The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-06-13
THE HALL OF FAME.
Miss Meares and Mrs. Weed Unveiled
the Tablet in Commemoration of Lee
Miss Meares Touches the Hearts
of the Federal Veterans by a Grace
full Act.

~I'1ISo NASoASo lOoSuSo VIZ eASoA 10
of the Federal Veterans by a Grace
full Act.
The New York World, May S1st,
says:
lin the presence of vast gather
ing of people in the Hall of Fame,
established by Miss Helen Gould to
make immortal the names of Amer
ica's greatest men, was dedicated yes
terday afternoon on the lofty grounds
OF the New York University, on Uni
versity Heights.
Like the structure itself, the cere-
monies were unique. Precedent fur
nished little guide to the managers Of
the day, but everything passed off
smoothly, though the programme was
an intricate one, and the interest
manifested by the public surpassed
all expectations.
There were two incidents which
stood out from the set events Of the
formal programme. One OF them was
regarded almost with reverence by
the Civil War veterans present, and
there were great number of them.
.One of the tablets i'll the soldiers
section concentrated Gen. Robert
f. Lee, another Gen. L. S. Grant
The Lee tablet was in the care for the
day of a committee of the United
Daughters Of the Confederacy. The
Grant tablet was in the care of a COM
mittee of the Grand Army of the Re-
public veterans.
The great stone holding the Lee
memorial bronze plate was covered
with the flowers of the South, the
magnolia, the jessamine, the japonica.
They were piled several feet high and
had come from all sections of the
South.
GIFT OF A SOUTHERN WOMAN.
"Thsre was but one floral tribute
on the stone holding the Grant memo
rial bronze. 1t wa. magnificent
bunch of carnations, pink and white.
1t was the gift of Miss Mary F.
Meares, of the North Carolina branch
of the Daughters of the Confederacy.
But for that Southern woman the
General Grant tablet would have gone
unornamented on Decoration Day ex-
cspt for the growing plants placed
upon each tablet by the managers OF
| the dedication. Col. Theron f. Par
son, commander of Alexander Hanlil-
ton Post and representing the Grand
Army of the Republic, spoke glowing
| " of the Southern girls thoughtful
ness.
The other incident had touch OF
humor in it. Miss Helen Gould was
the guest of honor Of the day. 1t was
her gift Of 100000 that reared the
Hall of Fame, though she has never
publicly acknowledge having giver
the money. She enjoyed the cere
monies tremendously, though few
knew her. She went about with Mrs
Russell Sage and Mrs. John P. Mum
with Mr.. Sage leading the way
The tablet in commemoration O
Gen. Lee was unveiled by Mrs. Weed
of Jacksonville, Fla, president of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
and Miss Mary F. Meares, of Whining
ton, secretary. This was quite ar
honor, as tablets were dedicated tt
only 20 great Americans. They were
George Washington, Ben amin Frank
lin, Daniel Webster, d. G. Farragut
w. f. Charming, Robert Fulton, H
w. Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Johnathan Edwards, Horace Mann
Asa Gray, James Kent, Samuel F. H
Morse, George Peabody. Peter Cooper
Eli Whitney, Joseph Story, Henry
| Ward Beecher, John Adams, Henry
Clay, John J. Audubon, Washington
Irving, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Gilber
Stuart, John Marshall, Thomas Jeffer
son. Abraham Lincoln. L. S. GRAM
and Robert F. Lee.