The Chilhowee echo. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1899-19??, 1899-11-11
On The Wing.

say lllIl libOOiS ttlS oIboSCtLSl IL lPPS-
ries? There is no more potent factor
in the development of good-fellowship
than bit of ribbon-symbolic of course.
Such the Knoxville party to Richmond
found on their ingress to the cars bear
ing delegates to the United Daughters
of the Confederacy convention. The
badge of red, white and red proved an
open sesame to the courtesies and SYM
pathy of the Mississippi, Memphis and
Chattanooga contingent-you observe |
put Mississippi tirst-and really our in
PRODUCTION to the strangers was made
through the medium of Mississippi, for
upon our entrance into the Memphis
sleeper recitation was in process, a
recitation that at once marked the elo-
cutionist as one of feeling and talent,
even before the State of her nativity
was known. When we found that the
beautiful and stirring poem was her
own, and further intimate details re-
garding it and its author were evolved,
the interest was UNNECESSARILY deep
ened. Mrs. Cappleman, of Oklahoma,
Miss, is weekly contributor to the
Commercial-Appeal, of Memphis. A
poem by her always heads the social
column for the Sunday paper. This
poem was recited at the meeting of the
"blue and grey" in Evansville, Indi-
ana, where she had the honor of being
the only other upon the program with
President Mckinley. She was further
distinguished as the only woman who
was the guest of the city, and her lines
were adopted as the national poem OF
the Blue and Grey" She said,
Never was any woman, | believe, SO
set apart by lavish attentions and I'M
limited kindness as |, upon this mem
orable occasion. There seemed to be
no boundary line set by the people of
Evansville and the countless thousands
present. to the courtesies to be show
cred upon the writer of the verses that
had appealed to their taste and sympa-
thies: and the most beautiful part of ii
all was that it was to the South, my
ain countrie, they offered homage, not
to the individual" Although her
poem has doubtless been published all
over the country, yet since | had not
seen it, | take for granted many Others
have not, so | send it back to The ECHO
for future publication.
Mrs. Latham, of Memphis, is the
moving spirit of her delegation, while
several from Mississippi are with Mrs
Cappleman. Mrs. Frazier alone holds
up the Chattanooga end, and may be
Knoxville, with her reinforcement Of
ten, didn't do the complacent and pat
ronizing. Knoxville is well cared for
The Southern did its full duty, as usual
is Tong as we were ON Southern ter
ritory, being delightfully."- represented
by Mr.. L. M. DeSaussure, who was
knight to the Memphis and West Ten
nessee party, and as a chivalrous
knight should. distributed his atten-
tions further.
AT Bristol the Norfolk & Western
took up the burden and evidently en-
tertained a little doubt of us III some
way, for it sent a guardian along in the
shape of Mr.. j. J. Toms. who is busily
engaged now trespassing on Knoxville
lunch boxes: for, as you perceive, we
are, as the darkies say, stabbed" at
Rice, which is sixty miles from where
we ought, by rights, to have been an
hour ago, at this 9:15 a. m. But wrecks
will occur without regard to women's
conventions.
Mrs. J. Pinckney Smith, of New Or.
leans, president of the Louisiana Divis
ion U. D. c., is representing her State
at Richmond and shares the Knoxville
sleeper. Mrs. Smith is veteran news
paper woman, one of the present own
ers of the New Orleans Times-States
Her husband was owner and editor Of
that paper until his death, and founded
the Southern Afternoon Press Bureau
being its president and secretary. AS
a veteran journalist, imagine how she
appealed to me, new aspirant in jour
nalistic fields. She is woman of strong
personality, a clear, graphic converse
tionalist, and woman who knows hel
mind and speaks it to the point. By
the way, James Lane Allen is her frs
cousin
We have turned on steam again an(
are now, as women so often do, making
up lost time. Good luck to THE ECHO
during the absence of the weaker yes
sell More anon from the seat of action
RICHMOND, November "A p. M
Here. and saturated with Richmond
The very spirit is in me and can think
talk nothing but Richmond. Later yol
shall have it. A. B. NJ.
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