Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-14
OUR SOCIAL WORLD

(All items of social interest will be gladly noted in these. columns if sent to Mrs. George C. Ball, Nineteenth street, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, South High lands. Telephone 98S)
 The celebration by the Daughters of the Confederacy at Atlanta on Saturday as a tremendous success. Three thou sand omen gathered in the auditorium to testify to their love of cause for ever dear and sacred to the hearts of southern women and to attest by their presence their appreciation of the effort made by a few patriotic women to bring to the attention of the world the memen- toes and relics which tell of the great est herolsm in the history of nations. The programme was an interesting one and was satisfactorily carried out.
 Mrs. David Clopton of Alabama read an excellent paper upon the 'Women of the Confederacy." Miss Kirby Smith ot Ten nessee, daughter of Gen. Kirby smith, has charge of the Confederate relics, and 1t is said that the unpretentious building which holds these reminders of the past is one of the most popular on the exposl- ton grounds, being as much visited by sight-seers as the government building. Great crowds of northerners daily inspect the fellcS, ana dlWdyS WltH piOlOdhu " spect and consideration. F'requently men and women from beyond Mason and Dixon's line-that invisible line which separates hot biscuit from cold bread'- donate to the Confederate Veterans fund sums of money. much needed and greatly welcomed. And, strange to say, the little house which contains these priceless rel ics is guarded by the soldiers of the regu- lar army. Many of the mementoes were placed in position by United States sol- diers, kindly detailed for this duty by their commandant, Captain Randall. The honor of having successfully carried out the design and patriotic desire of the Daughters of the Confederacy is largely due to Mrs. Helen c. Plane and Mrs J. K. Ottlez of Atlanta, both of whom have friends in Birmingham. Mrs. Plane IS an aunt of Messrs. Robert and John s. Jem- ison of our city and Mrs. Ottlez, as Miss McCabe Of Mississippi, is remembered with admiration by many Mississippians who now form an important part of our community. The Atlanta Journal says:
 And 1t is a touching story of how the women determined to make this exhibit. They were not warmly greeted at first by the exposition authorities. In fact they do not lay claim to ever having received such encouragement from this quarter. There were two earnest and patriotic women connected with the movement, however, and they determind not to be outdone by obstacles These were Mrs. Plane and Mrs, J. K Ottley.
 "The exposition people were inclined to think that there should be no stirring up of the old memories, and that visitors from other sections of the country might take exception to such display But the women took a different view of the case, and their view has proved to be the cor rect one; for northern visitors are throng- ing the place all the time, and they find it one of the most interesting spots of the entire exposition.
 Finally the exposition agreed to put them over in a little corner where they would not be noticed and selected the last site on the exposition grounds for the place. It is next to the Illinois building and the last building one sees in going northeastward from the exposition grounds. But when the plank walk, which was an Rfterthought, was con- structed, it proved to be one of the best' prefers the gradual incline of the plank walk from the terraced heights of the government building to the level of the plaza rather than tbe steps.
 '"rhe display which has been brought together is perhaps the best collection of Confederate relics ever seen since the war.
 Northern visitors are far from being displeased with 1t. They are delighted and touched. They see there samples of the heroism of a people who were fighting for principle They find what uniforms Confederate officers wore; to what ex- tremities they were brought; and what sacrifices the noble women made for their husbands and for their country.
 There is to be seen the primitive look ing cradle in which the infant Jefferson Davis was rocked There is lock of black hair from the handsome head of Booth taken by a soldier from him at Port Royal in 1863. There is General But ler's savage order, commanding that women of New Orleans who dared to in- suit federal soldiers, either by look or gesture, be treated "as women about town, plying their avocations," There is the full uniform of General Kirby Smith, made from his brides travelling dress; there Is the full uniform, with its pair of jeans pants, of colonel killed at Chick amauga. His field glasses are shown, the leaden ball being still within the rims; and there the bullet hole, through which the fatal missile sped. through the breast of the coat to the heart. There are or ders and pictures and old swords, cap tured and owned by Confederate gener- als, and battlef1ags, both Confederate and captured.
 Tt is the only typical exhibit of the ex- position, and without it the exposition would not be complete; and without 1t the people from other sections might think that amidst all the glory and glare of the great fair the southerners had for gotten the mighty conflict in which they took such noble, such heroic part"
 Misses Amy and Mollie Jordan are in Atlanta enjoying the exposition.
 Capt and Mrs. W. H. Graves, Mrs. Ellie G. Shober, Misses Mary Virginia and Florrie Graves will probabaly go to At lanta tomorrow to visit the exposition.
 Miss Lucie B. Lewis died few days ago at Huntsville at the home of her sis ter, Mrs. J. Withers Clay ST., after a long and painful illness. Miss Lewis was one of very remarkable family, family of brilliant sisters, all of whom have made m impress for good upon the com-t munities in which they have lived. They were, and are, women of broad educa- ton, of unusual cultivation and of the strongest personality. which has always been directed along those lines which tend upward and onward. Miss Lewis was sister also of Mrs. Gabriel Jordan, formerly of Mobile and Montgomery but