The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-06-07
A BEAUTIFUL RECEPTION.

he reception given MONDAY evening
by the Hartford Chapter, Daughters of
the Confederacy, was a brilliant success.
After weeks of gloomy weather the sun
had at last driven every cloud from the
sky and the day was a perfect one, a fit
setting to the beauty and pleasure of the
reception itself "Woodlawn," the beau
tiful country home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. H.
D. Pue, which was thrown open to the
chapter and their friends, never looked
lovelier than as it's guests sawit Monday
afternoon. The whole house was deco
rated with flowers, and hangings Of red
and white draped the doors and were
festooned over portraits and mirrors, so
that one, on entering, felt greeted by the
very spirit of the South.
The reception was given on the birth
day anniversary of the beloved President
of the Confederacy. and was in his men,
DRY and honor. In the parlor an easel
containing pictures of Jefferson Davis and
his family, loaned by the Rev. Mr. Brand,
a personal friend Of the President, was
draped with red and white bunting, while
in the dining room the pictures of many
of Harford's own sons, who fought under
the stars and bars, were honored in the
same way.
Perhaps the most interesting relic of the
past and of Davis was birth album, the
first inscription in which was written by
Mr.. Davis himself, when a prisoner at
Fortress Monroe. Mrs. Pue's father, the
Rev. Mr.. Dunn, who was chaplain in
first regiment which marched out of New
Orleans, at the breaking out of the war,
visited the President during his imprison-
ment there, and at his request the lines
were written for his little daughter. The
inscription is as follows:
Jefferson Davis presents his cordial
good wishes and earnest prayers for the
welfare and happiness of his young friend,
Miss Cornelia Dunn.
Fortress Monroe,
9th Dec, 1866"
During the evening Mr.. Brand spoke to
the comrades and friends of Davis, of his
life and heroism, dwelling especially upon
the errors usually found in historic &C
counts of his life, and giving the true YER
sion in several instances.
The reception committee consisted of
the officers of the chapter; president,
Mrs. G. Smith Norris; vice-president, Mrs.
J. Thomas c. Hopkins; secretary, Mrs.
E. H. D. Pue; treasurer, Mrs. James D.
Waters. Refreshments that made one
think of the old saying of Southern Hos
pitality" were served during the evening
by the girl members of the chapter, who
wore gowns of white with red ribbons
and chapter badges. Among those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. d. Pue, Mr..
and Mrs. G. Smith Norris, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter W. Preston, Judge and Mrs. James
D. Waters, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Boyd Bell,
Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Webster,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wilson, Mesdames
]. Thomas c. Hopkins, G. Cover STREET.,
Gilbert S. Hawkins, John H. Rockford, D.
Burnett Reckord, J. Edwin Webster, John
G. Rouse, NJ. E. Leroy, William Hall, Of
Baltimore; Raphel, X. Harry Webster
Norris, Samuel w. Bradford, Robert w
Holland, V. B. Holland, v. B. Maupin
the Misses Forwood, Bissell, Boarman
Williams and Harris, Misses Mile Bull
Caroline Hall. CARDIGAN Hunter, Mabe
Street,, Daisy Archer, Lydia Robinson
Alice Wilson, GLADDEN., Elizabeth Hopkins
N. Richardson, Elizabeth Bradford, Mary
Norris, Helen Rouse, Anna NJ. Waters
Helen Lee, Virginia Lee, Rev. Mr.. Brand
Captain James c. Turner. Col. Ohio S
Lee, Col. Herman Stump, Mr. Raphel ane
Ohio S. Lee, Jr.