The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-05
THE BOYS. IN GRAY

MUSICAL TRIUMPH OF MRS,
Observation-Disclosures.
"Three Centuries of American Ballads
in Costume-Enterainment of Con-
federate Veterans in New York.
The Caucasian is gratihed to note that
Mrs. Hollingsworth-Watkins (Adah
Hollingsworth), who has resided in
New York city since she left her home
in Shreveport soon after her marriage,
is achieving hattering success and tri-
umpl1s in her art At the thirteenth an
nual banquet of the Confederate Vet
Grams Camp of New York, given at the
Waldorf-Astoria, Mrs. Hollingsworth-
Watkins arranged a program of songs,
divided into three parts, giving an illus
tration of three epochs of American
taste, The first part consisted of the
songs of Colonial Days-of ballads
which were brought from England by
the wives and daughters of the gentle
men who settled the Virginia and
Maryland plantations in the Seven
teenth and enighteenth ceutries. They
were sung to the lutte, and later to the
harpsichord, and were a factor in the
creation of the farmers social life of
that period of American history
The second part was made up of
Songs OF Ante-Belium Days. The pc
riod between 1890 and 1860 has come
to be considered the romantic period of
American social life Music was the
chief part of every woman's education,
for it was the time when it was de
manded that she should be an enter
tainer. These are the ballads which
we're sung to the guitar and the piano
from New Orleans to Boston.
The third part of the program was
made up Of selections from the songs by
favorite American composers of today
Referring to this entertainment, the
American Art Journal, leading au-
thority on musical art, says:
"The musical attraction at the dinner
of the Confederate Veteran Camp in
New York, at the Waldorf-Astoria on
January 26, proved to be the hondsome
and accomplished Louisiana singer and
artistic, Mrs. sHollingsworth- Watkins,
with her sympathetic rendering of ante
bellum songs that were familiar and
dear to the hearts of the Boys in Gray.
Her series was given in costume, each
and every one was applauded to the
echo, and the audience sealed her tri-
umph when she responded to a vocif-.
erous recall with the sSuWanee River
Commander Edward Owen, Of the
New York Camp, acted as POSTMASTER.
On his right sat Mayor Low, next to.
Caor1es Francis Adams Others at the
guests table were Col. Watterson, Will
liam Hepburn Russell. Ex-Chief Justice
Of Tennessee D. L. Snodgrass, General
Thomas H. Hubbard, Walter S. Logan,
ex-Justice Roger A. Pryor, ex-J Justice
Augustus Van Wyck and General A.
S. Barnes. Among others seated at the
tables there were: DR.. Simon Baruch,
General Francis V. Greene, Justice
Charles NJ. Truax, ex-Judge VIM. M
&. Olcott, DR.. Frank M. Deems, Colonel
Prertiss Ingrahan1, Colonel and Mrs
Andrew G. Dickinson, Colonel Arthur
Murray, U. S. A; Hugh. S. Thompson,
Mr.. and Mrs John c. Calhoun, Will
liam M Laffan, Isaac N Selignan, DR..
William NJ Polk, DR.. G. T. Harrison,
General H. T. Douglas. Mr.. and Mrs.
John S. Wise, DR.. Theodore Steele,
Patrick Calhoun, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
Colonel Asa Bird Gardiner,
Justice and Mrs. Henry Bischoff, R.
w. Gwathmey, w E. G. Gaillard, W.
g. McAdoo, the Rev. S H Cranberry,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Hutchinson, Mr..
md Mrs G. Rowland Leavitt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Marion ]. Verdery, Mr.. and Mrs.
Valentine P Snyder. .
Notwithstanding the Old Coynfeds
we're in the company of these dignita-
lies, their guests, of whom a number
wore the Blue, they were Rebels" still
md could not restrain their manifesto
ion of enthusiasm the demonstration
of their loyalty to the South, their un-
lying love for the Lost Cause.
As it may be of interest to the Rebels
n this section of the United States we
1--WE the names of the officers of the
Confederate Veteran Camp of New
FORK as follows:
Commander-EdWard Owen.
Lieutenant COMMANDERS D. |
PAUL
Paymaster-Stephen w. Jones.
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