The Washington herald., 1916-03-11
FAIRFAX PICTURE
Will BE COPIED
Portrait of Sixth Lord Of Brit
ish Family Ordered by
Railway Head.
MASONS BEGIN CAMPAIGN
Alexandrians Who Objected to Higher
Tax on Business Houses Out by
Legislative Action.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
R. Z. Knight & Son,

Szls3 King Street.
Alexandra, Va, March 1O.-Fairfax
Harrison, president of the Southern Rail-
way Company, is going to have copy
OF Sir Joshua Reynolds portrait OF Sir
Thomas Fairfax, sixth lord Of the name,
regarded as one Of the most valuable
portraits in America, which now adorns
the wall In the Iodgeroom Of the Alex
dria-washington Lodge Of Masons.
This will be the first time this portrait
has been copied. Fairfax Harrison Is
great nephew Of Lord Fairfax.
This portrait was presented to the lodge
by Ferdinand Fairfax, son of Bryan,
eighth Lord Fairfax, in 1872. Ferdinando
Fairfax was a member of the lodge at
that time. It was valued by E. F. An
drsws, former director Of the Corcoran
Art Gallery, several years ago, at
$4,000 Mrs. z. F. Andrews will paint
the copy Of the original, which will be
somewhat smaller. 1t will be placed In
Mr.. ,Harrison's home in Fairfax County.
Alexandria Washington Lodge Of Ma
sons, at special meeting last night,
granted permission to have the picture
copied.
BY margin of a single vote, the house
Of delegates Of the State legislature, has
rejected the report of the committee and
fixed the rate Of merchants license taxes
as suggested by Gov. Stuart and the
State advisory board. This means
minimum rate for all lines of business
from $ to $40 and also means a fixed
rate Of % cents on the 800 on all pur-
chases in excess Of 10000. The latter
will AFFECT less than a dozen Alexandria
merchants, although the wholesalers
made a fight to prevent its passage. One
hundred and fifteen retailers will be ef-
fected by the increase.
The Scottish Rite Mason. tonight in
augurated their spring campaign when
the fourth and fifth degrees were con-
ferred at the Masonic Temple by Wash
ington Memorial Lodge Of Perfection,
No. 7.
One Of the furnaces at the plant of the
Old Dominion Glass Company will have
to be closed down for about three weeks
as the result OF the bursting Of one Of its
walls containing molten glass. The tank
contained about seventy-five tons OF
molten glass.
Howard A Banks, private secretary to
the Secretary Of the Navy, will deliver
an address before q mems meeting at
2:So o'clock on Sunday afternoon in the
Richmond Theater, under the auspices of
the Laymen's League.
Plans for a conference of the Sunday
school pupils to be held April are being
mapped out. The affair will be under
the auspices Of the Alexandria Sunday
School Association.
Tho body Of John W. Sebastian, g, who
died In Harrisonburg, Pa, will be brought
here tomorrow morning and buried IN
Union Cemetery. Services will be con-
Quoted by Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector
OF Grace P. E. Church.
Rt- Rev. William Caben Brown, D. D.,
bishop coadjutor Of the Episcopal Diocese
Of Virginia, has arranged to hold con-
frmation services IN this city on April
%. He will preach and confirm a class
in Christ Church at II o'clock. and In ST.
Paul's Church at 40 o'clock, and in
Grace Church at 8 o'clock at night.
The body Of Norton Philip Hart, Is, who
died IN Washington at rs Eighth street
northwest will be brought here for
burial