Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-25
CELEBRATE yIRGINIA-DAY.
Interesting Addresses Before the
Womnn's Club Last Evening.

Last evening at the celebration OF
'Nirginia-Day" a large and Fashionable
audience was gathered in the parlors OF
the Womans Club Miss Augusta DAME
was the chairman. and had arranged &
very attractive programme for the occa-
sion.
Under the supervision or Mr.. William
Sheppard the rooms were beautifully de-
corated with palms flags, ana howeEsns-
plants The chairman's guest were Miss
Peasants, Misses Cohen and Burns, ol
Baltimore: Miss Petit, Mrs. Joseph
Bryan, Mrs. Herbert Claiborne, Mrs. Hen
ingham Claiborne Governor and Mrs
Tyler, and Mr.. William G. Jones. The
ladies serving tea coffee, and chocolate
were Mrs Percy Montague. Mrs. l.. ID.
Aylett Mrs. Guigon, Mrs Harrison, and
Miss Douthat.
PRESENTATION OF MT. VERNON.
Mrs. Philip Alexander Bruce, the repre-
sentative of the Mt Vernon Association,
was the first speaker. Her subject was
the history Of the work Of the associa
ton in connection with the home of
Washington. The Mt. Vernon Associa-
ton began about 1858. when the Washing
ton estate was bought. In the war di-
rectly following, Mt. Vernon, constantly
surrounded by the hostile armies suf-
fered hardly at all. The only harm That
came to Mt. Vernon during the war was
the loss of the eagle from the tomb of
Washington. Recently that was mystic
riOusly returned After the war the Mt.
Vernon Association set TO work to repair
Mt. Vernon from it's roof TO its cellar
floor. A swamp that had always been a
hOt-bed of malaria was drained and a
dyke costing 5000, thrown up. Owing to
the kindness Of individuals and assOcia-
tons the furniture has been replaced, and
the Mt Vernon of to-day Is. in appear
ance, the Mt. Vernon of Washington's
day.
WORK OF THE \. P. V. a.
Mrs. Charles Coleman. as the repre-
sentative Of the Association for the Pre-
servatiOn of Virginia Antiquities took
Mrs. Bruces place THE year 1889" she
said. was but four days old when the
Association for the Preservation Of Vir-
gtnia Antiquities was organized 1t VIII
readily be seen that it antedates all kim
bred societies in Nlrginia-Was, indeed,
the rst-bOrn Of that wave of patriotism
that sweeping over the country has LETT
the soil enriched by the awakened memo
RES OF the past. The association in one
important particular differs from all other
of these societies. All that is necessary
for entrance to il IS true and devoted love
for Virginia Mrs. Coleman went on to
mention some Of the spots of historic in
tcrest in Nirginia-JamestOwn Williams
hArg, the early capital of Virginia: the
valley of Virginia. Rockbridge county.
add the old home where Patrick Henry
breathed his last.
SPEAKS FOR THE DAUGHTERS.
MIS-. Norman Y. Randolph spoke Tor
the Daughters Of tho Confederacy. She
said that n was on Thursday that she
first heard Of this honor that was TO be
here-the honor OF speaking before the
Womans Club-and. Of course the ladies
would understand that she could have
been more eloquent If she had had more
time. Mrs Randolph reviewed the SPLEEN
did work Of the various chapters of the
Daughters Of the COnfederacy for pre-
serving the memory OF the Confederate
soldier, and closed with an eloquent tri-
butte to the southern soldier Of the six
ties that brought down loud applause
from her audience, in both parlOrs and
passageWay
THE CONFEDERATE MUSEUM.
Mrs. Il. c. Minor gave most interest
ing account of the work Of the Confede-
rate Memorial Literary Society. From the
first the association has been self-sup-
porting. II has secured the Confederate
Museum and filled ft with valuable and
beautiful relics Of the wartimes, and now
the ladies of the society are determined
20 enter on a broader work. One Of their
plans is 10 have each battlefield marked.
The Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
tOmac Railroad Company have already
agreed TO mark the scene Of the battle
Of Fredericksburg; while Williamsburg |
and Treyilian's the Chesapeake and Ohio
are to commemorate by tablets. The rails
ing Of "a memorial hall to the 400 Young |
men who went out from the University |
OF Virginia TO fall on the Geld of battle |
is another plan. And still beyond this the |
ladies will continue TO work until there is /
but one Just and unanimous opinion OF /
Lee: until the grandeur of the Confederate |
the Confederate cause no longer looked |
uuOD as the 81 .OSt Cause"