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At the head of tin- stairway, on tin- second floor, was the flag which lay at the head of Mi. Davis' < .isket prior to the interment.
ROOM.
This room wa* very attractive-, although those in charge were not prepared for a display of relics. , Regent.
Vice-Regent, Mrs. George Wayne Anderson, ncc Kstelle Margue- rite Buerthe, of New Orleans; Mrs. John C. Freeman, alternate. Reception Committee: Mrs. W. Benjamin Palmer, nee Nellie Nalle, of New Orleans; Mrs. Parker Dashiell, nee Margaret May, of New Orleans; Mrs. William C. Bentley, nee Lula Logan, of New Orleans; Mrs. George Ainslie, nee Miss Buerthe, of New Orleans; Miss Anna Boykin.
TEXAS ROOM.
Mrs. A. V. Winckler, Corsicana, Texas, Regent; Mrs. Cazneau McLeod, Vice-Regent; Mrs. G. W. Mayo, alternate. Reception Committee: Mrs. M. P. Branch, Mrs. Fanny Crump Tucker, Mrs. Maria P. Moore, Misses Phronie Pegram, Anna McCaw, Evelyn Gordon, Lina Mayo, Louise Mayo, Virginia McLeod, and Florence McAnerny, of New York city.
A ' ' Lone Star ' ' of evergreen was the sole attraction in the Texas room, which, however, will shortly be brilliantly attractive.
MISSOURI AND KENTUCKY.
Missouri and Kentucky shared one room, which was as full of interest as any in the house. Conspicuous in it was a portrait of General John C. Breckenridge. given by the artist, Mr. Hunleigh, of Lexington, Ky. , and the Missouri coat-of-arms, on satin, given in memory of Lieutenant William Keith, Company D. , Fourth Mis- souri Cavalry (Marmaduke's Brigade), by members of the family. The ladies present representing Missouri were: Mrs. L. B. Valliant, St. Louis, Mo., Regent; Mrs. G. P. Stacey, Vice- Regent; Mrs. Nannie D. Werth, who is a sister of Rev. P. G. Robert, a well- known St. Louis minister of the P. E. Church.
Representing Kentucky Mrs. Norborne Gait Grey, Regent; Miss M. P. Harris, Vice- Regent; Mrs. E. V. Valentine, alternate; Mrs. C. C. Walker, Mrs. M. J. Dimmock, Mrs. J. P. Yancey, Mrs. H. A. Williams, Mrs. Philip Taylor, Mrs. Lindsey Walker, Mrs. R. G. Rennolds, Mrs. S. G. Wallace, Miss Cary Larus, Miss Fannie
