Evening star., 1939-10-22

Mrs. Morris Sheppard. shov
old map of Texas.
BY JESSIE FAINT EVANS.
Golden-haired, youthful looking
Mrs. Morris Sheppard, wife of the
senior Senator from Texas, not only
specializes in data concerning the
Lone Star State and its historical
background, but devotes a corner of
their Washington residence, at 1914
Nineteenth street NV, to a dis
play of the States colorful aspects.
Senator and Mrs. Sheppard are
Texans on both sides of their
families. Senator Sheppard has rep
resented his native State in the Sem
ate since 1913. Before then, he was
a member of the House of Repre-
sentatives from the year 1902,
when he was elected to fill out
the unexpired congressional term of
his father, John L. Sheppard. AS
Lucille Sanderson, Mrs. Sheppard
was born in Texarkana, the town in
which the Sheppards have their
roots and the home to which they
depart Immediately after the close
of each session of Congress.
'It gets its name" Mrs. Sheppard
says. from the fact it is divided by
the exas-Arkansas State line, which
runs through the center of the post
Office with the Louisiana line not
many miles to the south. We of
course live on the Texas side of the
line"
The room in their WASHINGTON
home where Mrs. Sheppard displays
her Texas collection opens of the
drawing room and connects with the
dining room. With its piano, fire.
place and Texas mementoes, it is
the favorite gathering place of the
Sheppard family in this city.
The Alamo Over All.
Over the mantel II a striking pic
ture of the Alamo, the foremost
Texas shrine. Along the wall, in a
frieze-like arrangement, is a series
OF framed originals of Bergman
cartoons, depicting various stages of
Senator Sheppard's long legislative
career in the Capital. An oil paint
ing gives a dramatic dash of color
with its portrayal of a field of
Texas famous State flower, the blue
bonnet, in full bloom. A contrasting
note is Texas historical plate.
sponsored by the Mary Tyler Chap
ter of the Texas group Of Daughters
OF the American Revolution. It's
border features the portraits of the
three Texas Governors born in
Tyler, j. S. Hogg, N. B. Hubbard
and o. M. Roberts. For its central
motif, 1t has glowing pink rose,
because the largest rose gardens in
the world are at Tyler. Tex.
In this connection Mrs. Sheppard
tells a good story on herself. Noting
an especially beautiful pink rose
plant in well-known florists shop
on Connecticut avenue, she INQUIRED
about the possibility of having 1t
shipped home to plant in her gar
den in Texarkana, to be told Mrs.
Sheppard, this rose has just been
shipped to us from Tyler, Texas"
There are several interesting por-
traits of Texans in the Texas cor
ner. Among them is copy of the
painting OF Senator Sheppard re-
Gently unveiled at the State Capitol
at Austin. Another is that of
George Mifhin Dallas, for whom the
city of Dallas was named, he having
been Vice President under James
K. Polk at the time Texas entered
the Union in 1845. Striking and
unusual is a hitherto unknown and
recently discovered picture of Sam
Houston. This giant, colorful figure
Is shown standing with his arms
folded, his fiery eyes glowing with
such determination under their
beetling brows that it is easy to en-
vision him as President of the re-
public Of Texas, and the dominant
factor in its admission into the
Union of the United States.
The Olden Time Recalled.
A quaint engraving of the Capitol
Building of the Republic Of Texas
shows 1t in 1886, when Great Britain
and France had diplomatic repre-
sentatives present who attended its
sessions. Dormer windows, long
galleries 'and mounted Texans with
guns are elements in the character
istic picture which is depicted of
that era. There is also a certificate
Of stock, signed by Charles Morse,
in the 10 per cent consolidated fund
that financed the republic. Its un-
cut coupons are still attached. Fifty
dollar denominations of Republic Of
Texas paper money, as well as bills
in denominations of l, 2, S,
10 and 20 dollars of the years
1910 and 1841 attest to the fact that
the vast State Of Texas was once an
Independent. self-governing nation.
BLACK Duck Shooting" q Currier
and Ives print, showing unusual
action, also conveys the impression
that nowhere but in Texas was the
seasons shooting on such q large
and plentiful scale.
The gem of the Texas collection
is a rare and highly priced old
map OF the year 1896. A gift to
Senator Sheppard from w. A. Cooke
of Ell Paso, it is the product of the
August Mitchell firm of Phila-
delphia, who, it will be remembered.
compiled the famous Mitchell
biographies familiar to generations
of school children long since gather
ed to their fathers.
This map emphasizes that the
English language, in lieu of the
once accustomed Spanish, is now
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