphlet, 
 '■The Lesjal Status of Women in Texas."" the first fruits of which 
 was a (diangc in the ])ro])erty rights of married women. Miss 
 Brackenridge wa-^ one of the three women first to receive recog- 
 nition bv the State in her ai)]iointinent as Pegent of the College 
 of Industrial Aits at Denton, Texas, which office she still holds. 
 
 Miss Brackenridge served as iiresident n{' the Texas Woman's 
 Sulfrao-e Association, of which she is now honorary president, 
 wiiere her interest and intluenee is >iiil felt. 
 
MRS. Fin-: I) ALFA'AXDER SCOTT. 
 
 Bird (ochraii Scdit (Mis. F. A. Se)tt) was born in Tiobin-on, 
 Illinois, but came to Texas when only a vcar old, her parents, 
 Mr. and Mrs. J. ('. ('ocliran, first locating- in San ^Marcos, and 
 later at San Antonio. 
 
 Mrs. -Scott was educated in Uie San Antcnio public schools, 
 graduatinii' from tbe liialt school when in her seventeenth year 
 with the hi,ahest honors, winninii' the Callai^dian o-ohl medal for 
 scholarshi]^ and the University of Texas scholarship. 
 
 Previous to her marriage, Mrs. Scott tauo-iit for a. vear in one 
 of the Austin pu])lic schools. 
 
 ^frs. Scott lauo-hinirly declares sb.c was l)orn in a newspaper 
 
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11-1 'I'kxas AVo.ArF.x's TIai.i, of Fame. 
 
 otlicc. I'oi- her Tatlicr has been a iic\\'s|>a|n'i' man ali his life. lie 
 was foiuidci' (»r a iiuiiihci' of iif\\spa])ers in San Antonio, and was 
 one of the (jionccr editors of 'I'e.xas. Ilcr hnsiiand is also a 
 iicwspapci' man, I'oi' years circidalion maiiai;Ti and hitcr liusiness 
 nianai^er of th.e Aii.'^tiii Di/lli/ Sfiilrsiunn and other ])nl)lication.s. 
 
 Afrs. Scott's ]iews))a])('r eai'ecr hciian alinut fifteen years a.u'o. 
 She edited the so/iety department of llie Austin SIhIcsduin for 
 ten years, iiixini;- n|i the woi'k in 1!M1. 
 
 A\'hen tlie Aiisliii Aiwricdii was founded in 11)11. slie accepted 
 the position of tlie A\'oman's Department. Mrs. S( ott takes keen 
 ij)tt'rest in her work, whicli inchides special articles and news 
 storit'S, ;iiid is cousidci'eil one of the he-^t newspa])er women of 
 '^^Pexas. She was sent hy the Ausliii A tiicf'unn a- special re])re- 
 se]!tati\(' to the hiennial eomcntim (d' the (ieiiei'al Federation of 
 \\'om( ii's (dni's held in \ew York ('ilv, ^\:\\ 'l'hu\ to dnne .'ird. 
 l!)l(i. 
 
 ^■[]'s. Scott has two (diildi-en. and he^ides her newspa|»ei' work- 
 keeps in ton(di with \aidous ]ihases of (duh life, lieino es])ecially 
 interested in Mothei's" Clnl) work. She is a I )au,i;ht(-i- oP the 
 Anieiican IJexolntion, a I )aTi,iihi(r of the T". S. War of LSl-^. and 
 a meniiiei' of the olde.st literaiw (did) in .Vnstin. the I'ath tinders. 
 She helonas to the Texas Fine Arts Association, the Texas Folk 
 T>ore Societw liusiness and I'roPessionai Women's (Inh. and was 
 the tirst president of the Austin Kwill Kluh. 
 
 In a( l<nowlediiinent of hei' ahilitv as a newspaper woman. Mrs. 
 Scott was elected president of the Texas \\'{)man's Press Assot-i- 
 ation foi' the term l!i](i-10lS. 
 
MES. SARAH L. ROA^FW RIGHT. 
 
 Jlijs. Sakait Letla TvAW EoATWiiiGirT was l)oi'n in Plaiitors- 
 villo, Texas, Heceniher ?!), lH(Vi. Places of resideiu-e have heen 
 Houston and Biya]i. 
 
 In c-onimon witli many otliei' ])i-()iiiiiient women of Texas, slie 
 was educated at Bayloi' Female ('olle,i;e at Inde])endence, before 
 tlie removal of the institution to Relton. She was graduated in 
 1879, and took post-.ui'aduate work in ISSO. specializini;' in music, 
 and was the reci|)ient of many collegiate honors. 
 
 She was nuirricd on May 30, 1882, to Mr. H. 0. Boatwright. 
 of T>rvan. now president of the First Xational Bank of Bryan. 
 
 She pursued her music in vai-ious hianches. yeai's after her 
 
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IIG 
 
 Texas Women's Halt, oe Fame. 
 
 iiia.i'riaux' ; took u}) si)c'cial woi'k on pipe oriiiui in (.'liic-ago ]\Iusieal 
 College, and is recognized as a most talented and brilliant per- 
 former on the pipe organ. Her accomplishment in this direction 
 has been generously recognized, and many demands have 1)een 
 made upon her for c-oncert work, recitals, etc., to which she has 
 l)een glad to accede, giving freely of her talent for the benefit 
 of religious and charitable enterprises. 
 
 Her home has l)een a musical center, and it is no wonder that 
 its atmosphere has devel't])ed two artists of rare gifts along nnisi- 
 ca.l lines in tlie ])ersoii of the two daughters, and a genuine love 
 •"or music in hei' oid\ -^on. S. L. Boatwright. 
 
 "Ei'cri/ action of our lires fouclics on 
 sonic chord that irill rihratc in eternity." 
 
 "A iroman might frame, and let loose 
 a star, to roll in its orhit, and yet not 
 liarc done so memorable a thing before 
 <lod, as she who lets go a gohlcn-orbed 
 thought to roll througli the generations 
 of time." 
 
H0KTEX8E SPAEKS WAED. 
 
 BY JULIA IDESON. 
 
 HoRTEXSE Sparks AVard i> one of 'J'exas" own daughters : one 
 of whom Texas will long be proud. "Forever alive, forever for- 
 ward," she is a woman horn to do thiiio-s. Eesponsihilities that 
 mioht easily have crushed another woman seem to have heen 
 oidy spurs to uro-e her on to higoer thir.gs. A "remarkable 
 woman" she may l)e called A\itliout exaggeration. 
 
 Hortense Sparks was l)orn in Matagorda county, Texas, anil 
 educated in the convent, Xazareth Academy, Victoria, I'exns. 
 She married at an early age, and while still a very young Avoman 
 found herself a widow with three little girls to su])port — a ]iros- 
 
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IIN Texas ^V().\l^;^■"s li ai.t. of Ka.mk. 
 
 IKct tli'it to most woiin'ii would hv ajipalliiii;. But to her, it is 
 li.ird to helieve. it was only a simulating responsibility. She 
 came to Houston wluMe, through successive steps that attest lier 
 character and anility, slie was tinally admitted to the bar. She 
 studied stenoo-ra]iliy. l)ecame a court reporter, and then studied 
 law. An ordinai'v woiuan might lia\e stoi)ped at any one of 
 the earlier steps. In 1!)10 she was admitted to the hai-. shortly 
 after her marriage to W. H. "Ward. 
 
 The big tilings ]\[i"s. AVard has (h)ne, beside making herself 
 ilie fii'st woman in Texas to he atlmitted to the bar, is her s))len- 
 (Md work in l)ettering the laws i elating to mari'ied women. The 
 laws of Texas in this respect were ''Wy Ii.kI. Everyl)0(lv ad- 
 mitted it. And nearly everyliody ac(e])ted it. There were lU'o- 
 tests to be sure. Clubs debated it and pas-ed resolutions about 
 it and i^resented voluminous petitions to the State Legislature. 
 But the legislatoi's a])parently were not concerned over the con- 
 dition of the voteless lialf of the ])opulation. Then TTortense 
 AViird put her shoulder to the wheel. It is true the ground had 
 been somewhat ])re]:)ared. Tt is true also that she had splendid 
 assistance from the Texas press and from some of I'exas" fine 
 and noble sons, including Senator Horace W. Yaughan and Hon. 
 John A^^ AVoods — all of wlncli no one admits more readily than 
 :\ri's. AVard herself. But bills do not get through a State leg- 
 islatui'e on their own merits. Some one with keen political 
 acumen and a heai'tfelt interest must stay with them from be- 
 ginning to end — and that is what Hortense Ward did. And that 
 is whv today in Texas women can control their own property 
 and earnings and are freed from most of the legal liabilities of 
 covert\ire. 
 
 ]\rrs. AVa.rd's dauglitcM's aie now grown io womanhood, and two 
 of them are ha])pilv married, ^farie is AFrs. P. L. Buvens, and 
 ^[arguerite or 'T^'ta." as her faniilv call her. is Mrs. John H. 
 Crooker. wife of the district attorney, a young man wi+h a 
 bright political future. The third. Hortense. is still in school. 
 Mrs. Ward's Ini-^band. "\V. H. Ward, who with her forms the law 
 firm of Ward i!v Ward, has l)een county judge for several years. 
 
 Mrs. Ward's interests are broad, and she gives freely of her- 
 self and her talents to the causes in which she is interested. Sh.e 
 
'ri:.\ \s \\'(>Mi\"< Ilvi.i. <)i' I-"\.\ii;. 
 
 ]]■ 
 
 is always on llic side if |)l•M^■|■(■s^i\■(' mcasii i cs. Ilcr ahility is 
 I ecoo'iiizc'd ill thr Ikhku's and olliics thai ciiinc Id lici'. She is 
 \ice-})i't'sidont oi' tlic Woman Lawyers" Association, and a mcni- 
 licr of tlic ('.\('cnti\(' lioai'd ol' tlic local woni;.n snllVau'c or^-an/'za- 
 tion. 
 
 "Slic lias a ,i;'ay inlcnsitv of action. " writes William Hard, of 
 liei' in an aHicle in the ncliiicdlor for Aujiaist. l!)!.'!. descrii'inu' 
 lier le.u'i^lative \ ietoiw — a lia|)|)v ])hrase fhat truly descrihe^ her 
 niannei'. Keen, alert, interested in life and all that ]iertains to 
 it. and living- life foi- all there is in it. hut always with a hand 
 stretched out to lielj). Tlortense AA'aj'd's is an eneraizini:- and 
 .^timidatiiiii- personality that iea\es its mark on all it tonelies. 
 
 "All (trroir iinii/ /I// tli roiu/li flic air <tinl 
 Icdvc no trace; but an ill thoinihl lea res 
 (I trail like a ,s-f'r/)e»L" 
 
 ■■// ira.s- a hcaiitiful and siril,-iii<i rcjili/. 
 f/iven by one in affiicliou. irlio. when 
 asked how it nxis that he bore it so ireJI, 
 replied. 'It lir/litois the stroke. I find, to 
 drair ii<iir la lliui irlio handles the rod." 
 
MIJS. W. 0. MURRAY. 
 
 Mr.s. W. 0. MuKRAY (Ella Steele Peacock) is a daiigliter of 
 Thomas J. and Selina (Steele) Peacock, of Shelbvville, Tenn. 
 A native Texan, she spent her childliood davs on a ranch on the 
 T'ibolo river in what was tlien Bexar connty. She was very fond 
 of athletics and sports, and early learned to ride any horse, to 
 hunt, to fi.sh. and to swim in tlie big '"swiinniin" hole" back of 
 the lionse. where she became one of the expert swimmers of that 
 time. iMost of lier studying was done under the iiistmction of 
 altle tutors. 
 
 On r)ctol)er ]0. 18S3, she married Willinni Owen ^[iirray, a 
 merchant and liaid-;ei' of Flore';\i]h\ Texas, who lias served his 
 
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Texas AVomkx's irAi.i. ok Kami:. 
 
 1-31 
 
 State as lfc']tri'sentativo. Squalor, and as Prison Coniniissioner. 
 To tin's iijiioii Avere born ih'o cliildreii — Mattie Steele. Ida Mae. 
 Laura (deeeased). William Owen. di'.. ;,iid 1 )e Witt. All are 
 gi'aduates o\' the I'jiiversitv ol' d'exas e.xeejil 1 )e Witt, who is at 
 present a niend)er of the Senior Law Clasps tiiere. 
 
 Ati's. ^lurrav is a member ol' tbe _Pres1)vterian (duirfli. She 
 is actixc in the club life of lier town, having- been president of 
 tile lota I eha]iter Daughters of the (Confederacy and AVorthv 
 Matroii of the Jasmine C*hnpter Xo. 2TL O. E. S. Her life may 
 be summed up in these words: A demoted mother, a kind neigh- 
 bor, a loval friend. 
 
 "Evil report. like tJtc Italian stiUrlto, 
 is- an assafifiin's a'capoii.'' 
 
 "A icouian has this quality in common 
 with the angels, that those irho suffer 
 helon.f/ to her." 
 
 "Tlicre are no cioirn-icearers in heaven 
 that were nut cross-bearers here helow." 
 
:\Ii;S. CLAK'KXCK MAiriM.X. 
 
 Mrs. C*r,Ai;i;.\('h; MAirnx. wilV of .Imlux' Clnrcm-c Martin, of 
 FTeclericl<slini'^-. was Ikm'ii at BTida, Hays coinity. Texas, on 
 Aii.o'iist 1. 18") (I. Iici- inaidcii nanic l)eiiiii' Fi'ank Uaiiu'tt .lolinson, 
 dauji'litci' (if Sam K. and Mliza Johnson. She was the second 
 el'.ild oT a la rue Faniilx- of nine ehildreii. 
 
 8he silent hei- eni-|\- da\s at Bu(hi. where in IFays county she 
 received a teacher's ceitilicate, and in I.SSS she nio\C(l with lier 
 fatlier and mother to (lillesine county, where slie was em]iloyed 
 at Stonewall, in ISS!), ;)s school ]nistie-> (d' that scliool. On Feh- 
 laiarv ■?4tli. ISiCJ. she married Clarence Martin of .lolinson City, 
 Texas. On ^Iar(li to. 1S!)4. a son. liei- only child, was horn to 
 them. Thonuis .FohnMin ^lai'tin. who. with his father, Chirenee 
 
 122 
 
Tkxas W'omkx'.s Hall ok Ka.mk. l;i'i 
 
 !\l;;i1 ill. is cim'nux'd in the i)i;ictice of law at J"'rc(kM-icksliui-^-, 
 Tcvas, uiidci- the name (if Mai I in \- Martin. 
 
 In l(S!)-3 tlu'V resided at .lolinson City. Texas, and it was she 
 who was responsible for hei' Inishand. Chirence Martin, being ad- 
 mitted to tlie liar. She ha\iii,i.;' been a school mistress, read at 
 niiilits to bini whose e<liieatioii was \('i'\' limited, while he 
 woi-ked in ilie ilaytinu' for a salary, lie was admitted to tlie 
 hai in lS!)'i. and the same year was idec-ted to the State leg- 
 islatiii-e. Later, in 1 !)(>(), she ino\ed witli her husband and child 
 to Frederisksbnrg, where she was instrumental in the oi'ganiza- 
 tion of the DaTightei's of tiie Confederaey, of -which she is an 
 active mend)ei'. 
 
 In liMl-t sbe took a \ery active interest in the Alamo in San 
 .Vntonio. Texas, being desirous of its remaining the property of 
 the Danghters of tbe K'epid)lic. She caused ber husband, 
 Judge ('lareiu^e ^lartin, who w;is at that time judge of tbe Thir- 
 ty-third Judicial District of Texas, to start a eam])aign for the 
 ])rotection of the Alamo. Pie made speeches over bis district and 
 finally managed to raise .$10,000 by active campaigning, and 
 later wiote and drafted the Alamo Pirrchase Bill, which was in- 
 troduced in the legislature by Hon. Ferg Kyle. She also had 
 a l)rotlier in tbe legislature. S. V]. dohnson, Jr., who took a very 
 acti\e interest in beball' oT tin's bill, and assisted in carrving this 
 measure for wiiich sbe was resi)0]isil)le. l*rol)ably, if it bad not 
 been fV)i" ^ly<. Clarence ^fartin. tbe .Mamo today would have been 
 destroyed. 
 
 At the ]iresent she is AYortby Matron of the 0. E. S. and has 
 represented that organization in this behalf for years, and has at- 
 tended the Grand ('bai)ter meetings on different occasions. She 
 is a very brilliant woman in business affairs, and she has ex- 
 clusively managed and o]iei'ated the large farm and ranch of 
 Judge Clarence Martin, ^vhich is located at Stonewall, Gillespie 
 county, Texas. 
 
 Judge Maitin and family have recently moved to Austin. 
 ^\■bere he is enu'aged in the ])ractice of law, liaving formed a 
 ])artnersbiii with C. C. McDonald, late Assistant .\ttorney 
 C'eneral. 
 
MISS LILLIAX GUATTER. 
 
 Miss Lilliax Guxter is the elder (laughter of Addison Yancey 
 Gnnter and Bettie Ligon Gunter. She was born and reared to 
 woiiianliood on a large Eed IJiver ])lantati()n in Sivill's Bend, 
 (V)oke county, Texas. Her maternal grandfather, Dr, Sauiuel 
 Seth Ligon, had settled in that wild frontier s]iot in 1S()0 and 
 kept his family there, forted \\p from Indian raids, all during the 
 war between the States. In 18()(i, her father, with several broth- 
 ers, all just homo from four vears' service in tlie (Confederate army, 
 located on an adjoining plantation. Here Lillian Gnnter grew 
 to womanhood. She attended the neighlxu'h.ood school until the 
 age of twelve, when a long illness demanded a change of climate, 
 
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Texas Wo:mkx's Hall of Fame. 125 
 
 and she went to the Saered Heart Convent in 8t. Louis, Mo. 
 After t'lree 3'ears there, lier education was continued at the Wes- 
 leyan Institute, Staunton, Ya. 
 
 Upon her father's death in 18U"2. she niana<i-ed her niotlier's 
 plantations for ten years. In 1901 slie removed to Gainesville, 
 Texas, where she has since resided with her mother and sisters. 
 Soon after that slie joined the X L I Clul), the only woman's 
 clnl) in the town, and served it as treasurer, secretary, vice-presi- 
 dent and president. Throuoh her club duties, she became inter- 
 ested in puldic libraries, being chairman of the committee that 
 secured a pulilic lil)rary for Gainesville. Having resolved to con- 
 tinue her lil)rary work, she went to Albany, X. Y., in 1913, and 
 took the summer course in library science at the Xew York State 
 Library School. Later, becoming interested in the county library 
 idea, she went to California to make a first-hand investigation of 
 their conntv library system, and her report on this subject de- 
 termined tlie Texas Library Association to seek a revision of the 
 Hl)rary laws of Texas at the next Legislature, as a necessary pre- 
 liminary to the successful adoption of tlie county unit for library 
 work i]i Texas. 
 
 Miss Gunter is ]il)rarian of tlie Gainesville public library. She 
 is a meml)er of the Federated Clubs of Texas, and serves as dis- 
 trict chairnum of the Library Extension Committee of the Texas 
 AVoman's Suffrage Association, being vice-president of the local 
 organization of the Texas Farm Women, whom she serves as a 
 member of their Library Committee, and the Texas Library Asso- 
 ciation, of which she is tirst vice-president. 
 
MRS. BE^sTJAMIX RISK XORYELL. 
 
 Mrs. Xora'ELT, wms ^liss Amelia I'etcrs McCuo. dan ^>1 iter of 
 Judge John ITowsn'd McCiie, of Staiiiil;m. \'n.. a B. S. of tlic 
 University ol' A'irginia, and a prciiiiiicnt jurist of tliat State. 
 ]\Irs. Xoi'vell is the wife of ( nionel Benjamin IJiish Xorvell, 
 president of the American Xational Haidv' of Beaumont. TTe 
 was lieutenant colonel on (iovernor T^anlii'm's staff, and is a 
 business man of |)ioniinence. closcK- i(lcnlili<'i| wilji the hnsin^ss 
 interests and growth of Souiheast Texas. 
 
 Mrs. Xorvell is a scion of the F. F. \'.'s of \'ii'ginia. ITor 
 ancestors were among t\\o first settlers of \'irginia. She comes 
 from the sturd\' Scotch-Trish on the pat'M'ual side and from 
 English stock on the maternal. She was educated in \'ii'giuir, 
 at the Virginia Female Institute. Mrs. No: veil was organizing 
 regent of the ("olonel Cieoige ^roHett Chajiter, I). A. H.. of Fx^itu- 
 inont. 'I'he clni))tei' honored ^frs. N'orvcll ')V naming the cha])- 
 tn- for lier distim^'uished Virginia re\ olutionai'V ancestor. 
 
 Mrs. Xm'vell has literary tastes, is prominent in (hnrch alfaii's,, 
 and takes a keen intei'est in the si-.cial world. She is vice-presi- 
 dent of the Fridav Bi-idge Clul), the oldest clui) in the city.- 
 
 126 
 
Tkxvs A\'():\ii:\'s IIai.i. oi' Fa mi:. 
 
 127 
 
 ^h<. X(ir\i'll is ;tlsn nwv of the oiiL;iii;il IduikU'I's of the Xntimial 
 Ilistoi'icnl Society. rcccDth hmiiclicd in New ^'(i|-ic. 
 
 All's. .\()i'\cll is cliiiililc for iii(Miilicr>lii|i in the I );ni<4'lilt'rs of 
 the ('oiifcdcrai-y, her rather sei'viiiii' as cnloiu'l iukUt (Jeneral 
 Flovd. and with d isl iiii-tinii. She is also elio-ihl,. foe nicinher- 
 pJii]) ill the ('oloni;il Daiiu-s. 
 
 Afi's. .\orvell lias Inncled extensively, hoth in her native hind 
 and abroaiL She \\as in Berlin when Anstiia (hclared wai' on 
 Servia. 
 
 "The snddcst tliiiuj iluil ani hefall a 
 .s-OM? is irheu it hiscs piillt in (Ind (tmJ 
 iromaii." 
 
 "Trur hiiniililii mnkes ifdi/ fur (Inint 
 (iitd tlnoiCN the soul at fiis fret." 
 
 'It is from out of the de/tths of our 
 hiiniilitji that the heighi of our destiiin 
 looks f/raiKlest." 
 
MTSS MAinX B. FEXWrCK, 
 
 Miss Maiux B. Fi:x\\'I('K. wlio lins takuii a leading i)art in 
 the work of the wnincii of 'J'cxas, was horn in Highland comity, 
 Ohio, and was gradnatcd from TJoekfnrd (Til.) C^ollege. For 
 \\\(' |)ast twenty-five rears she has liceii on tlie staff of tlie Sail 
 Antonio Exprexx, and as a writer and special correspondent for 
 tin's ])aiier slie lias gone into all ])arts of the worhL Her writ- 
 ing has done much to mold puhlic sentiment, and she has 
 always stood for the ad\an-ed movement among the women. 
 She assisted in the organization of the Woman's C'kih of San 
 Antonio, the first department clnh in the State, and for several 
 years she was first vice-]iresident. 
 
 128 
 
'ri;x V'^ \\()vii;\"s 11 Ai.i. or Fa.mI': 
 
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 From hci- cavlv i;ii'lli(ioil slio lias hccii ;; IjclicNcr in woman 
 '^uffraiiC and \va-! one nf ilio lii'st women in Texas to s]ieak and 
 wi'ite in its favor, ^^'llell llie fii'st snlTra^'e >i)ei('iv was ora'anized 
 in Sail Antonio, siie was elected first viee-presiilent. and dnring 
 Miss Braekenridac's term of State ])resident she was the '-or- 
 re^'pondin_i;' seei'etarv. S]ie was af the end of her term of office 
 (>!eeted Xati.mal Committeeman for tlie State of 'rexas. She 
 lias been an a.cti\e representative at linlli llu' State and Xation-d 
 nK^etinci^s of tliis oi'ii'anization. 
 
 ''The old th<iiif/li ts iicrcr ilic : iiniitortnl 
 dreams outlive their dreiiniers and arc 
 ours for aye: no thought onre formed 
 and nftered ever can expire." 
 
 "We are alirays in the forge, or on tlie 
 (inril : hg liials (lod is shaping iis for 
 h if/her thint/s." 
 
MJJS. i'lIEBE KEKinciv WAIfXKK. 
 
 ]\rKS. PiiKi'.!-: Ki'KiMCK A\'akxki; was lioni in ^Marsliall county, 
 Illinois. May 2, ]S(i(i. 
 
 She was the youn.iicst c-hild of Arnistead and Sai'ah Ann ]\er- 
 riek. Her entire lii'e nntil she eanie to 'J'exas in LSilS was sjxMit 
 on the Farm A\-here she was l)orn. She nevei' atten(h'(l any other 
 than the rural school and rural eliurcli near lici' iiome until ^he 
 reached the a«'e of twenty, when she entert'd the Illinois Wesleyan 
 University at Blooniington, 111. Seven years later she oradnated 
 from this institution, reeeiviiiii' the I'll. I>. de.uree. While in 
 Chicago she was an active memhcf of l\a]i])a Al[)lia Theta Soror- 
 ity, and a li\e wire in all colle.ae affairs. 
 
 130 
 
Tkxas \\'().mi:\"s Hall of 1-\\.\!i:. lol 
 
 Aflci' uTjnhuitiiiu- in tli" rlnss ol' "!);> <\\r was cIcftc.Ml to tl)r 
 (■]iaii' ol' Science in llie Illinois Woman's ('olle.iic at .lacks()n\ille, 
 111., wliicli ])nsitioii she held until hei' nian-ia^e to Dr. A\'. A. 
 Warner. <ir Chunle. Texa^. who had heen an old colleo'c classmate 
 of ]\rrs. ^\'nl'nel■. 
 
 Both the ]iareiits and the i^randparents of Di'. and ^[rs. AA'af- 
 iiei- liad heen ]iionecrs, and the S]iirit of tlie West had hecii l)!ini 
 in tluMii. It Avas iiotliin.u' new in tlie family histoi'v when tliev 
 announced tlieir intentions of estahlisliing theii' liome in the far 
 Southwest. 
 
 Foi' eiu-hteon years Dr. Warner lias ])racticed medicine in the 
 Panhandle of Texas, and ^Irs. Warner lias filled the position ol: a 
 countr\' doct(n''s wife. 
 
 During- the vears. four children ]ni\e come into their home — 
 two bovs and two girls. The one shadow that has cast itself over 
 their home was the loss of their older scni in A])iil. li)15. 
 
 During her entire life ^Irs. Warner has been closely associated 
 with rural comlitions. a.nd it was ber work for rural women and 
 cbildi'en that brought lier in toucb with the Texas Federation of 
 WomeiTs (dubs, and she believes throiLgb the Federation every 
 rural wouian in Texas can lie jdaced on a higher plane of life. 
 She lielieves tbe county, and not the city only, should be the unit 
 of all civic, social and educational activity. She l)elieves when 
 countv federations take ])lace of citv federations that all tbe peo- 
 ple will lie united ami tbe least little scbool or tbe loneliest 
 woman will ]]ot be forgotten. 
 
 At present sbe is State chairman of tbe T'nral Life Committee 
 of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs. 
 
MIJS. T^. E. COFEIJ. 
 
 Mrs. Corixxk ^Iaijoaukt C'()Fi;i; (nvv Alilu). wife of Eol)t. E. 
 Cofer. was Ijorn in Oxford, Mississi]i])i. March 'ii, 1871, wlieic 
 lier ])an'i)ts liad li\ci| for inanv years. She was educated in tlie 
 Ei)i\ei-~ity cf ]\ri><issi])];i, and finished lier education in jnnsi< 
 and eloeiitini) in IJoston, ^lass. Slie was married to Senator 
 Cofer in IS!).'). They liave tliree eliildi'eii — a (hui,ii'liter. Corinne, 
 and two sons, .lohii and l>ol)ert. After hci' inarria.i^^e slie l)ecanie 
 a social leader in (iaines\ilie, 'i'exa^, whei'c her iuishand jiracticed 
 law for several \'ears. \\'hcn Senator Cofei' came to the Senate 
 in 100!). from Cooke and (Irayson counties, ^Irs. Cofer came with 
 him. and <liiiiii,u' his service spent .-irine time in Austin. In 
 l!ni Senator Cofer was elected to the cliair of IMeadinu' and Trac- 
 
 132 
 
TiA'A'- AV()Aii:\"s Tr\i.i. OF Famk 
 
 13J 
 
 tiro as I^rofosdi' ol Law in llic rnixci'sity d' 'I'c.xas. lie Ihcii 
 I'eniovctl liis ramily to Austin, and has since resided near l!ie 
 University. Mrs. ('ofci- i)elonL;'s to the University ^[etliodist 
 ('hurch: I,) the I'anu'hters of llio American I»e\ :ilution. and a 
 nnndjci' nf wonioiTs cluhs and societies. Her lionic duties occupv 
 most of lier time. l)ut slu- finds time to intei'cst hciself in t1)e 
 mauA' activities of rni\('rsit\- lii'e. and also that (d' the citv. 
 
 "7/ is th'- rroirii of justice (iiid Ihe 
 f/lori/, irlterc it may kill with ri<ihf. to 
 save u'ith pilfi" 
 
 "A 1110)1(1 our lists of hlessiiiys infinite 
 st<in(ls tills the foremost, that our hearts 
 hare hied." 
 
MES. MIXXIE FISHEJ? CUNNINGHAM. 
 
 Mrs. Mixxie Fisher (*UNxixGn.v:M was born in Walker 
 county, Texas, and is the daugliter of C^aptain H. W. and Mrs. 
 Sal He Al)ererombie Fisher. Slie attended the University of Texas, 
 u'l'aduating from tlie Department of Pliarmacy. In 1!»()1 slie was 
 married to Mr. B. J. Cunningham. Later she was elected to the 
 offiro of ]n'esident of the Galveston Equal Suffrage Association, 
 and from there was elected president of the Texas E(|ual Suffrage 
 Association, in AA'hich capacity she is now serving. 
 
 When a mei\ child — a lieauiiful hrown-eyd girl — she often 
 mai'xx'led at tlie injustice that disd'anchiscd her sex and took 
 away a sacred and inalienable lighv. It was not long until she 
 
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Tkxas AV()mi:x's Hall of Famk. l?>o 
 
 ])i!Hi()sc"l ill Ih'1' heart, (Uu\ u-i\iii_L:' lu'i' I lie slrciii;tli and iKjwcr, 
 that s(!iiK' (hiy <h(' would rise in tht' majesty of her womanhood, 
 aiiil mirurliiiL'- Ihc !)aiiiif!- with thai sti'mio'e d('\ ice. "Iviual Iii(>'1its 
 to All."' lead h('i- lid^ts n\' ])i\tv\n\\v 'I'cxas woiiifii ihto their own — 
 their own l)\- (iod's deeree. She know that her riuht 1o the bal- 
 lot was a (iod->;i\('ii liidit: that her title to the ballot went back 
 to the \er\- beuiiiniiiL!' of hiiinan existence wdien (|od ci'eatt'd man 
 and, woman. 
 
 ]\Irs. Fisher, at tlu' prer-eiit time, is (b'\oiini;- all tbe time sbe 
 can s]i;'re from home for tlie cause of sul1'ra,i;'e. She s])ends liev 
 time speakiiii.;'. caiii|>aiuiiin,u, oi'^anizin^". etc.. and intends to con- 
 tinue to (b) si) until the cause is won in 'l\'xas. 'Jdie cause is 
 rapidlv increasino- in poi)nlaritv and is llndino- i'a\or in tlie pbices 
 wdiere it M-as once '"scoffed.'' 
 
 Tn -laniiarw 1!MT. ^Frs. Fislier went to Austin loi' the purpose 
 of eonferrinii- witli the members of the legislature, and to request 
 tliein to <ubmit tbe l^(|ual Sntfraii'e amendment to tbe people, iind 
 tlirouuli this avenue of democracv to let tbe voice of tbe people 
 be beard on this momentous question — wbetber or not tbe suffraii'c 
 of onr Texas -women shall he written iiib) the ori;'anic law of 
 Texas. 
 
:\n?s. :\r. ?.. :mot?ela\I). 
 
 ^Aus. M. 1>. noi;i:i. \XFi. hoc Flora -lane Sinclair, was Ijoni 
 M-.w V--). ISV.). Ill ('liarliaiii. Kent coiinly, in llic Pj'cviiiee of 
 r)ntari<). Canada. IFcr motlicr, Jessie lilack, wJien a vouiio- 0;,.], 
 came witli licr i)arcnts rroni the Isle of ^liili, Scotland, and lo- 
 cated ncai- tlie citv of 1'oroiito. in tlie l'ro\incc of Ontario. Tliey 
 were not lieie loii^ wlien a youii^- Scotctinian by the name of 
 Jolin Sinclair also arrived with liis i);irent< from Ohan. on the 
 west coast of the ITinhlnnds of Scotland, .'ind located near them. 
 As tile davs ]-)assed hv, the friendship id' this youii.u' cou])le Li'rew 
 into a conrtsliij) — a conrt-^liip with all the romance of which Scot- 
 tish jiocts liave snna-. Ahout the year 1S4S. this sturdy TFip-h- 
 
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Tkxas \Vo.\ii:\"s Uai.i. oi' Fa.mk. 137 
 
 laiMl la<l<lic |ilr(l-V(! Iii< tn'tli lo llif Koimic 1 1 i-lilniid lassie. 
 Fkijh this union, two -^jms aiiM fnur (laughter- were liurn : .le-^sic 
 X-'il. Annalx'lla. Maholm, Flora .lane (the snl'jcct of this sketch), 
 an.l lMii)hcniia. 
 
 On ^h's. Moi'dand's maternal side her i^iandmother's name \va> 
 Cameron, of the elan Cameron — one of Seotland's most powei'ful 
 (dans. Sir Vwvu Cameron of L(,elii(d. one n\' the eliiet'tains ol: 
 thi^ (dan. is ealled hv .Maranlav Ihe -riv>ses of the Highlands." 
 The Se\-etilv-iiinth Ife-iment, or Cameron Jli.uhlaiiders, was raided 
 amon- the memhers of the elan in 17!);! l)y Sir Alan Cameron. 
 Lieutenant Alexander Cameron h'd the Canieions duidii.L'- the last 
 three liours of the hattle of Waterloo. Mrs. Mori land"s mother 
 wa- a near relative of David Livin,ii>ton. rhe great African ex- 
 ploivi-. On her iiaternal side she is of the (dan Sirelair. an old 
 Scott i-h (dan. memheis of whiidi liave held the titles of Earl of 
 Orknev and Karl of Caithness. Sir llenrv Sinclair (d. 1330), 
 a memher of tliis (Ian. was the friend of Eoliert the Bruce; and 
 Sii- Uenrv's son \va< Sir William Sinclair, who was slain l).v the 
 Saracen^ in Au-'ust. 1330. while journeying throngdi Spain to 
 Palestine with Sir .lames D.aiglass. the hearer of the heart of 
 Hiu;e. 
 
 ::\[rs. :\roreland's father died when she was jnst four years of 
 ao-e. Tier mother, rcali/iim' the neeessity of greatei' education 
 for her children, moved with them lo Ann Arhor, Michigan, 
 ahout the veai- Is::. where the Ann Arhor Tniversity is located, 
 and wliere the (hihlren were educated. From Ann Arhor, Mrs. 
 ^foreland wont to Manni-tie, where she taught scdiool for a time. 
 Trere she heard Frances E. Willanl deliver her soul-stirring ad- 
 dress on i^rohihition. Tn ISSl, Mrs. :\Ioreland eame to Texas, 
 locating on a ranch within a few niile^ of the ])resent town of 
 "Bertram. F)urnet county, where her two hrothers ]n-eccded her 
 aliout a year. Plere she taught school until she was nmrried to 
 Martin l>urr Morcland, Octoher ?4, 1SS4. Her hnshand was 
 engaged in the mercantile husiness in Bertiam, and this town 
 renndned their permanent home from the time of their marriage 
 until Se])temher ^■L 1906, when they moved with their family to 
 Austin for hetter educati(mal advantages. From this union were 
 
loS 'I'exas Wome-\'s Hall of Fame. 
 
 l)orii thi'ee ^^oiis and three dau^Liiitcrs : Sinclair. ^Malcolm ilnrr, 
 Jefsie Belle, Millard. ]\rarv Knjiliie and Flora 
 
 Mrs. ]\[oreland. Troni a mere cluld. Ix lieved in -woman snffi-agc, 
 and in the prolnliition of the li(|noi' trail]/. :ind esponsed the e:uise 
 of hoth when it was the uni)o])nlar thin^- to do. In Texas slie is 
 known as one of the pioneer women of the prohihition and 
 woman sntfrage causes. She Mas distiict ])resident of the 
 Women's Christian Tcinperan.ee Vnion for a time, and was the 
 fi];st president of tlu^ Austin AV. ('. T. F., which phiee she filled 
 for several years. She is a tinent «peakcr, possessed of di.u-nity, 
 ]ioise and grace, and her argument^ are of such force that they 
 carry conviction. 
 
 In V.H2, ]\Irs. ^lorchind hecaine secretary of the State Humane 
 Society. The following vear, Avhen th;' Ti'avis County Humane 
 Society was organized, she was made secretary also of that local 
 organization. In 1913, at the regular session of the legislature, 
 she -was one of a committee of three who were active in hehalf of 
 th.e 1)ill creating the State Bureau of Child and Animal Protec- 
 tion. Sh.e Avas also active in hehalf of the hill estal)lishing the 
 State Training School for Delinqtient (iirls. and also in urging 
 the passao'e of the hill against eruelty ^^o a ni nulls. She also gave 
 liei' influence and was active in hehalf of the ]\[inimuni Wage 
 Bill; the Anti-C*igarette Bill; and the Scientific Temjierance In- 
 sti'uction Bill. Tn 101."), Governor Colrpiitt appointed Mrs. ]\rore- 
 land a memlier of the hoard of State Bureau of Child and \ni- 
 mal Protection, and at present she is recording secretary of that 
 lioard. During the Thiity-fifth legislature, she, with Mrs. Ben- 
 nett Smith, of Tem])le, worked diligentlv for the ])assage of the 
 l)ill providing for the ostahlishment of a ''State Home for F»e- 
 ])endent and N'eglected Children." 
 
 Mrs. ]\roreland is a devoted mem1)er of the Christian Church. 
 She carries her religion into her daily work — a work that hrings 
 her in contact with the unfortunate men and women of the world 
 — human heing Avhose Imrdens are hcivv and whose hearts are 
 sad. To these ])eo|)le she is an ins])iration. Her words of love 
 and kindness touch their lives and thev live again, rejiossessed 
 of hope, amhition and loftier ideals. 
 
MRS. XAXXIE WEBB CURTIS. 
 
 ]\rKS. Xaxxie Wkbb Curtis, })resideiit of tlie Texas AVoincn's 
 diristiaii Tempeiaiiee I!']iion, was ])oni in Tennessee. Her parents 
 are Rev. D. J. Austin and Julia Coucli Austin, now of Fort 
 Worth, Texas. On lier paternal side her o-reat-grandfather -was 
 Benjamin A. Austin, an uncle of Ste])hen F. Austin, the "Fatlier 
 of Texas." Comini>- inio the world during that period when the 
 South was struggling- hack from the devastation of war, ^\ys. 
 Courtis was early inured to the wholesome lessons of effort, which 
 de^eloped in her a never-dying determination to conquer — to 
 contend for the right against the wrong regardless of popularity 
 ov i!ul)1ic onininn. She received lier earlv education in ]\[issis- 
 
IM) TivXAs Wo^n:x"s Hall of Fa:\ie. 
 
 sip])i, wliero ■^\\o was iiiavricd at a vei'v A-oiini!,- age. and wlioi'o hev 
 three sons were l)nrn. ^Vllen lier pons readied tlie i^radcd seliools 
 slie realized tiiat Ix'r cdticatiDii was not sufficient to stand side 
 l)y side with the ('(hication of her talenteil l)oys. With a de- 
 sire for o-veater kimwledo-e alono' aeademie lines, she entered the 
 Xorth Texas I'cinale Collep'e at the same time licr huvs w{'nt 
 aw;i\' lo <c]iool. IFd'c she tuok a ])Ost-,i;i'a(hiati' course, and from 
 tliis ])laee slie was call('<l to tiiv> jdatfoi'in as State Oiganizei' of 
 the Texas "Woman's Christian Ti'in]:)eranee T'nioii. After ])ass- 
 inu the i'ef|nired traininu' she was elected in l!»(Mi to the Board 
 of Xational l.eetuiers of the W. (' '1\ V. of America. Jn linil) 
 she was called hv the Texas women to lend the White Kililx^n 
 hosts of their State. She is on tlie Xational lv\eenti\e ( 'om- 
 miitee. and she also is on the Official Roai'd of the W. ('. T. T^.. 
 which is the lawmakiiiu' l)ody of this ,uTeat organization. Mi's. 
 Curtis has lead in every ,<ireat city camjjai.u'n in tlie South a.i^'ainst 
 the liquor traffic, as well a'^ the State eampaii^ns X(nlh, \\'e:=t 
 and South. ha\ini;- toured ever\- Southern State that has Aoted 
 on this question, (^n these toui-s she was given the sohriquet, 
 ""thv Henry Clay of her sex"; also, "the silver-tongued orator of 
 Dixie." In 1!)1'.^ she was called to the Chautaiujua woi'k. and 
 ihei'e she was called "the (|ueen of the Southern platjorni." l"or 
 four (■onsecuti\e years she has sjn^nt her summers with the Xa- 
 tional Lineoln Cliautau(|uas. She refused many tiattering olfers 
 for 1!)17, liecause she felt that Texas need<Ml her. hut her Cliau- 
 tauqua Association succeeded in securing her for IDIS. ]\[rs. 
 (^irtis luis heen ajijiointed each year a delegate to the Southern 
 Sociological Congress. She was asked to take a ]ilace on the 
 Child Welfare Commission of this State. She has otcupied 
 many ]ilaces of honor I»v a]>]iointment as recognition of her 
 ahility and her work for social, political and moral reforms. 
 Wh.en Oklahoma was preparing lierself for Statehood, ^fi's. Curtis 
 was invited to address their constitutional convention on the suh- 
 ject of Statewide ])i'ohihiti(m of the li(pior traffie. and as a re- 
 sult of her address before that body StattAvide ])roliibtion was 
 written into the Constitution of that State. 
 
1'exas \\'()mi:\"s I! a I.I. oi-- I'.v.Mi:. 
 
 A i'SAL:\r OF \v():\rAXHO()D. 
 
 !;y i'.i:lle .<QUiRt;. 
 
 As ^^'()lll;lll my iliii'iiirv i> sii|)ieiiie. for I am scul])ticss of the 
 race, the architect of humanity, ^fy l)n:ly is tlic Temple, the 
 TTolv of TFolies. wherein are fasliioiu'd intu iii(U'lil)K' shape, for 
 Weal iir woe. the childi'eii who are to come. 'I'herefoi'e, I must 
 kce]) m\ leiu])k^ ];ure and clean, nor ever let it l)e didiled l)y 
 thon^'ht or word or deed, t'oi' witliin nie lies, mayhaii. the destiny 
 of millions yet unhorn. 
 
 At its ])eril will the ra':-e (h^hle me. stunt me, hinder me in my 
 hi^ii ealliiii:. for outra^aed Xature will herself avenge my wrong, 
 and denuuid in full the penalty for my hurt. I cannot fall alone, 
 the race will suffer with me. for its destiny is hound up within 
 mine o\mi. 1 am indeed supreme, for 1 am a Woman! ^ly part 
 i< difficclt. hut T will not flinch. 1 must l)e strong as the oak 
 on the hleakest hill, and tender and sweet and pure as the flower 
 that hlooms in the valley helow. 
 
 1 am tiie citadel that nui>t never capitulate, nor must 1 be 
 taken unaware.-. Tntil Death o'erconies me I must he mistress 
 of mvself, for 1 am Wonum and jnnst he fi'ee, or the race will 
 be carried into that ea|)tivity from which there is no return. 
 
 Beino- Woman, a vital part of Humanity itself, I must demand 
 and nse, if need be. everv human ]-iglit that belongs to Human- 
 ity, be it civil, moral, industrial or political, for T am half the 
 race. T am Woman. For Freedom's sake I must l)e free, for I 
 am scidptreKS, architect of Hunianilv. its citadel, its oak, its 
 blossom. T am Woman, ^Iittlier and ^[(-uliler of the IJace ! 
 
AFES. WILLIAM E. HAWKINS. 
 
 ^Iiis. Ella Dkkaso.v Haavkixs, of Austin, Texas, wife of 
 Associate Justice William E. Hawkins of the Supreme Coui't of 
 Texas, is a native of Shelby county, Tennessee, but since child- 
 hood has resided in Texas. Her father was Captain John Shel- 
 ton DickasoiL a planter and Confederate soldier, of Virginia 
 stock. Her mother was Mary Louise Sale, formerly La Salle. 
 Both parents were of Revolutionary War ancestry. 
 
 Mrs. Hawkins was educated in the pul)lic schools of Dallas, 
 and in Dallas Female College. During the 1015-16 session, she 
 was a student in the Schools of Journalism and English in the 
 LTniversity of Texas. She has ]nanif<^sted. for years, in Dallas,. 
 
 142 
 
Tkxas W()-Aii:x"s I[\i.i. oi- Famk 
 
 143 
 
 Brownsville aiid Austin, a li\c'ly interest in Child- Welfare work, 
 and i< now Siale i-liairnian of tlie Leo'islative Committee ot Texas 
 Congress of Mothers and I'ait'nt 'J\'acliers' Association, and is 
 also president of The ('(nuuil (if Presidents of the Austin ^fothers" 
 Clnhs. She is active in the cause of missions, and personally 
 supports a Jiative Bihle woman in dapan. 
 
 ^Irs. Hawkins is fond of musie. and is a great lover of miture. 
 de!ighti]io- in. the soil and in (:ver\thing that grows therein. She 
 is an adept in eidinaiA- art. and is the possessor of a great many 
 ])remiums which she received fi'om the Texas State Fair of Dal- 
 las, and the jlid-Wiider Fair of Brownsville, for her ])roducts 
 in that line, and for fam-y sewing, etc Iler crowning joys are 
 her hu>hand. and her (diildren, Fyndsay Dickason Hawkins, of 
 the Austin Bar; Mrs. Fvelyn Helm, wife of Stafford G. Helm, 
 ranchman and merchant of Dundee, Texas : Marion Tiuth Haw- 
 kins, a menilier of the Junior Class, and Eudora Alice Hawkins, 
 a meml)er of the Soiihomore Class of the Tniversitv of Texas. 
 
 "TIic Jiordesf 1 rial of tlir heart is. 
 irhethrr if can hear a riral's failure 
 icitltoiif trii(iup]i." 
 
 "He irlio lias not funjircti au enemi) 
 has never yet tasted one of the most sub- 
 lime enjoyments of life." 
 
KDALAII COXXOIJ-IJLOXKK*. 
 
 1m)A1.aii CoxxoK-di.ovKi;. wife of l»i)l)t. ('. (ilovcr. jcwi'lcr and 
 (liaiiioiid mercliant. was l)orii in Dallas. 'IV'xas. some twenty-odd 
 vcai's ai^u. Her graiidfatlier. Dr. ]\[. A. Cornelius, was a pionecM- 
 doc-toi', and first city health officer of Dalhis connty. Her father, 
 the late L. Myers Connor. Avas eity c-heniist of Dallas, a nieiiiher 
 of the Dallas bar, and the org'anizer of the Pharniaeeutieal Asso- 
 ciation in Texas in 1897, and was elected its first president. He 
 was the editor of the first drno- journal in the Stati. He gra lu- 
 ated at the Missoni'i Colleue of Pharmacy in 1874. and was a 
 member of the l^oyal Chemical Society of England. Dr. Connor 
 
 14 4 
 
TicxAs AVo:\ri-x's TTall of FA:\rE. 145 
 
 also licld tlic chairs of clu-niisti'v aii'l ]»liarmaev at tlio Haxlor 
 School of ^rodicino. 
 
 Miss ('i)iinor l»o,L;'aii liri' (Mliication at Mrs. Tierce's select ]irivate 
 scliool, whore she studied music, later entered the ]inl)lic scliools, 
 and studied cheniistrv and ])li,irniacv under her father at the Med- 
 ical College. She avou several Linid medals, di])]omas and cash 
 ])rizes at the Texas State Fair for art, lietween tlie a.o'es of rine 
 and fifteen. Aftei- (leAoting some time to the study of art, she 
 a.gain tonk uj) mu<ic. and was a mem))er of the Hes]ierian Cluh 
 that saji,si' at the St. Louis ^^'orld's Fair, and also a mendier of 
 St. Cecelia Choral Chdi. Like her versatile father, Miss Connor 
 was a coiujioser of musit'. as well as a penwoman of more than 
 ordinarv ahilitv. Two of her songs, "Dearest Mine" and "Love's 
 Reason," have attracted much favorahle comment in musical jour- 
 nals, and Eastern as well as local puhlictions have gladly given 
 ])lace to her writings. Her "Love's Eeason" was sung with great 
 success hy Miss Lois Fox. a Texas girl, in Xew York, at a nnisi- 
 cal extravaganza under the auspices of the Evening GJuhe for the 
 benefit of the Sydenham and Flower Hospitals. From this song, 
 ])nhlished liy Chappel $; Co.. Mrs. Glover has received very satis- 
 factory and substantial royalties. 
 
 She was married to Piobt. C. Glover eleven years ago, the "Mtli of 
 January, and, while never neglecting the duties of her home and 
 of societ}^ has found time to give to the varied activities of civic, 
 church and charitable life. 
 
 She is a niece of W. C. Connor, ex-mayor of Dallas, and W. 
 0. Connor of Sanger Brothers. Her brother, Remington Connor, 
 is taking a high ])lace in the business life of Dallas, and her only 
 sister is the wife of L. ]\r. Harner of that city. 
 
 ]\Irs. Glover has now on the press a book of verse and prose 
 called "(Jems of Fiieiidshii)." 
 
MRS. ELEAXOl? 0. SPEXC'EIJ. 
 
 Mrs. Eleaxoi; 0. Spexcer is a native Texan, the dan^iliter 
 of William J. and Eleanor Headv liussell. Her parents came to 
 Texas in 1822, and her father. Captain Russell, took a prominent 
 part in the war with Mexico. He fired the first gun at the bat- 
 tle of Anahuac and commanded the vessel at the battle of Velasco. 
 
 Her mother was of an old and prominent Kentucky family, 
 Colonel Stillwell Headv havino- been in the legislature of Ken- 
 tucky for thirty years. Mrs. Russell shared with her husband. 
 Captain Russell, the dangers and troubles of the early times in 
 Texas. She moulded the bullets that lie used in fighting, and 
 
 1 4fi 
 
Tf:xas W()mi:\-"s Hall of Fajii 
 
 147 
 
 \va.s in tlic famous "nniawavr and visiknl General Sam Houston 
 when he was wounded in tlie hattle of San Jacinto. 
 
 Mrs. Spencer has heen a Daughter of tlie Southern Confed- 
 eracy for a number of rears, first vice-president of Barnard E. 
 Bee Chapter for eleven years, and president of same since 1915. 
 At the State Convention of United Daughters of the Confederacy 
 in Decemlier, 191.5, slie was elected Stafe president. The work 
 of this organization of noble women is of great interest to her, 
 as the South, its history and traditions are dear to her heart, and 
 call forth every effort of her mind. 
 
 // your name is to li 
 much more to have if 
 hearts than only in theii 
 W. Holmes. 
 
 ■e at all. it is so 
 
 lire i)i people's 
 
 • brains. — OLIVER 
 
 liappj/ family 
 s. — ("/( matters of 
 ■ock ; in tnatters 
 current." 
 
 '■// you iroiild harr 
 life, remember two thing 
 jtrinciple, stand like a 
 of taste, sicini with the 
 
MRS. JOHN DAVIS. 
 
 Mrs. John Davis (nee Maronevite Reaoan), daiigliter of Wil- 
 liam and Mary (Anderson) Reagan, was boi'n tliirty-six years 
 ago in the Red Hills of Xorth Louisiana. TTntil ten years of 
 age ]Mrs. Da\is had a governess, and finished her education in 
 the public schools and Minden College. 
 
 Mrs. Davis is an expert cook and housekeeper ; l.as a l)usiness 
 educalion and knowledge of law: is thoroughly conversant with 
 the ]wlitical issues of the day and has made a careful study of 
 the laws and conditions conceriiing women and children ; is a 
 strong advocate and woiker for woman suffrage, at present being 
 recording secretary of the State arid local suffrage organizations. 
 Mrs. Davis does a great deal of social service work in her home 
 town, and is now <ec]-etai'y and treasuiei' of the Dallas County De- 
 
 148 
 
'I'kxas Womkx's TTat.t, of Famk. 
 
 149 
 
 liiKjuenl^ (iii-ls" Iloiiic. \ii-('-|)ri'si(lcn1 of the City I'"(Mlt'vatioii of 
 Women's Clubs, and eliairjiurn of 1-irc I'rcwiition for the Second 
 District of the State Federation df W'tmu'ii's Cliihs. 
 
 On J^ovember 24, 1904, the sul)ject of 1his sketih was mar- 
 ried to John Davis, of Dallas, Texas, a lea;' in-- lawyer and late 
 candidaic fni- the Fnited States Senatorsliip I'ldni Texas. 
 
 Mv<. l)a\is has a record of her ancestry dating back to Crom- 
 well's Rebellion, after whirl) two OTJeao-aii brothers came to the 
 United States, locatiim-, respectively, in Pennsylvania and Vir- 
 ginia, dropping the li'i<h prefix "O." the oldest title of nol)ilii:v 
 with one exception. Mis. Davis is from tlie Southern branch, 
 who is ])roud of the fact that a 17eagan's word is considered as 
 good as his note. 
 
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 might. 
 
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MRS. FRAXK S. KOBERTS. 
 
 In IfiOi) the Pickeriiiiis from AVales and tlie Maulsl\YS from 
 Enofland came to Aiiieiica and settled witli William Pcnn in the 
 City of Brotlierly Love. Both families fonoht for Amei'iean in- 
 de])endence and helped frame the Constitntion. 
 
 Elizabeth M. Piekerino", a descendant of these families, was 
 married in Indiana to Henry Swain before the Civil War. Her 
 husband and l)rothers fonght for the Union until ea[)tnrod at 
 Corinth, and later died in Libby prison. Mrs. Swain was loft a 
 widow with tbree minor sons. 
 
 After the f^ivil War, William Pieton 1'homas of Bristol. Eno-- 
 land, came to the United States. He was a man of education 
 and cnltnre and had fonght under Cariltaldi for Italian inde- 
 })endence. Mr. Thomas and INfrs. Swain were married in Leaven- 
 worth, Kansas. From this union two children were born — Ed- 
 mond W. Thomas in Boston, Mass., and .Mice Editb Thomas in 
 Chicago, Illinois. A]u-il 8, 1876. 
 
 TM'enty-two years after her second marriage, Mrs. Thomas was 
 
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Tkxas \Vo:\iex".s PTall of Fa:\ik. 151 
 
 ngain left a widow. Fur nwliile slie and her c-liddren lived in 
 CJiicago, then in Indiana, and later moved to Wiiittier, Califor- 
 nia, wliere other relatives had previonslv removed. During this 
 time Aliee attended the ])uhlie and private schools, and finally 
 through her own efforts and determination prepared herself for 
 teaehing. She taught her first school at Homer, Indiana, and 
 later taught in tlie Whittier State School with success. 
 
 I\eniemheiing the Central Xormal College of Danville, Indiana, 
 where she had previously studied. Miss Thomas came from Cali- 
 fornia to Danville to take special work in this institution. There 
 she met Frank S. Eoberts. who was a student in the law depart- 
 ment. Mr. Eoberts was froui Texas, and had been a Rough Rider 
 under Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War, and was working 
 his way through college. Fate had conveyed the lines of their 
 lives into the same pathway. Another romance was recorded. 
 Friendship ripened into love and they were married on Septem- 
 ber 14, 189S1. They remained in school until August, 1000. when 
 Mr. Roberts graduated in the law, and together they came to 
 Texas and located at Lockhart, where Mr. Roberts entered the 
 practice of law. He now holds the position of judge of the 
 Twentj^-second .Tu<licial District of Texas. Lockhart is still 
 their home. 
 
 Mrs. Ro])erts is the ])roud mother of one son, George C who 
 is now fifteen years of age. He entered the Lockhart High 
 School for the session of 1916-17. His paternal ancestry were 
 _ colonists in Virginia. Thev have always heen a frontier and 
 liberty-loving people, and fought on the side of the Confederacy. 
 AVith the patriotic blood in his A'eins together with his natural 
 endowments it may reasonablv be hoped that he will prove worthy 
 of his ancestry and become an American citizen of the highest 
 type, the realization of Avhich Avould be the fulfillment of his 
 mother's desire, and in a measure compensate her for the many 
 sacrifices, patient la1)or, and painstaking care in liebalf of her son. 
 
 Mrs. Roberts has ne^er been strong ]3hysically, but this weak- 
 ness is so overcome bv her strong will power, superl) courage, 
 and exceptional mentality, that the casual observer would tliink 
 she was always well. Oftentimes beyond her strength she will 
 do the task of the hour, and always considers duty before ]:>leas- 
 
lo? 
 
 Texas Wo>rKN''s Hall of Fame. 
 
 lire. 81ie is a iiicinl)!'!- oF ilie l^|)isi-o|ial ('liurcli and faithful 
 in tlic (liscliai'iic of !ior duty to tlic chnrc]!. PIot litcrarv cul- 
 ture and talent has I)e('ii reeo,L;"niz( ih and when not otlierwisc en- 
 ii'aged her eompanion is a nnipizine or l)ook hy sonu^ favorite 
 author. Occasionally she tin<l< time to wi-ite novelettes and sho^t 
 stories for some of the leading' mafrazines. She helicNcs in lion- 
 est ]nen and o-ood women. Site lovos heautiful thin^i's and re- 
 joices to do o-ood and heantirul tilings efficiently and in a prac- 
 tical way. Her pride is her home. Iser thou-^'ht is of home; 
 therein is retlected her ex((nisite taste, culture and refinement. 
 She l)elie\'e8 that a nuiri'ied ■woman's hi,i;'hest duty is to oive the 
 best within heiself to tlu' comfort and haniiiness of her home. 
 
 . "The dcir of compassion is a trai.'' 
 
 "Xfilliini./ is so practical as ihniiglil : 
 our ririr of life moulds our life; our 
 ricir of (lod uwulds our souls: and Ihc 
 clearer ami richer the spiritual irortd to 
 us. the more spiritual aii.il hearenli/. that 
 is the more practical and loriiH/. the more 
 full of high aims uud loirhi serriees u:ill 
 our lives he." 
 
MRS. JOHX BALFOUR GAY. 
 
 Mrs. Johx Balfour Gay is the daiiolitcr of the hito Jam-?? 
 Montgomery Pearson, who, while a cadet in the United States 
 Xaval Academy, resigned his commission, wlien Tennessee his 
 native State seceded, and entered the Confederate navy, where 
 lie served as lieutenant nnder Admiral Semmes, witnessing the 
 celehrated battle between tlie Merrimae and the INfonitor. 
 
 Mrs. Gav has been ])articnlarlv identified with the Sunday 
 School work. AVoman's Anxiliary, the Personal Service Move- 
 ment, and the Mothers' Glub work, being now teacher of the 
 True Blue Girls (Sunday School class). She is president of her 
 Circle of the "Woman's Auxiliary of the First Ba])tist Chnrch : 
 
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154 
 
 'J'kxas \\'()mi:n"s TTai.i. of Fa:mi:. 
 
 president of tlie Jolin h. Winn Seliool .Mothers" Clnh, and Per- 
 sonal Service Cliairnian of the Austin Baptist Association. She 
 has been connected also witli the Ba])tist ^fexican ^lission School 
 of Austin, haviiig served acce])tal>ly as a nieniher of the lioard. 
 She is a musirian of considerable attainment, and constantly 
 maintains a music class. Durinsr February, 1!)17, slie was en- 
 dorsed by tlie brothers" Club of Austin as a candidate for sclioid 
 trustee of -the city scliool*. and after due cnnsitU'i'ation l)ecauic a 
 candidate for that jiosition. 
 
 As a s])ea]cer of chai'iuiiii;- fluency and unl)oan(h_'(l cnthusiasrii, 
 she has captivated her audiences in Austin. San Antonio and 
 other ])laces. Avhere she has s]ioke)]. Tier manner is simple, her 
 grip on her subject masterlul. and her ideas clear and to the 
 point, never failino- to VL'ach tlie hearts o1 her hearers. 
 
 Begin the iiiorniinri hi/ fiai/iii<i to thy- 
 self, I sJiall meet tltis dai/ iritli llic hitsi/- 
 hody, the ungvajleful. arroyant, ileceitfiil, 
 envious, unsoeial. All tliese things hap- 
 pen to them by reason of their ignoranee 
 of irhat is good and evil. Bnt I irho hare 
 seen the nature of the good, that it is 
 heaittiful, and of the had. that it is ngly, 
 can neither he injured hy any of them — 
 for no one can fix on rnr irhat is iigJy — 
 nor can I he angry irith my ueigJihor, 
 nor hale him. — ArnKLirs. 
 
MRS. ELI HERTZBERG. 
 
 Mrs. Et.i Hektzhkhg, nee Anna (ioodnian. was born in Xew 
 York City, and cflncated in the public schools of that city, and 
 graduated from Hie Xoi'mal College of Xew York City. 
 
 She Avas married to P]li ITertzberg, one of the i)ioneers of Texas, 
 and has lived in San Antonio, Texas, since that time. 
 
 She is interested in philanthropic and educational atTairs, and 
 is now a member of the School Board of the iniblic schools of 
 San Antonio. 
 
 She is acti\elv engaged in club work, and has been president 
 of the Texas Federation of Women's Chibs. Among the impor- 
 tant things acconi])li^bed during her administration were in- 
 
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].-)G Tex'vs \\'()\ii:x"s IIai.l of Fa:\[e. 
 
 flueiu-ing' the ])assao-e of lictter laws for married ■women in respect 
 to their property rip-]its. and tlie creation of a State endowment 
 fund. 
 
 Mrs. Hertzherg- has had plares on tlie lioards of tlie Carnegie 
 Library, Humane Society, Southwestern duyenile Training 
 School, and other organizations. 
 
 She has been president of the Texas l^ree Kindei'gai'ten Asso- 
 ciation, San Antonio AVoman's C'lul). San Antonio History Club, 
 the Stephen F. Austin ^Mothers' Club, and the San Antonio City 
 Federation of \Yomen"s Clubs. 
 
 She organized, and is life ])resident of the Tuesda\' Musical; 
 also organized the San Antoniri Symphony Society, and is its 
 president. 
 
 She is president of the San Antunio Section of the Council of 
 Jewish AYonien, and is first yice-i)resident of the Xational Coun- 
 cil of JeAyish Women. 
 
 She is a member of the Texas Women's Press Associatioii : a 
 Life Member of the Young ]\ren*s Christian Association Auxiliary, 
 and a sustaining member of the Young AVomen's Christian Asso- 
 ciation. She is also a nieiid)er of the Board of Dii'ectors of the 
 Flower Battle Association. 
 
 She was chairman of the Texas Commission of the Panama 
 Pacific Liternational Fxposition. 
 
 All things that tend to adxance the ui)lift and the progress of 
 Texas and its people claim her earnest consideration. 
 
MRS. MAEY JAXE BRISCOE. 
 
 BY ADELE B. LOOSCAX, 
 
 The following sketch of Mis. Briscoe hv Kate B. Shaifer was 
 pnblishcd in the Gulf Messenger (Houston) for February-March, 
 1898 : 
 
 "In the town of St. ("icnevieve. IMissoiiri. August 17, 1S19, 
 Marv Jane, tliii'd child of John R. and Jane Birdsall Harris, 
 was born. 
 
 •'John R. Harris and wife had moved from East Cayuega, Xew 
 York, and were descended from two of the oldest pioneer families 
 of the colonists; the former from the historic Harris family, of 
 Pennsylvania, and the latter from Xatlian Birdsall. who settled 
 on Long Island in IfioT. 
 
 157 
 
15<S 'I'exas \\.'().mi:x"s Hai.l of F.niE. 
 
 '"Tliere were then few white settlers in St. Genevieve, and 
 tliev were mostly French, hut within a few rods of Mr. Harris' 
 home, al)ont fi\o liundred friemlly Indians were encamped, and 
 his vounii' chihl ci'eated mucli interest among the squaws, and 
 was called l)v them 'the little white |)apoose;' who was prohably 
 the first white hahv they had ever seen. 
 
 "Among- tlio fvw residents from the Eastern State was Moses 
 Austin, from A'iiginia. and an acquaintance and friendship soon 
 sprang up l)et\\cen the families of Austin and Harris, which re- 
 sulted in their removal to Texas. Moses Austin was then consid- 
 erinii' a scheme for the colonization of Texas, wliich scheme im- 
 pressed d. U. Harris so favorably that he determined to em- 
 bark in the enterprise. 
 
 ^'Xot wishing to leave his family unprotected in Missouri, Mr. 
 Harris determined to have them return to Xew York, while he, 
 with Austin, explored the resources of Texas. Accordingly, lie 
 provided a good team for the long overland journey at Cayuga, 
 and accompanied them as far as Yincennes. Here he bade them 
 goodbve, and thenceforth throughout the long trip the whole re- 
 sponsibilitv rested upon the wife (who was accompanied bv a 
 young brother and a sister-in-law). 
 
 "After parting witli Ids family at Yincennes, ]Mr. Harris went 
 to Xew Orlearn and thence to Texas, where he selected his 
 location; and in 1S24: received froui the Mexican governm.ent a 
 grant of -l-t^o acres of land, which he located at ihe junction of 
 Butfalo and Bray's bayous, and in L'^^G laid out a town and 
 called it Harrisburg ; but remendiering the hardships experienced 
 l)y his familv in Missouri, and realizing the still greater trials of 
 colonists in Texas, he would not consent that they should joiii 
 him until he could at least assure them of a comfortable homo. 
 
 "The country abounded in fine timber, and with an eye to busi- 
 ness Mr. Harris erected a steam sawmill, equipped with machin- 
 ery, and went to Xew Orleans to procure belting for same. He 
 took passage on a schooner called 'The Eights of Man,' owned by 
 himself and brother, which ])lied between these two places; but 
 scarcely had he reached his destination when he was seized witli 
 yellow fever, and died August "?1. 1820. 
 
 "Feeliny that she could do nothing until her sons arrived at 
 
'I'kxas \\'o31j:x",-< Hall oi' Fame. 159 
 
 an ag-e to be lielpfnl. tln' widow, Mrs. Jane Harris, and her chil- 
 dren, remained with her father in Xew York till in 183:1, when 
 ill coitinaiiv \vith lier elde-^t ^on. I)e \\'itt Clinton Ilari'is, she 
 made the joiinie\- to Texa^. Arri'.inii- at IIarrisl)iirg, she I'ov.nd 
 the n)ili doin^u' a tiourishin<>- l)iisiness. manaji-ed l)v one of her hiis- 
 hand's hrothers, and a numl)er of families who had ali'c-adv set- 
 tled in the town. ^Irs. Hari'is o})ened a. farm and soon nnidc a 
 comfortalile home, hut even tlien the rebellion of the colonists 
 a,i;-ainst Mexico was ini|)endini;", and soon there were occurrences 
 that imperiled personal safety. 
 
 "In June, ISS-l, De Witt Clinton Harris, having gone to Ana- 
 hnac to i)urchase goods of ^Ir. Andiew Briscoe, was arrested and 
 tlirown into ])rison for refusing to ap])ly to the custom house 
 officials for a permit to remove the goods. 
 
 From this time there was no longer any feeling of security, 
 and events moved rapidly along culminating in the war for in- 
 dependence, which the early settlers of Texas fought. Conspicu- 
 ous among those who took an active part were members of Mrs. 
 Harris" own household and intimate friends. 
 
 "All who are familiar with Texas history will ]-ememl)er how 
 tile inhabitants of Harrisburg fled to Galveston Island; of the 
 sacking and burning of the village by Santa Anna, and how, 
 after the Texan victory at San Jacinto, the refugees returned to 
 their desolated homes. 
 
 "However, matters did not remain in this state for a great 
 length of time. Tlie same sterling qualities ami Iirave, adventur- 
 ous spirit that brought the pioneers into Texas now stood them 
 in good stead. Tents were sjiread until liouses could be built, 
 and all manner of trials cheerfully borne, thus bridging the time 
 until a cro]) uould be raised and prosperity resume its reign. 
 
 "Afeanwhile, the 'little white papoose.' now grown to young 
 M'oinanliood in her grajidfathcr's home on the Seneca river, was 
 anxiously awaiting a summons to join the mother and brothers 
 in far a^ay Texas. 
 
 "At last the summons from her mothei' came, and in ()ctol)er, 
 1836, ^Fary Jane, in company with her grandfather and several 
 otlTi^r relatives, sailed from Xew York to Texas. Bv slow transit 
 
KiO Texas AVo.^rEx's TIall of rA:^jE. 
 
 and iiumy t-liaii.ucs, they readied Xew OrJeaii.s (ju the tirst day 
 of Xovcnd)ei". 
 
 ■'After a week f;]K'nt in tliis city, tliey embarked on tlie Julius 
 Caesar, crossing' tlie (Tiilf of Mexico to (}uintana, at tlie nuuitii 
 of the Brazos. There were l)ut a few houses at tliis point — 
 roiig'hly l)ui1t — tlie most conifortahle one heint;- a two-storv 1)oar<l- 
 ing house, and tliere tliey stayed a few days, meeting and being- 
 introdnced to ]nan\- men avIio lind lately made their names famous 
 in heroic action. One story is told of how the young girl from 
 JVew York State watched, through the Avide crack in the parti- 
 tion wall, the notorious IMonroe Edwards, as he sat at table eat- 
 ing: of how his entire meal seemed to consist of sweet potatoes, 
 and of the huge ])ropoi'tions assumed by the ])ile of skins at tlie 
 side of his plate: of his rich a]id gaudy attire, liis flashing dia- 
 monds, and his gaily cai)arisoned horse. 
 
 "The next stage of tlie journey was on liuard the Yellowstone 
 to Brazoria, where two weeks ^yQve spent at the l)oarding house 
 of Mrs. Jane Long,* whose romantic history was listened to with 
 unflagging interest by all. The first Congress of the Republic of 
 Texas was in session at Columlna, only a few miles distant, and 
 General Sam Hfuiston, the president, with other distinguislied 
 men, were frequent guests at ^lis. Long's. 
 
 "The final stage of the trip to Harrisbnrg was made on horse- 
 back, the distance being al:)ont fifty miles, and nearly every foot 
 being covered by water. Mrs. Harris, standing in her doorway, 
 saw them from afar, and impatiently waited to welcome them — 
 and such a welcome after years of separation, hardships and 
 dangers ! 
 
 "The contrast betA\'ecn this new home in Texas and the one 
 she liad left, occupied ])ut little of the thoughts of the young 
 daughter, thus introduced into a world of novelty. Everything 
 =eemed so different to the life she had formerly led that there 
 seemed no limit to the strangeness of lier surroundings. 
 
 "With men who had participated in the struggle at San Ja- 
 cinto, she rode over the battlefield, where the lioncs of the Mexi- 
 cans lay bleaching in the sun. and where Avere found numerous 
 brass and other metal instruments belonging to the equipments 
 of Santa Anna's army. 
 
 *\'\'ife of ])r. Jame-i Loiil;' of Long's K.viieditioii. 
 
Texas \Vo:\ri:x*s Hall of FAiiE. IGI 
 
 "Among Miss Harris' friends was the Texas liero, General 
 Sam Houston: and in company with him and Captain Andrew 
 Briscoe, her future husband, she explored the eountr}- round 
 about her home, and tells of the heav\- growth of Magnolias that 
 covered the banks of the l)ayou where now there are only a few 
 groves left; and of the entangled wreaths of yeHow jessamine 
 that festooned tlie forest trees, ladening the air with delightful 
 perfume. Blackened and crumbling petals of the magTiolia, kept 
 as sacred mementoes of tlie past, bear witness of the fact that 
 when General Houston did not make liis accustomed call, he 
 sent as a substitute one of these blooms with the words scratched 
 on its soft creamy surface, '^For a\Iiss Harris, Sam Houston,' 
 accompanied witli his ^salutations,' verbally delivered. 
 
 "A mutual affection sprang up between Miss Harris and Cap- 
 tain Briscoe, and on August 17. 1S3T, her eighteenth birthday^ 
 they were married by Mr. Isaac Batterson, a Justice of the peace. 
 
 '"Shortly after his marriage. Captain Briscoe received an ap- 
 pointment from President Houston as Chief Justice of Harris 
 county, and as this necessitated his living in the city of Hous- 
 ton, he purchased a two-story liouse in process of building on 
 Main Street (the first one ever built there), one block from 
 the Capitol. At the expiration of his term of office, Mr. Briscoe 
 returned to Harrisbnrg, built a two-story brick house and en- 
 gaged in the cattle business. Here, in the pursuit of a healthful 
 and lucrative business, he and his wife enjoyed, for ten vears, 
 that full measure of happiness that comes to congenially mated 
 people. Many hours were passed in intellectual pursuits, read- 
 ing together their favoiite authors, and, when desiring a change, 
 the young wife being fond of horseback exercise, would accom- 
 pany her husband on excursions to the prairies, when attend- 
 ing to his cattle interests. In his trips over the unsettled coun- 
 try to look after land that had come to them through purchase, 
 or as grants from the government, they often penetrated regions 
 into which savage Indians made incursions every few weeks. 
 
 "Five children were l)orn to Mr. and ]\Irs. Briscoe, one of 
 which died in infancy. "When the eldest ari-ived at an age to 
 require school advantages, his father decided to remove to Xew 
 Orleans and engage in a banking business, and so. in the spring" 
 
163 Tkxas Wo.aikn's Hall of P\\:sfE. 
 
 of 184!). tlu' move was made, but scarcely liad the eiitei'prise 
 begun when its Jiead and fonndei' was taken sick, and died on 
 tile Itli day of October, (ien'jral Parnienas Riiscoe being present 
 at the deathbed of his son, closed np the business and took the 
 young widow and lier cliildren to bis jihmtation lioine in Clai- 
 boi'iie countv, ^lissis'<i|)|)i. and the remains (if Captain Andrew 
 Briscoe were hiid to rest in the old Tamily burying ground. 
 
 "Here Mrs. Briscoe remained for three yeais, at the end of 
 which time. St. Paul's College having been established at Ander- 
 son, Texas, the family removed to that ])lace; but this college 
 enterprise failed in \Ho(\ and the family then went to Cialve?-ton 
 and remained until iHo'.K wlien, at the earnest solicitation of 
 Mrs. Harris, tbey returned to Harrisburg and shared with her 
 the old family homestead in whicli j\[rs. Briscoe had been mar- 
 ried, aiul which bad been built on the site of the original home 
 bui'ut by the jNfexicans. 
 
 "Mrs. Bi'iscoe lost her mother in ISGO, but she, with her 
 family continued to live in tlie old home. Her second son, 
 Andrew Birdsall, was married to Anna F. Payne on the 28th of 
 Febrnarv. 1(S71, and her daughter. Jessie Wade, became the wife 
 of Milt(,n (i. Howe. Septeml)er 17, 18v'o. In 1874 Mrs. Briscoe 
 mo\ed to Hfuiston. On Septend)er 13, 1881, her youngest daugh- 
 ter, Adele Lubbock, was married to Michael Looscan. Her oldest 
 son. Parmeiias, never married, and always made his mother's 
 ])leasu]'e his first care. 
 
 "'At the breaking out of the Civil AA'ar, Mrs. Briscoe, with 
 true Southern i)atriotism. willingly ga\e her sons to the service 
 of the Confederacy, and her heart and home were always open 
 to the sick aiui needy soldiers. She cherished an ardent l<»ve 
 for everything connected with the first years of her life in Texas, 
 and felt great pride in her father's and mother's association vrith 
 its early history, and one of the happiest occasions of her ad- 
 vanced life was the annual reunion of the Texas Teteran Asso- 
 ciation." 
 
 Mrs. Briscoe was one of the orgnnizers of the Daughters of 
 the licpublic of Texas, a meeting for its formation having been 
 called at her home in Houston on Xoveud)er (i, 1891. She was 
 elected first vice-president, a position whii-h she held continu- 
 
'I'kxas Wo.mkv's ll.u.i. OF Fa.mi:. 163 
 
 oiislv lip to tlic time of lier death. She was ever keenly alive 
 to the interests of the society, and up to June 29, 1897. notwith- 
 standing- her advanced age, did as much active service as the 
 vouno-er meml)ers. On the eve of that day, upon the occasion 
 acting for tlie Daughters of the Eepnhlic of Texas, she presented 
 of the closing exercises of the Academy of the Incarnate Word, 
 this school with lithograph portraits of Austin and Houston, and 
 in a short add i ess inculcated the necessity for a knowledge of 
 the history of our own State, and a deep reverence for our heroic 
 past. This was the last time she was ahle to serve the cause she 
 loved so well, for, a few hours afterwards, she sustained a seri- 
 ous injury, hv slip])ing, as she ascended the front steps of her 
 residence; she never reco\ered the iise of her lower lind)S. and 
 passed the remnant of her life in strict retirement. 
 
 By means of a rolling chair, and an elevator, she was enahled 
 to move throughout her home, and thus participate in many of 
 the meetings of the San .7acinto Chapter, Daughters of the Ee- 
 public of Texas, which were often held in her parlor. Several 
 times during her long confinement of nearly six years, through 
 the kindness of their teacher. Miss Mary Roper, some of the 
 classes from the High School would visit her, and rehearse their 
 exercises, prepared for the celebration of Washington's Birthday 
 and the Texas holidays. Those occasions were red letter (Uiys 
 in her life, and were highly prized by the boys and girls, who 
 delighted in liearing her tell of having seen Lafayette in 18"?5, 
 as well as of her acquaintance with Houston. IJusk and others of 
 the Texas Eevolution. Their crowning jileasure. however, con- 
 sisted in being accorded the privilege of reading Travis' auto- 
 graph letter to Andrew Briscoe, written just at the beginning of 
 the rev<^ilution. 
 
 A few years before IMrs. Briscoe's accident, she was eleted 
 
 A 
 
 first ])resident of the Sheltering Arms, a home in Houston for 
 aged women and for those of any age needing a temporary 
 home while seeking employment. This institution, organized 
 imder tlie fostering care of Christ Church, always lield an impor- 
 tant place in Iv-r thought. She was reared in the Protestant 
 Episcopal Church and was confirmed by Right Reverend Bishop 
 Freeman in the early davs of church organization in Texas. 
 
1G4 
 
 Texas AVoalkn's Hall of Fame. 
 
 As a deseenclaiit of Jcvolutionary sires, she became affiliated 
 witli the first society of Daughters of tlie Eevolution organized 
 in Texas, witli Mrs. Freneli, State Eegent, at San Antonio. In 
 lier own home, the two Chapters, Eobert E. Lee and Oran M. 
 Eoberts, of the United Daughters of tlie Confederacy, endowed 
 her witli honorary membership. 
 
 As a charter member and first treasurer of the Ladies" Tiead- 
 ing Clul) of Houston, flic ilrst club in the State to publish its 
 constitution and l)y-laws, and issue yearly reports, she was a 
 pioneer club woman. Her historical sketches, character draw- 
 ings and reminiscences, were usually marked by a vein of quiet 
 liumor. which made them most acceptable to the literary pro- 
 gram of the chil). 
 
 These organizations were unfailing in delicate attentions to 
 her during her years of invalidism, and when the end came, 
 they vied Avith each other and with other loving friends in sweet 
 tribute to her niemoiw. Mrs. Brisoce died at her home in Hous- 
 ton, Texas, March S. 1903. 
 
 / cocjiccf to pass tlnougJi this lifr hut 
 oner. If therefore there is any kindness 
 I eon sJioic. or any good I ean do to any 
 felloic-heing, let me do it noir. Let me 
 not defer or neglect it for I shall not 
 pass this iray again. — A. P.. Hegemax. 
 
 "It is not how great a thing irc do. 
 hnt how well tee do the things we have 
 to do. that puts as in the noble brother- 
 hood of artists." 
 
MES. EDWARD lJOTx\N. 
 
 I\ATE Steiner McCall was born in Kentucky in ISol, and 
 came with her father. Judge James L. L. McCall, and her 
 mother, Eliza Anne Steiner, to Texas in December, 1853, and 
 settled in Waco, where she still lives. She was of the graduat- 
 ing class of tlie Waco Eeniale College in I860. She was married 
 to Edward Eotan in August, 1869. She was president of the 
 Home Association of Texas, a charitable organization, for several 
 years previous to the organization of the State Federation of 
 Women's Clubs. Mrs. Eotan was tlie first president of the Fed- 
 eration and assisted in its organization, and spent strength, time 
 and money to establish a high standard for this organization in 
 
 165 
 
1G(; 
 
 TijxAs \Vomt:x"s Hall of Fame. 
 
 tlie State. Siic lias a-sisted in many ciiaritics, and has been a 
 leader in cixic and also in eluucli work. 
 
 Mr<. Kotan is at present president of the Home Association 
 of "Waco, a niend)er of the Board of Control of the State Train- 
 ing Scliool fo]' (iii'Is. a vice-president of the State C'onference of 
 Social Welfare, a vice-jiresident of the Texas Town and City 
 Planning Association, and she has held other ])laces of honor. 
 
 ]k[rs. Retail is nhvavs hiisv in work for the uiihiiildino- of Texas, 
 and for betterment of conditions for women and ,uirls everywhere. 
 
 "Tcfirs arc tliC soft( iiiin/ .slioircrs irJiicJi 
 cause the seed of hear( n to sjiriiH/ up in 
 flir human heart.'" 
 
 "Ill the lime of Jrsus. the niouut of 
 tra)tsfi guru lion was on Ihv uaii 1o the 
 eross. — lui our day the eross is ou the 
 way to the mount eif trans^guration. — 
 // you would he on the mountain, you 
 must eousriit to pass over the road to it." 
 
MRS. G. R. SCOTT. 
 
 Ill estimatino- tlio inflneiuo of twenty years of a woman's life, 
 the lives of the associates and followers of the woman must be 
 taken into aeeonnt. Since the beginnino- of clul) life in Corpus 
 Christi, ]\[rs. G. R. Scott has surrounded lierself witli leading- 
 women of winning- personalities, who have encouraged and em- 
 phasized every movement started for the betterment of the com- 
 munity. 
 
 First, in the Wouian's ^Monday C1uli, of whicli ]\[rs. Scott was 
 president and for years tlie leader, she found a sympatlietic at- 
 mos])heie for tlie development of her progressive ideas. She kept 
 in touch witli tlic work of tlie State and then branched out into 
 
 167 
 
168 Texas AVomkn's Hall of Fame. 
 
 tlie broader work of the General Feileration. Iler ability, her 
 Iceen interest, lier generous appreciation of the Avork of others 
 soon brought her to the front on the State Board. She was 
 chairman of Civics, district president, and later was chairman 
 of the Endowment Fund in lier district. During her district 
 presidency she brouglit about fifty clubs into the Federation. 
 
 Mrs. Scott's attendance on every State meeting and several 
 biennials has meant much to lier liome city, for slie has never 
 failed to bring back renewed energy and inspiration. Out of 
 these various associations have groAMi warm friendships with the 
 great women of the State and Nation, especially with Mrs. Percy 
 Y. Pennybacker. A culmination of the altruistic spirit mani- 
 fested by Mrs. Scott was tlie giving of Mrs. Pennybacker and 
 Mrs. Fall to the women of her section in the "Valley Trip" of 
 19] 5. Every ciub Avoman from Brownsville to Corpus Christi 
 was given the opportunity to see and hear the !N"ational and State 
 presidents. This was but one of the great events in Southwest 
 Texas club life, made possible through the entliusiasm and ability 
 of Mrs. Scott, the "Admiral," as christened by Mrs. Pennybacker, 
 on tlie "Valley Trip." 
 
 During the ];>ast five years Mrs. Scott has been president of 
 tlie City Federation of Corpus Christi, a Civic League of Women. 
 With strong departments for Pural Work, Parents and Teachers' 
 x\ssociations, Park, Sanitation and Humane Laws, this organiza- 
 tion of three hundred ]nend)ers has done a vast amount of con- 
 structive work in Corpus Christi and Nueces county, co-operat- 
 ing with officials and other organizations. Many of the leaders 
 among Texas women have begged Mrs. Scott to permit her name 
 to stand for the presidency of the Texas Federation of Women's 
 Clubs, but she has steadily refused. No woman is more re- 
 spected; no one is more loved by organized womanhood than Mrs. 
 Scott. 
 
 Closely associated witli ^[rs. Scott in her every endeavor until 
 his death, three years ago. was her husband. Judge G. E. Scott. 
 With liis quiet, strong influence lie directed many important en- 
 ter])rises for his city, and with his calm, reasonable vicAv, he cor- 
 rected and prevented many mistakes in private lives, as well as 
 in corporations. After his death, Mrs. Scott bravely continued 
 
Texas Wo.aiex's Hall of Fame. 
 
 169 
 
 hev work, iiever faltering. Althoiigii the entertaining ol' the State 
 Federation in Corpus Christi was a nianmioth undertaking for a 
 small eity, it was carried through with attending pleasure and 
 profit to huiidreds of the women of Texas, with Mrs. Scott as 
 general cli airman. 
 
 The iiaj)])y faculty of nuiking each woman feel her own im- 
 portance in the wnrk. and the ability to take a strong hold and 
 lahor quickly, with an abounding enthusiasm for the desired end, 
 is characteristic of Mrs. Scott, the dean of Corpus Christi club- 
 dom. That the appreciation of this fact became known in offi- 
 cial circles in the State is evidenced by Mrs. Sr-ott's being ap- 
 pointed l)v Governor Ferguson in February, 1017, as a member 
 of the Texas Librarv and Historical Commission. 
 
 Keep hearts, sage minds, take life as 
 God has made it; it is a long trial, an 
 incomprehensible preparation for an un- 
 knoton destiny. This destiny, the true 
 one, begins for man toith the first step 
 inside the tomb. In the meanwhile, love 
 and suffer, hope and contemplate. Woe. 
 alas! to him who shall have loved only 
 bodies, form, appearances! Death mil 
 deprive him of all. Try to love souls: 
 you will find them again. — Victor Hugo. 
 
Mils. II. r. inxo. 
 
 A'niona' tlie woiiK'ii wlio deserve a ]>l:K-e in the Texas WniiKii/s 
 Plall of Fame, certainly no one is more wortliy than Mrs. II. F. 
 Ring, of Houston. Aloiiii' that line of adxnneement of wliieh 
 prophets of all ages have announeed, and i)oets have sung, ^Ers. 
 Ring stands [)reeinin<'nt, as she is also rorenu)st in the hearts 
 of all those fortunate enough to lie within the hi'iglit circle that 
 radiates from her a])]iroval and friendship. 
 
 To those atTpiaintcd with the histurv of Houston's clulis. and 
 of the record of nohle works in literary and civic improvement 
 and advancement. ^Ers. T»ing needs no introduction: for she is 
 closely identified with them as the chief promoter as well as 
 
 170 
 
Tkxas Wo.mkx's Halt, of Fame. 1?1 
 
 with the socinl life to wliicli she IcihIs sd imi;-li attract ion and 
 ploasure in this i^ay l\\as ]iK'tr<j|)()li<. JKm- drawing room lias 
 been the scene of nian\' (hdightrnl rniu-tions. l)oth of a social 
 nature and oT that jiei'ta.iiiing to chih woi-ls-. 
 
 The iiistoi'v of her chih life wouhl I'c practicallv a. Iiistorv of_ 
 the elul) woi'k of Texas, and certainly of the city of Houston. 
 More than tliirty years ago she hec^anie a iiieiid)er ot tlie Lad.ies' 
 TJeading Cluh of Houston. A little later she hecaine interested 
 with those who sought the estahlishinent of a Woman's Exehana-c, 
 and Avas one of the delegates fr(nn this oi'g.mization to the first 
 Congress of Women in Dallas in 1802. 1Miis Ladies' Heading 
 Club took u]) the cause of a })ul)lic library for Plouston in 1.S9S, 
 and Ifrs. Tiing was one of the leading W(n"kers. A\'itli other ]iub- 
 lic-spirited women, they succeeded in getting an appropi-jation 
 of '$"?fOO a year from tlie city, aiid later helped to raise tlie 
 money to buy the site of the ])resent splendid library building, 
 and have continued even to the ])resent in l:)etter equipping it 
 with fui'niture and making a(hlitions in the way of reading mat- 
 ter, ^frs. liing sei'ved IV)r two years as ])resident of the Head- 
 ing (*lnb. and ha,s been ]n'esident of the (*ity Federation, com- 
 ]iosed of all the women's clubs of the city. She has several times 
 been a delegate to the different State conventions, and was active 
 in the organization of the Texas Federation of A\^omen"s Clubs, 
 and was for two years chaii'man of the Lil)rary Committee of 
 the latter organization. She spared herself neither time nor labor 
 in fulfilling exevy dutv assigned her, even thongli it was neces- 
 sary to read and study much to gain the necessary equipment for 
 successful i^ervicc. 
 
 Mrs. Hing is a uKunber of the Daughters of the Confederacy, 
 the Daughters of the American Kevolution, the Art League, sev- 
 eral charitable organizations, a sane yet enthusiastic suffragist, 
 and has taken ])art in all the civic dis])lays of the city where 
 women are invited, yet she has ne\er neglected the sacre(l duties 
 of her home. 
 
 Those who know ]\rrs. Yi'uvj: l)est and love her most insist that 
 it is in her home that she a])pearr; to the greatest advantage; 
 that hei'e her graciousness of manner is most apparent ; that in 
 it< every arrangement — the disposition of the hric-a-brac and fur- 
 
17? 
 
 Texas "\Vo:\rEx"s PIaix of Fame. 
 
 nishings, tlie artistic teniperanient ami refiiiemciit charms and 
 cheers. 
 
 Her perfect eqiiilil»riuin and l)roadinindedness render her fair 
 in her judgments, c]iaiita1)le in hei' nlteranees; while her sweet, 
 gentle dignity inspires respect, and women endorse her hv emu- 
 lating her example. 
 
 (S'oHie 
 
 days must needs he full 
 
 of (/loom. 
 
 Yet 
 
 must ioe use them as we matj : 1 
 
 Talk 
 
 less 
 
 about the years to 
 
 come. 
 
 (iire Jo 
 
 'e, and labor more. 
 
 toda y. 
 
 What 
 
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 hand findetit, do vi 
 
 Ill miqht : 
 
 Ash 
 
 less 
 
 for help, but stand 
 
 or fall. 
 
 Each 
 
 one 
 
 of us in lifers c/reat 
 
 fight. 
 
 As 
 
 if h 
 
 'inself and God u^ere 
 
 all. 
 
 
 
 — Alice C'ary. 
 
ME8. FKAXC'ES McMJNUS. 
 
 Among th':' more lecont ailditioiis to the literary works of 
 Texas Avomeii is Mrs. Frances McMinds. formerly of Colorado, 
 Avho has l:)ecome well known as a newspaper woman, a writer of 
 verse, and as a heljjfnl factor in the political activities of the 
 State. Previous to her residence in Texas, Mrs. McMinds was 
 engaged in newspaper work in Pnehlo, C*olorado, M'here she found 
 an avenue for the expression of her poetic talent, as well as her 
 general literary ahility, through the columns of the Puehln Star- 
 Journal, on which paper she was eni]-)loyed in an editorial capac- 
 ity for several years. During that time she published her first 
 book of verse, a small volume entitled "Cactus and Goldenrod." 
 Since coming to Texas, earlv in 1910, she has contriltuted largely 
 
 173 
 
174 Tkxas ^Vo:mkx's Hat.l of Faafe. 
 
 to vaiioiis iiev.s])aiioi\< and magazines, and in 1913 oave to the 
 ])uljlie, tlirougli the Sniitli-Lamar Publishino- Coni])anv of Dallas, 
 her second book of [xicin^, called "All the Year 'Eound." This 
 pnlilication rccci\cd a ready appreciation throughout the State, 
 and was c-onmiented on in the highest terms by the leading news- 
 ))apers in Texas. Colorado and other States. The author's love 
 i'or a.nd understanding of children are siiown in the poems especi- 
 ally devoted to child life, and the warm human interest and 
 synipathttic inteipretatiou which are evidenced in all of her pro- 
 ductions have endeared her to the hearts of thousaiids of readers. 
 ]\rrs. McMinds is a member of the Texas Press Association, and 
 during the first year of its existence was identified with the Texas 
 School of .Journalism of tlie State University. Her early train- 
 ing in journalism was received under the tutelage of William 
 Allen White, who has won national fame as a. writer. 
 
 AVhile ]\rrs. TMcMinds recognizes literature as her chosen held. 
 she has. since coming to Texas, devoted most of her time to 
 political work. From the ^iinc she attained her majoi'ity she 
 had exercised a voice in tbe pul)lic affairs of Colorado, both 
 through her writings and at the ballot box, and although dis- 
 franchised by her remo\al to Texas, she was anxious to continue 
 her influence in behalf of humanitarian legislation, the prohibi- 
 tion of the liquor traffic, and the general develojimeiit of her 
 adopted State. Since the beginning of 1010. including the 
 memorable Statewide ri'oliiiiition Campaign of IDll. ]\li's. Mc- 
 ilinds lias occujiied a i-esponsiblc official ])osition in every State 
 campaign in wliici) I'l'ohiliitidu has been an issue. She lias also 
 been appoijited by the I'exas Senate, during several successive 
 sessions, to do legislati\'e research work for that body. Perhaps 
 no womaji in the State is more thorougldv familiar with political 
 conditions. 
 
 Of English-Canadian pai'eiitage, Mrs. McMinds claims the 
 Province of Ontario, Canada, as the land of her nativity, having 
 been brought l)y her parents to "The States"* when but an infant. 
 She completed her common school education at the age of six- 
 tec]]. and was immediately granted a teacher's certificate. After 
 a vear of teaching, she eiii'olled as a stutlent in one of the higher 
 educational institutions of the State, with a \iew to completinti- 
 
Tkxas \\'().mi:\"s Halt, of Famio 
 
 175 
 
 the eoufse, hut these pians were interrupted by her early mar- 
 riage. She ha^ one dauiihter. \'era Franees MeMinds, wlio is a 
 student in Texas State University. 
 
 The work of Frances ]\^e!^[inds in tlie field of Texas literature 
 may l)e said to have oidy bejiun, and it is predicted that her 
 future acliievements will a(hl miieli to tlie sum total of the lit- 
 erary ])roduction-; of Texas women. 
 
 // / could walk through the floral 
 qard-ens of the loorld and pluck the flow- 
 ers of rarest beauty and sweetest per- 
 fume, and then select from the crowns 
 of kings and queens the rarest jewels 
 that glisten there, I would fashion them 
 into a more beauteous crown, and with 
 the hand of love, I would place that 
 crown upon the brow of the Mother — 
 America's Uncrowned Queen. — Homer T. 
 
 WlLSOX. 
 
MES. J. W. LOWBER. 
 
 BY H. V. HOWERTOX. 
 
 As long as eluli women stand for the ])vinci]>les of truth and 
 righteous7iess. which liave so ennohled and exalted their work; 
 as long as an enlightened regard for education and the triumph 
 of Cliristian justice continues to give character to their work; 
 as long as love is the ruling principle of woman's heart, a 
 woman of the character and attainments of Mrs. J. W. Lowher 
 will edify theii' calling and add honor to their lists. 
 
 Mrs. Lowher, before her mariiage, was Miss Maggie Pleasant 
 DeBaun. She was l)orn at Cornishville, Mercer county, Ken- 
 tucky. Fel)ruary o, 18()1. Her first teacher was Champ Clark, 
 now Speaker of tlie Xational House of Representatives, and her 
 
 176 
 
'J'i;xA.s \\'().Mi:.\">, TIai.l of FA:in:. 177 
 
 early education was mostly under teachers who Graduated at 
 Daughters College, Harrodsl)urg. Kentucky. 
 
 ,She was niaiiied to Dr. J. W. Lowber, Jnlv 4. lSS->. Dr. 
 Lowber had been a college ])ii'sident for several years, and jiad 
 accepted the pastorate of the Chjistian Church at Lancaster, 
 Kentucky. She entered heartily into the work and soon be- 
 came very efficient in all the enterprises of the church. In Jan- 
 uary, 1884, her husband became editor of the Apostolic Church, 
 Louisville, and they moved to that city. He lectured extensively 
 over the State, and l\[rs. Lowl)er gave readings at his lectures. 
 In fact, she had taken an extensive course of study in reading 
 and expression. Dr. A. Wilford Hall, of Xew York, who heard 
 her read in that city, pronounced her the best reader in pathos 
 that he had ever heard. She was connected with Chautauqua 
 University ten years, and not only received her diploma but tnok 
 nearly all of the real courses. She afterwards received the de- 
 gree of Master of Arts at Texas Christian University. 
 
 The First Christian Church of Fort Worth, Texas, called Dr. 
 LowI)er to lie its pastor in 1888, and in this new field Mrs. 
 Lowber soon acquired a general reputation of being one of the 
 most sueeessfnl religious \Torkers in the State. They moved to 
 Austin in 18!)7, and soon built the Central Christian Church of 
 this city Dr. Lowber was jjastor of this church for twelve vears, 
 and says that he could not have succeeded in his work without 
 the help of his wife. Dr. and ]\trs. Lowber have traveled ex- 
 tensivelv not only through the states of this country but also 
 through most of the coantri(\-^ of Europe. They have added to 
 the church more than twelve thousand ])ersons, and in their so- 
 cial reform work over thirty-five thousand ])ersons have taken 
 their social reform pledge. 
 
 Mrs. Lowber has always taken an especial interest in young 
 people, and the fact that she has devoted so much attention and 
 sympathy to the voung lives in the church was one of the main 
 secrets of her successful ]iastoral activities with her husljand. 
 
 ^[rs. Lowl)er has, for a number of years, been a member of 
 the Pathfinders' Club, and takes much interest in its literary 
 work. 
 
MES. LAURA B. XOREIS HART 
 
 Tlie «nl)ject of t\n< sketrli \vi\^ born oiio-lialf mile from tlie 
 spot wlicrc gold was (liseo\ered in El Dorado county, California. 
 She was educated in the pulilic schools of that State, and grad- 
 uated from the State Xoimal School at San Jose, in 1877. Slie 
 taught twelve years in the pubiio schools of California. ]n'inci- 
 pally in high school M'ork. She was married in 1870, and came 
 to Coleman county. Texas, in 1881, from Modoc county, Cali- 
 fornia. Slie traveled with a 1>aliv girl of six weeks and her hus- 
 liand in a S))ring M-agon the eiitire length of California, across 
 Ajizona, Xew ^NFexico. and AVestern Texas, sleeping out every 
 night amidst danger from Indians and roving bands of outlaws. 
 
 178 
 
Texas Wo:\iex*.s Hall of Fame. 179 
 
 Her experience!^ in tliis res])eit weii"' tlirillinu'. After living three 
 years in Coleman conntv. the family moved to Martin county, 
 vviiere she lived six years on a sheep ranch, seeing few people 
 at anv time and often did not see another woman for thirteen 
 or fourteen months at n time. She was not lonely, however, as 
 siic had her faiuily and a small library, and spent her time in 
 reading, quiet study, and teaching hei" children. When the three 
 ehlest of her five children were of school age the family removed 
 to Big Springs in Howard county, her husband being engaged 
 there in the mercantile and hanking hiisiness. In 1897 they 
 came to San Antonio to give the children further advantages in 
 tile excellent schools there. Mrs. Hart has lived, at least had 
 her headquarters, in the Alamo City ever since. 
 
 Mrs. Hart was Grand jVLatron of the Grand Chapter. Order of 
 tlie Eastern Star of Texas, in 1892 and 1893; was Grand Secre- 
 tavy of the same body from 1894 to 1902, during which time 
 she originated the mo\ement in the Grand Chapter for the ac- 
 cumulation of a ]iermanent endowment fund to ])rovide a home 
 for the aged and indigent members of that order in Texas. In 
 190,5. Mrs. Hart was elected to office in the national bodv and 
 advanced step hv ste]). until from 1901 to 1904 she served as (he 
 j\lost AVorthy Grand Matron, which is the highest office in the 
 General Grand Cha]:)ter, Oi'der of the Eastern Star. During this 
 term of office she traveled extensively and organized eight State 
 or Grand Chapters, namely: Oklahoma, New Mexico, Idaho, 
 Florida, both the A'irginias, and Kentucky, her last official act 
 being a trip across the Atlantic, where she (U'ganized the Grand 
 Cl'.apter of Scotland in Ghisgow. 
 
 Mrs. Hart lias long l)een a mend^er of the AVoman's Benefit 
 Association of the Maccabees, a large protective, fraternal asso- 
 ciation composed entirelv of women, as she believes not onlv 
 in women's work for men. 1>ut in the protection of the home. . 
 She has been intensely identified with the promulgation of 
 this great movement in the Southern States, and now holds 
 the second ranking ])Osition in the national body or Supreme 
 Ifeview. This august bodv held its 1910 quadrennial eonven- 
 iion at the Waldorf-Astoria, where Mrs. Hart was chair-* 
 man of the Law Committee, and aided largely in the passage 
 
180 
 
 Texas Wo:\n:x's Hall of Fame. 
 
 of some very important laws. She was liiulily complimented 
 hv prominent attorney^ ujjon the manner in which she conducted 
 this important piece of work. Slie now lias active charge of the 
 piomotion and supervising work in Texas, Xew .Mexico. Arizojia, 
 Li/nisiana and Mississippi. 
 
 She hnds time to he intenselv interested in "Votes for 
 Women.'" Sfie Avas a cliarter memher of the Equal Franchise 
 Society of San Antonio, and wa? a delegate to the first two 
 State conventions held in Texas, wiiere she took an active part 
 in tlie organization work. 
 
 ]\Irs. Hart i< an exceedingly well-read woman and conversant 
 with all the live questions in politics and sociology. She has a 
 national reputation as a jilatform sjieaker. and has few equals 
 and no superiors in extemporaneous sjieaking and repartee. She 
 loves music, flowers and children, and withal is a loving mother 
 and a charmino- friend. 
 
 ■•// any littk 
 
 irord of oto 
 
 s eai 
 
 } It (ike 
 
 one 
 
 life the 
 
 brighter; 
 
 
 
 
 If onij little 
 
 song of oiir.^ 
 
 rail 
 
 make 
 
 one 
 
 heart th 
 
 " lighter; 
 
 
 
 
 God help Its 
 
 speak tha t 1 
 
 it lie 
 
 irord. 
 
 and 
 
 take our 
 
 hit of singing. 
 
 
 
 A)iil drop it 
 
 in some lone 
 
 hi '■" 
 
 le, and 
 
 set 
 
 the echoes ringing.''' 
 
 
 
 
MRS. SARAH CATHERINE LATTIMORE. 
 
 Tlie ^ul)jeet of rliis sketcli was fortunate in her l)irtli and early 
 environments. In lier veins is blended some of the best blood of 
 the Old Sonth, and she grew np in an atmosphere of refinement 
 and cultnre. Her aneestojs were of sturdy Colonial and Revolu- 
 tionary stock. Her paternal grandfather, Jesse Shivers, emigrated 
 fioni Pitt eonntv, Xortli (^irolina, to Creen connty, Alabama, in 
 1818, and was a cajitain in tlie Indian wars of Alabama and 
 Florida. His sword was long an ol)jeet of interest among his 
 descendants. Her father, while a stndent in Transylvania Uni- 
 versity at Lexington. Ky., resigned his study to enlist as a lien- 
 tenant in a com]ianv of yonng men whose ]iatriotism res})onded 
 to the call of the Texans for aid in their strnggles against Mex- 
 ican tyranny. His company reached Texas A])ril 24, 1836, three 
 days after tlie battle of San Jacinto Avas fonght. Remaining in 
 Texas as long as he felt tliat his services were needed, he retnrned 
 to his home in Alabama to Inid lii'^ mother mourning him as dead. 
 Taking np tlie study of medicine he soon rose to distinction in 
 liis profession, and l)('came a teacher in a medical college in ]\Icm- 
 phis. Tennessee. 
 
 181 
 
18? Tkxas AVoAfKx's TTall of FA.^rE. 
 
 On Iier luatrinal side. Mrs. Lattiniore's o'roat-great-o'i-andfath.er, 
 J7ev. TiolxM't McLaiiriii, was a clergyman of the established church 
 of Virginia. His wife. Elizalieth Blakely, was closely related to 
 Elizabeili Patterson, who married Jerome Bonaparte. One of tlie 
 sons of Robert McLaurin, James McLaurin, was a revolutionary 
 soldier, and was with Washington at A'alley Forge. Her great- 
 grandfather, liew Samuel Woodtin. was a Baptist minister in 
 AV'iat is now Po-i\-hatan county, V<i. He was born in IT"?'?, and 
 lived to be one luindred and ten vears old. Her grandfather, 
 James Woodfin, witli liis Avife, who was Catlierine McLaurin, and 
 their ten children, moved from A'irginia to Alal)ama in 1S35, and 
 settled in Marringo county, where he led the life of a prosperous 
 planter. It was on their Southern plantation that their daughter, 
 Catherine, was nuirried to Offa Lumford Shivers, July 37, 1S31, 
 and where Mrs. liattimore was horn January 1, 1S41. 
 
 Soon after the Inrtli of Sarali Lattimore, their second rhihl 
 and eldest dauglitei". T)r. and Mrs. Sliivers moAed to Marion, 
 Ala., wliere they spent the reniaindei" of tlieir long and useful 
 lives. It Avas in tliis classic towji. the scat of two famous insti- 
 tutions of leai'ning — Howard C^ollege and Judson Female Insti- 
 tute — that j\ris. Lattimore grew from infancy to womanhood, and 
 where, in IS.IT. as valedictorian of her class, she was graduated 
 from the Judson Female Institute. Two yeai's after her gradu- 
 ation she was man-ied to Pev. John Lee Lattimore, whom she 
 met and learned to love while the latter was a student in Howard 
 College. From this happy and congenial union were born eight 
 children — Prof. J. C. Lattimore, who was for several years a 
 member of the faculty of Baylor University, and was seventeen 
 vears superintendent of the Public Schools at Waco; Senator 0. 
 S. Lattimore, of Fort Worth, well known in legal, political and 
 religious circles throughout Texas ; Samuel II. Lattimore, a strong 
 and cultured young attorney of Muskogee, Okla. ; Mrs. E. B. 
 Spencer of Waco ; Mrs. J . G-. Purvis, of Proctor ; Mrs. J. M. Ilig- 
 ginl)otham, Mr^. C. G. Faust, of Dublin, and Mrs. George C. Butte, 
 of Austiii. ]\Irs. Lattimore has unceasingly contributed to the 
 in'^piration and success of her children, who delight to proclaim 
 iier the greatest of mothers. 
 
 For more than forty years Mrs. Lattimore bas been a resident 
 of Texas, moving to this State from T\Tonlton, Ala., where her 
 
Tkxas Womkx's TIali, of Fame. 183 
 
 Imsband was for five years president oL' Mouiton Female Insti- 
 tute. Sinee 1S8."), Duhiin iuis been Iier lionie. in ISST. while 
 in (|iiest of liealtli. Mr. Lattinioro died in Florida, leavini; the 
 responsibilities of the family upon his wife and two eldest sons. 
 Mrs. Lattimore met this new and tryino- situation with an ad- 
 mirable fortitude and intelli^enee. A teaelier bv temperament 
 and training, she made the sehool room, next to the home, the 
 ehief theater of her aetivities, from, whieh radiated intluences tltat 
 Mill never die. For awhile she was principal of the sc-hools at 
 Dublin. Tt is safe to say that no personality has counted for 
 more iii that section of Texas than has the personalitv of this 
 strong and queenly woman. 
 
 So symmetric and well developed are the mental, moral and 
 social qualities of Mrs. Lattimore that, in thinking of her. one 
 finds it difficult to name characteristics. A son-in-law, Mr. 
 George C. Butte. Professor of International Law in the Univer- 
 sity of Texas, says of her: "She is the most balanced character 
 I ever knew. Bv that I mean the highest degree of intellectual 
 acumen, l)alanced by great strengih of will, conviction balanced 
 by toleration, the capacity of suffering ]iain keenly balanced by 
 an innate cheerfulness of disjiosition ; profound faith balanced bv 
 practical works (Oh, so many of them I), loyalty to her own bal- 
 anced by a great-hearted devotion to all humanity, the highest 
 culture balanced by a fine modesty." 
 
 iVIrs. Lattimore's literary talents are in frequent demand by 
 women's study clubs, civic and religious organizations, and her 
 many polished addresses on literary and edn rational topics are 
 worthy of publication and ])resevvation. She ])ublished a volume 
 of "Incidents in the History of Dublin," giving a graphic ac- 
 count. ]iot available elsewhere, of the early historv of the com- 
 munity in which she has so long resided. Tt is a valuable source 
 book for historians of Texas and might well serve as a model for 
 similar efforts in other communities. 
 
 It is to be regretted that Mrs. Lattimore has not written more 
 for the public. Her natural ability, her culture, her wide read- 
 ing, her knowledge of men and affairs, and her command of pure 
 English would have enal)led her to enrich the literature of her 
 times. She still lives at Dublin, crowned with age and honor, 
 and is vet aboundinsr in oood works. 
 
MES. FEED W. DAVIS. 
 
 Mrs. Etiikl Scarvey Davis was liorn in Cooke county, Texas, 
 May 1, 1S9?. Slie was left an or]iluiii wliile yet an infant, and 
 had but attained her sixth year wlicn she was taken and cared 
 for by ''Uncle Boh" Xelson and his Avife, pioneers of that sec- 
 tion, noted far and wide f(U' their broad ])hi]anthropy. tender 
 sympathy and deep piety. Senator Bailey, a devoted fi-iend of 
 Mr. iSTelson, commenting on his decease, remarked touchingly : 
 "Had lie lived in the days of the grandeur of Eome he would 
 have l)een the "nDblest Eoman of tliem all.'' And it could be 
 as appro])riateh- said of '•'('; rand ma" Xelson that on the old 
 homestead, around which clusier the memories of a lifetime, a 
 
 184 
 
'I'kxas \\^(>.mi:\"s Kat.l oi- F\:\ii:. 185 
 
 vcvitahlc luotlicr of IsrncI, lik'ssrd hy the low am! veneration of 
 all her kiml. is waiting- for the will of the Aliiiiuhtv. 
 
 'J'he jiirTs life, from the time she hecaiiie an inte.u'al part of 
 the old patriarch's household, was the harmonious and eventful 
 one of the Southern rural home, sustained h\- those virtues -which 
 l)ud into culture, accomplishment, dignity and merit. She was 
 trained according- to her natural bent, to domesti? duties, but 
 found ample time to cultivate the intellectual mind. 
 
 Tn order to pny her way, we find her at fourteen, in addition 
 to the hiime duties she had assumed, teaching penmanship at the 
 community mral school. She enjuyed the a.dvantao'e of the 
 friendship and trainin.o- of ]\Iiss Kose Davis, a most estimable 
 and accomplished teacher in the neis'hborhood, the sister of the 
 gentleman she e\entually married. She pressed her studies with 
 such diligence that, at sixteen, we find her assistant teacher in 
 a nearby community school, and at eighteen advanced to the prin- 
 cipalship of one of the largest rural schools in the county — the 
 school of which her husband was a pupil, and of which he spent 
 five years as a teacher. She taught this school for three succes- 
 sive years and was then transferred to her home school, which she 
 taught u]i to the time of hei' marriage. Few records erpial this. 
 and none can surpass it in the moral lesson it impresses. 
 
 Her home life with the Xelsons was ideal in the love and ten- 
 derness and veneration with which her young life responded to 
 the affection the old folks lavished upon her. She grew to 
 womanhood amid such auspicious surroundings, and, whereas, 
 they found a tribute of love in everything she did for their com- 
 fort, she found a vent for love in everything she could do. Her 
 devotion to "Hnr-le Bob" "N'elson throughout his last sickness, and 
 her fidelity to the family throughout her entire life, approached 
 the heroic and, indeed, it may lie said was not exceeded by the 
 reasouable claims of natural iiarents. 
 
 Miss Ethel Scarvey wa> married in Cook county, October IS, 
 19] o, to the friend and lover of her childhood days, Hon. Fred 
 AV. Davis, now State Commissioner of Agriculture. She has made 
 many efforts to prevail u]ion jMrs. Xelson to make her final home 
 on earth with the girl who got from her the first home, but the 
 old lady's loyalty to the home of her long life of happiness, and 
 
1S6 
 
 Texas Wo:\[en;'s Hall of Fame. 
 
 tlie jjeniianeiit settlement there of lier two (lanalitei's. has ])roven 
 an insiiperahle obstacle. 
 
 Mrs. Davis, thoiigh qualitied in licr xaricd oifts and areom- 
 plishments to adorn the social life, has little taste in that direc- 
 tion and finds hei' oi'eatest pleasnre in efforts to Iniild np such a 
 domestic home as she left to wcil. She is a woman, as will be 
 obserA'ed, of refined heaiitv. with the most distinguished hearing 
 and pleasing manners. 
 
 •■.I irainaii has the sdiiic Inunaii iin- 
 /iirr iJidf a inati has, the same hunian 
 rif/iiis — to life, liberty, and the pur- 
 suit of happiness — the same liumaa 
 duties : and they are as iualicnahlr ;'« 
 a woman as in a man." 
 
ME8. A. P. AVERILL. 
 
 Mrs. a. p. Averill was born in Brva]i, Ohio, and received 
 her primary education in the pnblic schools of that State. To 
 prepare for liio-lier eilncatinn. she took a two years' course in the 
 Mittleberger Seliool at C'levehmd ; after that she entered Cornell 
 University, from whicli slie gradnated with the degree of A. B., 
 in 1895, l^eing made class essayist in the senior year. She is a 
 member of the Delta Gamma Fraternity. The following year 
 found her in Europe, where she again devoted herself to study. 
 The next year she accepted the position of head of the English 
 department in the Toledo High School. 
 
 She married and came to El Paso, her new home, where she 
 
 187 
 
188 
 
 Texas >Vo:\ri:x"s TTall of FA:iiE. 
 
 is giving nnieh of hvv time to cliili woi-k. Slie i? a past presi- 
 dent of the El Paso Women's Chili. 
 
 EA-ei' readv to serve lier eonnnnnity ami State, she is mak- 
 ing good nse of her splendid talents as a niemher of various 
 cluhs and organizations, holding honorary positions in every one 
 of them. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the 
 Charity Association ; of the Board of the Taiiversity Scholarship 
 ('luh: of the City Committee of Phiygrciunds. and ])resident of 
 the College Women's Clnb. 
 
 Mrs. Averill has l)een identified with State Federation work 
 for nearly seven years. She was elected State secretary in 191-3. 
 and Texas delegate-at-large to the Convention of the General 
 Federation, held in Xew York, in Mav. 101(1. 
 
 ■■// i.s rasy ctwu(jh fa hr /ilrasaut 
 
 When life flows h// like a unnii. 
 But the \roman irorfh irltilc is 1h( 
 iroman irlio icill smile 
 
 When eyerythinei goes dead wrong: 
 For the test of the heart is trouble. 
 
 And if altrai/s eomes tcilh i/ears, 
 A Jid the smile that eomes iritlt th< 
 praises of earih 
 
 Is the smile that shines throuf/h tear9.' 
 
SETTTTCE. 
 
 BY ELIZAr.KTU TiERTROX FAHXESTOCK. 
 
 Mako Tliou me strong, Lord I 
 Xot for the victor's wreathed eruwii, 
 Not for the glory and renown 
 But in tlie lioiir of grim defeat 
 That comes npon tlie battle's heat — 
 Bless TliDu m\' hlunted sword ! 
 
 Make I'hou me strong, Lord I 
 Not for the council's highest seat, 
 But, mingling in the crowded street 
 To speak, with yonder lowly man 
 As with a hrother. of Thy l^lan— 
 Bless Thou my liumlde word I 
 
 Make Thou me strong, God I 
 
 Not to be first upon that way 
 
 Where hungry millions tread their day, 
 
 But if, at eve, when courage pales 
 
 Thine be the path I trod! 
 
 Mv step shall sfuide some foot that fails- 
 
 18"J 
 
:\[]?S. W. M. HAKHIS. 
 
 Mrs. JIarris, tlie wife of W. M. Hairis, Assistant Attorney 
 General of Texas, was l)orn in Henderson, Alabama. When a 
 mere cliild she came to Texas witli lier ])arents, ]\[r. and Mrs. 
 S. J. Jackson, locating in the town of Winnsboro, where she 
 spent a happy oirlliood. ]\lrs. Harris, on her paternal side, is 
 of Scotch-Irish descent, while on her maternal side she is of 
 English descent. These ancestors on botli sides were numbered 
 among the colonists wlio fought for American liberty, and "^'for 
 the land of the Free and tlie home of brave."' 
 
 On January 24, 1900. she was married tr) ^Y. ^l. Harris, and 
 is noM- the mother of four children, one of whom is deceased. 
 
 190 
 
Tkxas Wo:\rT:x"s TTai.l of rA:\ii-: 
 
 lOT 
 
 She takes .^reat interest in liei' cliiMreii — in their (Mlucational 
 and spiritual welfare, and counts it a. ]n-ivilege to rank as their 
 closest compaiiion. Slic i> a meinber of the University Metho- 
 dist f'lmrcli of Austin. Texas, liei' present home, and takes .o-reat 
 interest in the Missionary work of tliat cliurch. 
 
 ]\rrs. Harris is interested in hi.s^lier education, ai.d is vei'v fond 
 of innocent sports and athletics. Rhe is an advocate of W(»nian 
 Suffraoe. helieving that in the shaiuno- of tlie ])olic\- of, and the 
 enactment of laws o-overning the liomc and the morals of the 
 country, the wonum should have a voice. Slie helieves in the 
 democratic doctrine of '''equal rights to all and sjiecial privileges 
 to none,"' and not merely the extension of the ]!rivilege to the 
 various s])ecies of male man, native and foreign, to the exclu- 
 sion of the mothers of the country. Mrs. Harris loves her home. 
 To her it is earth's fairest kinodmn, and through the suffrag-e 
 of Texas women she sees the many (ii>|>()itunities of the women 
 of this State to make tlie home what it should l)e — the home 
 wliere the seed sowers .)f eternitv dwell. 
 
 "The test of civilizatioi 
 
 is the esti- 
 
 mate of irotnau. Among 
 
 savages she 
 
 is a sJaie. In the dark ages of Chris- | 
 
 tendom she is a tog and a 
 
 sentimental 
 
 goddess. With increasing 
 
 moral light, 
 
 and larger liberty, and more universal | 
 
 justice, she 'begi)is to de 
 
 velop as an 
 
 equal huDian hring." 
 
 
MW^. PKAin: (ASH ILL JAC'KSOX 
 
 Matagor^la county claiiii> the privileoo of lia\iiii;- siven to our 
 Empire State a i^'pre^^eiitative of tlie ,o-entle sex who was destined 
 to oeeii|)y an eiivial)le ])Ositioii ainoiii;: lier sisters of the Sunny 
 Soutli. ;iltlioiio-h slie left the place of her l)irth in early child- 
 liood and removed to A.ustin. wliere she has s];ent her yeai's nf 
 development into woiiiaidiood. The pu'hiic st-hools of Austin fur- 
 nished tlie solid educational foumhitinn iqxin which she was later 
 dilioenth- huildius-. firaduatino- with honors at the age of 16 
 years, she immediately went to teaching, and at intervals took 
 special woik in the University of Texas in the suhjects she had 
 found most attractive: education. English and ]ihiloso|)]iy. 
 
 192 
 
jI'exas Woaikx's Hall of Fa ml. lOo 
 
 Thi' (lesiiv of aequii'lii^- kiioukMluv jiiid impartino- iiifonnalion, 
 however, is not the only cravino- of the soul of nohh- woiiuni. 
 To seek the we!l-l)eiit,<i- of the individual and the eoininuiiitv. to 
 become an active partn^T in the work of iinprovin>)- social condi- 
 tions and help to further all that is oood and heautiful caused 
 ]\rrs. Jackson to become especially interested in the work of 
 Juvenile Eeform. AVith a mind and heart fitted for the work, 
 she was ai)pointed a member of the board of the State School 
 for the Training- of Juveniles at Gatesville, under Governor ('a:ni3- 
 l>cirs administration. 
 
 Mrs. Jackson !■* a most lalented writer, and she is makin,!,'- 
 good use of this precious gift. She has written for papers and 
 magazines for years, and is th.e author of two hig-ldy appreciated 
 books — "Legend of Poinsetta.'" and '"''J'exas Governors' Wives." 
 She is a member of the Texas A\'oman's Press Association, and 
 is one of the officers of the League of American Pen Women. 
 She is on the Executive Board of the State Historical Society, 
 an Honorary Member of the Daughters of the Pepublic of Texas, 
 belongs to several local clubs, and is an ardent suffi-agist. Hap- 
 pily married to Mr. J. A. Jackson, a well known business man 
 of Anstin, thev live at 510 West Twenty-third Street. 
 
 Mrs. Jaekson is a woman of much experience, having traveled 
 extensi\elv at home and abroad. 
 
ADKLK LIBBOCK P.IMSCOE LOOSCAX. 
 
 Mrs. Looscax's ]iait'iits were Andrew Briscoe and Mary Jane 
 HaiTis. Her fatlier was jironiinent in tlie Texas Revohition, 
 and in tlic movements of tlie citizens wliicli led up to it. Her 
 iii and fatlier. Joliii Ricliardson Harris, was one of '"The Old Three 
 Hundred"' of Austin's first colonists. He was the founder of 
 Harrisl)uro-. ;iiid tlie town as well as the county of Harris was 
 named in liis honor. 
 
 The county of Briscoe wa.s named in honor of Judge Andrew 
 Br'iscoe. he having heen a signer of the Declaration of Texas Tn- 
 dejK^ndence. and a cai)tain of regulai's in the hattle of San Ja- 
 cinto, and fiist chief iustice of llariis county. Mrs. Looscan's 
 
Tkxas \V(>mi:.\"s IIaii. ok Fami;. 1!).") 
 
 faiiiiU' iiaincs arc thus linked clnselv with the historv of Texas; 
 that (if her hush'aiKl with the slrua-ii'le of the Southefii ('(Hileil- 
 erac-v. lie went iiitu the ai-ni\- a pi'ivate. seized as niajdi'. and was 
 Inspector (ieiiiMal nT StalT of Majoi' (ieneral Sam Bell Ma.xey, 
 at the close of tiie fi>nr years" nnstic;-essfnl struii'ij'le. 
 
 Adele L. B. Looscan was horn at Han'ishurti', Harris county, 
 Texas. She was educated mostly at ^liss 3Iary B. Browne's 
 Younu' Ladie- Sdiool at Houston. On Se])tend)er 13. ISSl, she 
 was united in inaniaii'(' to Majoi' ^li(hael Looscar,. an attorney 
 of that city. In ISS."). in concert A\ith Mrs. Caesar Lombardi, 
 she oru'anized the Ladies" Eeadirjo- (duh of Houston, of which she 
 was elected jjresident : at the end of the first year a full report 
 of the j)roceediiiii's of the cluh., its ])ioiirani and the addresses of 
 officers were ])uhlished in ])am])hlet form, and distributed aniong' 
 friends all over Texas, "^rhis auspiicious beo-iniiinii". calculate(l to 
 induce the formation of other clu))S. was continued foi' many 
 years, or until wniuen's (dubs became y-eneral throuohout the 
 State. 
 
 In l'^87, Avh.cn the Woman's Exclianae was organized, ^[rs. 
 Looscan was made chairman of the Kxccutive Board. Tn con- 
 nection with this work, she organized, and. with the assistance 
 of Mrs. H. B. Rice, coiiducted a free sewing school, wdiere litth 
 girls were taught to cut out and make dresses, — the completed 
 work lieing given to the children of the Bayland Orphan Home 
 at Houston. This was manv years Ijefore a course of training in 
 sewing or domestic science was introdur-ed into the public schools 
 of the State. She contributed to the Ladies' Messenger, the or- 
 gan of the Exchange, edited by ]\rrs. Laura Bibb Foute, articles 
 on different subjects looking to the development of more efficient 
 methods of housekeeping, and a greater love for homemaking. 
 Special articles on historical subjects in this publication were 
 over her pen name "Texan,"" and were based largely on the ex- 
 periences of her grandmother, Mrs. Jane Harris, during the 
 Texas Revolution, and the reminiscences of her mother, Mary J. 
 Briscoe, concerning social affairs at Houston and vicinitv in 
 pioneer days. 
 
 In 1S9?, when the society of the Daughters of the Republic of 
 Texas was oro-anized at the home of her mother. ^Irs. Looscan 
 
196 Texas Wo^fex's H vlt of rA:ME. 
 
 was chosen ehainiiaji uL' tlii' executive board, wiiieli (owing to 
 tlie advaiiced aiies of the president and vice-presidents, whose 
 offices were, in a manner, honorary) had entire control of *:he 
 work of carrying on the business, and devising means for inter- 
 esting and educating the public in the ]n-eparation of Texas his- 
 tory. Its most imjjortant objects were undertaken, and were well 
 on the wav to completion, when, after seven years service as 
 ciiairman, Mrs. Looscan resigned this position, to assume the less 
 onerous one of Historian, circumstances at this time demanding 
 a larger sliai-e of her time for home duties. Patriotic themes 
 were alwavs in the foregi'ound of lier endeavors. She contrib- 
 uted historical ])apers to the Te.ras Mfifjazine published at Austin. 
 One of these, "The Battle of Sabine Pass," was written from 
 historical records and from personal interviews with a jiarticipant 
 in this brilliant naval engagement. 
 
 She contributed three articles to "A Comprehensive History of 
 Texas," edited by Dudley G. Wooten and published l)y W. G. 
 Scarff, viz. : "Xoted "Women, and Social Life in the Days of the 
 Colonies, the Pevolution and the Pepublic," "The Evolution of 
 the Texas Fhrg" and "Tombs and Monuments Erected to Xoted 
 Texans." These ])apers, and others wiitten during the life and 
 under the inspiration of her husband, are signed Mrs. ^[. Looscan. 
 
 She has been for years a member of the Texas Wonuin's Press 
 Association, serving at different times on committees of impor- 
 tance and as vice-president. The Pen Women of Houston num- 
 ber her amoiig their members. 
 
 Upon tlie organization of the State Federation of Women's 
 Clubs, she was made second vice-president, an honor duly ap- 
 preciated by her, especially as she was not at that time able to 
 enter upon active service. When the different women's clubs in 
 Houston wished for a city federation, she consented to serve as 
 their first president, this officer !)eing at the same time chair- 
 man of the Executive Board. The City Federation has proved 
 a most useful and influential institution, and recently honored its 
 first president I)v bestowing upon her the title, "President 
 Emeritus." 
 
 She was registered a charter meml)cr of tlie Texas State His- 
 torical Association, organized at Austin. ^larch 2, 1897. Dur- 
 
Texas \Vo:mkx's Hall of Fa:mk. 197 
 
 iiio- till' same year slic was elected a Fellow. Her writings, run- 
 niiiiJf tliroupli the tirst nineteen volnnies of the magazine of the 
 Association, noAv known as the Sonthivesteni- Quarterly of the 
 'IV'xas State PTistorical Association, enihiace descriptive identiti- 
 cations of old JMexican forts in Texas, lives of several distin- 
 guished men and women ])ioneers, and a monogra.]di on Harris 
 countv from its earliest settlement in IS?? to the annexation of 
 Texas to the United States in 1845. 
 
 At the annua! meeting held at Austin on March 2, 1915, she 
 was elected ])residont of the Assoeiation, an honor which was 
 again conferred upon her at the ensuing meeting in 1916. 
 
 Born and reared in Harris county, of a family identified with 
 the eai'ly history of Texas, it has heen and is her joleasure to 
 devote her life to its interests. While holding mend^ership in, 
 and contrihuting to other j^atriotie organizations, the Daughter's 
 of the American Eevolution and the Daughters of the Confed- 
 eracy, her hest efforts are dedicated to the preservation of the 
 history of Texas. Since the death of her hus])a.nd in 1S97, she 
 has lived in h.er mother's home, on the same hlock with her own 
 former home. Here are clustered many mementoes, pictures of 
 family homes in Eiigland and the other states; the old Harris 
 mansion at Harrishurg, Pennsylvania, and the equally historic one 
 of Texas, the Birdsall home of Western Xew York, and the first 
 Briscoe home of Houston, tell the tale of pioneer life running 
 througli many generations. 
 
 Family portraits look down npon the old mahogony furniture, 
 and closets and chests hold in their keeping letters and documents 
 which could many a tale nnfold of personages who played an im- 
 portant part in the historv of Texas. 
 
MRS. J. E. VAN T IS. 
 
 Mrs. J. E. Yaxtis. wlio is the witV of -hidae J. E. Yaiitis, 
 xlssociate Ju-tiee of tlie Siiprenie Court of Texas, was l)on] in 
 i^ewton county, Mississippi. Her ])ai;ents were Terrie M. Sloan 
 and Mary Black Sloan. Wiih tltciii she came to Texas in her 
 infancy. Thev estahlished tlieii- home in Hell county. The city 
 of Temple is located on a portion of the land which her father 
 purchased for the fauiily home. Slie was educated in the jiuhlic 
 schools of Bell county in and near Temple, and at Salado Col- 
 lege. On -lanuarv ■^'^. 1S9G, she was married at the family resi- 
 dence in Tem])le, Texas, to Judoe Yantis, then a young lawyer 
 residing in Waco, Texas, where she and her hushand have since 
 
 198 
 
'Tkx \s Womi-; 
 
 Ham, oi' Famk. 
 
 199 
 
 residetl. A (laii>i'liter was Ixnn to this uiiinn Dcceiulier -1. 1S9S, 
 (Tviiiii- ill iiifaiK'V. ^[rs. ^'aiitis lias l)ccii jinmiiiiciit iit cliiireli 
 work, and in the social life of Waco for twenty ^ears. She is 
 teniiioraiih- icsiiiinu in. An>rin. where -ludo'e Yantis is required 
 to reside while discharo-ino- his official duties. 
 
 THE .AIOTHER. 
 
 1:Y HKSTKK I. RADFOIil). 
 
 )'uii struggled hlindly for iiii/ s(jiil 
 AnrJ ivepl for me such hitter fearf^. 
 
 That throiiyh your faith tiii; faith fircti; 
 irhole 
 And fearless of thr eoiiiiiK/ i/ears. 
 
 For in the path of doubt and dread 
 Yon u^ould not let me walk alone. 
 
 But prayed the prayers I left unsaid 
 And souijht tin- (lod I did disown. 
 
 You (/are to me no icord of blame 
 
 But wrapi>ed me in your lore's belief. 
 
 Dear Irjre. that Inirnt m\j sin like pa me, 
 And left me trorthy of your yrief. 
 
MES. S. W. T. LAX HAM. 
 
 Mrs. S. W. T. Laxha.ai, iiea Saiali iJcona ]\Ieng. was Ijoni in 
 Pacolet, T^iiioii t-oniity, South Cai'oliiia. and received lier educa- 
 tion in Jlv\. Colon ^rnrcliin-^on's Scliool in Unionville. 
 
 Her life was not witliont its romantic side. After the war 
 was over and all lost save honor, a \-onno- hoy-soldier, not vet of 
 a,ii-e, retnrned to his father's home and a^ain took np his stndies 
 nnder the in-^trnction of a yoiinu' lady who was a teacher in his 
 father's family. This vonna' lady was destined to ])lay an im- 
 portant part in his life's histoi'y. for the young- soldier student, 
 full of ai'dor and romantic sentiment, soon learned to love his 
 t<?acher, and. in ]S(i7. Miss Sarah Mens: hecame the wife of her 
 former ]ni])il. Sam Lanhani. Tn 186fi. Mrs. Lanham with her 
 Imshand started OA'crland to Texas, the ti'i]i takiiiii' thiee months. 
 
 200 
 
Texas A\'omkx"s ITai.i, of Fame. 301 
 
 After looki]i,t:- a\vr llic rounti'v. llicv clicsc Wciillicrrdi'd as a per- 
 maiK'nt lioine. Ble^'sinu- fliis marriasi-c' were four sons and one 
 {lauji'liter : Dr. TI. ^f. Lanliani. a pliysi'-ian of A\'aco: K. ^I. Lan- 
 liani. wlio (lied at AVe;itlierford in I)('cend)er. IDOS; Fi-ank B. 
 Fanliam, of Fort Woith: Fritz (i. Fjanliani. an attoi'iiev at 
 AVeatlierford, and Mi's. >]d. ('. Connoi'. oT Dallas. 
 
 Til AVeatlierford, for a time. Mrs. Lanliani assisted her lias- 
 band in teaeliinu' scIkuiI. In lS(i*i. 'Mr. Lanliani was admitted to 
 the bar, and was soon recognized as (me (if the ablest lawyers in 
 the State. After servino- his i)eo])le as district attorney, he was 
 sent bv his district to ('ongress. at Avhicli ])ost of duty he faith- 
 fully served for sixteen years. From liMi;; to 1907 he served his 
 State as Governor, dnriiii;" A\hich time nmcli progress was made 
 along- various lines. Durini;- all this time ]\rrs. Lanham was her 
 Imsband's close eonijianion and able ad\iser. All who knew Mrs. 
 Lanham intimately were well aware of the love and devotion 
 which extended between this happily mated couple. Many times. 
 Governor Lanham made jniblie acknowledgment of the inspira- 
 tion she was to his ]>ublic career. In his last speech delivered 
 at the opening of Weatberford Gollege (1007), he told of his 
 struggles to acrpiire an education and how. when he was teacliing 
 his first school, he would encounter sums in arithmeti;' that he 
 could not solve and Avould take them home to his young wife, 
 who would exi)lain them to bim at night, and he would then 
 explain them to bis cla=s next morning. 
 
 At the close o\' Governor Lanham's second administration, he 
 and Mrs. Lanham returned to their home at AA^eatberford. On 
 the second day of July of the following year (1908), after a 
 suddeii illness which lasted for aliout a day, her pure spirit ])assed 
 away. On July 29, less than a month. Governor Lanham, worn 
 by official cares and duties, and by Ids late sorrow, passed out of 
 this life. The loving spirits of the two com]ianions were again 
 ]'eunited ''on the beautiful Tsle of Someubeic." 
 
.MIfS. GEORGE E. GWTXX 
 
 Mrs. Gi:oi;(;i-: 1^. (iwixx \v;t^; hum oi' Kn^lish ])ciroiit<, Aiiiiiist 
 20, ISSf). I^](liicat('il under iirivatc tiitovs, she \va.< always am- 
 l)itious to heeonie a silver, and early in life hegan the serious 
 stiiil\- ((f nnisif and laiignia_u'es. She studied for opera and con- 
 ceit Avoi'k under Oscar Saeno'ei'. of Xew Yerk Gity. and for 
 oratory undei' l))-. A. ^ladeley. also of Xew Yoi'k. She studied 
 the Italian lanu'uaLie nmler Yito I'adula. li'nval Enixcrsity. f^onie, 
 Italy. l]i ChicaL'n, on .Tanuarv 14. IDOT. she was married to Hi'. 
 Georye E. (iwinu. and in the year 1010 thev moved to San An- 
 tonio, 1\'xas. All of her time is devoted ti' church and concert 
 sin,i;'ini;-. She has held the ])osition of so])i'ano soloist in some 
 
 •202 
 
Tiixvs AA'().Mi:\"s Hall of Fami;. 
 
 203 
 
 (if the !;ir_i;('st (Inii-clics in this coiiiili'v, the imol iiii[ii)i taut bo- 
 ing the Calvarv r)a])tist Cliurch. Xew York City. For four voarf; 
 -lie was so])rano soloist and director of iniisii- in tlio Travis Park 
 -M. E. Churdi, San Antonio, also so])rano soloist at Teinplo 
 Beth-El. San Antonio, and -oloist foi' p]lijah San Antonio ^lid- 
 Winter Festival with the St. Louis Symjilionv Orchestra. ^\r6. 
 rjwinn is a nicnibei- of tlu' Tiiesdav ^fusical Cluh and the San 
 Antonio ]\[nsii-al (1ul), and rloselv sissociared v.itli the Equal 
 Franchise movement. 
 
 '•(I'ii-r io Ihr irorld the best thai i/<ju 
 h(iV(\ (iiiij llir licsf irill roinc hacl: to 
 
 "■'The soul 0)1 earth is an iminorlal 
 guest, eompelled to starve at an unreal 
 feast ; a pilgrim panting for the rest io 
 come: an exile, a>ixious for his nativ; 
 
 home." 
 
MISS katp: nrxTKi; 
 
 Mi.ss ^1ai;y Kati-: Huxtkk, one of tlie leaders of tlie Woman 
 Suffrage movement in Texas, is a descendant, on botli ])aternal 
 and maternal sides, of pioneers. 
 
 Her frreat-grandfatlier. General Xat Smith, of Tennessee. ^\'as 
 with Andrew Jackson in the hattle of Horse Shoe Bend, in 
 Florida. He cani^^ to Texas in 18o9. and settled at Foit TToii<lon, 
 near Palestine, the site of the home of the late dndue John H. 
 Reagan. Her paternal grandfather. Dr. .7;imes Hunter, whose 
 wife was a daugliter of General Smith, came with him. 
 
 llvr maternal grandfather. Dr. dehu pjeesuii, was also a 
 pioneei'. and settled in Houston eountv. near Crockett, in ISoS. 
 
 204 
 
Texas A\'o.mi:x's flAi.i. of Fame. 205 
 
 Pier oreni uncle. Xathaiiiel Wvclie Hunter, was appointed from 
 Georgia in lS-3!) to West Point, served in the United States army, 
 aiid was in active service as a captain of the second dragoons in the 
 Ignited States war with Mexico in LS-K). Her father, Xathaniel 
 AVvehe Hunter, a lawver by piofession, entered tiie Confederate 
 army at the age of twenty and served through the Civil War of 
 iSdl -(;.-). She has ample precedent for the spirit of the pioneer 
 Mork slie is now doing for Woman Suffrage in Texas. 
 
 Born in the country, near Palestine, Texas, she received her 
 education in the common schools of Texas, and taught three years 
 in the puhlic schools. On account of failing health, she gave 
 up the school work, and made use of her musical education by 
 teacliing piano. She pursued the study of music, first in Chi- 
 cago, under Mr. AV. S. B. Matthews; later, in Boston, i)upil of 
 :\rr. Car] Faelten. aiul student of the Faelt.en Pianoforte School 
 and eiglit years ago studied one vear in Berlin, pupil of Madame 
 Eylau. 
 
 She lias continued to teach in Palestine, and has done pioneer 
 woik in establishing and mantaining the highest standards in 
 music in an unmusical atmosphere. 
 
 She has been identified with clul) work in Palestine, havino- 
 l:een a ]neml)er of the Self Culture Clul) for ten years, and its 
 president when the club undertook the work of founding the 
 present public library. 
 
 Her latest activity is the establishment, in conjunction with 
 suffrage work, of a free public law course for the women of Pales- 
 tine. She has had the co-o]>eration of Judge Tarlton of the Ex- 
 tension Department of the LTniveisity of Texas — the course of 
 study l)eing furnished by the T'niversity — and the assistance of 
 local lawvers, who give free lectures. 
 
MRS. KOSE PP^NNIXGTON WESTBI^OOK. 
 
 Mrs. L'ose Pkxningtox Westbrook was liorn in W'hitewriglit,. 
 Gravson comity. Texas, June "22. 1SS9, and was ediu-ated in tlic 
 public scliools and (ii'aysdii C*o]leo-e of tiiat ])lace, ui'adiiatino: from 
 Grayson C^ollc.ti'e in tlie class of ]90(i. Slic was married No\ein- 
 ber 7. 1008. to Senator Kicbard Edwin Westl)roi)k. wbo repre- 
 sents tlie counties of Collin. Hunt and IJains in tbe Senate, and 
 wbo, on Marcb •?!, 1917, was elected President Pro Teni. of tbat 
 body. 
 
 Mrs. Westbrook is a reader of force and ability, and takes a- 
 deep interest in club work, but is strictly an anti-suffragist, be- 
 lieving tbat woman can wield a greater inHuent-e for tbe devel- 
 opment and o-ood of a nation tlirougb jn'inciples taugbt in tbe 
 bonie, tliaji by tbe exer<-ise of tbe ballot. Slie is a real niotiier. 
 and ber greatest ambition in life is to make borne bappy and 
 attractive for ber busband and two littb- daugbters — Delia Lvnn 
 and Pos<Mvynn. 206 
 
MT?S. HELEX :\r. KTIJBY. 
 
 Miss Hhlkx Mak'u Swearixgex was l)oin in Mobile, Ala- 
 bama, Jaiiiiarv IT, 18;ir, wbeie .•^he lived until about 12 years 
 old. Her ])arents moved to Texas in 1839, and settled at wbat 
 is now ('Iia.])j)ell Hill, wbere her father established a school. 
 This sehool M-as the nucleus of Soule I'niversitv, afterwards 
 called Southwestern T'niversity, which latei- was moved to George- 
 town, its present location. 
 
 Miss Swearingen was married April IS, ISry^. to Jared E. 
 Kirby. a ])lanter, who then lived in Austin county, in the part 
 which aftei'waid l)ecame AValler county. fTer husband died in 
 ]S(i,"). ]ea\ing her with two sons. Iiotli of wlioni she reared and 
 
208 Tkxas Womkx's Ifvi.i of f\v:\iE. 
 
 educated, and bot'i mo\ed -with liri' to Austin in INTT). During 
 her first year'?; residence in Austin, [Mrs. Kirhy tau»iht with Cien- 
 eral and jMrs. Stacy a ])rivatc academy, and tlie foUowing- year 
 she established a school tor gii'ls. which she successfidly con- 
 ducted for ?onie nine years, and in 1S84 slic became connected with 
 the State Tniversity. She was made First Assistant Dean of 
 Women in 19(»2, and a little later General Suiierintendcnt of the 
 Woman's Building, and at present she is Dean of Women. 
 
 Perhaps no woman in Texas has done more to shape the lives 
 of young women in the direction of noble wonuinliood than Mrs. 
 Kirby. During- the half century she has been actively engaged 
 in school work, and thonsands of young women have been lirought 
 under lier influence. The ])rivate school for girls above referred 
 to was conducted in her own home, and many of the student body 
 were members of her household. It speaks volumes for the in- 
 telligence and good judgment of the eaidy authorities of the 
 State University that they were aide to choose so adnnrably one 
 whose impress on the voung lives of the women hi'ought under 
 her care should prove so helpful and wholesome. 
 
 A former male student of the University, speaking of ]\[rs. 
 Kirby in an article on the thirtieth anniversary of her connec- 
 tion with the University, says: 
 
 "From the first day in school, when as freslimen. they wonder 
 who the kind old lady in the (|uecr bonnet is. who sits at the desk 
 in the room where the gii'ls are. Tntil they pass from the corridors 
 for years after, as graduates, every student daily sees the good lady,, 
 amid a room full of her Tnixci'^ity daughters, busilv engaged in 
 her labor of love. 
 
 "And her smile in the corridors — what fellow is it who does 
 not feel that he has had a most fragrant bouquet ])inneil upon 
 him Avheii that dear lady bestows upon him in passing her smile, 
 a smile sueh as she alone can gi\e: a smile strong and sincere, 
 full of love and deference, a smile in which one can read a beau- 
 tiful character, and out of wliidi seems to beam that which is 
 good and h',\e|v.'" 
 
 Of the two sons born to ^Ir. and Mrs. Txirby. the elder, liiehard 
 Swearingen Kirby. died in cailv nianliood. after their removal to 
 Austin. He was a most promi-^ing youni^- man. ami his death left 
 
'J'exa.s AVo.aikx's I Tall of FA:yrE. 
 
 209 
 
 a void ill lier heart that time can never fill. The other son, R. 
 H. Kirbv, generally known as Harper, is widely known through- 
 out Texas and other States for his indefatigable lal)ors to pro- 
 mote the cause of temperance and ])rohil)ition. At present he 
 is the president of the Texas Anti-Saloon League, giving freely 
 of his time and large meaiis to the work. 
 
 Mrs. Kirby is a life-long J\[ethodist, and for more than twenty- 
 five years was president of the Woman's Missionary Society. 
 
 •'These are her fruits. J.-indurss and gen- 
 tleness, 
 And gratefiiUii ,ce take them at her 
 hands : 
 Patience she has^ and pity for distress. 
 And love that understands. 
 
 Ah. ask. not hotr such rich reirard teas 
 icon, 
 How sharij the harroic in the former 
 I/ears. 
 Or melloiced in lohat agony of sun, 
 Or watered with what tears." 
 
THK \V():\fA.\ WHO I'XDKIJSTAXDS. 
 
 SoillcwIlCl'C :!l(' WJliN t(l ll(''|l vnll will, 
 
 YdUT sdiii ill iuT fr;iil white liaini^; 
 SoiiU'wIiclX' the i:()l(l< li;l\(' iiindc fof vnu 
 The W(Uii;in wlm iiinlcr.-^tniulH. 
 
 As the tide went out slir Iniiinl liiiii 
 
 Laslu.'d To a spav (d' d('-])aii'. 
 
 'J'lie wreck' of his dieaiiis in tlie air: 
 
 Found him. and loxcd him. and i^'atheicd 
 
 The soni ol' him to her heart. 
 The son! tliat liad sailed an uncharted sea. 
 The soul that had sou,yht to win and he free, 
 
 Tlie '^(uil of wliieh she was a ])art. 
 And tliere in dark'nin.u" slie cried to the man. 
 "liel)nil(! tin.' lost ship, for yon (an! Ay. you can!" 
 
 He]])i]ii;' and loxiiiL;' and i^iiidinu'. 
 
 Urging wlsen that was hest. 
 
 Holdino- hev fear in liiding 
 
 J)eeii in lier (piiet Isreast: 
 
 Heis was th( (ourage that called him 
 
 Back to the standard lie lost 
 \\"licn he tossed in the storm of the streets and the strife 
 And thotighl hinis(df through with tlie game of life. 
 
 And ready to pa\' the co<t : 
 Watching and guarding and whispering still. 
 "Win — for vou can. and I k'lii'w that you will." 
 
 This is the ^-tory of ages, 
 
 'J^his i< the woman's Avay — 
 
 Wise!' than seer< and sages. 
 
 Leading ns dav hy day : 
 
 Facing all things with a courage 
 
 Xotliing can (hunn or dim : 
 Treading life"- pathwav wliere\cr it leads, 
 Brightened with tioweis or entangled with weeds 
 
 If onlv she tread it with him : 
 A guardian, ctiiniade. impeding s]iur — 
 '^riie men who have ((JiKp'cied weie helped hy her. 
 
 Somewhere ■^hi' waits to ln'l]) you win. 
 Your soul in her frail white hands: 
 Som(n\here th" gods lia\e made for you 
 Tl:e woman who understamN. 
 
 ■J. A ji/ih'fdii. 
 
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:\IRS. ROHP]irr LEE B]^()WXT^H{. 
 
 Within tlic wide hoi'dors ol' tliis. tlu' ^'veatest State of tlie 
 Enidii. arc ]!iaii\- women, wild liy voasou of native aljilitv, and 
 tlic opportnnitv for enltiirc. stand in llu' vanouard of the hosts 
 of |)i()i4i'css. and anionic' tlieso is the siiiijeet of tliis sketch. 
 
 Her parent.-;, Dr. and ^Iv^. A. J. C'liihlress. came to Texas in 
 tlie late (iO's from Alahama, and weie pi'oniinent in tlie develo])- 
 ment of tlie State, in the ethical as well a-' the material sense. 
 Of hi-oad cnlture and striking- jiersonality. Dr. and Mrs. Childress 
 drew ahoiit them the talented and iirilliani circle, whose ])resence- 
 
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212 Texas \\o.mi:x's Hall or Fame. 
 
 \vas jiatiirally to lie ex])ected in this li()Sj)itable Southern lioine. 
 The lielpiiig liaiidwas always extended cheerfully to the weak, 
 and, throiinii their o'enerous aid ojven, more than one widow has 
 been enabled to rear her little children in comfort. 
 
 Possessed of the social instin -t, it is nr)t surprising that Mrs. 
 Annie Childress BrowiiiiiL; slmuhl iiumi)er her friends by legion. 
 Educated at Mary Baldwin Seminary at Staunton, Virginia, she 
 was a popular society woman fri)iii her first bow, and today is 
 an ornament to tlic social life of her native State, as well as 
 nmnv otiicrs, liaying an especially large number of friends in 
 Washington, and other eastern cities. 
 
 Mns. Browning has for years taken an acti\e part in the work 
 of the Texas Federatinn of Women's Clubs, holding many posi- 
 tions of service and honor. She is energetic in the Associated 
 Charities of Terrell, her home town, and her friends often make 
 the claim for her that "she alwavs has time to do good." 
 
 Mrs. Browning has one son, Cliffoi'd Browning, who is a ris- 
 ing electrical engineer, and resides at Colorado City. 
 
 Mr. Browning has lomj l)een identifu'd wiili banking and rail- 
 road interests and now hulds a ])rominent position with the Texas 
 Midland Railroad, and is in active -yni])athy with Mrs. Brown- 
 ing's work for the uidift of society, an.d th.e progress of the day. 
 
ME8. E. E. BEAMLETTE. 
 
 Mrs. Louise Likx Br-\:\it;(:ttk^ wife of Superintendent E. E. 
 Bramlette of the Texas Seliool for the Blind, is a native of Aus- 
 tin, Texas. She is the daujihter of Edward Linn and Evilyn 
 Angusta (nee Patton) Linn. Her nncle, John J. Linn, and her 
 fatlier were among the earliest settlers of Texas. The}^ did a 
 great deal for its development and progress, and aided the early 
 colonists in their struggle for independence from Mexico. Mrs, 
 Bramlette was educated in the puhlie schools of Austin, and grad- 
 uated with honors at St. Mary's Academy. She taught in the 
 puhlie schools of Austin until her marriage in LSS4 to Edgar 
 Elliott Bramlette. wlio was then instructor of ancient languages 
 
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2U 
 
 Tkxas W()mi:x'^ IIai.i. ok Faai 
 
 ill the riii\('isit\- of 'l\'\;i-. In ISSli sJil', with liri' liii,-l) niil. \viU 
 t(t (K'l'iiianv. wlicii' Ik' was appniiitrd to the consular .^i'r\i(o in tliat 
 country. They r^'Uiainrd fi\(' wais in (icrnwUM', duianL;' wliieh tiino 
 l!)cy took aihantaiie of v\vvy oppoftiinit y foi' aihancciiicnt in 
 kiiowit'dii'i' and cultnic, and for ciijoyinent of the hcst nnisif and 
 ait. Slioi'tlv after letiiriiiiio- to Texas she heeaine identified witli 
 eliih work as a iiienilier of the W'oinen's \\'ednesday Cluh of Fort 
 A\'orth : and K'lter as ])re^ident of the Twcntietli Century Cluh of 
 Ste])henvi]le: and as president of the First District of the Texas 
 Federation. She was made chairinau of the F^dui-ation Commit- 
 tee of the Texas Federation, and in this capacity slie founded 
 and liuilt np tlie Federation Loan l^'und. wliich lias aided nnni- 
 l)ers of i^iiis to olttain an educatii>n in the iK'st universitie'- and 
 col!eo-es of Texas. 
 
 Mrs. Branilette is the moth.er of two i)oys and two girls: Adele, 
 wife of U. T. Kav. of Anstwell. Fexa^; Hal M. Kramlette. of 
 Austin. Texas: Fdgar F. Hramlette. of Anstwell. and OriaJia, 
 wife i>\' Kov .]. ^^'est, of FTuntsville, Texas. 
 
 W'lnif icc rail da for (iiiolhcr is Ihr 
 lest of poircffi : irhat irr cdn suffer for 
 (itKilhcr is ihc test of lore. — Bishop ll'«-s/- 
 eoti. 
 
 \\ IkiI iiohler (iinhilioii / lidii lo (jire 
 i/oiirself in <i ir(ni thai irill insjiii-r j 
 olliers to ihinlr, to do. to liccoinc! — EI- [ 
 Jitrl Ihihhard. 1 
 
:\rns. chatjles willtam snri'sox. 
 
 ^^l;s. CiiAia.Ks William Smi'sox wa? boin ami roared in 
 A\';',\aliacliie. Texas, ami is tlic wife of a ])r(»niim'nt ])liysicJan 
 tluTc. Slio has 1)0011 (lo(']ilv iiitoi'ostod in various phases of club 
 work for iiiaiiv voars. and is now pi'esidont of the Waxaliaehie 
 Sjiakosiieare Chd). of wliich slio was a ehartor momhor. This is 
 one of tlio olih'st and host known elulis in the State. 
 
 ^Iis. Siin]Koi) <orve(l two \-ears as chairniaii of the Library 
 Extension I)oi)ai'tnieiit of the Texas Federation of Women's 
 C'liih.^ ill the Second I)istri(t. She was eliairnian of tlie Pro- 
 gram Coniniittoe for this district in 1!)1."), and lias been ap- 
 ])ointo(l a nicnihcr of thi-^ coiiimittee for 1!)1()-1T. 
 
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•?ir, 
 
 Tkxas \^'()mkx's Hall of Fame. 
 
 Mrs. Sim])S(in h;\> ceecntly been made State eliairmau of I'arks 
 and PlaviiTouiids dejiartnient of the Texas Federation of A^'oiiien's 
 Clubs by Mrs. Fred Fleming. Since lier appointment she has 
 worked and planned to interest the clubs of the State in estal)- 
 lisliing" playgrounds and in secnring "nid ]ireserving city and 
 county ])arks. She is now working with the State chairman of 
 Civics npon a ])lan to interest the children of the State in the 
 ]ieighl)orhood ])ai'k and vacant lot ]n'oI)lem. Believing that the 
 future civic beauty and welfare of Texas lies in the hands of the 
 children of today, IMrs. Simpson hopes tliat tlie ]mblic schools of 
 the State may be induced to include in tlieir curriculum a 
 course in civics, at the same time gi\ing more attention to the 
 scien.tific direction of plav and physical develojuuent of the child 
 than is now Ijeing given. She also ho]ies and believes tluit, 
 through the (-omluned efforts of the women and children of the 
 State, Texas may in a very few years lead every State in the 
 CTnion in her attractive school grounds, yards, parks and piay- 
 ijrounds. 
 
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IF WE ONLY UNDERSl^OOD. 
 
 If wo knew the cans and trials. 
 
 Knew the efioi'ls all in vain, 
 And the hitt''i' disajiiiointment, 
 
 Undo! stood the loss and gain — 
 Would the grim eternal roughness 
 
 Seem — I wonder — just the same? 
 Sliould we h<d)) w heie now we hinder 
 
 Should we ])itv where we hlame? 
 
 Ah. we judge each other harsldv, 
 
 Knowing not life's hidden force — 
 Knowing not the fount of action 
 
 Is. less turhid at its source : 
 Seeing not amid the evil 
 
 All the golden gi'ains of good; 
 And we'd love each other better 
 
 If we onlv understood. 
 
 Could we judge all deeds by motives 
 
 That surround each other's lives, 
 See the naked heart and s])irit. 
 
 Know what s]mr the actifui gives. 
 Often we won Id find it better. 
 
 Purei' than wc judge we should, 
 "We should love each other better 
 
 If we only understood. 
 
 — Budijdrd Kipling. 
 
:\II>'S. W. M. POTTKi; 
 
 Mi!.'^. W. Ii. IN)'i"ii-i;. (',r I)()\vi(', I'l'xns. tlu' sulijt'ct of this ske'tc-li, 
 is a Texan 1)\' hiitli. and is pi'oiid of Ium' llati^c State. Tier 
 maiden iianu' was Fannie Bellows: licr ancestors were English. 
 The Bellows came from Xormand\ with \\'illiani the Conqueror 
 and filled the oHice of ■ Marshal- in his army. Kighteen of theii' 
 jiames weie longht hannei'efs in succession, dni'ino- the Middle 
 Ages, and several peers of tla'ii- house appear in the rolls of 
 Parliament. The fii'st of the familv coming to America was 
 John JU'llows, who came nwr fi'om l-hi'jland in the /fujiPircll of 
 JjnK/iin. William iUirdock. master. Apiil 1. IS:]."). On her 
 grandmother l>ellow<" side. ^Irs. rotti-r is descended from the 
 
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Tkxas \\'()mi;x's [Fall of Famk. 219 
 
 "M I'ciKhil I'jmlisli r.'iinilv of LdmI ami Ladv 'Fahor of the House 
 of T;il)oi-. Mrs. I'ottci'V iiiotlici' was of tlir Dowdl rainilv of 
 A'lrgiiiia. In an cailv dav her gTand fatlicr, (^iiartus Moi'<i-an 
 BelloM-.s, scIIKm! in MtMnjiiiis, Tennessee, whvvv. as a lumlRT nicr- 
 cliajit, he liccanic (|uitc wcaltliy: licr .uTainlniotliei- was one of 
 famous hcaaitir^ of thai (la\-. 
 
 As a pen woman Mrs. I'otter lias adiicvcd marked snfc(>ss. 
 IIci' woi'k consists in pai't of -'riic llistoi'v of Monta.u'uc Connlv,"' 
 n(i\v used as a text-hook in the countv's publie schools; a volume 
 of "Short Stories." and a -Le.wnd of Texas Club Women;" not 
 to men lion many instructiN.e and valuable "Papers" on matters 
 pertain] no- to soeial n])lift. 
 
 Mrs. !^)tte^ lias shown -^'reat aetivitv in ehnreh work, and iii 
 ini(i-ir served as district piesiilent (d' the 'I'exas F.ederated 
 Women's (dubs; has been ])i'esident of "The Thiii'sdav Club" of 
 Bowie, lier home city, and ili4iict president of the Ba,])tist 
 Woman's ^Fission Workers; a member of tbe Woman's Press 
 Association, and one of tbe vii e-presidents of the Woman's Fair 
 at TTonston, Texas. 
 
 Tn chiii-cb and bome-cir-l<' work, Mrs. Potter exerts a great 
 int^ueiice. She iias a delightrul personality and is a jdeasing con- 
 versationalist. Her several admirable (pialities liave won for Iier 
 a host of friend^. She is the mother of just one child, Vivian 
 Lite Potter, a vouiiu' ladv of rare attainments. 
 
MKS. MAEY P:L1X0K' KWI.Vd. 
 
 Mary Elinoi; Kwixg was l:)oni at !St. Man's, La. : daiigiitev 
 of Captain C. C. Williams and Dora (Cross) Williams. She 
 graduated witli high honor from Sylvester Larned. and married 
 Presley Kittredge Ewing. a distinguislied hnvyer and jurist. Two 
 dangliters were l)orn of tliis nnion, Vesta ( Rwing) A'inson and 
 Gladys Ewing, tlie former the mother of two promising little 
 boys, Kittredge and Presley. ■Mrs. Ewing has long been identi- 
 fied with all movements in the State within woman's sphere 
 looking to the advancement of the pnhlie interest, notahly char- 
 itable, benevolent and edncational movements, and has filled vari- 
 ous positions i]i that connection : among them, secretary Ladies' 
 Parish Association. ('lirist"< E]iisco])al Church: secretary Robert 
 E. I-ee Chapter. Daughters of the Confederacy: secretary and 
 president Ladie*' Peading Club: president Parent-Teadiers' 
 Association; first vice-president State (*ongress of Mothers: 
 chairman Legislative Committee Harris County Suffrage Asso- 
 
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Tkxas W'oMiA s IIai.i. oi Famk. ■>2i 
 
 eiation ; [nvsiik'nt State Sunsliine Society : jirst vice-president 
 Statt' llimume Society: \ ice-jji-esident State Federation of 
 Woiiieirs Clulis, and president United ^lotluM's" ("lull. She is 
 now first vice-president of Ilairis (oujiTv lluniane Society; 
 lionnrary president Child's Welfare Lea,iiue : president Xobis 
 Bridg-e Clnb for eight years. She refused the nomination for 
 tlie first vice-presidency of the State Suffrage Association at 
 its meeting at San Anton'o. She was originator of 'varlv clos- 
 ing movement."" wlien stores were kept oj^en until anv liour. Slie 
 originated and was the one who secured manv of the "'twelve 
 essentials" to make our public schools perfect. These are known 
 as the ^'Ewing twelve essentials."' 
 
 At the last convention of the State Federation of Women's 
 Clul)s she introduced the following resolutions, which were en- 
 thusiastically and unanimously adopted : 
 
 First. That the Federation shall endorse and work for the 
 establishing of the '•twelve essentials"" in all ]nil)lic schools of 
 Te.vas. 
 
 Second. That the Federation shall lend its efforts to the 
 appointment of women as State inspectors of schools. 
 
MRS. llEXJ.'lK'nW .AI. KIX(;. 
 
 Mi;s. IlKXiMiriTA y\. ]\i\o. ik'm- Cliiiinlicrlain. was liorn July 
 21. is;')";, ill Hooiiv illc. St. ('Iiarl('< (•<iiiiit\'. ^[issouri. In 1 S-t-fi 
 slio iii()\(il willi luM' fatliiT. Row Iliiaiii ( 'liaiiil)ci lain, to I^i'owns- 
 \ill('. 'I^'xas. wluTc \]c had the honoi- of cstahlishiiii; t\\v iirst 
 Rrc'shytonan Church on tlio Ri^, (iiandc. It was tlicn that 
 Hc'iiiiotta M. Clianihcrhiin met C"a|itain Richard Kin,!;-, who was 
 at that time, in c(>ni|ianv with ('a|)tain Millhn ivciieily, steam- 
 lidatinii- '>ii the Rio (i i ande. 
 
 ill tlinse (hivs houses wei'e few and the I'resliyterian minister, 
 ^Ir. CiiandnThiin. was ohiitjed to occupy a hoat as a dwelliim' 
 ])]ace for Ininsell' and family. When ("a|itain Richard Kind's 
 steamhoat ('nrrcllc h-inde(l ahuiLi'-ide this ho;it. ^liss ( 'hamhei'lain. 
 the suhjv'ct of this <ketch. standiiiii (Ui the (h (d-; cif the ohi hoat 
 
Tkx.vs WO.mkx's IIai.i. of I-"a.\ik 
 
 was sliockt'd to Ileal- the yoiiiiu' caplaiii say. ""I jiisl as somi land 
 al(iii,i;si(le llic had place as to hind hv ihat old hoal."" I.ittic did 
 he realize that on the le( k of the old wharf-hoat stood the gii'l 
 that Wdidd later rule lii< lifeV deslinx'. So "ihey met h\' elianee 
 the nsual way." and in course of time Henrietta M. ( 'hainherlain 
 htH'anu' the wife of the \(nniu' and dashiiiii' yoiiiiL;- captain, h'ichanl 
 Kino-. 
 
 Tier \ve(ldinL'' \v;;< n;it like that of todav: the \diiiii;- hi-ide-to-ho 
 sanii' ill the choir at jiiaver iiieetinu' one \\'ednes(lav ni^lit a\va\' 
 back in lcS.)4: then steppinu' (h)\vn liy the altai' she nu't the voimg 
 captain, Kieliard Kinu'. and her father, the \lv\. Jlii'ani rhani- 
 herlain. ])(>rt'orined tlie ccrenHuiv. 
 
 The ea)itain took his Inide to tlie far-away rancdi home Mdiicli 
 he iiad estahlislied and named "Santa (iertrudis." one luindreil 
 and t\venty-ti\-e miles nortli fi'om the hordei' and ahont forty 
 miles west of ('(U'piis Clii'isti. It was a wonderfnl weihliny trip, 
 f(U' althoni^-h the cinintr\- was hnt s])arsely settled hy ^lexieans 
 oidy. <till the \a.st -^tretch of jirairie. and the salnlirious climate, 
 even in Decemher (hiy-'. was most deli^'httnl. 
 
 For a, voiinu- woman to estahli>h a home in this ontpo^t of 
 civilization, and stand hy tiie side of hei' hnshand amid the dan- 
 g'eis and iiri\ations that heset her youn.y life was indeed ti-yin.u', 
 hnt ])io\ed that her pioneer father had moulded her faith and 
 streiputh of character |)roperl\-. Side hy side tlii< \diin,ii' coiii-ile 
 mad(.' a happy life's jonine\- with an atfe-tion that ne\ei' waned, and 
 even in the dusk of uathei ini^- veais at ei,u'ht\ -four, in faith, this 
 Hi.iiie wife, loved and loxiii^- mothei'. o'landmother and great- 
 grandmother, looks n]) to IFeaven for (irace to finish life's repin- 
 ino- years, evei' (hn'ng wliat her hands and heart find to do to 
 alle\iate and ii])lift. 
 
 Captain K'i-hard King laid the foundation of the great King 
 lanch in Soiithwe--t Texas, in which work ^lis. King did her fnll 
 part as a woilliy ludpnieet to her di-^tinguished hushand. hesides 
 attending to hei' domestic duties and ]iroperly rearing her chil- 
 dren. After <'aptain King's death she had the good sense and 
 judgment to t'mploy reliaii'e. comiietent men to handle the estate, 
 which lias *ince increase 1 i^'ieath' in \alue and conduced in no 
 small degree to the upliuilding and (hneloiiing of South Texas. 
 
22-1 Tkxas Women's Halt, of Fame. 
 
 Witliout lliis, tlie raih\;rv traversina- tliat iiortioii of the State 
 would not liave I)eeii l)ui]t at ilic tiiii" it was, and that jiart of 
 our great State would have reiuaiiied a tci'i'a im-ognita for many 
 years louo-er. Her estate is invested in, and comprises many 
 business enterprises, such as real estate, scientific stock raising, 
 farming and dairying, merchandising, haidving, colonization, etc 
 This business is conducted on strict Inisiness lines, and is the 
 greatest factor in the upbuilding and development of Southwest 
 Texas. 
 
 While Mrs. King is one of the largest tax[)ayers iu the State, 
 she has also lil)erally contributed to schools, churches and char- 
 itable institutions. 
 
 Mrs. F\ing is of a very retiring nature, and shuns social and 
 public functions altogether, devoting herself to her domestic 
 duties and private and family affairs. She is a model Christian 
 W(unan. l)right and intelligent, with plenty of good common sense 
 and a large kind heart; she is womanly, gentle and modest in 
 manner; just, noble and refined in her every act, and who now 
 in her declining years looks liack with great satisfaction upon a 
 long, useful and successful life, surrounded l)y loving children, 
 grandchildren and areat-grandchildren, respected and loved by a 
 large number of friends and ac((uain.tances far and near, and 
 ii'reatlv esteemed bv all o-ood citizens. 
 
MES. MAPiTYN ELLIOTT. 
 
 BY MRS. FRE!> SCOTT. 
 
 There came to Austin in lOO'?, a cluinnino^ little bride and her 
 liusband — The Elliotts, makers of ])ictures. ;is thev are known 
 far and wide. 
 
 ^frs. Elliott was a photograi)her before siie met and married 
 Mr. Elliott, who also had made photography his profession; so 
 it was a congeniality of interests as well as love at first sight 
 that brought the two together. 
 
 Mrs. Elliott came to Texas from her home in South Carolina 
 for her health. She went to Dallas, where old friends had estab- 
 lished a studio, and there she met Mr. Martyn E]lliott. After 
 a year, lier health in the meanwhile improving, they were mar- 
 
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22(i ' Tkxas WO.mi.x's IFali. of Fa.me. 
 
 ried in XovimiiIkt. J!»0,?. TlieV c-nitic iiiinuMlintflv to Austin. wIr'Ix^ 
 tliev estaljlislied their studio witli tlic lii'ni name of "TJie Elliotts, 
 ]\Iakeis of Pictures," uith .Alis. Klliott a recognized, and not a 
 silent [lartner. 
 
 Mrs. Elliott. Avho.^e maiden name was Jane Pelliam McCaw, 
 l)elo]iiis to one of the first families of South Carolina, the Witli- 
 erspoons, and she is in direct descent from John and Jane 
 AVitherspoon, who landed in Ameri-a in 1134. 'J'he familv is 
 of nol)le orio'in and dates l)ack to the Crusades, as shown hv the 
 coat-of-arms. 
 
 Her mother was Sarah \\'ithers])oon Pelham, daughter of a 
 distinuuishcd iJiofc^sor in tlie University of South ("arolina. who 
 edited a iK'\vspa])er. the Plniciitx. in Cohnn1)ia, duiMu^ii' the war. 
 While Cohunhia was hurning his pa]ier was on the ])i'ess and hc- 
 ing ju'inted. He aided the South in many material wars. 
 
 Mrs. Elliott's father was AVilliam Henry McCaw. a hrilliant 
 young newsj)apei' man, who was editoi' of the Cliarlcston yews 
 an,-] Courier. lie cidisted in the Confederacy near the close of 
 the war, gjaduating latei'. in 1S()7, from the South Carolina Uni- 
 vei'sity. He dieil cpiite young. 
 
 Mrs. p]]liott was horn in Columliia. South (*arolina. hut spent 
 her chihlliood in the Piedmont section of the State, at the foot 
 oi; the Blue K'idge ^lountains. (ircenville. Her niothei- married 
 a second time, and Mrs. Elliott learned the ])liotograpliers" art 
 when quite a little girl under her steid'atln'r. William A\diei'ler. 
 So apt did slie prove herself, and so unu-li interest and origin- 
 ality did she show, that her pictures took a ]u-ize at the Charles- 
 ton Interstate Cotton Exjiosition — (uie of tlie first ex))ositions 
 to recognize women's work. 
 
 Mrs. Elliott is a pioneer in this art, for when she liegan to 
 study photogra])hv, few women had e\en thought of attempting 
 tliis form of work. 
 
 After studying with her ste])father. she longed for Ijetter op- 
 ])ortunities, and went to Xew Yorl< and Wasliingtorj. D. C., where 
 she studied ftu' se\-ei'al ycai's with tlic hrst ])h()togra])hers. 
 
 The Elliotts' studio is recognized ;!s one of the most artistic 
 and u]) to date in the State. Mr. ^uid ]\Irs. ]\rai'tyn Elliott 
 work side hv si(h', and have achieved succe-s. 'ITiev have taken 
 
Tkxvs AVcniKx's Hall of Fa.mi:. 221 
 
 t'\erv intoriKitidii.il. natiniial. State and interstate ])i'ize they liave 
 ifoiie after, 'i'lic secret is that tlie\- haxc never ecased to study, 
 to advance in tlieir art. 
 
 Mrs. i\lliott takes the in.ti'i'est of a hroad-niiiide(K \vi(h'-awake 
 energetic wonian iii all affairs of her city, and Ijehmgs to several 
 elnl)s. Slie is a luendtei' ^f il'e T)aii,u'liters of the American I»ev- 
 ohition. Daugliters of ISI'?. Daughters of the Confedei-acy, tlie 
 Texas Fine .Vi'ts" Associatiiui. the Business and Profession;') 
 Woman's C'hih, tlie Oi'th/r (A' Eastern Star, and willi lier hus- 
 l)aud lielongs to tlie Countrv Cluh, and the Xational and State 
 Photographers" As'^oeiations. and ^\'olnan"s Xational Federation 
 of Pliotograpliy. 
 
 Besides lieing an artist of ahility, ]\lrs. F^lliott is a ])ractical 
 luisiness woman — an all-around \\T)man. one wonhl call her, sweet 
 and lovely and true. Just in her husiness relations, cordial in 
 her friendship. ha|)]iy in her home life, she is, above all. a mntlier. 
 Far above everything, even her art, ]\i]s. Elliott loves and cher- 
 ishes liei' dainty, clever little nine-yeai'-old daugliter, the ideal ol' 
 her heart. Sarah Pelhani Elliott. 
 
 ".4 icomaii's ra>ik lies in the fullness 
 of her Honianhood : ilierein alone she 
 is royal." 
 
MES. Vv. B. C'OrSTXS. 
 
 Mrs. R. B. C'ou.sixs. nee ^liss M. Dora Kelly, is the rlaug]:ter 
 of the late Colonel G. A. Kelly, of Lono-yiew. Texas. 8he was 
 educated in Martha \\'asliin,ut()n Colleo'e, Ahinu'don. Yirij^iiiia, 
 where she was Graduated in ISS-^; was married to IJ. B. Cousins 
 in Septemher, LSSo: is the mother of six children, four of whom 
 are now livin,i;\ She is a mother and wife first, with all the 
 characteristics of the hest Christian mother, devoted to her hus- 
 hand and her home. An enthusiastic, sane cluh worker of the 
 hest ty]ie. 8he is and has always heen a close student of history 
 and she contrihuted a sio-nificant ]iart of the Cousins & PTill's 
 American History in use in the higii schools of Texas and of 
 Georgia, and in several other cities in other States. Two words 
 mav he carved in the marhle that shall mark the end of her 
 journev — Consecratio-n, Service. 
 
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MES. HELEX M. STODDARD. 
 
 ]\Ii;s. Helkx M. Stoddard, noe Helen M. Gervells. was boni 
 July '^7, lS,-)(). in SheljoygMii T(nviiship, Wisconsin. 
 
 She ^vas educated in tlie ])ul)1ic scIidoIs, and in Ifipon College 
 in her native State, and finally finished her education in Genesee 
 Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, Xew York. At iier graduation, July 
 1"^. 1S7]. she was valediitorian of a larue class of o-raduates. 
 Duiin_u- her colleo-e davs at Lima, ^[is^ (ierrells met a fellow 
 student of marked aliility and an intelleet that matched her own. 
 Friendsliip ii;rew into a stroni; and a1)idino; love, and on A])ril 11, 
 1ST5, ]\rr. S. D. Stoddard ami TIe'en M. Gerrells were married. 
 Fiom this union two sons were horn. The youn,u'est lived only 
 
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•^30 Tkxas Woa[i;x's IIm.i. of Fame. 
 
 a few iiioiitlis. hilt till-' eldest, I'ohert \\ .. is still ]i\iiio-, and is 
 true and Inval to the teachings aiid luinciples of his eonsecvated 
 mother. 
 
 ^Irs. Stodihii'd. with her luishaiid and son, moved to Florida 
 in search (d' hcttcr cdimatic conditions for Mr. Stoddard, who had 
 contracted luiii'; trouhle. J)Ut neitlier climate, tenderest care, nor 
 loving devotion conld stay the ]io\ver of tliat dread disease, and 
 on T)ecend)er "i-"), 1878. he ])assed (uit. 
 
 Tims earlv left a widow, with.out meaii^. ^[rs. Stoddai'd again 
 entered the iirotc-ssion of teaching. ;;t hrst in the common schools 
 of Wisconsin, then calle<l to tiie chair of Mathematics in Xeliraska 
 Conference Seminary, York. Xehraska. 
 
 Mrs. Stoddard's, parents ha\ing moved to Texas, she naturally 
 followed, heinu' the onlv daugditer. Here she continued teaching, 
 and out on those Western plains estahlislied a Sunday school and 
 a literary ^ocietv, her pupils coming for many miles around on 
 horsehack. 
 
 After a few years she accepted a iiosition in Comanche Col- 
 lege, ami later in Fort Worth T^nivcrsity. where she taught six 
 years, and which jiosition she rt'signed t.) take up the work of 
 the ]iresidency of the Texas Woman's Christian Temperance 
 T'nion in May. 18!)1. The State was in a discouraged condition 
 followiuxg the defeat of the amend iiient campaign ol' 1887. and 
 very little work was evident anvwhere. there heiug only three 
 hundred and thirty-two paid mendiers in the Vv'. C. T. U. at 
 that time. She at once took the field, traveling from town to 
 town and city to city, speaking and organizing wherever ]50ssi- 
 hle. The ceaseless travel into new fields often caused weariness 
 and liardship. hut uphorne liv faith, no halts were made. 
 
 In tlu' winter of 181)3, ^Frs. Stoddard spent three months in 
 the Caj.ital City — Au4in — working for and securing the passage 
 of the Scientific Temperance Instruction Law, which still stands 
 upon the statute l)ooks of the State. ^Much ])etitioning had heen 
 done in ])revious years, !mt the culiniiialioii was reached and final 
 passage came at that time. 
 
 Mrs. Stoddaid was so singularly suciessful in legislative work 
 that she s])ent the winters in Austin during legislative years. Tn 
 1895, throuizii hei- efforts, the ••Ag(- of Protection" was raised to 
 
Tkxas Womcx's ITai.i. of Kami:. ,'331 
 
 lil'ieen yc:ir<, imt \cl wiutt it must he, wt a ];ortVct law so f:u 
 as it <ioes. Tiie Anti-'i'obaeco Law, t'uacted in lS!i!i. was larucly 
 tlie result of Mrs. Stoddai'd's efforts. 
 
 ^\v<. Stnddai'd, tlirou^li a icuiai'kal)l(' iiu-ident. saw liow neees- 
 sarv it was tor the vouuu' wouien to !)e trained in ])rafti(.-al j)ro- 
 fessjoii to nie<-'t tlie exigencies of life, and for years worked with 
 voice and pen for the esta1)li<hnient o|' tlie College of Industrial 
 Arts of 'JVxas. and was rewarded when it was established by the 
 legisiatu.re in 1901. ]\Ianv lawmakers assisted in the passage of 
 the bill, ')ut the one wlio hdiored most faithfully was Judge V. 
 AV. rirubljs of Hunt county. The hill estalilishing this institu- 
 tion provided for a ( (imiuission of lliii'teen ])ersons. one from each 
 CV)ngressioual District, to lo:atc it. Governor J. D. Sayers aii- 
 ])oinled Mrs. Stoddard n\nm this Commission, and she served, 
 traveling with the twelve gentlemen nearly three thousand miles. 
 
 In Januarv. 1907. Mrs. Stoddard was broken down in health, 
 and knowing that the \V. C. 'I\ T'. would never give her rip as 
 president, she resigned, sold her projierty at Indian Gap a.nd 
 moved to California, buying land at Lemon Grove, near San 
 Diego. Here for several years she lias had a valuable fruit 
 orchard, which is managed by her son. 
 
 Some 'years ago. Woman Suffrage was carried in California, 
 and ]\Irs. >Stoddard became a voter. Soon after this, she was, 
 with five other Avomen. ou a jury, of which ]\Irs. Stodibrrd was 
 made "foreman." She said, the men had their cravats tied, hair 
 combed, and there was not the faintest scent of tobacco any- 
 where, and tliat the house was so clean and flowers were on the 
 table. 
 
 ^Irs. Stoddard is a woman of faith, a speaker of force, an 
 organizer of ability, a leader the women love to follow. She will 
 live in +he hearts and lives and deeds of the people long after 
 her gentle s])irit has gone from ns. 
 
THE SISTER OF THE QUEEN. 
 
 A (}uccn and i)eMs;iitt iiid ami smiled 
 
 l'])!!]) tile (i)icii 1 oad : 
 Beside tile (|iieeii tlie i'n\al <-iiild 
 
 Tn ]iei' <]i!eiidid ti'a|)|iii!,ii,"s ulowed, 
 "While 011 her l)i'oast the ]tea.sant Ijore 
 
 Her l)al>e. il!-elad. iin^h.od. 
 Tlie QiH'eii roile in lier eoacli ;;nd Toiii' — 
 
 Afoot tlic jieasaiit trod. 
 
 Rut iiiotliei- lo\e and kindred souls 
 
 Looked d'oni the e\'es of oaeh. 
 E"en thouLiii sucli far- !i\-ei\uiiii.': ,>i'oals 
 
 Tlieir -piiits sought to reai-ii. 
 'AVho was it." asked the littK' son 
 
 Of roval hh)od and mien. 
 '"That ]ias-'ed us and you siiiih'd njjon?"" 
 
 "Afv >^ister I"" .s^id tlu' Qncen. 
 
 —Ellen Bcnfloi Arlhur 
 
MRS. JOIIX W. r»AKER. 
 
 1\Tr8. Joiix AV. Bakeh (nee Lrmise Brown) was Ijorn at Xava- 
 sota. Texas: received liev edncation at Baylor (then AVaeo T"ni- 
 vcrsity). wliere slie oradnated witli liiuiiest lionors in 1ST4. 
 
 In 1S7.-) slie was nian-ied to .lolm W. Baker, of ^^'a^•o. Texas, 
 where tliev have since resided. 
 
 Mrs. Baker is a prominent clnb woman, and has l)een active 
 in all civic and charitahle movements, having heen president of 
 Texa- State Floral Society. ]iresident Y. ^l. C. A. Auxiliary for 
 a numlier of vears. and had the distinction of jdacing the records 
 when the cornerstone of the huilding was laid. 
 
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 'l'i:xAs W'oMKx's Hall of Fame. 
 
 Ill lOl? slu- was appointed general cliairniaii of Woman's he- 
 partment, 'IV'xas State Cotton Palace Association. 
 
 She lias alwaw- heeii active in all movements i.>i- the u}il)Liil(l- 
 ino- of llie cit\' and comnumity in mIhi-Ii she lives. 
 
 Tier children are I\Irs. E. I). McCra. TTonston: Mrs. Lloyd 1\ 
 Tuttle and Miss Louise Brown Baker, (.f Vi'acn. 
 
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 Mrs. S. B. ('dwell is a scion of the old Ainerieaii stock, the 
 pioneers, whose strongest iileals were religiniis and ])()litical lib- 
 erty; men and women witli a surplus of mental power and phys- 
 ical energy. 
 
 On her patei'ual side >]\r ilescends from tiie scrn]nd()usly hon- 
 est, and intensely religions Dutch stock, characterized as "Penn- 
 syhania Dutch." who l)Ought their land and inihihed their ideas 
 of religion from William Penn. 
 
 One of these ancestors, known as "Our Hero," was a neighbor 
 and intimate friend of "Mad Anthony Wayne": and in spite of 
 the restriction of Ins reliaion, he rendered yaluable scrvit-e to 
 
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 Tkxas Womkx's TTm.f. of Famk. 
 
 W;i\ii(' ill Indian wars. AiiMtiiiT jniiKMl tlic ( '(Hitint'iital tn.ops 
 and I'dS'' rr;)iii second liciiti'iiant t.) captain. Tradition tt'lls that 
 he was witli Wasliiniiton when he ci'osscd tlu' Delaware. Mrs. 
 (^owell lias a coat-ol'-arins and rt'cords of this line of descent. 
 
 On lier maternal side she descends froni JMi.iilisli. Irish. Welsh. 
 Scotch and French, and has in her ])osse-si;>ii coats-iit-aniis and 
 ceitified recOTds which |)ro\'e her descended t'rniii t!ie i^Teat ('har- 
 leiiiaune, wliose line intennari'ied with iMiu'lish and (ieriiian 
 royalty. 
 
 ]\rrs. ('(jwell's i:reat-,m'andfatlier. lieese Hill, fitted out a re^'i- 
 ment at his own expense, and niar;-hed with it as eolonid in the 
 war of 181"?. Atter the war lie served the State of Pennsylvania 
 as senator: Avas also a -andidate for !j;o\crnor. hut was defeated. 
 
 Thomas Hiio'hes K'oseherry. uiandfatl;er of Mr,s. C'owell. served 
 many \-ears as ('(>niiiii^sioner in I'ennsyh-ania : was cajitain of the 
 \^'as!]iim1oii (Jreys. held ajiionL;- the reser\t'^ diiriiiu' the ATexican 
 War. ITe t-ame to ^lissouri in 1S44. entered the Civil AVar as 
 oa)itaiii. hut I'esi.iz'iied on account of a.ii'e and ill health. He served 
 as jud,i:e a miuiher of terms, fi'oni iSlil to 1S7?. when Clark 
 eountv was ])as<inu- thron.uh her tryinu' \-e;irs of early de\-elop- 
 ment and reeoverinu' from the effects of the war. Insistt'iice of 
 the I'l^-lit to iiidi\idual opinii'ii and rcadiiu-s to risk life in its 
 suppoit. sent the men of her I'ace into hoth armies wdieii the Civil 
 Wiw hroke out. 
 
 Her father. Dr. Ahram Sfanffer Tiiisman. came to Clark 
 f-ountv. ^lissoiiri. when a child. He was a ]iioneer ]diysicia]i in 
 that county. ^D's. Cowell lierself is a niemher of the Chirk 
 Count\- Cha]iter. Daughters of the American l'e\()lu.tion. 
 
 The siil)jeet of tliis sketch is in every resi^eet a fitting repre- 
 sentative of the distino-uished race to which she Ijelonys : edu- 
 cated, cultured and refined, she holds a liiizh iilace in the so^-ial 
 life of the communitv (d' which she is a memhcr. Ceiitle and 
 courteous to oreat and humhle alike, she is heloved iiy all with 
 whom she comes in contact: in fact, she is in every wav "a jier- 
 fect woman nohly planned." 
 
 Mrs. Cowell came to Whiteslioio. 'I'exas. fourteen years a.u'o. 
 wdiere she still resides. Her hushand. Hon. S. 1^. Cowell. is a 
 
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 jiroiiiincnt l);iiikiM-. nnd vciiresontpd the Fniu'tli Sanatoria] District 
 ill till' StaU' Senate ilui'liiu' the sessions of the 'riiirtv-tliird and 
 Tliiilyiuiirtli legislatures, wliicli slie attended witli her hiisl)and, 
 and. diii'iiiiz' the^e session- nuule many friends throuiiiiout the 
 State. 
 
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 Mus. \'axj)1-;i!H0i:vkx, ]1(''0 ]\[iss Eva Italia Shook, is another 
 splendid tv]ie of SoulluMn \v(>iiianli;)od. liorii in tlie little village 
 of T^leasant. Tcxa-. she enjoyed the days of liappy ehildhood 
 nndcr the ciire of loving ])aients. Both of hci' parents were 
 pioneers, and have tasted the j)leasuies and hai'dshii)s of the life 
 of early settler-. Her father, John Eichard Shook, was a tal- 
 ented lawyer, ealling Ohio his native State. Her mother, Caro- 
 line Dial, eanie from Louisiana. 
 
 ^Tiss Shook attended the San Antonio pnhlie schools, where 
 she reeeived the edneation necessary a< a pre] ta rat ion for en- 
 trance into other sch.onls. She ]inrsued her studies in St. Mary's 
 
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 hiis. 'rciiiK'-^si"'. ;i seal of Ic.'iriim- of (Irst I'aiik. 
 
 A liiL;lily ai'coiiiMlishol wdinaii. ^Fi'^. N'an'lci'lioeven is c-loselv 
 associated with Tlic liiiih ideal moveineiits. takiiii;- iiiucli interest 
 ill clu!) work, and has devoted iiuicli of her time to social service. 
 She wa^- a ineiiiher of early cliihs ol San Antonio, such as His- 
 tnrv and Ifeadino- Cliihs. Slie. too. is an firdent snffrao-ist, and 
 held tlie jjosition of second \ ice-]ire-;iileiit of the E(|ual Franchise 
 Societv. She lias Ix'cii a nieiii her of the Carnegie Lihrary hoard 
 for the last six years. She has traveled nincli and thus o'athered 
 a larii'e ex])erience that is now a>sistin,u her cons^iderahly in her 
 pnhlie ser\i(e work. 
 
 Mrs. A'anderhoeven is a L'nal menihei' of St. ]\rark"s Episcopal 
 Chnrch. 
 
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 spair .' 
 
 Soul, if for tine ihr (]( vi, (ihfi.^ses yawn, 
 
 Hold tlioii thu torch iihorr tlic (hirl-ness 
 
 there. 
 
 That Nonls far off rndi/ Jiiiil it as :Jie 
 
 iJinni : 
 Kiiiee. iJioKi/h the liflhl iiki// cheat their 
 croriiifi ei/es. 
 For one ilcar hour 'tirill in<il-c their jKith- 
 intji fair: 
 And. (re it sin/:, for them the Sun 
 111(11/ rise. 
 Let nnj cry Hope, thouyli I myself de- 
 spair!"' 
 "W'ateh irell tlie Itiiildiiuj of tliy dream.' 
 Hon-erer hopeless it may seem, 
 Th( time irill come lehen it shall he 
 A prison or a liome for thee." 
 
MAYME LOIS FOX. 
 
 A press notice at the a<ie of Hve is a somewhat unusual hap- 
 jiening, hut Maynie Lois Fox. of Austin, Texas, is the proud 
 possessor of such a notice, and it has a choice ph^ce in the scrap- 
 book of her career. It speaks of lier talents. ]iresence and re- 
 markable babv voice. 
 
 While vet a child at home, littb' ^fiss Fox studied voice, piano 
 and harmony with Austin's able teachers. Edmund Ludwio;. Louise 
 Pfaeflin and Guest Collins, later appearing on numy programs 
 ill ballads and songs. While in her teens. Miss Fox, through her 
 own efforts, attended the Chicago Musical College, from which 
 she graduated in IDOG. under Florenz Ziegfeld. H. Devries and 
 
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'J'kxas W'omkx's Hai.i, ()i- Famk. -^41 
 
 riiidolph (laiiz. lu'tiiiniiiu- lo lici- Ikhhc in 'rcxjis, slio appeared 
 ill eoiirei-t tlirouii-liom the StaU'. She Mp(>ii('(! a studio in Dallas 
 Texas, reaeliing- tlieiv one season, also a]ipoai-!nii- as soloist in 
 chiirelies. 
 
 Ahoxit this time it was Ikm- ambition to hcconio a ronowned 
 German Lieder sin.ucr. so she left t'oi- Europe wirli this aim in 
 view. After two years of hard study under the ijreat masters, 
 she returned with a complete repertoire of German Lieder. She 
 then located iu Xew York Gity. where her real yifts were disctn- 
 ered hy Xew York's smart set. Following;- the advice of her in- 
 terested elienteJe. ifiss Fox specialized in Folklore of all nations, 
 in costnnie. particularly the Swiss :Arountain and Alpine so>igs. 
 She is known as the only American giv] vodler. 
 
 Havin.of had a ne.yi'o inammy from early ehildhood. Miss Fox's 
 hobby is research of Xegro Folklore and traditions; in these she 
 is inimitable, 't'lie followino: is a short sketch on iieoro music 
 from Miss Fox's little book. ''Carnation Petals." a private edition: 
 
 Fjom eai'lv childhood the weird cadence, the beautv and patlios 
 of the music of the Jiegro slave has always thrilled me. To pro- 
 mote and preserve this nnique phase of art. of a ])eople once in 
 bondage is mx great desire. T'le jiublic does not grasp the im- 
 portance of saving this ti-aditional nuisie from oblivion. What a 
 j)iiy it would be to lose forever such a treasure of sounds, ea'di 
 one of winch l)ears a story in its own ])eculiar intonation. 
 
 There is no other race whose music is more delicately shaded 
 in expression, or shows more accurately the state of mind of the 
 singer, than that of the old-time slave. Every note contains some 
 plainti\e element that has more the intonation of a sio-h than a 
 laugh. 
 
 Every tone is that of a jiraver, -uiiplication or sorrow. Even 
 their hallelujahs have the ring of distress. It is almost impossi- 
 ble to find words that can describe this music, and few sino-ers 
 can correctly imitate it. 
 
 The modern "Goon song" is no more akin to real negro music 
 than their Ivrics are to the poetrv of the Psalms. 
 
 In 191 fi. Miss Fox I'eturned to her Lone Star State, giving 
 entire programs in the larger cities. The original, unique and 
 
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 Ti:x.\8 '\Vo:\n:x's Ha[,i> of Fame. 
 
 artistic "Maynie Lois Fox is 7iot only sliowii ])v hcv work on the 
 pintforiii. ])ut also in licr stndio, — the most nniisnal studio home 
 in the licart of I'i^- New York Citv, overlookino^ Madison S([uare 
 Park. ^\ ith an outlook on faniou-; huildings ; for instance, ^letro- 
 i)o]itan Towei". ^fadison Square Garden. Flatiron IJuildini:-. and 
 the famous Dr. Parkhui-st Church. 
 
 Her sidendid chiss of little o-jvl^ and l)oys. followiiii;- in lier 
 footsteiis. are part of eai'li day's interesting work — in wintei' — 
 taking only eliihlren who are unusually talented and ])re])aring 
 them for careers. 
 
 Miss Fox's success is mai'ked and, while liaving her studio and 
 center for all work in Xew York Citv, she is always loyal 1o her 
 Lone Star State — her home. 
 
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 MRS. FLOKEXCE C. FLOORE. 
 
 Among tlu' mr.nv moiik'ii in Texas who uro devotino- their ■^inie 
 and energy towards tlie Ijetternient of environmeiital conditions 
 which influence our everv-day existence, thei'e is one who is not 
 only a leader in civil iin])rovements l)ut a pioneer as well, and 
 to ]\ri'S. Florence C. Floore, ot Clehnrne. Texas, helongs the honor 
 of fostering this great and growing movcniont. 
 
 Radical change^ in human ])rogress have their inception in the 
 minds of dreanu^rs: the successful culmination rests in the hands 
 of practical workers. Filled with the enthusiasm and imagina- 
 tion of youth, cond)iiied witii the judgment and ]ierception of 
 matui'itv. Mi-s. Floore ')ccn])ie> a uiii(pie jiositioii in the civic 
 activities of Texas. 
 
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■M4 TilXa.s AVomex'.s TTai.i. of FA.Ari:. 
 
 l)Oin ill Al;il);iiii;!. i'(ltic;it('(l ill \'iruiniM. iiiid rearcfl to wdiiiaii- 
 liood in Tex;):-, -lie is iiidoc'd a triir daii.ii'litcr of the South. 
 
 Slie rcsidofl in 'riTrell, Texas, with her jiarents. Di-. and .Mr<. 
 A. .1. Chihlress. until liei' niarria_i;'e, attei'ward reino\ino- to Cle- 
 hunie, wiiei'e she has l)een aetively i(U'ntitied witli duh. eliureh 
 and soeial Avorl<: ever since. 
 
 Jt is tiie eoiisequenees afPectina- ];ostei'ity tliat link a jierson's 
 name to t!ii' |ta-t. and it is tlie dee]i interest Mrs. Floore has 
 ah^ays taken in the welfare (d" the enniino- _s'eneration. and in 
 the lives of tlie hoys and girls who are the men and women of 
 tomori'ow, that will always endear liei- iiieiiiory to those with whom 
 she has come into contact. 
 
 To have heen an inflncnce for good in the moulding of plastic 
 ■youth is a pleasure sufficient unto itself, hut to live to see the 
 achievements of the?e endeavors is the rewai'd that has merited 
 her eft'oi'ts. 
 
 Having charge of a Boys' Current Events C'lnli for three years 
 and a Girls' Cluh for two years has given lier a deep insight into 
 the real incenti^"'^s that hnild for advancement during the foi'in- 
 ative period in the lives of the youna". She was influential in 
 locating ami (le\-eloping the lihi'ary. and has heen ]iatron and 
 sponsor f(n' e\erv intellei-tnal and progressive movement pertain- 
 ing to the city's welfare. 
 
 She holds charter memhershi]) in the Texas Town and City 
 Planning Association and in the Texas Federation of Women's 
 Cluhs. As chairman of the Civics Department of the latter or- 
 ganization, she has ]ilaced Texas in the enviahle position of be- 
 ing foremost in ci\ie advancement among all the States of the 
 Union. 
 
 Efficiency has l)een her slogan, and this was manifested by hei 
 bringing to Texas fhe only expert civic worker and organizer in 
 the country who lectured and worked throuohout the State for 
 over four months. 
 
 That recognition of her work is not confined to Texas is ap- 
 parent from the comments voiced in the Anierican Citi/ of Xew 
 A'ork and by the praise bestowed upon Texas civics by the Ameri- 
 can Civic Association of Washington. IX C. 
 
 The beautificatioii of cities has been stimulated bv a St-ate- 
 
Texas Wo:\ri:N's Hai.t. of FA:\rr:. 
 
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 wide contest conducted bv the Tex;is Federation of Women's 
 Clubs under the auspices and direction of tlie Civic Department. 
 As chairman of this brandi. slie was instrumental in secnring 
 two of tlie tliree valuable ]n-izes offered and in procuring and 
 distributing over nine thousand packets of flower «eed to be used 
 l)y tlie school ciiiMren. 
 
 Xot the welfare of the few, but the welfare of tlie many, not 
 ejihemeral changes that affect the people of today or the present 
 generation only, bnt alterations that have permanency and sta- 
 bility and that will send their echoes into the future is the aim 
 of this Avoman's work. To place the growing child in an environ- 
 ment that is conducive to his best development and by inculcat- 
 ing within the expanding inind a desire for what is beantiful, 
 clean, sane and wholesome, so that he may enter into life's al- 
 lotted work with brain and body unham]U'Ted. i;- Florence C. 
 Floore's ambition. 
 
 \o iroinaii luis a riyht to die until 
 she has done somrtliing for iromankind. 
 
 P]r.BEKT HlBIJARl). 
 
 Mdthcrhood is the most imporldiit of 
 (ill the professions. reejtiirinf/ more 
 knoicledj/e titan ant/ other department In 
 human affairs. — .Ilice Hl'lJlSARO. 
 
ZOXA MAIE GUI 8 WOLD. 
 
 ZoxA ^Iaik Ghis-wold's iiiiisical caieer was lannelied at the 
 age of eight vears, when slie liegan tlie study of piano. She con- 
 tmned in tliat hranch until tlie age of seventeen years, when she 
 went to Boston to enter the ^ew England Conservatory of Music 
 to specialize in voir-e. luniuo- Jiad a love for singing from earliest 
 childhood. Her studies at the conservatory covered a period of 
 two years and comprised voice training with Clarence B. Siiirley, 
 piano, solfeggio, French. Italian, harmony, dramatic expression, 
 and history of music. 
 
 The following vear fouiid her in Berlin, Germany, studying 
 voice with 11. W. Tvaiser. noted opera singer; eurythmics in the 
 
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TicxAs \\'o:\ii:x's ITall of I'\\:\ii:. ^47 
 
 Berlin lii'aiicli oi' ihc I'amoiis Ilrtlci-iizc Scliooi, and pi'it'ccling lioi'- 
 .?elr ill IIk' laii,L;"ii;!L;\' and sliiilxino- the 1 1'aditiiiiis of the cdnntrv. 
 
 The same sca-'^nn r<)iind lici' ai^'ain in AnuM'ica. wliillici' she was 
 called to be one of the Texas State Sac n.iicr Test soloists. ^Fay, 
 1914. 
 
 July ?9tli of this same yeav. *he Avas a,ii:ain sailinu from Gal- 
 yeston for an extended tour of interesting' l''iiroi)ean places, hut, 
 as Avere many otliers. her jdans weie thwarted when their ship 
 was lialted at Havana on aeeonnt of the heginnino- of the "Creat 
 Strngo-le."' Avliieh lias struck such a l)low to our civilization. 
 Kew York tlien l)ecaine her goah During the season of ini.l-lG, 
 she Avas a Jiieniher of the Metro])olitan Opera foi'ces ; hut desir- 
 ing to enter what to her is a more artistic field of endeavor — 
 concert — her time has heen devoted in Ihe past yeai' to that end, 
 under tlie Messrs. Hall and Saengers aide direction. 
 
 Her first public appearance on any stage being at the age of 
 three years, when leading a fairies' dance at the Fort Worth 
 Opera Honse. 
 
 She Avas a meinher of the Woodrow School of Expression, just 
 previous to going to Boston, at the clo«e of which season a gold 
 medal was awarded her in a contest in Avhidi pu]nls of eight 
 years' training- competed. 
 
 During her second year in Boston, jNTr. Lee W. ChadAvick 
 accorded her the lionor of sdnging the solo ]iarts of D'Indy's 
 "Mary IMacfdalene." at the annual conservatory cliorus concert. 
 
FAXNIE ARMS'IMv'( )\( ;. 
 Miss Faxmk .\kmsti;()\(; was Imin noar ('oIuiiiImis. (ia.. Octo- 
 
 ber 8, 181?. 
 
 left there with lier pai'oiits wlien she was aboiit 
 
 foiu- yeav'^ old l(» i^o to Louisiana, twelve miles from Parniers- 
 ville. whei'e she spent lier eliildho;^] and eailv womanhood. Tier 
 father died in 18."i7. and her niothei' in LSi;."). She was educated 
 in ]\renden Fem.ile Colle.iic, reeei\ini;- Jiei' di])lonia in 18()1. Tn 
 1881, she went N'oith to sindy slioithand, and after finishin,i2,- her 
 course she taui,dit for two years. Before returning: Soutli she 
 completed a course in tlie riiautauqna literary and scientific 
 ciicle. receivini;- hei' diploma in 188 f. tn the same rear she came 
 
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'J'kxas W'omkx's JIaij, ok Fa.mi:. 2V-) 
 
 to Texiis mid took up lici' roidcm-c in I)c'iitoii. Since tlicii slio 
 !ia> lived in ]nan\' of the low ii- el tlie Stale. l-'ort Worth has 
 been hiT Iiea(h|uai1ei's for the la<t I'eui'teeii years. 
 
 With liair of snowy white: hliie eyes that fairly (hiiiee with 
 cntluisiasm. and with a I'aee |)ei'])et ually wi-eathed in smiles — 
 friieli a one is Miss Fannie A rnisti'oji.i:', jironiinent anidii;.;- the elnl) 
 wonu'fi and eliarity woi'kers of 'l\'\as lor tlie past ihirtv-two 
 years. 
 
 Tier whole life has heen deNotcd to the iipiiftinu' of lier sex, 
 and to the hettei'nieiil of niaid<iii(l in ucneral. I lei' face is not 
 only familiar on convention iiooi's a.nd in iejiislati\c halls, hut in 
 the sick room, liomes of the destitute. or]ihan asylums, and reseue 
 homes for ,a'ii'l>^- A deep syni])athy. a s]n'rit of Christian eliarity, 
 a desire to help those in distress and to upilift humanity in gen- 
 eral has ehara.eterized her whole life. 
 
 Temperaive Avork has heen the jiredominating feature of Miss 
 Armstrong's life, for it was l)y this means that she realized that 
 she eoukl serve humanity best. She hecanie a meniher of the 
 Woman's (Jhristian 1Vmiieran(e I iiion in her earlv womanhood 
 in the State of Louisiana. She was State seeretary of that or- 
 ganization in that State when she eame to Texas in 1SS4. Tm- 
 mediatelv after coming to Texas she became affiliated with the 
 iem]x^ranee \\'oik which had just been organized in this State. 
 Denton was one of the first towns in Texas in which she lived. 
 She had lieen there onlv a short time when she was asked to 
 take the editorshi]i of the State temjterjiiii-e iia])er, the W. C. T. 
 T". BiilleHn Jhiard. For stvcral yeai's she edited this jiajier. She 
 2'av(> u]) this wtn'k to aeee])t the |)ri\;ite secretaryshi]) of ^Irs. 
 Helen ^f. Stoddard, who at that time was ])resident of the State 
 or<iaiiization. "With ^ris. Stoihhird, she toured ])raetieally every 
 town in the State, laying the foundation for one of the biggest 
 women's organizations rlie State has e\er known. In this work 
 they eame in contaet with the schools and churches and the liome'^ 
 of the State, and saw the need of a selmol for giving girls prac- 
 tical tiaining in the things that make them better house-wives. 
 From the ideas of these two areat broad-minded women, the 
 Texas Industrial College for (Jirls \\as born. 
 
 Miss 'Vrmstrono's work has been liv n,o means confined to 
 
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 Tkxa.s AVomkn's Ha 1.1. 
 
 temjX'vaiicc wnrk iilnin'. hut in iidditiDii lo that she is a iiiau'a- 
 y.mv and iicwsiiapci' (•(in-fspoiiilciit with wiih' ro])utation. Her 
 fii^t literai'v iirodiictioii was a honk, ••('hihlrcii of tlie Bihie."' of 
 wl'icdi al)()ut <i\ cditioii-; liavo lieoii pnhli^hcih Slie lias Avri*:ten 
 for ]n'»if than a, iiuiidi'cd of the hest ]irws|t;i|i('rs and luagazines 
 ill the coiiiiliv. Ilci- wide experieiu-e, deep huiiiau syiupathv and 
 l)rii;ul ciJiice])! ion of life, liave made lier writina's rieli and full of 
 human interest. From the leetures of ^[rs. Stoddard, Miss Ariai- 
 stronp- comi^iled a l)Ook. "'1^10 Xoon lu'st." tlic first edition of 
 wliicli was ])u!ilislicd in 1!M)!'. 
 
 ^Mi-^s Arnisti'oni;" is a menil)er of tlie Texas Woman's Press 
 Asso:-iation ; American A\^oman's League: Loyal Temperance 
 Union : tlie Wo'uan's Cliristian I'empcrance T'nion. and luinier- 
 ous local cluhs. She was appointed hy ^frs. ('olquitt as chair- 
 man of the locad organization of the Texas Anti-Tuherculosis 
 League, and had charge of the distrihution of the Eed Cross 
 Christuias seals iji Fort AVorth. 
 
 Miss Armstrong, whih.^' a little old in years, is still a girl in 
 ways. She is good-natured ami jnlly. and is a charming con- 
 versationali'^t. She understands exactly the fine ait of telling a 
 fuujiv stow, and has an uidiirrited assortment to draw from. 
 
 I] nil/ III Hi I lire I nil) niarc (■(tnriuvcd 
 tlial tlie ivdfitc of life lies i)i the love 
 irr Ikivc )iot (/iren, the jxurcrs ire luirc 
 not used, ilir selfish pyti<linrv thiit irill 
 risj: iiolliiiifi. and irliieh. Kliiii.liifi jutin, 
 uiissis happiness as veil. Xo mif eri^r 
 i/rl iras the poorer i)i ihe hDtij >iiii for 
 hariini onec in ii lifcliiiic "let out ill! 
 the lenfith of all Ihi' reiii.^." — .A[.\1!Y 
 
 ( llOl.MO.MIKI.KY. 
 
MES. JOT-IX L. LO^EJOY. 
 
 Mrs. Jottx L. Lovkjoy. of ^rcKiniiev. Texas, is one of the 
 women of Texas wlio are doing things woith while. As presi- 
 dent of the <'ollin roiinty Federation of "Women's Chihs, she 
 manitestetl great aluiitv in i)lanniug tlie work to be nndertaken 
 by so large a bodv of women. When one stops-to consider the 
 immense field open to rightlv directed efforts of chib women, one 
 realizes, as never Ijcforc, tliat it i< the day of woman's opportun- 
 ity, and Avomen liave stretclied foitli tlieir l)ands to every good 
 M'ork. for the woi'ld is lier wnrkslio]i. 
 
 ^Irs. Lovejov ])ossesses a spirit tliat is in liarmony with, and 
 entlnisiastic in. tlie work of rural development. In tlie course 
 
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'^5'3 Texas Wo.mex's Hale of Fame. 
 
 of lier work as couiitv prt'sidcnt of llic Coiircdcratioii, she in 
 company Avirli hci- co-woi'ki'i's visit('(l the riii'al schools and or- 
 ganized the ])alrniis into "^Nrotlicis" Clidts," and li\- personal visits 
 tliey studied llie (-(niditious of each (■(Hiiimniit v. The seed sown 
 in this woi'k is destined to yield m rich harvest — a harvest of im- 
 proved, eeoiiomie. social, and industrial conditions. 
 
 Mrs. Tx)ve.jov was horn in Monroe, Wis;osin. and came to 
 Texas with her ])arents. Mr. and Mrs. Francis I^merson. when 
 five years old, settling at McKinney, Collin county, where she 
 lias since resided. 8he was mai'ried to ^fr. .1. L. Lovejoy, and 
 f]"om this union one child was horn, who is iioav ^[i's. C. G. 
 (*omegvs, of (iaines\ ille. ]\rrs. Lovejoy's life has always heen de- 
 voted to l)ene\()I('nt activities. She has heen acti\-el\- engaged in 
 did) work for many years, and is past ])resideiit of the Owl Cluh. 
 the first clnh oiiianized in ('olh'n county: she is I'ast Matron, 
 Past \ohle (Jrand. I. O. (). F.. and a worker in the First Pres- 
 I)yterian Chuich. She lias heen actixe in lietter IJahies" m(»ve- 
 nient in Te\a>;. on which snhject she has wi'itten x'Acral ai'ticles. 
 She \\'as lionoi'cd with the State t-haii'manship <d' Home Fco- 
 nomics. a most use In I Inancli of the work of the I-'ederation. Tn 
 A])riK IMl.'), <he was elected fii'st \ i,-e-president of the Second Dis- 
 trict, aiid wa- api)"inted State chaii-man of I'rinting and Badges. 
 Ou Xovendier 1. PHr., she was made president of the Collin 
 County P'cdeiation of Women's Chilis. In lliis latter position 
 she has heen \(v\ successful in organizing cliihs throughout the 
 county. She organized twent}-fi\e diinior Ci\ics Leagues; eleven 
 Mothers" Cluhs in rural districts; five girls' Canning CInhs; five 
 Corn Cluhs. and the work has just iiegun. ^Irs. Lovejov is a 
 loyal Texan, and piidc- herself in the fact that she is a hooster 
 for Collin county, (uie of the richest and most productive in tlie 
 State. She is much inteiested in cixics. and ha< met with miii-h 
 success in interestinu' the ])eo])le of C(dlin county in a. general 
 uplift movement. 
 
:\[IJS. r. E. DAXIEL. 
 
 \t is not inuisiia! in these days, wlien women are proving their 
 altility to take work with men in tlie ])rofessions, to find success- 
 i'ul women lawyei's and ])liysi(-ians. I)ut tlieie is only one woman 
 ill tliis eonntry, and i)rol)al)ly in the world, wlio is 1)oth editing 
 and manaoino- ;> medical jonrnal owned exelusivelv by her. There 
 is one other owned hv a woman who looks after the business 
 affairs, but it I'emains for Mrs. Josephine Daniel, of Austin, 
 Texas, to he the sole owner, editor, publisher and business man- 
 ager of a jonrnal of national circulation devoted to the interests 
 of the medical j^rofession. This journal is the Texa.<! MediraJ 
 Journal. 
 
 '•'Oh, no I T did not take up tliis work from choice, hut from 
 
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25-i T i:\As Women's Ham. of Famk. 
 
 necepsitv," said Mrs. Daniel, with l)c,-()niiiiii' iiiodo.stv, A\hen asked 
 about lici' woik. ■•\Vlicii my IihsIkuk!, Dr. F. F. Daniel, died a 
 little more than two years ayo, lie left me with hut little else 
 than the Tc.fds Medictil Jdunial. to whieh, on aecount ot ill 
 health, lu' had nor ^'ix'en much attention for the last iV)nr years. 
 I had to make a living', and I had heeonie suincirlml acquainted 
 with the work thi-ouuh assistance (iiven my hnshand, so I decided 
 to take uj) the ureat lii.y- task. des])ite the fact that most men 
 think a woman can't assist men in theii' duties. Journalism is 
 educational, son know, and natni-ally ])hysi;'ians wvw inclined to 
 think that a woman who was not a uraciuate in medicine couldn't 
 helj) them alonu' jjiofessional educational lines. I have suc- 
 ceeded hevond WW expect-itions. not hecause T know anythinsT 
 much ahout medicine, hut Iieeause I know snuirt men wdien I 
 see them or i-ead of them, and haxc lieen ahle to secure co-ojier- 
 ation of the hest of them. 
 
 "My plans." ]\rrs. Daniel continued, "are sim])le — T study to 
 find the sul)jec-ts in which the jjhysicia.ns are inteicstd and then. 
 from niv larue ac(|uaintance. \ ,2'et those who know ahout the 
 special subjects and know how- to write wdiat they know, to con- 
 tribute artifles. I just keep np with the times professionally 
 and know when to o"et the nmtei'ial the ])hysicians want. I also 
 kee]) up a constant campaiuii for suhscri|)tions and advertising, 
 and have been i-ewarded hv seeing the business (loul)Ie(l in twO' 
 yeais — more than that. T am detei-mined to (hmble it again in 
 another year, and I will." 
 
 "'Do I like it?'" "Well, yes. It was hard, almost over- 
 whelming at first, and it still means constaiit work, l)ut I have 
 grown to like the work — it keeps one's nerves tingling to feel 
 that one is really doing something woith wdiile, something to 
 lielji, something that is ap|)reciated by those who thiidv and do 
 big things and i^ood deeils for the benefit of liunnmity." 
 
 ]\rrs. Danii'l iloes not think that she has accomplished oi- is 
 doing anvthing out of the ordinary, for she sees no reason wdiy 
 any woman should not succeed in any work that a man can do. 
 She savs there is nothing to her life that is wcnih knowing; she 
 is merelv taking up lift>'s duties as they fall to her and doing 
 with her might what her hands find to do. with a grateful heart 
 that she is bnsv and accompjishinu- something that is useful. 
 

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 WALDTXE TAUflT. 
 
 A\'ai.I)Ixi: TAfCTr wa* 1)orn in Seluileiil)ui'g, Texas, of German 
 parents, and froiii her \oi'\- earliest in fancy slie played with flav 
 and molded it into faiu-iful sjia|)es. She carved figures from 
 elialk to the deliglit of her teaclieis and sr-hoolmates. Later 
 when her jiarent'i. recogiiiziiii:- the hudding talent of the chihl. 
 moved to Brady, \vheir Ik tier edueational facilities were to he 
 found. <he soon hecame ]>(^|inlar for hei' umisual ac(-omplishment. 
 
 When a fail- was held there she \\as asked to exhiljit a pound 
 of huttcr. and the yiid carveil the figure of a woman churning 
 hutter. That created a sensation. 
 
 So delio'lited were the women of Brad v. the Tuesdav Club of 
 
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 Texas Woman's ITai.i. of Fa.mi-:. 
 
 tliat ti>W]i (let-id. 'il ti) laki- the voimi:- ^'irl undfi' (_-iiai\i;'e as its 
 |)i'ut('U'e. TIh' •IuI) wDincii iii^t liioiiu'lit of seiidiiii;' her to a 
 '^Fexas eolle.y'e. Iml alter delilieratidii tliey decided tlie\ wanted 
 to ii'ive her the he--t opportiiiiity possihie. .-o they .^eiit her to 
 Poinpeo ('i)p]»iiii. then of San Antonio. She made rapid 
 progress inidei' this inasier and her instructor hecanie hopeful of 
 l)io' things foi' her. Ho\ve\er. he <lid not llll liei' mind with pi'e- 
 niatnre praise hut showed in a much moi'e suhstantial way his 
 'lopes for his young pupil. 
 
 "('onie and he my own protege,"' was the won! he seait her 
 the next year, and foi- i'lnw veai'< slu' workeil umlei- him. as. his 
 protege. 
 
 "It is oidv WW lecently,"" s;ud Miss Tauch. '"that ^[i-:. (.'o|)- 
 ])iiii has givf'ii me an\ prai-c. and that wa.s in a recent letter 
 M-hen lie wrote he felt peid'ect contldeisce tluit he could put me 
 on hiii" work and feel no IVais of m\- n(-t doing it."" i 
 
 Miss ^rauch lias sold a mnnher of her models in San Antonio 
 and other paids of the State. Among her most ])retentious work 
 is tlie splendid foundation on Commerce Street gi\en the citA' bv 
 the ynn. Anion in Kr/irc-^s. • \ 
 
 Miss Taiich's studio on Commerce Street is filled with her 
 models, many of nu).-t oi'igmal and artistic conception. Mr. Le- 
 Blanc, the French aitist who was here recently, visited ^liss 
 Tauclfs studio and with Fiemdi enthusiasm said: "Why, girl, 
 von are wasting vour time here: vou ougld to he in Paris I" 
 
 The statuette of the lioy Scout whicii ^liss Taucli sent to the 
 the Bov Scouts of AiiuM'ica has l)een much admiied. so much fi(\, 
 in fact, that the artist had a nund)er of co]nes maile and they 
 were sold for Christmas gifts. 
 
 ^liss Taucdi is one of the leading sjhrits in the Art (Juild, 
 which was recently oi'ganized for the ]nii'pose of lu'inging the 
 artists together for mutual h.elp and ins)nration. 
 
 "You kn.ow. hv the way,"" says Miss Tauch, "so many thiidv 
 the sculptor still carves his statues in marhle or granite hy his own 
 handiwork. P)nt this is a thing of the ])a.st. The sculptor now 
 models his woi-k and casts it. If to he ntade into bronze, the 
 cast is sent to a f<nindrv, or to a stone cutter, if granite or 
 
Texas Womex's Hall of Fame. 257 
 
 marble is wanted. The stone cutter has iiiodern machinery which 
 will produce in stone a perfect likeness of the clay original. 
 
 '"The modeling is the joy of the sculptor's profession, the work 
 wliiL-h gives creative form to tlie subject. A figure is started by 
 the building of the armature, wliich represents the bones of the 
 l)ody. A\'e must be careful Avith tliis or a bone might protrude 
 where the Great Artist never intended one to be, and much work 
 and energy may be wasted trying to remedy the defect. The 
 modeling of the figure takes place on this bone structure, where 
 little by little the clay is molded into almost life-like being. 
 When a clay model is finished and ready, it is cast in Plaster of 
 Paris. This i'« a long process, and can only 1)0 understood when 
 it is seen." 
 
 Mr. Coppini believes that Miss Tauch should have the interest 
 and encouragement of all Texas. She is the daughter of Texas, 
 and will reflect credit upon the entire State. If she receives 
 recognition and commissions in Texas, j\[r. Coppini believes that 
 the recognition from the wider world v^ill come as a natural con- 
 sequence. 
 
]\rRS. GEO. F. POWELL. 
 
 Mrs. Powell was born in Cass coiiiity, Texas, near Dainger- 
 field, to which phice she moved in childhood. Hev parents, Mr. 
 and Mrs. Kenneth Thigpen, belonged to a hirge and jironiinent 
 family, pioneers of East, Texas. Francis Emily, known to her 
 friends as Fannie, attended the public and private schools of 
 Dainger field, and later attended Central College, a Methodist 
 school under the control of tiie Xorth Texas Annual Conference, 
 located at S^ulphnr Springs. Early in her young womanhood, she 
 became a teacher in the Sunday school, and has had a wide and 
 wholesome influence over the young life of both l)oys and girls. 
 Of an exceptionally amiable disposition, she had a host of friends 
 even in childhood. Since her marriage to Dr. Geo. F. Powell 
 
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Texas \\'().aii:.\*s TFall of Fame. 
 
 25!) 
 
 she lias lixed in Terrell, Texas, and, while a -worthy wife, a 
 patient and jiractieal mother, she has found time to take part in 
 the social, religions and intellectual life of that cultured little 
 city. She is a niemher of the Pioneer, one of the leading cluhs 
 of Terrell. 
 
 Wc lire in deeds, not years, 
 
 in thoughts, 
 
 not breaths; 
 
 
 III feelings, not in shadows 
 
 on a dial. 
 
 We should eoiuif time hy 
 
 heart-throbs. 
 
 He most lives 
 
 
 117(0 thinks most, feels the 
 
 noblest, acts 
 
 the best." — Bailey's 
 
 'Festus." 
 
.AIL'S. M. E. HENDERSON. 
 
 Mrs. M. E. Hendehsox was born in Tallaliassee, Florida, in 
 lS-il. Her father eanie to Texas wlien she was two years of age. 
 and located in Jasper county, where she was reared on a planta- 
 tion. On February 6. 18fiS, she was married to D. J. Hender- 
 son, a son of John Henderson, of South Georgia, who was a de- 
 scendant of one of three brothers who came to America and set- 
 tled on what is known as Scotland's Neck in North Carolina. 
 Mrs. Henderson's husband served the full four years in the Con- 
 federate army, most of which time he was a scout under General 
 Flood. Mrs. Henderson's mother was Epsey Miller, a descendant 
 of Peter Miller, who foug-ht in the American Eevolution. 
 
 The best ])art of Afrs. PTenderson's life has been spent in mak- 
 
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Texas AA'o:mk\*s TT.vli, of Fame 
 
 261 
 
 ing an ideal Cliristian home for lier husband and children — five 
 sons and six daughters, of which all Init two are married. Her 
 husband died when her youngest child was just nine months old. 
 With her faith anchored in God's promises; her pride in her 
 children, and true to her duties, she is living the life of the con- 
 secrated Christian and devoted mother. Love is the ruling pas- 
 sion of her heart, aiid all who know her, have learned to love her. 
 
 // ice tjo home from the Lyceum 
 hushed, treading on air, toe have heard 
 Oratory, even if ice cannot recall a sin- 
 gle sentence J and if we read a poem 
 that brings the unbidden tears and 
 makes the room seem a sacred chancel, 
 ice have read Literature. The Master 
 has imparted to our sjnrits a tithe of 
 his own sublimity of soul. — Elbert Huf:- 
 
 BARD. 
 
]\rTJS. 0. L. McKXICxHT. 
 
 Mrs. 0. L. McKniciit. of Center, Texas, a daugiiter of east 
 Texas, president Fourth District, Texas Federation of Women's 
 Clubs. lOOvS and 1000 administration; vice-president of Texas 
 Federation of Women's Clubs; chairman Club Extension Com- 
 mittee, T'^xas Federation of Women's Clubs, 1913 and 1D14; snb- 
 cliairman of Social and Industrial Department, General Federa- 
 tion of Women's Clulis, past four years; President of Texas Con- 
 ference, Women's ^fi^^ionarv Societies, ,1912-1910. 
 
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MES. DILFE HAERIvS. 
 
 In the deatli of Mrs. Dihie Harris one of the very few sur- 
 vivors of the period of the Texas revohition of 1835-36, and the 
 still smaller number of those who were in Texas previous to that 
 time, has passed to her last long- sleep. Mrs. Harris was in the 
 ninetieth year of her age. With her father's family she landed 
 on the Texas coast in the spring of 1833. Her father, Dr. Pleas- 
 ant AY. Rose, was a p]iysieian of St. Louis, where his daughter, 
 Dilue, was born on February 28, 1825. When he determined to 
 emigrate with his family, consisting: of wife, son and two daugh- 
 ters, they sailed from Xew Orleans, La., on a schooner com- 
 manded by Captain Denmore. .Although James Spilbnan was 
 their ju'lot. they did not escape shipwreck, which was the fate of 
 
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 many Texas immigrants. The}' ran aground on Cloppers' Point, 
 later known as Morgan's Point, but were finally brought safely 
 to Harrisburg, where the citizens gaye them a cordial welcome. 
 After a few moriths tliev moved to Stafford's Point, and Avere liy- 
 ing there when the revolution lirolce out and the "Eunaway 
 Scrape" occurred. Soon after the city of Houston was laid out. 
 Dr. TJose moved liis family to a new lionie on Bray's Bayou, near 
 enough for his children to attend school, and avail themselves of 
 other advantages offered by the growing town. At this home, on 
 re1)ruary 20, 1S39, the marriage of Dilue Eose with Ira A. Har- 
 ris took place. The bride was still a child, being in her four- 
 teenth year. Tbe wedding was attended by the leading citizens 
 of tlie town and neighl^orhood. Among the guests were num- 
 bered General Thomas Eusk, Dr. Ashbel Smitli and otliers of 
 distinguished rank in the government of Texas. 
 
 Ira A. Harris inipnned a place near Houston where he and 
 his wife lived until 1845. when tliey moved to Columbus. They 
 Avere the pai'ents of nine children, all of whom lived to be grown, 
 married and became useful citizens. Their elder sons gave their 
 services in the army of the Confederacy. In 1869, Mrs. Harris 
 became a widow, the death of her husband occurring in Colum- 
 bus. Up to May 4, 1903, there was no other break in the family 
 circle ; the death of the eldest son, Tom P. Harris, occurred at 
 Luling, Texas. For a number of years Mrs. Harris made her 
 home with her children and grandchildren. Her last years were 
 spent with her daughter, Mrs. Geo. S. Zeigler, of Eagle Lake, 
 where she died April 3, 1914. The remains were shipped to 
 Columbus, where interment was made. Surviving her were 
 four sons and two daughters — Messrs. I. A. Harris, of Altaic. 
 Guy and Joe Harris, of Houston, and Lee Harris, of California; 
 Mrs. Geo. S. Zeigler, of Eagle Lake, who died November 1, 191fi; 
 and Mrs. Christian Hahn, of El Campo. 
 
 Her fund of historical reminiscences was varied by incidents 
 of personal and often humorous nafure, and her manner of nar- 
 ration A\as attractive and entertaining. Her written contributions 
 in diary and reminiscent form, puldished a few years ago in the 
 Quarterly of the Texas State IJistoricaJ Associatiojv, are a valu- 
 able respository to which students of Texas histoid frequently 
 
Texas \\'()mi:x"s Ijai.l of Fa.aik. 2G5 
 
 resort for information and entertainment. No other account of 
 the "Eunaway Scrape"' is so full of comprehensive detail, wln'ch 
 was drawn largely from a diary ke])t by lier fatlier, supplemented 
 by her own vivid recollection. 
 
 The circumstances of her life, in a new country, developed 
 remarkal)k' powers of observation and reflection, which gave to 
 her childhood a mature judgment which properly belongs to riper 
 years. She often said she scarcely remembered the time when 
 she did not regard herself as fully grown and willing to share 
 responsibility, yet in spite of her having assumed the duties of 
 womanhood when a mere child in years she always showed marked 
 ability in the discharge of e\ery dut>-. While the exacting duties 
 of motherhood absorbed her time during the early part of her 
 married life, she has always taken a keen interest in political 
 events, a.nd her love of reading always kept her in touch with 
 the spirit of the time. Her hearing having become seriously im- 
 paired jnany years ago, she was in latter years deprived of many 
 pleasures of social intercourse, luit her active mind and busy 
 liauds afforded her entertainment and occupation independent of 
 other sources. Her days were helpful to those about her, and her 
 eiglity-one years spent in Texas bore a fruitage of love and ven- 
 eration from its people, who recognized the value of a life so 
 modestlv and so worthily spent. 
 
S o 
 

 
 
 
THE TAVO PEATERS. 
 
 A youth stood with uplifted arms inid faced the rising sun, 
 "0 God," he -prayed, with earnest eyes, "ere my short day he done, 
 God of power, grant nie power I God of strength, grant me 
 
 strengtii 
 To forge my way to fame, to ehiim a cniKjueror's crown at length, 
 Till when death's shadow creeps a-near, my name may show on high 
 Peerless amid eartli's mightiest — then could I gayly die !" 
 
 A man, still stroiig, hut tanned hy care, liy tem])ering sorrow tried. 
 
 Knelt, ere he slept, in humbleness, a spirit purified. 
 
 "Grant, God of Love," he murmured low, "grant me the power 
 
 to love, 
 The power to lighten tired hearts, the power cold hearts to move, 
 The sense compassionate, and ere my working soul takes flight. 
 Let me forget myself, to wake sun-startled by thy light." 
 
 — Harper's Weel'lij. 
 
 COXA'EKSATTOX 
 
 When we know that goal awaits each one of us a little farther on, 
 
 When we know how an ever-increasing company of friends is 
 gathered tliere, 
 
 Wliy do we not speak of it in our daily conversation. 
 
 Wliy do we not familiarize our minds witli thoughts of worlds 
 unseen ? 
 
 There are many beautiful thiings to be learned of that country. 
 
 There are sacred books of great travelers, wl'.ose souls have cried 
 "Hail I" across the border ; 
 
 There are truths wliicli have been learned in visions and by reve- 
 lations. 
 
 All the revelations were not given to St. dolm alone. 
 
 All the wise men of the world did not die two thousand years ago. 
 
 Why do we not talk more of these eternal truths. 
 
 Instead of wasting all our words on the evanescent, the ever-chang- 
 ing, the trivial, and the unimportant? 
 
 There is but one im])ortant theme, and that is Life Immortal. 
 
 —EJJn Wheeler Wilcox. 
 
 268 
 
INDEX. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Adams, Mrs. ^Valtor D 77 
 
 Allen, Miss Maid J 45 
 
 Anderson, Mrs. V^ill C 52 
 
 Armstrong-, Miss Fannie SIS 
 
 Averill, Mrs. A. P 187 
 
 Baker, j\rrs. John W 233 
 
 Boatwright, Mrs. Sarah L Ho 
 
 Brackenridge, Miss Eleanor M Ill 
 
 Bramlette, Mrs. E. E 213 
 
 Briscoe, Mrs. Marv Jane 157 
 
 Brooks, Mrs. S. P 81 
 
 Browning, Mrs. Eol)ert Lee 211 
 
 Buchanan, Mrs. R. E 75 
 
 Burnside, Mrs. Samuel Hiatt 36 
 
 Cofer, Mrs. II. E 132 
 
 Collins, Mrs. T. A 97 
 
 Colquitt, Mrs. 0. B 92 
 
 Cousins, Mrs. P. B 228 
 
 Cowell, Mrs. S. B. . 235 
 
 Cunningham, Mrs. Minnie Fisher 131 
 
 Curry, Mrs. Hetty M 50 
 
 Curtis, Mrs. Xannie Wel)l) 139 
 
 Daffan, Miss Katie 29 
 
 Daniel, Mrs. F. E 253 
 
 Davis, Mrs. F. S (^^^^ 
 
 Davis, Mrs. Fred AV 18-1 
 
 Davis, :Mrs. John 1 18 
 
 Elliott. Mrs. Martyn 225 
 
 Ewing, Mrs. Mary Elinor 220 
 
 Fenwick, Miss Marin B 128 
 
 Ferguson. Mrs. James E 3 3 
 
 269 
 
270 Index. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Fislicr, Mi's. lJel.or<a J 9 
 
 Fleming, Mrs. Fred 23 
 
 Floore, Mrs. Florence C 243 
 
 Fox, Miss Mayme Lois 2J:0 
 
 Gay, Mrs. John Balfour 153 
 
 Glover, Mrs. Fdalah Connor lit 
 
 Greer, ^frs. Mary Autr^■ 61 
 
 Griffitli. :\rrs. Augustus P. 38 
 
 Griswold, :\Iiss Zona Male 346 
 
 Guinn, Mrs. George E "30? 
 
 Gunter, Miss Lillian 134 
 
 Haile, Miss Evelyn 2GG 
 
 Harper, Mrs. James R oT 
 
 Harris, Mrs. Dilue 363 
 
 Harris, Mrs. W. M 100 
 
 Hart, Mrs. Laura B. Xorris 17S 
 
 Hawkins, Mrs. William E 143 
 
 Henderson, Mrs. M. E 360 
 
 Hertzbero-, :\rrs. Eli ir)-") 
 
 Hobby, Mrs. W. P 69 
 
 Hunter, Miss Kate 304 
 
 [glehart, Mrs. Fanny C. G Oi 
 
 Jaccard, Mrs. F. L ■ • 43 
 
 Jackson, Mrs. Pearl Cashill 193 
 
 Jobnson, Mrs. Adam Pankin 83 
 
 Johnson. Mrs. Cone 99 
 
 King. :\rrs. Henrietta jM 333 
 
 Kirbv, Mrs. Helen M 307 
 
 Langston. ^Irs. George 79 
 
 Lanbam, :\Irs. S. ^Y. T 300 
 
 Lattimore, :\[rs. Sarab Catberine 181 
 
 Lea, Mrs. :\rabel Day 89 
 
 Looscan, :\.Trs. Adelo L. P 191 
 
 Lovejoy, Mrs. Jobn L 351 
 
 Lowber. :\rrs. J. W l'/6 
 
IxDi-x. 271 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 ]\Iaitiii. Mrs. Clarence 1'2'3 
 
 Mo! eland. Mis. ^r. B 13(5 
 
 Murray, Mrs. \\. ] 20 
 
 McCalhim, J\lrs. Artlinv .Vewell 48 
 
 McKiiiolit. Mn^. 0. L 2G3 
 
 McMinds. :\rr8. Frances 173 
 
 Xorvell. ]\[rs. Benjamin l>nsh T^G 
 
 I'cjinvbacker. ^Mrs. Percy Y 18 
 
 Porter, Mrs. Ella C'arnthers 102 
 
 Pottei', xMrs. AV. P 218 
 
 Powell, Mrs. Geo. F 258 
 
 Preston, Mrs. John W 72 
 
 Ping-, Mrs. H. F 170 
 
 Roberts, Mrs. Frank 8 1.50 
 
 Poltinson, Miss Rnbv Peid 87 
 
 Potan, ]\Irs. Edward 105 
 
 Scott. :\[rs. Fred A 113 
 
 Scott, Mrs. CI. P 107 
 
 Seward, Miss Marian Holt 267 
 
 Sheppard, Mrs. Morris 40 
 
 Shindler, Mrs. Emma Eugenie B 23 
 
 Simpson, Mrs. Charles AV 215 
 
 Smith, Miss Storrow Devine 2Go 
 
 Spencer. Mrs. P'leanor () 14G 
 
 Stoddard, Mrs. Plelen :\[ , 229 
 
 Tauch, Miss AYaldine 255 
 
 Tnrner, Mrs. John S 2G 
 
 Vanderhoven, ^[rs. Thomas T 238 
 
 Ward, Mrs. Hortense S 117 
 
 Warner, Mrs. Phebe Kerrick 130 
 
 Watters, Mrs. E. A 107 
 
 Westbrook, Mrs. Pose P 20G 
 
 Woodlmll. Miss Josephine F 2G7 
 
273 TxDEX. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Woods, ]\rrs. John W 109 
 
 Wright, Mr.^. S. J 5i 
 
 Yantis, Mrs. J. E J 98 
 
 Invietus dO 
 
 The Rose '. 71 
 
 Truth, Justice. Mercv 98 
 
 The Bravest Battle 1 dG 
 
 A Psalm of Womanhood. Ill 
 
 Service 189 
 
 The Mother 199 
 
 The AVoman Who Understands •?] 
 
 If W^e Only Understood ?17 
 
 The Sister of the ()\^ee^^ 23? 
 
 The Two Prayers ?68 
 
 Conversation 2(i8 
 
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