Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-27
JUST RECOGNITION.
fls B,,,,r IadIss b tm Ianln'nt
UnYdlilg Parade.
POST OF HONOR dITEI TEN.
rhs,r wora in ths Cause.-The ConiedsF-
ats Memorial Literary Society ana
Its Collections.

Thalr Work In the Couso-"
ate Memorial Literary soc'sV anu
Its Collections.
The ladies who managed the srea.
memorial bazaar Of last year. the sigma
success Of which made the complexion
Of the Soldiers and Sailors i'ohul'en
at this early date possibility nave Oesn
assigned the post Of honor In tue paia.e
~ next wednesday. This recognition
,bssr due. and was heartily accorueo
them by the monument associa'oh'
say that had It not been for 'nen noo
efforts the approaching pageant "ouia
have b.en long delayed, involves no DIS
management Of the faithful work OF o,neis
m the cause. With the zeal ana patriot
,.r, that have always characterized tns
ladies OF Richmond in all that pertains
TO honoring the memory OF tnose "no
answered the south's call to arms ID
,or-,y,,b the same zeal that character
ICED them during the four terrible yeas
of the connici-they respondeo :" w
appeal of the Monument Association' anu
within a few short months atter ehss
took hold Of the matter, saiu 10 un $3.50
sociation, Here is the money 10 nhisn
the memorial!
HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT.
Tho Confederate memorial bazaar was
organized by the ladies OF the hoiiy"o
Memorial Association. ASSISTED Dy w
ladies' IN the other memorial associations.
when the monument association had pref
~ well exhausted all other means oi
raising funds to complete the nonui -
and the contamination OF their hope
seemed quite distant, they appo'n.eu =
COMMITTEES consisting OF Coionei w. ~;
Cutshaw, Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson, Coionei
John d. Cary, and Mr. william II. .ui.'
TO ask the ladies OF the Hollywood ASSOC
citation TO enlist in the interest OF their
york. After the committee had held seve-
raj conferences with Mrs. Joseph Bryan,
president of the Hollywood Memorial AS
sociation, a meeting OF the latter organ,
cation was called, and IL was deternineu
TO hold a bazaar for the Joint beneht OF
the monument and the Confederate Me
mortal Literary Society. This society IL
a chartered corporation within the Hoily-
wood Memorial Association, so 10 SPEAK,
which owns, by donation from the Guy Oh
Richmond. the jefferson Davis mansion,
WUefc IL Will tfldDitnii
scum OF Confederate relics II proposes
by preserving mementoes OF the Confede-
racy In the shape OF arms, flags, uniforms,
manuscripts, &c. TO do exactly what the
monument association designed doing In
stone and bronze-that is, perpetuate the
memory of those who served under the
Confederate flag, and the cause for which
they fought and suffered.
PROMPT ACTION.
with these ladies' to determine was to
act. At a meeting held early In the fall
of 1892 Il was decided that the bazaar
be opened April II, 1893, and that 1t be
called 1.-THE Confederate Memorial Ba-
zaar," and an organization was effected
by the election of the following officers:
President Mrs. Il. ID. Hotchkiss; First
Vice-President, Mrs. Joseph Bryan, presi-
dent of the Hollywood Memorial Associa-
ton; Second Vice-President Mrs. Henry
r. Christian, president of the lakewood
Memorial Association: Third Vice-Presi-
dent Mrs II. Myers. president OF the
Hebrew Memorial Association; Fourth
Vice-Pres!dent. Mrs. J. w. White. Of
Lee Camp Ladies' Auxiliary; Fifth Vice
President. Mrs. J. Il. Stansbury, OF
Pickett Camp Ladies' Auxiliary; Recording
\ Secretary, Mrs. j. ID. McIntire: Core
| spending Secretary, Mrs. l.. c. Daniel;
Treasurer. Mrs. John b. Lightfoot
The First Regiment Armory drill-hall
was secured for the bazaar. and II was
decided to have fourteen Southern States
represented, the thirteen in the Confede-
racy and Maryland, who amid such diff
cult environments, had contributed so
greatly TO the Confederate cause. The
general design Of the arrangement was
that twelve of the States have booths in
fNthe form OF tents. Florida and Louisiana
| to be represented by forts with towers,
| the booths 10 be placed around the walls
and decorated with the coors OF these
respective States and have for a centre
piece occupying the middle Of the floor q
| Solid-South tent.
THE STATE CHAIRMEN.
Der OF additions. and the several chair
| men of the booths and departments were
as follows:
Virginia-Mrs. ]. Taylor Ellys5n, chair
| man; Mrs. Clay Drewry, alternate.
Maryland-Mrs c. OBJ. CowardIn.
chairman; Mrs. Thomas II. Leary, Jr.,
alternate.
North Carolina-Mrs. T. D. Neal, chair
man; Mrs. Thomas Jeffress, alternate.
South carolina-Mrs. l.. u. Janney, act
Ing chairman for Mrs. w. r. de Saussure.
man; Mrs. j. p. Harrison. alternate.
Tennessee-Mrs. n. V. Randolph, chair
man; no alternate
Arkansas-Mrs. Stephen Putney, chair.
man.
Alabama-Miss Mary Morris Jones
chairman; Mrs. Sallie L. Waller, alter
nate.
Kentucky-Aflss Matte p. Harris. chair
| man; no alternate.
Louislana-Mrs. George Wayne Ander-
son, acting chairman for Mrs. It. NJ.
Logan.
Florida-Mrs. A. w. CARRIER, chairman:
Mrs. l.. T. Daniel. alternate.
Texas-Mrs. G. c. McPhail, chairman;
Mrs. c. Mcleod, alternate.
Missouri-Mrs. G. p. Stacey, chairman;
no alternate.
Mississippi-Airs. J. f. Stansbury. chair
man; Mrs. II. n. Northen, alternate.
Solid South-Miss May Baughman.
chairman.
Assistants-Aiisses Mercer Cooke. Helen
Clark, Norma Walker, Parke Baghy
Annie Gray, Bessie Hill, Julia Lee. Alice
Hehning. Mary Reynolds. Annie Mcclure.
Annie Maury, Daisy Wilson. Bettie
Booker, Nellie Boykin, May Rogers. SaJlie
Bruce, Bertha Peasants, Katie Anderson
Kate Wallace, Lizzie Quarles. Irene POS
sieux, Mary McCaw. judith Deane. and
Mamie Ellyson. These young ladies re-
presented the Junior Hollywood Memorial
/ Association.
Restaursnt-Mlss Bette Ellyson, chair
man.
Museum Of Confederate Relics-NIss
Isabel Maury, chairman.
Cioak-Room-Mrs. David Lynch. chair.
man; Mrs. Carlton jackson, alternate.
Publishing Commlttee-Mrs. Minnie
Baughman, chairman.
Newspaper and Programme OF Enter
tainments--Mrs. Henry Taylor, Jr.. chair
man.
Inc bazaar published two books-"The
confederate serap-Book," and From
Dixie and had manufactured a number
OF special souvenirs, such as scarf-plns
spoons, ETC.. for which there was great
demand. e'ea'
A BRILLIANT SUCCESS.
All OF the State chairmen were as
sisted by large number OF other ladies'
and the bazaar was brilliant success
from every point Of view. No time was
lost between the date OF Organization and