The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-22

The week beginning November 9th viii
be given over 20 the United Daughters OF
the Confederacy. who viii hold heiT an
rual meeting in Richmond. The events
promise 10 be Of surprising interest and
after the body adjourns there win be left
as evidences of It's presence in the city
tributes TO the memory OF the dead.
Greatest Of all viii 10 the monument TO
the Daughter Of the Confederacy'' which
Is to be unveiled during the week with
dtting exercises.
THE WEEK 5 WORK.
As stated, the entire week WI be given
up TO Confederate work. a meeting Of
the regents Of the Confederate Memoria.
Literary Society representing the states
Of the southern Conleoefacy wal be he.d
on Aon1ay. me ON, az the White House
OF the ConiedeIacy On Tuesday, the
Grand Divls4on or Virginia Convention
will be held az Lee Camp Hall.
IT, convention @. ne united Daughters
OF the Coniederacy will begin az the JEFF
Serson on Wednesday. on Thursday, the
Winnie Davis monument viii be UNVEILED.
Camp, c. v, and the camps throughout
the country have been requested to send
representative TO DO honor to the mem-
DRY OF the woman all loved Camps VIII
be welcomed II they can come.
Business sessions Will be held Friday
and Saturday mornings and afternoons
The Confederate Memorial Association
will open the door Of the Museum free Of
charge dusing the week TO all Daughters
OF the Confederacy. The badges OF the
Daughters either United or hapter
badges. emitting them TO admission.
1Le Association desires that the Daught-
ers shall see what has been done by
their States and how much they can do to-
wards making the White House OF the
.Confederacy, representing each state as
a. does. not a Virginia Museum as many
seem TO think, but Confederate Museum
which II Is
One OF the most important questions to
be brought up al the Convention Is
whether me erection Of monument 10
President Davis will be undertaken by
the Daughters OF the Confederacy. The
veterans at the Charleston reunion re-
quested them 20 do 80. In the opinion OF
many II would be the browning glory OF
ahe work done by the women Of the South
and II Is hoped they will undertake g.
Never yet have they failed in any work
tshey have undertaken.
MRS. DAVIS WILL COME.
Mrs Jefferson Davis has just accepted
the invitation % the Richmond Chapter 10
visit Richmond during The sessions Of the
Convention and will be at the Jefferson
as the Chapters guest.
The sculptor. Mr. Julian Zolnay has
written from Florence that he viii arrive
On New York with the monument on the
31st instant. He will then have only
nine days In which TO get 1t in place here.
but confidence is felt that he VIII 5e able
TO 10 that.
Mr.. Zolnay says the marble selected Tor
the work was happy choice and that its
hardness has delayed the work 1t has
been greatly admired by art critics. The
Roumanian government has asked for
"A cast 20 be placed In their museum Of
ane arts. Mr.. Zolnay WAS urged to place
the monument on exhibition at the Paris
Exposition but that was manifesuy out
of the question
The general officers Of the Daughters
are:
Honorary President, Mrs. NJ. c. Good
lett. OF Nashville. Tenn: President. Mrs.
Katie Csbell Currie. Of Dallas. Tex First
vice-President, Mrs. c. A. Forney. Of
Hope. Ark Second Vice President, Mrs
G. Helen Plane. OF Atlanta; Recording