The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-13
BEAUTIFUL AND BRAVE.
viii Meet at Birmingham TO Celebrate
Southern HerOiSm.

6ach state wall be represented IN "A
Grand Series of Tableaux by its
Most Beautiful Maiden-The Young
Ladies Who Participate, and the Ar
rangement of the Tableaux.
Birmingham, Aug. l2.-The beautiful
and the brave will meet in large numbers
at the reunion Of confederate veterans in
birmingham, Alabama, which opens on
Sept. ID next. Ever since Robert CHS
ohm, now head of the oldest family in
the south, and related to wealthy north
erners as well as titled foreigners, sug-
gested that feature of this reunion be
series of tableaux, in which each of the
southern states should have as represent
alive the most beautiful young unmarried
lady within its borders, the prep
arations have been making on a
really imposing scale. To cap the
climax of effect Mrs. Grant, widow
of the general, has been formally
invited to the reunion, and it is stated
that the strenuous efforts to have her
present may be successful,
The beauties already selected and the
states they represent are;
Virginia, Miss Elizabeth Clarke, of New
port News; North Carolina, Miss Kate
Cantwell, of Wilmington; Kentucky, Miss
Sara Simrall, of Lexington; Mississippi,
Miss Nellie Fewell, of Meridian; Florida,
Miss Elizabeth Pasco, of Monticello;
Tennessee, Miss Meta Orr jackson,
| of Nashville; Arkansas, Miss Lily
MCGEE, of Van Buren,; Alabama, Miss
Carrie Tony Cochran, of Eufaula;
Georgia, Miss Caroline Gordon, daughter
of the distinguished senator; South Caro-
| lima, Miss Leila Laurens Chisolm, Of
| Charleston.
These young ladies personate this Sc
ries of scenes:
First-The states are on the stage of
the Winnie Davis Wigwam," specially
constructed for this occasion. Each
| young lady holds a banner, on which is
| worked coat of arms of her state. The
| time is the fall of 1860, and the states are
! excited over election news, when a mes
| senger comes in with the announcement
| that Lincoln has been chosen President.
! Thereupon South Carolina steps to the
| front Of the stage, declaring that she will
resist. The other states show alarm aud
are in doubt what to do, when Missis-
! sippi steps to South Cardinals
| side, followed by Florida and af-
| ter that Alabama. Then the remaining
! states advance in the order of their Sc
cession. When all are come to the front
the states group themselves around Vir-
| ginia, and the curtain falls to the music
| of Dixie"
| Second (time, after Gettysburg) The
| eleven states are seen dressed in black
| knitting and working for the soldiers.
Third (time, after the warl-Now
| Maryland, Missouri and Kentucky ap-
| pear among the southern states. The
! fourteen young ladies appear In Greek
costumes. The tableau is THE Solid
| South" It concludes with representa-
tion of the Blue and the Gray clasping
arms about, with Columbia" statu-
esque above with the legend, Omitted We
Stand" This scene Is designed to leave
| no imputation of disloyalty in what has
gone before If anything else were
needed to disarm criticism in this direc-
tion the following minute would supply
| it,:
MRS. U. 8. GRANT INVITED.
At q meeting off Camp Hardee, of United
Confederate Veterans, in Birmingham,
Ala, held on the 4th of July, 1893, MIR
Robert Chisolm offered a resolution,
which was unanimously agreed to, that
Mrs. Grant be invited to attend the fourth
annual reunion of the confederate veter-
ans as the guest of the camp. The follow
| ing letter was sent to Mrs. Grant by the
commander:
"Juiy 4, 1893.
''Mrs. U. S. Grant: Dear Madam-At a
! largely attended meeting of Camp
| Hardee, No 80 u. G. v, to-day, a resolu-
! ton was unf uimously adopted inviting
| you TO attend the reunion of the .confed-
crate veterans, TO be held in this city on
the 18th and 10th of September next, as
! the guest of this camp.
st becomes my duty and pleasure as
! commander of the camp to extend this
! invitation to you, and to assure you that
| the men who wore the gray will extend
| to you o welcome as genial as our south
! ern sun, and will be proud TO do honor to
| the illustrious lady who was so cordial in
| her reception of Mr.. Davis. We feel that
! your presence at the reunion will be good
| for you and for u.s. good for our common
| country, and thatit will testify to the
| world that the people of the south, those
| who fought from conviction, and main
| tanned for four long years the unequal
| contest, have nothing in their hearts but
respect for the brave and true men who
| opposed them, and are ready now, should
| occasion require, to show their willing
ness to uphold and defend the Union of
our fathers Very respectfully,
JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON,
Commander. "
Unfortunately the lady could not at
tend, and wrote This reply:
MRS. CHANTS REPLY.
"Merryweather Farm, West Chester.
N Y, July Is, s93-Joseph T. Johnston.
Commander of Camp w. J. Hardee No
30, Z. G. V. My Dear Sir-I am in re
ceipt of your letter of July 4, containing
| the compliment of an invitation to me to
! attend the reunion of confederate vete-
rams in Birmingham on the 18th and 10th
of September next. My time at that
date Is already engaged, but l have sys-
tema tically declined all such invitations
as have received TO attend reunions of
Your brothers Of the northern armies
on the score Of not being able to endure
the fatigues of such occasions. do
| not doubt that your veterans would do
everything consistent with the object of
their meeting TO add to my pleasure dur
ing my visit. General Grant was con
sciOus of a generally friendly feeling
toward himself in the breasts of the icon
federate soldiers, and your unanimous
resolution inviting me, his widow, to the
reunion evidences that his belief was
well founded. VIII you please thank the
members of your post at their next meet
ing for the honor they have wished to do
mel Yours very truly,
"JULIA DENT GRANT"
Confederate veterans have certainly
never prepared TO revive memories of the
lost cause on a more dignifed and i'm
pressive scale. The stars and stripes
and the stars and bars are everywhere.
The Winnie Davis Wigwam looms at the