Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-23
Miss Winnings Broom.


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Miss Winnings Broom.
Apropos of Miss Winnings interest in af-
fairs. she having been a strong supporter
of Mrs Donald Mclean, story was circu
lated in the congress. much to the dis
pleasure of some of the more sedate.
Bright and early yesterday Miss Winning
purchased fine new broom, the biggest
and best she could find. This broom she
decorated with red, white and blue ribbons,
and with it went down to the Pennsylva
mia railroad station. Here she induced an
engineer on the Colonial Express to put the
broom on the front of his engine, and thus
carry the news to Boston of clean
sweep in the interest of a new manage
ment of the National Society of the D. A.
r. When; the Colonial Express left its
berth in the Pennsylvania station it car
ried about fifty yards of tri-colored stream
ers and the new broom.
Mrs Richardson, state regent of South
Carolina, presented to Mrs. Fairbanks a
beautifully executed picture in water colorS
of the Fairbanks ccat-of-arms, which she
said she had found in an unexpected way.
The presentation took Mrs. Fairbanks very
much by surprise. She accepted the picture
with genuine pleasure, as she said she had
never been in possession of the Fairbanks
coat-of-arms. Mrs. Richardson said the
coIors stood: SILVER for purity, gold for
generosity and blue for truth and loyalty.
Many other presentations were made to
Contipeptal Memorial Hall. q
Personal Sketches and Notes.
Mrs. John r. Walker of Missouri, who
was reelected vice president general of the
National Society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, is relative of Sen
ator Cockrell. She has a long line of dis
r'forbears." She is the widow
Of John r. Walker, who was United States
district attorney. She belongs to an old
and distinguished Missouri family, many OF
whom were prominent in colonial and revo-
history. Her father, Ephraim
Breyard Ewing, was a native of kentucky,
but came from Missouri when very young,
and was identified with the early history of
the state in many prominent positions. He
was secretary of state, attorney general
and judge of the supreme court, which Of
flee he held at the time of his death. He
was named for his uncle Ephraim Bre-
ward, who, with seven brothers, engaged
soldiers in the revolutionary struggle. Eph-
rain Brevard was the author of the Neck
lenburg Declaration of Independence,
which antedated by several months the
final declaration of July 4.
General William Lee Davidson, another
of Mrs. Walkers revolutionary ancestors,
served his country faithfully as brigadier
CORVALLIS who was attempting to cross
the Catawba river. Davidson College,
North Carolina, is named for him and his
sword hangs ON it's walls. Continental Con-
gress voted an appropriation for a monu-
ment to his memory, but owing to lack of
funds the idea was not carried out until
1903 when Congress took the matter I'D and
passed a bill for an appropriation for this
purpose, and the monument is now in
course of construction and will be erected
on the Guilford battlefield
Mrs. Walkers maternal great grand
father, Colonel Thomas Watkins of Vir-
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Washington for bravery, and many of her
family, in colonial days, were members of
the Virginia house of burgesses.
Not only by virtue of long line of pa
triotic ancestors is Mrs. Walker entitled to
a place among the officers of this national
but she is, and always has
been, great favorite in d. A. r. circles
Her charming personality. delightful man
ner and oratorical ability win her friends
In all probability one of the most popular
women in the National Society of the d.
A. r. is Mrs. William Lindsay of Kentucky
who has labored indefatigably for the in
has been in frail health for a
year or two.- and it was not expected she
would be able to attend the congress- She
was greeted with quite an ovation as she
came upon the platform Monday She
hopes to be able to help with the COM
pletion fthe hall.
Mrs. Nancy Otis Winston of the Army
and Navy Chapter, which so Loyalty sup
ported Mrs. Sternberg for the president
hoped to be able to get the