Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-03-20
EX.CONFEDERATE BENEFIT.
IT WAS A MARKED SUCCESS IN SPITE
OF AN ANNOYING STORM.
Among the Large Audience Were Members
OF the Third Regiment In Full Uni
form, Oaicers and Their stars
Excellent Music.

A large audience filled the Academy OF
Music. on McGee street, last night In spite
of the storm. and every one forgot that the
snow was falling and piling higher outside
as he or she listened to the interesting en-
| tertainment given by the ex-Confederate
Association of Kansas City. The size and
| enthusiasm of the audience were an agree
able surprise to the veterans and their
friends, who had hardly expected such a
! turnout on such night. on the stage,
from which Mayor Davis was to deliver MS
| lecture. "The Blue and the Gray had
been arranged easels containing the pict-
ures of Lincoln and Lee and of Mr.. Davis
| himself. Above the stage had been ar
| ranged two large national flags. while the
national colors foated from all the ball
| comics about the hall. Arranged about the
| hall were pictures OF other Confederate and
| Union generals of the late war. including
! that of General John u. Gordon. OF Georgia,
| who is TO lecture at the Auditorium, IN
Kansas City, on the night of April w. ON
| the stage had been arranged seats for
| prominent citizens from the ranks OF Vet,
| Grams of both armies, and Tor Soiohei
Held. staff and line officers, Who naa ,i oesn
asked to attend in fun uniform. ,Prominent
among those on the stage were Judge, J@ohn @
B. stone, Max Minter, John c. Hope, Major
Blake l.. Woodson. aud others.
In the orchestra seats. which had been
reserved for the veterans sat the members
of veteran Company a. Third regiment. IN
full uniform. scattered among veterans OF
srste era Ss Assoeiatan. The ushers were de-
inent, in full uniform commanded by sergt.
leading member of the ex-Confederate AS
sociation. sitting in the audience near the
and the sister of Mayor Davis.
Mayor, Davis began his address by refer
and g to to the ie sentment et whch they symSozed
as they We're placed there together on the
stage. This flag, he said, pointing to
desk on which he leaned, while it also sug-
gests TO US thoughts of patriotism, has
s9hee as ann told IN thn. n;S tRs nf'n parcuar
banner. which has been spread here by
men who wore the gray during the great
one who fought gallantly during the war
in the blue uniform, which he. never failed
i've in the National guard service of this |
state p9fsr e to R G tpybs5 Tayb95
upon the duties of all American citizen as
citizens in general, Mr., Davis proceeded to
American institutions. Among other dang |
ers he enumerated "the political dema- |
gogy which men, often as lacking in abil- |
broadcast throughout the country in the |
hop hope OF fostlng themselves into offices.
for the men who sell their votes and then
go and below loudest for reform There |
around us a horde of political beings who
have been born into office by some acc-
dent very much as the Jelly fish is cast up
upon the beach in the sunlight and are az
little qualified for the change"
Mr.. Davis paid a high compliment to the
bravery displayed by the men of both |
armies during the war and in closing COM
mended the survivors of both for their
patriotism and loyalty to common coun-
try.
The exercises We're presided over very
gracefully by Major BlEke l.. Woodson
who announced the first number as piano
solo by Miss Minnie Merine. After Mayor
Davis address, which came next, there
was a short, but very fine, musical pro-
ErIamme, gran which everybody enjoyed exceed
setting late. Little Miss Bessie Dougherty
OF Liberty, with her violin, fairly captivated
the audience. and was called forth to re-
Spond to an encore, as was also Miss Mabel
Haas, who followed with some of the most
exquisite fian quality OF vocal music. Miss
Jenn!e Schultz Miss Agnes Proctor, OF
Liberty, next rendered a violin solo, which
SO pleased her hearers that it took both
Dixie" and the Star Spangled Banner as
encore selections TO satisfy them. The pro-
& nm zi2 e9sed With duet by Misses jen-
~ RoeckelS Autumn Winds"