The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-21

Where the light wings OF Zephyr OPP
press with perfume
Wax faint Ter the gardens OF Gul In her
bioom
where the citron and olive are falrest
OF fruit.
And the voice OF the nightingale never
is mute.
Where the tints of the earth, and the
hues OF the sky
In color though varied In beauty may
And the purple OF ocean is deepest in
dye:
Where the virgins are soft as the roses
they twine.
And all, save the spirit OF man is d.
vine"
Such was the picture OF our Southland
before the fire and carnage of war swept
over IL in 1S6l-1S65. and withered its fair
, face; now, famous only for it's romantic
and unrivalled history and IT'S pathetic
and golden memories.
In the heart OF this paradise OF flowers,
OF love and Of plenty Temple was
erected b. the men OF the South which
far exceeded in grandeur and beauty any
Tcmple ever erected by human hands, as
Sit rachel out from the Potomac and Ohio
rivers TO the Gulf Of Mexico and from
the Atlantic Ocean 90 the Rio Grande.
and was far more firm and enduring, for
II was embedded into their history and
was the warp and wool Of their being.
and was cngrafted forever and indelibly
upon their hearts. for II was the orering
OF love and duty of the manhood of the
South-it was the everlasting Temple or
Love and Homage dedicated by them TO
their glorious women.
TRIBUTE 70 WOMEN.
Never was devotion more intensely SIN
cere and idOlatrous never was worship
more richly deserved.
For when surrounded IN their lovely
homes before the war with luxury ana
ease they were the unconscious emblems
of beauty. gcntloness, innocence ana pu-
rity. and were hOnored the world over as
the highest and noblest types or woman
hood. When relentless war swept over
their beautiful land, TO crown tneir glory
and fame they added patriotism cOui-
age. hcroism. fortiuude, endurance. sell
denial and self-scrihce TO their already
manifold and splendid virtues
Perished and almost forgotten are the
customs and habits and traditions OF that
high and unique civilization and many
of the builders of that marvellous Temple
and w0rshippers az its shrine have pass
ed away. War has somewhat married Its
CORNER beauty and iconaclasm ana chahse
have left their imprint, but that ever
lasting symbol OF love and homage SIN
remains and whenever the occasion OIL
fers and wherever the opportunity occurs
the men Of the South with idolaTous ue-
-votion CAV homage to- and worship the
women Of the South. as they have done
through all their history and VIII con-
tinue TO DO TO the end of time.
with this apotheosis Of the women OF
the South. this conservation 10y the men
If the South. and especially by the oid
Veterans Of their lives and honor to their
noble women. how then can they CON
sistently place any limitations or re-
strictions upon the HorOines of the SOUTH
their Daughters or Grand Daughters
such as the resolution adopted at Little
Rock proposes? (Which IS as follows:
"The following resolution offered by
Mrs. y Y. Randolph. of Virginia, was
unanimously adopted at a convention OF
The United Daughters of the COntederacy'
bold in Hot Springs, Ark, November
1895: ,J
Resolved. That the United Daughters
Of the Confcderacy request the United
Confederate Veterans to limit the num-
her of sponsors and maids Of honor, 10
one of each. from each state and Terri,
tory where there Is Camp Of United
Confederate Neterans-because the con-
federate Reunions have been Of late years
an entertainment for the sponsors ana
maids of honor instead Of for the yete-
rams.
Resolved further That the Secretary
forward these resolutions to the head
quarters Of United Confederate Veterans
with the request that they be sent TO all
the Camps"
u certify that the foregoing is true
COPY from the Minutes.
(Signed) Mrs JNO. p. HICKMAN,
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