Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-10-16
MAs0Ns Still BUSY
Although Bazaar has Been in Prog
ress A Week it Continues to At
tract Large Attendance.

The attendance at the Nla9oi-S -
zaar was much larger On saturday
night than on any night during the
week and was designated as Fire
mems Night. Tonight will be Elks'
Night and tomorrow night will be
civen over to the High School stud
ents.
Wednesday night will be Suffrage
Night, and an attractive program
has been arranged by the Alexandria
Equal Suffrage League for the oc-
casion. The speaker of the evening
will be Mrs. Thompson w. Burch,
wife of the well-known Washington
physician. Mrs. Burch was the or
ganiser of the big suffrage rally re-
Gently held in Atlantic City.
Much interest still continues in the
Silver Loving Cup, donated by Presi-
dent Fairfax Harrison, of the South
ern Railroad, for presentation to the
most popular railroad man in attend
ance at the Fair. The vote to date is:
l.. o. Hardin, 1852; A. j. Ross,
100; E. F. Ticer, 1O2; R. W. Colds
worthy, s3; E. H. Kemper, 55; S. L.
McEstes, 10; K. L. Lambeth, 13;
E. Fuller, 9; C. E. Dare, a; c. R.
Keith, 2;'W. II. F. Finks, G; j. W.
CARRIER, L; j. F. Stephenson,1.
The following is the list of dona-
tions received since last published in
the Gazette, of last Friday:
One dozen butcher knives; 1-2 doz-
en- razors, l box oil; 1 dozen snow
ball scrapers, William E. Balm; Tall
cum Powder, j. A. Denealt; Cab
.bage, Parker Brothers; HoosjerI
Kitchen Cabinet, Frank Michaclb.,ch;
Butter, Fox River Creamery Com
raay,, Washington; Batter. Sachs
Golden Company; Lettacesand cAsry.I
Henden Company, Washington; feck
for s.. 90 and ham, from Patma Lodge
No. 196, Upperville. Va.
The contest for the loving cup, is
growing more and more animated
each night as new candidates enter
the field of competition. Much silent
work, "Pussy-footing "' as it were,
for votes outside is also going on.
Competitors for the prize are also
working with zest in Washington and
some surprises are looked for in
the near future, A prominent railroad
official states that the contest will be
carried from one end of the Southern
system to the other, and that if To-
cal competitors desire to retain the
trophy in Alexandria they had better
get busy and hustle.
Mr.. Harrison is a. descendant of
the celebrated Fairfax family. The
Hon. William Fairfax, of Belvoir,
or the White House, just below Mount
Vernon, was his lineal forebear, and
his ancestry descended thence through
Bryan, Eight Lord Fairfax of Mount
Eagle and on down in direct descent.
The old family mansion Mt. Eagle, is
still standing on the ridge just South
of Hunting Creek, and can be plainly
seen from some sections of AleXan-
dria.'
Lord Bryan Fairfax, one time Rec
tor of Christ Church, is buried in
Ivy Hill Cemetery where simple
monument marks his grave. His son
Ferdirando, was a member of Wash
ingtcn Lodge and attended Wash
ington's funeral. These interest
historic facts bring the President of
the Southern in very close and senti-
mental relation with our old city
which was the home of both his lin
cal and collateral ancestors.
Several months asc Washington
Lodge permitted Mr.. Harrison, to
nave copy of a painting of Lord
FAIRFAX, made for his private resi-
oence Belvoir, in Fauquier county,
which estate was named after the
ancestral home on the Potomac. MIR.
Harrison at the time expressed the
most profound appreciation OF the
courtesy. extended by the Lodge, with
assurance that he would rcturn the
favor if opportunity presented itself.
The presentation of this loving Gun.
magnificent and costly specimen o
artistic skill, is conclusive proof Of
his feeling in the matter. The trophy
is worthy of the donor and in the
light of past events shouli animate
contestants to vigorous rivalry 10
obtain it. 1t will always form con-
Meeting link between the present and
tha past and remind US thai it was
this influential Fairsay family. that