Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-20

uniforms especially published for tho Or
casion. came forward. their eyes rl,sfef3....
ing with pride. the audience a,nIa,,dadS
again and again. 4 s
Mrs. Randolph and her assistants kent
up running fire OF pleasantries.
When the crosses had been awarded III
removed ..e, Commander Smith to saw thar
fine meeting g :. w =
Ho hoped that Lee Camp was Ia have
great year of It. too. There was 3 pro-
oahilits that come members of the Legis-1
azure few judges and Others were to
y. ue taken into the camp during the year,
II tney behaved themselves. It was a
great honor to be a member OF Lee
Camp. =. :. -
Evidently there were those who agreed
with the comma nder. for among the new
applications were those of Dr. George
oY Jones, John w. Dodson. and W. Angus
tuS Lee
After the crosses had been awarded
and the veterans receiving them had re:
turned to their seats and settled back in
their chairs, their faces wreathed in
Smiles Commander Smith introduced Miss
Laura McCabe.
speakers desk, with a background of
Southern warriors.
Pathetic Talk Of the Lost Cause.
Their lined and grizzled v.sages formed
strange and striking contrast to the
pale face of the almost ethcrally beauti-
full girl-but little more than child The
great luminous black eyes took on even
darker hues during her dramatic recita.
ton. and the 1issome figure swayed to
and fro as she tod in euphonious phrase
the pathetic tale of the Lost Cause and
the sorrow of the women Of the South
The crowd grew hushed and almost
painfully silent as the story rang through
the hall; the beautiful voice of the girl
child rising and falling like the cadence
of the wind soughing through some au-
tumn forest
The words were wrought in the pcsn
In prose, like the stones in a mosa. C.
The very pathos of it was Infinitely beau
tiful.
And" she concluded, "the only stain
on our banner was the stain of blood"
The assemblage was quieted for mo-
rnent after the rec.ta ton, anu Command
er. Smith announced that Maryland. My
Maryland would be sung, all standing.
But there was not much heart in the
singing Of it. The forty-odd voices of
the school children rang through the hall
right pleasantly, out the older folk SEEM
ed to have thoughts of Lee. Jackson. and
of the whole multitudinous array of mar
tyred heroes-ashes now-who have pass
ed over the river and sleep in peace.
The recitation had brought to memory
the bitter pains.
Davis Monument Fund.
II It was with positive relief that the
scrowd looked up when Mrs. Edgar D.
sTaylor, her handsome face all aglow,
took i the floor and announced that she
had been asked by Mrs. Randolph to tell
the assenlblage the condition Of the fund
10 erect the monument to Mrs Jefferson
Davis.
She said that $4,000 had been SUBJ
scribed: that the Grand Division had coll
lected s1.51S. of which the Richmond
chapter had subscribed more than half
sSo7 in all. Mrs. Randolph. In addition to
this, had raised $500. Mrs. Taylor sad
she hoped the veterans present would
contribute their mite.
Mrs. Randolph seconded her motion. af-
ter which the entire audience, standing,
sang "Iy Old Kentucky Home" and
Comma nder Smith declared what he term
ed the most memorable meeting in the
history of Lee Camp ADJOURNED.