The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-06-06
SPONSORS AND SPONSlNG,
How the Beautiful Sponsors Sponsed
at the Great Confederate Reunion at
Memphis as Seen and Heard by 3
Bright Young Newspaper Man.

Memphis as Seen and Heard by .
Bright Young Newspaper Man.
Howard A. Banks, one OF the Char
lotte O6serrer's bright young men,
went all the way to Memphis to learn
how the sponsors Spouse a. such
functions as the great Confederate re-
union in that city. He saw and heard
and came away satisfied. This is the
way he tells about ii:
1t is a far cry from Charlotte to
Memphis, but it was worth the trip
there to see the sponsors Spouse.
Sponsing is comprehensive, varied
and variegated art. 1t is impossible
Of description. 1t must be seen and
heard to be appreciated. 1t is the
youngest-the baby-of the fine arts
and takes the prize at the baby show
every time. It is best done by those
who have sponsed before. That is,
while debutante sponsing is an ex-
quisite thing, it is at its best when it
is response. Beauty enhances it
but is by no means sine qua non.
Matrimony is rare in it but does not
disqualify therefor. Masculinity alone
does that. Its .daptability is marvel
Gus. 1t is at home everywhere and
never i'll at ease. For sponsing-to.
paraphrase the poet-all places a tenn
pie and all seasons summer. "The
Nymph, the Naiad and the Grace"
made the ideal sponsors. Sponsing
best fits the Grecian cast of face and
mould Of form, but one of its most
superb exemplifiers at Memphis was a
luscious, peach-blow ponderosa Of 2So
pounds avoirdupoise from Arkansaw.
The sponsor sponses both in public
and in private, both officially and in
cidentally. She begins. perhaps, on
the trains en- route to the reunion in
greetings sponsed to the veterans.
Heel sponsing by diaphanously dress
ed sponsors at the grand ball is one OF
the great spectacle. of the reunion.
But sponsing has its fruition in the
great parade, where the sponsors, as
sistant sponsors and vice-sponsors, in
carriages or on horseback, lead the
| State divisions of their respective
camps. 1t has it's apex, its climax
it stands on tip-toe-in the parade.
As the procession moves through the
applauding multitudes, the sponsor
is is her glory. She sponses with
starred and barred flags, with tlutter-
ing kerchiefs, with tapering finger
tips. She sponses with slight incli'
nation of the head or with Oriental
salaam. She sponses smiles and now
and then a handshake to some auda.
cious paw reached out and up from
the throng. She sponses glances-
such chances, from blue eyes, gray
eyes, hazeleyes! She sits and sponsss
she stands and sponses. She sponses
to the larboard of the carriage, she
sponses to the starboard, she sponses
aft. In passing some distinguished
general during the counter-march she
tips her delicate fingers to her lips
curved like Cupid's bow, and sponses
kiss across the space between them
Like electricity, much is yet to bt
learned about sponsing, and it is {
mystery whether generals enjoy s
monopoly of the last named, finely
favored species of it. But sponsins
gets to highwater mark in the parade
and at Memphis it was freshet
breaking the record-a stream tha
overlooked the compact levees o
human faces and forms on either sid'
and flooded the big town.
A o Blanchard, West Bangor. New
York, says: II have been troubled will
kidney disease for the last five years Hav'
doctored with several physicians and 60
no relief until [ used two bottles O
Foley's Kidney Cure" For sale b.
Melville Dorsey.