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MRS. JOHN J. STEVENS, the well-known leader in chari- table movements, and the soul of social and hospitable entertainments in San Antonio, has endeared herself to a large circle of admiring friends by her rare qualifications as an organizer and her genial nature as a social leader.
She is the vice president of the Battle of Flowers Associa- tion of San Antonio, one of the original promoters of this beautiful festival, which has been celebrated under the shadow of the Alamo for three years past. Mrs. Stevens evinced taste by her appreciation of the artistic beauty of this medieval, Italian fête. The genius which conceived the idea of transplanting this flower festival of the old world and the past, to this part of the new world, where so much of the population claim the mingled blood of the Latin, the Gaul and the Saxon, was worthy of the families from which Mrs. Stevens sprang.
A Simpson on one side and a Caldwell on the other-she is a cousin of John Caldwell Calhoun-and is closely related to many of the most distinguished old families of the South.
The same executive ability and enthusiasm displayed by Mrs. Stevens in this spring carnival of the Southwest, she carries into a work of more important significance, being the
MISS MARY ABBOTT.
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first vice president of the Orphans' Home of San Antonio. Indeed, wherever a good work is to be done, demanding in- telligence and the substantial qualities of a leader, Mrs. Stevens is to be found among those who labor to advance its best interest.
Nor is it alone in public work that she is known. In domestic life and by her intimate friends she is greatly valued for strong and genuine traits of character. In the attractive interior of her well-ordered home, she moves a "noble wo- man, nobly planned, to warn, to comfort and command;" to command by her gentle nature and attractive personality and presence, the respect and love of all who come in contact with her, and to retain a more than usual share of such en- nobling influences as years shall roll on and add maturing graces.
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CHAPTER XXXIV.
MRS. MARY ABBOTT JONES-MRS. JOHNNIE HOUSE-MRS. ALEXANDER W. TERRELL - MRS. HERMAN KAMP- MAN-MRS. EDWARD ROTAN-MRS. JULES E. SCHNEIDER.
MRS. MARY ABBOTT JONES, of Hillsboro, the daughter of Congressman Abbott, is popular and prominent. Per- sonally she is rarely beautiful in face, form and expression, while her remarkable talent for society has made her the recipient of unusual social attentions for several winters past in Washington. Gifted with a fine power of expression, her full, speaking eyes and mobile features give to her conversa- tion a charm which is rare, even in women whose minds are highly cultivated, and who possess, as Mrs. Jones does, along with intellectual acquirements, that subtle charm of the culture which is the result of the best associations in life. Educated in the East, she has returned to her native State with both an innate and a cultivated taste for the best literature and the highest culture. With such advantages
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and tastes it is not surprising that she should be sought by society in the best sense of the word. At the receptions of the Governor of Texas, as well as in the homes of the most distinguished public men, she is the honored, beloved and fêted guest of their wives and daughters. A perfect mistress of the arts of the toilet, she dresses with exquisite taste and is the very life and soul of every occasion graced by her charming presence. Mrs. Jones is a descendant of the best old Scotch and English blood of the State ofMaryland. From her mother's side she inherits the beauty of the lovely Miss Rosalie Smith, whose untimely death was so deeply mourned, and she is also related to the Mrs. Rowena Sturgis Cowen, who is noted for her many charms of person.
"Who can curiously behold The smoothness and the sheen of beauty's cheek, And feel his heart can ever all grow old ?"
MRS. JOHNNIE HOUSE, of Houston, possesses personal beauty and is a delightful conversationalist. To these en- dowments she adds graceful courtesy, kindness of heart, and exquisite taste in all matters, personal and domestic. She has made her home so attractive that it has ever been the favorite resort of the refined and the youthful, while her varied attainments have enabled her to afford them enjoy- ment. By marriage Mrs. House is allied to one of the oldest families in the State. She occupies an enviable position founded on universal esteem.
MRS. ALEXANDER W. TERRELL was born and bred in the South. Her home is fixed in Austin, though she travels ex- tensively with her husband, and wherever they go Mrs. Terrell is the center and star of attraction, as she is an ornament to diplomatic society. She possesses much strength of character and an attractive personality. To her culture she unites sound judgment, and that inbred fine- ness which is the crowning grace of true womanhood. Mrs. Terrell passed a year very pleasantly in Constantinople, where she dined with the Sultan and met the representatives
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of France, Greece, Russia, and Turkey. During her stay in Europe she had many opportunities to observe the interest- ing phases of society. Mrs. Terrell has a generous nature and in conversation exalts all that is noble in human nature, and gives to the misfortunes of existence a sunny softness and coloring, like the subdued light in a Turner picture.
MRS. HERMAN KAMPMAN is prominent in all noble and charitable work, as she has been in society, by right of intel- lectual gifts, and a generous, sympathetic nature. Her beauty, judgment and discrimination enable her to exercise an influence widely acknowledged, while her sunny, genial disposition and cordial manner illustrate a peculiar charm of Southern character. Her palatial home is surrounded by palms and beautiful plants, which are covered by unfading verdure, flourishing amid the eternal spring tide of San Antonio. This home is the center of an elegant circle of society, the resort of the cultivated, and it is here its mistress delights to dispense the courtesies and kind offices of true hospitality.
MRS. EDWARD ROTAN is the daughter of Judge J. L. L. McCall, who was a prominent lawyer at an early day in Texas. He was at one time the law partner of Senator Richard Coke, and at a later period became a member of the law firm of McCall & Norris. Mrs. Rotan's early associations in life inspired intellectual achievement, and developed the force of character which has eminently qualified her for usefulness. Of The Home, a charitable institution in Waco, she is the especial patroness. Active benevolence is the appropriate field for woman, and Mrs. Rotan's influence is extended by the possession of intellect, social position and ample means.
MRS. JULES E. SCHNEIDER, of Dallas .- Miss Belle Fonda, the noted beauty and belle of Louisville, Kentucky, in which city she was born, is a descendant on her father's side of one of the oldest Dutch Knickerbocker families of New York. In 1879 she married Mr. Jules E. Schneider, of New Orleans, and
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came to Texas to make Dallas her home. The Schneiders have proven a valuable acquisition to the city. Not only is their home one of the most palatial and beautiful in that city of charming homes, but in addition to this, its lovely mistress, besides being an acknowledged and graceful social leader, is one of the most liberal patrons of music, art and charitable institutions in a city noted for its public-spirited and philanthropic women.
The Women's Home, a noble institution for homeless and sick women, counts Mrs. Schneider among its charter mem- bers, officers and most generous supporters; and of the Orphans' Home and all other charitable institutions of Dallas she is a liberal patroness. The benefaction of such a home as Mrs. Schneider's to the city of Dallas is appreciated by those who have the entrée to the social functions of the house. It is a veritable casket of art, enriched by the critical collections of its mistress during her extensive travels on the other side of the water as well as in America. Here are seen, among the splendors of their surroundings, "rare bits" that money could not buy, while from her jewel casket glow and flash gems and jewels that a duchess, a queen, or even a Mrs. Astor might envy. Her brilliant entertainments are famed far and wide, but the exquisite, subtle charm of a hostess "to the manor born" and gifted with "a spirit pure and bright," can scarcely be imagined by those who have not the honor and boon of her friendship or acquaintance.
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CHAPTER XXXV.
MRS. C. S. HOUSE-MRS. HARRY PRINCE-MISS MADGE WILLIAMS- MRS. WM. GARNER-MRS. H. C. SILLIMAN-MRS. J. W. SWAIN.
MRS. C. S. HOUSE will be remembered as Miss Mary Shearn. Her home has been fixed in Houston for a number of years, where she has an extensive circle of friends, and where she exerts the gentlest and sweetest of womanly
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influences. Though surrounded by luxury and in the full en- joyment of every terrestrial pleasure, her nature has re- mained unspoiled. Her manners are graceful and unaffected, giving evidence of her mental culture and elevated nature. The taste which displays itself in her love of music, painting, and sculpture, has always appeared in her style of dress, and her costumes are rich without being ostentatious. The House mansion on Main Street is famed for elegant hospi- tality in small social gatherings, as well as more elaborate entertainments. Reared in this atmosphere, the lovely daughter, Katie, received the advantages of fortune and judicious culture. She is a graceful representative of her mother, to whom she is devoted, and in this instance the filial relation is fully realized. In the bloom of her early youth she was married to Hon. Berry Camp, of Fort Worth.
MRS. HARRY PRINCE, nee Miss Cornelia Kiam .- Happi- ness is a wonderful beautifier, and the beauty of a happy wife is one that surpasses all others, even that exquisite fleeting loveliness of young girlhood which the French, for some inexplicable reason, call la beauté du diable. Con- templating the beauty of the loveliest and fairest flower brought to its highest point of perfection by the hands that have tended it and watched its growth from bud to bloom, we do not forget the care that has developed and protected its loveliness. Admiring the beauty of a wife we do not for- get that her radiant face is the mirror in which is reflected the courtesy, the chivalry of the husband. This quality of happiness and beauty asserts itself in the countenance of Mrs. Harry Prince, nee Miss Cornelia Kiam, who has passed the brief years of her life in Houston. There she is the cen- tral figure in a coterie of refined and cultivated women, the fit associates of one whose rare personal gifts attract a host of friends. Mrs. Prince entertains her guests with a lavish hospitality, graceful elegance and ententé cordialé, which insures her popularity in a city famed for its social cul- ture and refined hospitality. Without being absorbed in
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fashionable life, Mr. and Mrs. Prince are genial. They do not refuse to frequently be drawn into the social life of Houston, and it goes without saying that the inherited grace, beauty and intelligence of the lovely wife is the theme and inspira- tion of every fête to which she lends her presence.
MISS MADGE WILLIAMS was chosen by Texas to christen the war ship "Texas" at Portsmouth, Virginia, two years ago, and during her stay in that State was the recipient of many social courtesies. She was chaperoned by her mother and was entertained with refined and lavish hospitality by many prominent people in Virginia and elsewhere. Her Southern tour proved a continued ovation, and the homage paid her was an appropriate tribute to her beauty and intellectual charms. Miss Williams' home is at Independence, Texas, where her life of quiet seclusion serves to bring in piquant contrast the stormy periods of another era in which her grandfather, General Houston, played a distinguished part as the hero of San Jacinto.
MRS. WM. GARNER, of Nacogdoches, Texas, won distinc- tion in social life. She became the wife of Commodore William Garner, the multi-millionaire and merchant prince of New York. They were both drowned in 1876 by the capsizing of their yacht, the "Mohawk," in New York harbor. Mrs. Garner's youngest daughter, Florence, married Sir William Gordon Cummings, who, with the Prince of Wales, acquired notoriety in the London baccarat scandal.
MRS. H. C. SILLIMAN often refers to her old friends throughout England and to the scenes of her unfettered childhood. She is an enthusiastic traveler, and has an artist's love of nature. Her palatial home in Fort Worth has been adorned by many souvenirs rich in historic associa- tion, valued by their owner not only as curios, but as links connecting her present life with former days. The home is "given to hospitality," and though its mistress thoroughly enjoys quiet visiting among her friends, she frequently
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entertains in a lavish way, and has often extended a cordial welcome to members of conventions and to distinguished persons visiting the city. Mrs. Silliman has much talent as an artist. Her most striking characteristic is her practical sense, which is a union of all the senses. She has much executive ability and fine gifts of intuition. Kind and char- itable, she freely confers material benefits and, by exert- ing her own buoyant spirit, inspires others to put aside their burdens and accept her cheerful views of life.
MRS. J. W. SWAIN, of Clarksville, exerts a wide influence in the eastern part of the State. Refined and agreeable, she has a heart full of warm sensibilities, a lofty spirit and a mind of noble cast. These are the qualities which have enabled her to make an abiding impression, and influence those with whom she is associated. During the past few years, Mrs. Swain has suffered many sorrows in the loss of members of her family, and during her retirement has been offered the solacing companionship of devoted friends, and has at all times commanded the highest consideration.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
MRS. WALES J. TOWNSEND-MRS. CORA BACON FOSTER-MRS. AUSTIN POLLARD BOYD-MRS. KATE C. CURRIE-MRS. BETTIE BRYAN- MRS. BENEDETTE B. TOBIN -MRS. MARY ELIZABETH LEASE.
MRS. WALES J. TOWNSEND .- This estimable lady was the daughter of Robert M. Forbes, and his wife, nee Mary J. Read. She was born in Port Lavaca, Texas, where her father was a prominent merchant for many years, having previously served in the congress of the Republic, and in the convention which formed the first constitution of the State, in 1845. He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, descended from early settlers in that county ; one of his ancestors served in the House of Burgesses from 1649 to
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1666. In 1848 Mr. Forbes, in Port Lavaca, married Miss Read, a granddaughter of the Rev. Finis Ewing, one of the three founders of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, whose sons became eminent men in Missouri and Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Forbes had four daughters and three sons, among these Mrs. Wm. G. Sterett, now of Washington City. Two of the sisters, Florence Jeannette, wife of W. A. Blackwell, and Mrs. Maggie Starker, live in Cuero, Texas. In Port Lavaca, Miss Alice, an intelligent and charming young lady, married Mr. Wales J. Townsend, who soon removed to Dallas, where they have since resided, having a beautiful home, given to hospitality, covering all the amenities of social life and mov- ing in a large circle of the most refined and estimable families in the city, winning and holding their esteem by charms nat- urally springing from her heart, and in every sense being a noble wife, mother and friend.
MRS. CORA BACON FOSTER is a conspicuous figure in the business world. Upon the death of her husband she in- vested her means in real estate, opened an office in Houston, and began buying and selling for herself and others. She has transacted a large and successful business, and is a fair example of a woman's ability to succeed in practical life.
MRS. AUSTIN POLLARD BOYD .- Among the many active, philanthropic, and public-spirited women ofTexas none more worthily wear the civic bays than Mrs. Austin Pollard Boyd ; and among all the bright, progressive towns of Texas none is more attractive than the pretty city of Paris-the home of Mrs. Boyd, and for more than a quarter of a century the scene of her devoted toil.
She was born in Alabama, reared in Georgia, married in Mississippi, and has lived the most of her life in Texas. On arriving in the frontier State, she at first murmured at the discomforts incident to a new country, but she soon adapted herself to her environments, realized her proper relation to the land of her adoption, and recognized her duty to aid in its development-nor did she tarry in the performance of
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that duty ; in the spirit of Lady Macbeth's advice to her noble guests, she did not stand upon the order of her acting, but acted at once, and Paris, upon the instant, felt the im- pulse. Aided and encouraged by her husband she, thence- forward, aligned herself with the noble women of her town and threw the force of her energetic life into every scheme de- vised for its moral and material advancement. Each new work seemed to refresh and strengthen her for renewed effort, and thus followed the projects for civil and social progress that have culminated in the culture, enterprise, and refine- ment of the beautiful city of Paris.
The combination of rare feminine instinct with robust, masculine intellect in Mrs. Boyd, eminently fit her for her work, to the support of which she is enabled to bring the in- fluence of the press, owing to her connection with the news- paper fraternity.
Whether as secretary of the Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union, or of the Woman's Parsonage and Home Mission Society of the Methodist Church, or of the Ladies' Auxiliary Society, or of the Woman's Industrial Home, or of the Hospital for the Poor, Mrs. Boyd has evinced won- drous capacity, skill and courage. Each of the associations in which she has worked has been a pronounced blessing to Paris. Its Charity Hospital and its Industrial Home are sources of incalculable beneficence to the poor, and its picturesque cemetery is a perpetual tribute of praise to the virtue of a people who honor their dead. Here, beneath two "sighing pines," brought from her native State, Mrs. Boyd hopes to rest after her life's work is done. She has built her own monument, and no shaft of stone can so well commem- orate her deeds.
MRS. KATE CABELL CURRIE, president of the Daughters of the Confederacy of Texas, is the daughter of Gen. William Lewis Cabell, who graduated at West Point in 1850, served in the United States Army until 1861, when he resigned and joined the Confederate Army and served with distinction until the close of the war. General Cabell's
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father was Gen. Benj. W. S. Cabell, an officer in the War of 1812, and was after the close of hostilities between England and the United States, honored with many positions of trust, holding in succession the commissions of Major, Colonel, Brigadier General and Major General of militia, the last being by election of the General Assembly. He was a lawyer by profession, and a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1829-30, and member of the State senate from 1837 to 1838.
Mrs. Currie's mother, Harriett, was the daughter of Maj. Elias Rector, and his wife, Catherine J. Du Val. Major Rector was one of the quaint historic characters of Arkansas. He was the original of "The Fine Old Arkansas Gentleman," a parody by Gen. Albert Pike on the "Old English Gentle- man." Major Rector was the youngest son of Whorton Rector, one of the nine Rector brothers who were soldiers in the War of 1812. He was a nephew of the celebrated Ann Rector, wife of Thomas Conway. He removed to Arkansas in 1825, and in 1835 married the gentle and much-loved Catherine Du Val. From that time until the war bereft him of his numerous slaves and other property, their home, which Gen. Albert Pike christened "Grouse Hill," became the center of generous and refined hospitality. Both Major and Mrs. Rector had an extended acquaintance with the promi- nent men of their own State, and elsewhere. Major Rector was appointed by General Jackson, United States Marshal of the Indian and Arkansas Territories, and he held the position sixteen years. Under President Pierce he was again ap- pointed Marshal. The Seminole chief, Billy Bowlegs, and his followers, were removed from Florida to the Indian Territory by him. With such an ancestry, Mrs. Cabell could not fail to be a patriot, and in the war that followed soon after her marriage, she was both patriot and heroine, following her husband to every battlefield to nurse the wounded soldiers. "Baby Katie" came in the midst of the turmoil to gladden their hearts. Her father and mother took great interest in all that pertained to the days of '61-'65, and she inherited their love for "the lost cause."
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General and Mrs. Cabell remained in Arkansas until 1873, when they removed to Dallas, Texas. General Cabell has filled positions of honor and trust, having been several times mayor of the city, United States Marshal under President Cleveland, and is now Lieutenant General of United Con- federate Veterans, to which organization he devotes much time and labor.
Mrs. Currie was educated at the convents in Fort Smith and Dallas. She was a close student and, possessing a bril- liant mind and fine memory, her standing as a pupil was far above the average. Among the memorable events of her childhood days, she recalls the visits of President Jefferson Davis, Gen. Braxton Bragg, Gen. Albert Pike and Gen. Joe E. Johnston. She greatly enjoyed the visits of Gen. D. S. Stanley, of the United States Army, and his reminiscences of the early days in the Indian Territory, when he and General Cabell were brother officers, defending the frontier from the Indians, and when Mrs. Stanley and Mrs. Cabell were the only white women at Fort Cobb. After the death of Mrs. Cabell in 1887, Mrs. Currie assumed the charge of her father's home and the care of her two younger brothers. She was married in 1889 to Mr. J. R. Currie. They have traveled ex- tensively and have visited the important cities of the United States and Canada. Boston greatly interested Mrs. Currie for the historic associations of old Fort Warren, where her father was a prisoner of war. As president of the Daughters of the Confederacy, Mrs. Currie takes great interest in all that pertains to Camp Sterling Price, and the duties of this office occupy much of her time. She is a brilliant conver- sationalist and presides with grace and dignity over her father's home in Dallas. She has three brothers: Ben E., now the sheriff of Dallas County ; Lawrence Du Val, a cadet at West Point, and Lewis Rector, a student at the Virginia Military Institute.
MRS. BETTIE BRYAN, well known as a business woman, has high standing in the community in which she lives. En- dowed with energy, perseverance and great executive ability,
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she has achieved marked success in the real estate business. She is public-spirited and enterprising, and her office in Houston is a rendezvous for those who wish to invest in realty. Mrs. Bryan is refined and cultured. Her home is one of the most attractive in the city, and the daughter of the house is quite popular in society.
MRS. BENEDETTE B. TOBIN was born at Camden, Arkan- sas, and educated in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since her marriage in 1871 she has lived in Austin, where she has a large circle of friends, and is much admired for her refine- ment, culture and personal charms. Her work as president of the Woman's World's Fair Exhibit Association of Texas was inspired by a strong attachment for the State, and the responsibilities of the position were faithfully discharged. Her social disposition, cordial manners and executive ability enable her to wield a wide influence.
MRS. MARY ELIZABETH LEASE is the first woman in the United States whose name was ever mentioned seriously as candidate for the United States Senate. For nine years she was identified with Texas and took an active interest in the organization of the W. C. T. U. Her first public address was made in this State on the temperance question. In this work she was associated with Mrs. Sarah L. Acheson, of Denison, and other friends, who retain many kindly remembrances of the distinguished orator. It is said Mrs. Lease determined to go upon the rostrum when Senator Ingalls, two or three years ago, cynically told a Kansas audience that "woman, like the decalogue, has no place in politics." This is prob- ably legendary, for her appearance was strictly in accordance with the social and political development of Kansas. Wo- men in that State wielded an influence previously unknown to their sex in the more conservative East. Kept in the background during Republican supremacy they had been preparing themselves for the political conditions in that revolution with which the Kansas farmers two years ago astonished the country. Mrs. Lease then assumed the
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leadership as a strong representative of her sex. She is one of the most conspicuous women in America, judging by the number of paragraphs written about her in the newspapers of the country. The entire press of two great political parties have made her the target for ridicule and abuse. Few have recognized her real ability, sincerity and great strength of character.
INDEX
PAGE
Allen, Mrs. Charlotte M.
36
Acheson, Mrs. Sarah C ..
150
Bell, Mrs. Mary E.
42
Brachis, Mrs. Charles
58
Brown, Mrs. M. K.
59
Bryan, Mrs. M. A 62
Babb, Mrs
72
Beebe, Miss Dee.
82
Brown, Miss Marion 84
Bornefeldt, Mrs. Arthur
93
Bolton, Mrs. James. 96
Barr, Mrs. Amelia E. 100
Brown, Mrs. Mary M
104
Beebe, Mrs. S. R.
138
Blue, Mrs. Juliette Downs. 154
Billings, Mrs. Mary C.
175
Barden, Mrs. Eva L. 181
Buckler, Mrs. J. A .. 183
Boyd, Mrs. Austin Pollard. 198
Bryan, Mrs. Bettie ..
201
Canterbury, Mrs. Elizabeth. 40
Connell, Mrs. J. R. C. 46
Cone, Mrs. S. E ... 55
Cleveland, Mrs. G. B ... 57
Clagett, Mrs. L. Richards. 85
Carr, Mrs. John O .. 93
Coleman. Mrs. T. A. 93
Cravens, Miss Lena Lee. 122
Craig, Mrs. Mary Kitrell. 151
Crisp, Mrs. W. H. 155
Clarke, Mrs. Creston 156
Coke, Mrs. Richard. 163
Clark, Mrs. George .. 164
Crain, Mrs. William H.
164
Currie, Mrs. Kate Cabell.
199
Dickens, Mrs. Virginia Hunt 50
Dignowity, Mrs. A. J 63
Darst, Mrs. Jacob C .. 68
Duvall, Mrs. Bird. 84
Davis, Mrs. M. E. M.
115
Dwyer, Miss Bessie Agness. 133
Danforth, Dr. Grace. 142
De Pelchin, Mrs. Kate
143
Downman, Mrs. R. H.
185
Fannin, Mrs. James W. C. 24
Fulton, Mrs. George W.
53
Fordtran, Mrs. Charles.
66
Fisher, Mrs. Orceneth.
69
Fisher, Miss Marguerite.
90
Fenwick, Miss M. B .. 132
Fitzgerald, Mrs. Hugh Nugent. 129
Fry, Mrs. Elizabeth Turner
148
Foster, Mrs. Cora Bacon
198
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Gordon, Mrs. Isabella.
38
Gresham, Mrs. Walter
78
Garcia, Miss Zulema 94 Gooch, Mrs. F. C .. 105
Goodrich, Mrs. L. W
179
Garner, Mrs. William 196
Houston, Mrs. Sam 11
Hadley, Mrs. P. L ..
45
Hearne, Miss Cordie 84
Hughes, Miss Bessie. 90
Harby, Mrs. Lee C .. 99
Hartman, Miss Sara.
133
House, Mrs. Willie D. 134
Holland, Miss Margueret M. D.
140
Harrison, Mrs. A. C.
152
Hearne, Mrs. Anna Dial. 153
Hogg, Mrs. James.
162
House, Mrs. Johnnie
192
House, Mrs. C. S ..
194
Jones, Mrs. Anson
15
Jaques, Mrs. William B.
52
Jobe, Mrs. Margaret. 83
Jordan, Mrs. Gabriel 94
Jarvis, Mrs. J. J. .
120
Jones, Mrs. Mary Abbott. 191
Kronenger, Mrs.
85
Kimball, Mrs. M. C.
85
Knight, Miss Grace. 92
King, Mrs. V. O. 106
Kingsley, Miss Josephine.
141
King, Mrs. Richard.
171
Kampman, Mrs. Herman.
193
Lamar, Mrs. M. B. 22
Linn, Mrs. John J ..
68
Lancaster, Mrs. Eva. 130
Lambdin, Miss S. L. 138
Leak, Dr. Fanny ..
141
Lease, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
202
Mitchell, Mrs. C. W
32
McCulloch, Mrs. John W
44
Myers, Miss Miriam ..
123
McPherson, Miss Lydia Starr. 124
Miner, Mrs. S. Isadore.
127
Mohl, Mrs. Aurelia Hadley
131
McCord, Adelaide.
156
McDonald, Mrs. F. A.
185
Ney, Mrs. Elizabet.
76
Nash, Mrs. Mary Louise.
137
Nalle, Mrs. Joseph
189
Ord, Mrs. Mary Mercer.
168
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Barker, Mrs. George W.
84
Becker, Miss Dora V.
95
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Potter, Mrs. Dixie Crooks 88
Pinckney, Miss Susanna ... 102
Pruit, Mrs. Willie Franklin. 118
Pierre, Mother St .. 144
Pickens, Mrs. Lucy Holcomb 166
Prathers, Mrs. W. L. 177
Parrott, Mrs. R. B. 190
Prince, Mrs. Harry. 195
Rusk, Mrs. Thomas J. 18
Richardson, Mrs. Willard. 48
Russell, Mrs. William J. 61
Ross, Mrs. Shapley P .. 67
Robertson, Miss Julia S
80
Rounsevall, Mrs. R. O. 139
Reagan, Mrs. John H. 163
Rice, Mrs. William M.
181
Rotan, Mrs. Edward.
193
Sherman, Mrs. Sidney 25
Scurry, Mrs. Richardson 54
Shegog, Mrs. Edward. 73
Shortridge, Mrs. Bell Hunt. 112
Shindler, Mrs. M. D ..
116
Spoonts, Mrs. Josephine Puett. 123
Stoddard, Mrs. Helen M. 146
Stone, Mrs. H. C. 179
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Sanger, Mrs. Alexander. 187
Sydnor, Mrs. Ella Hutchins 187
Stevens, Mrs. John J. 190
Schneider, Mrs. Jules E. 193
Silliman, Mrs. H. C 196
Swain, Mrs. J. W 197
Terrell, Mrs. Alexander W 192
Townsend, Mrs. Wales J. 197
Tobin, Mrs. Benedette B. 202
Van Zandt, Miss Mamie. 92
Wharton, Mrs. William H. 30
Weatherford, Mrs. S. L .. 57
Wilson, Mrs. Augusta Evans. 97
Winkler, Mrs. A. V. 101
Whitten, Mrs. M. E. 102
Willman, Mrs. Ella. 106
West, Mrs. Florence Duval. 113
Wainwright, Miss Marie. 156
Walker, Mrs. J. C .. 174
West, Mrs. John C 175
Williams, Mrs. Thomas J 178
Williams, Miss Madge. 196
Young, Mrs. Maud J
98
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