The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-03
MIRTH AND MUSIC
BY VETERANS, SONS, DAUGHTERS
AND CHILDREN OF CONFEDER-
ACY AT
VETERANS HOUSEKEEPING.
CAPT. YOUNG DELIVERED STIR
RING ADDRESS OF WELCOME.

An Excellent Programme Rendered
and the Evening Spent in Happy
Way-First Regiment Band Fur
nished Stirring Music-ChiIdren Of
the Winnie Davis Chapter Took
Part In the Exercises and Re-
cefved Numerous EncOres-Presi-
dent Harden of the Sons of the
Confederacy Extended Invitation
TO Henri Address of Hon. Robert NJ
Hitch.
Considering the inclement weather,
the attendance at the Confederate
Veterans use-warming last night in
Confederate Hall. was large. The en-
tertainment was all that it's name i'm
plies, veterans in gray, of the younger
generation, sons OF veterans and chill
dren who revere the memory of the
deeds of their predecessors. all joined
to make it an occasion of interest.
pleasure and merriment.
The greater part of the assemblage
was from the Confederate camps. the
gray-haired survivors of the strife be-
tween the states being present in their
suits of gray, each wearing a badge
the insignia of his camp, and the Cross
of Honor. The daughters. too. braved
the elements. their presence giving an
added charm to the evening. The chill
dren Of the Winnie Davis Chapter aid
Ell materially in the presentation of the
evenings programme.
The First Regiment Band discoursed
music, and as a part of their partici-
patton in the programme. rendered
several choice selections. Their music
was patriotic and inspiring-the kind
that causes one unwittingly to pat the
floor with his foot. Chairs were ar
ranged in the hall for the audience.
Seated on the rostrum were Can't.
Lewis G. Young. master of ceremonies,
Gen. Peter McGlashan, Capt. A. *.
Wilson and Mr.. A. bearing Harden.
The Address of Welcome.
Capt Young delivered the address of
welcome. He said: Children, Daugh-
tiers, Sons of the Confederacy Com
rades of the McLaws Camp, we bid
you welcome. The entertainment, the
invitation to which you have done Us
the honor to accept is called a house
warming" The house, like ourselves,
is not very new, but it is warm, and
your presence fills it with light. You
find here no artificial heat; the warmth
is of the heart. Very tender are the
hearts of these old soldiers, and they
are yours.
''They fought with all their might
for constitutional liberty, the right of
government, and in defense of
their affairs and firesides. Defeated,
many would in the word ascribed to
the dead Spartans, have said: Gladly
would we rest, having won; very glad
ly we rest, having lost But it was
not given to us to rest. While the vic-
tors were marching northward with
paeons, we, the remnants of the grand
est army that ever fought for the
right, struggled southwark to find
what?
The Veterans Gratitude.
-"'Desolated homes; but in those
homes the noblest of women, waiting
with their children to greet them in the
proud defiant words of the old Roman,
The fates may smile on the victor, but
to us the vanquished are dearer From
that time to this we have been honored
and cherished by the daughters, sons
and children of the Confederacy with
out whom this world would be a
gloomy world for us.
the warmest affection for you. We are
very glad to have you with us, and we
repeat our heartfelt welcome"
Following selection by the band,
Gen. McGlashan spoke dispassionately,
eloquently of the varying vicissitude of
the war, holding his audience as if
spellbound by his discourse. He told,
too, of the origin of the custom of hav-
ing warming. drawing graphic
comparisons between the old and the
new. HIS address was one of the most
enjoyable features of the evenings en-
tertainment.
The following programme proved in
teresting, the recitations being partic-
ularly well rendered:
Address of welcome, Capt. L. G.
Young.
Music, by First Regiment Band, Med
ley.
Recitation, Watching the Spar
king" Miss Rita Wood
BY request. MY Sisters Beau" Miss
Rita Wood.
Music by band, 1.-THE Suit of Crew.
Recitation Embarrassed by the Rec
ord" st. Pierre Barr.
National airs. by First Regiment
Band
Recitation, Sword of Lee" Miss
Nena Sloan.
BY request, cat an Old-Fashioned
Dance" Miss Nena Sloan.
Dixie by the band
After the closing number of the pro-
gramme, delightful refreshments were
served by the veterans. The chairs
We're removed and the young folks en-
joyed the dance until IL O'Clock. Be
fore the crowd dispersed Mr.. bearing
Harden repeated the invitation former
ly extended by the Sons to hear the
address of Hon. Robert NJ. Hitch at
the next meeting of the Sons.