The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-22

~, ~ w. syduoIi AaAo
-, cone Johnson. Tyler.
'sess ~ president, MIS- seapiooH +"
y, " !, s I99s TpGresident, Mrs. B. F. Eads'
~ ,,.. president Miss Katie L
!, E EIes president, Mrs. S. A. Bueh-
4 Dslasi,rs W P. Lane, Fort Worth.
se,aI,' secretary, Miss Edith Eiiis'
Worth ", wharton Bates, HOUSTON.
sasrfef' , Mii Mollie Conner, Eagle Lake.
sfitrr Mrs MIS-. S. II. Watson, Waxa'
an OPEN LETTER.
q, rrcellency. Governor g. W. T.
/ - Austin, Texas
m. ~. Texas. February s.--As one OF
iil-..' .onmittee, appointed by the
m i the Texas division of the
~, XIV. !, the confederacy, l have writ
~, letters to representatives. and
kna now address this open let
r. rour e1ceIlency.
.,c,uization 10 anxious 10 secure
n-esent legislature Of Texas an
- I..icn for a monument to be erected
ssnmnuga Park TO commemorate the
w. AIR Texas soldiers who are rest
~ ofter giving their lives in de-
" oonstifv1tional and Stute's rights,
ia TO you to give this bubject
s'ssrahou, and recommend In your
sage to the legislature tnat an 4p-
/ l.fon be made becoming U.S ulBnit
lh Isaod stale and the cause for Which
~nSs NEE Of Inc rank and file OF the
Sss er,,v nevertheless they We're
-s ra IN valor and she patient, uncom'
gs2's ho,o,sTn with which they bore
~ nd sniierlng, half clnd amld cold,
"a srnrer. entities them to more
sSsss,nc word Of praise from our h3s-
~ test we be called ''stone wor'
~ Win add that proper inscription
n, ,rsngrad Tor this monument and
w " thereon III we should get ~
.D' vlu record for p0sterity the story
X. strrrale and the stern courage Of
!. aria Sons of our Lone Star state.
IN crote from an address made In the
y, ,snste. as early as the year 1856
=, reconstruction days, by COLONEL II
N State senator from Colorado coun
4. ~ Y. oeeasion being q joint resolution e
4 :, Gtneral Albert Sidney Johnston's re
4 =, bought to Texas and Inferred
4 d nd In part -, .,..,,,o.
4 !. ss,o died FOR what he thought wal
IN We know his resting place and ",
4 h ,Aeoyer his ashes. But, alas! thou
&-ig lis soldiers, the children OF Texas
4 : ave- sleep IN her sod. Their grave
|. non he heights Of Gettysburg, upol
"A Ib a the Susquehanna, by the bank
A. Potomac and by the side of tn
a 5s,land. They sleep in glory upon tn
IN Il Manassas and OF Sharpsburg, o
81 VII and in the trenches Of Rich
~ tnd upon the chores of Vicksbur
l,on q hundred other historic field
4 4, ron the land OF their love. Aye, bu
1sm sleep on In their glory!
q gNshty will do them Justice. In tn
ii tat are TO come when all the pas
% that now animate the bosom an
t. aJ The heart shall have passed ava,
Nm the present generation of men, an
II the teeming millions from the Mort
South who are to inhabit, In futur
sinlts, the vast and fertile region
!. Mississippi valley, shall recount, 1
1kfl AM btuI!f lut blSllOhS o~'AAS 40 -
: be. ancestry, and when they sha
R with Just pride. upon the renow
asr deeds, and when huary age sha
% kidding youth the marvellous stOr
i eroutlon, the like of which the su
AliEer gazed upon in his 5000 years {
e,N splendor-then, sir, it will be, tha
p lilliht dead shall live In the remeu
"a ne Of mankind--then, sir, will posterit
IA md build monument to perpetual
memory"
l'is words prophetic, are being rea
sooner than this dear ancestor, WI
IA Hlly years has been Sleeping ii
No mat knows no waking" realized {
and Il Is indeed gratifying to d
h Daughters Of the Confcderacy
s's n this generation, "posterlty wi
zen Justice"
W I not this the accepted time to raj
Vald q monument to those "childrt
4sias who will never sleep In her soil
= ihus give pleasure to our living p
Who witnessed the Southern Gro
.a forever amid the wall of a people
pehind the clouds upon the BAN
" Appotomatux.
" senator and representatives ha'
nemonsuzed by the Il. o. Fair
and your excellency by the sta
,'.lon assembled in Fort Worth,
- proper provision for the Confedern
We realize that Legislation is alws
ill 81 proper public sentiment al
y. LOW me sentiment Of our WON
~ $40" sls last az the crou and first
spuehre OF the Copfederacy. is
y w our aged and decreplt veteran
ZEE that you, TO whom ia given I
7 ~. uast Of chief executive of this gre
'awealth, will not turn n deaf e
+. Tles OF the Marys and Martins
II. who hope TO have ascribed Il
she hath done what she could
Mrs. r, o. FaireT,
n a Daughter Of the Confederacy
~
~ q LIGHT GUARD A.RAIORY.
\ valentine party given by the lad
~ 80 ~ Roberts chapter, Daughters
~sscy, At the light Guard arm,
.naay' February IL. was an enjoyG
-. -eoe'Srul occaEion. The hall Y
40, .s' most effectively IN red and wni
p'G colOra, with q profusion
II ssss holly ana unistletoe.
IN sI,rs5 every conceivable size, cut f.,
N ps the dett hands OF Mesdar
~ .lgfhr. IVA W. A. k1thIhW utL. W
~ mi ~ IN evidence. Lines OF heal
~ b he waite ate alternating, and raduat
~ cisi n. slgest to the smallest, were
@s f-osouA4Iy from chandelier to Oh
MNr rum each of witch hung la
H% q mistletoe LUIS
MeA E9ll, back Of the refreshm
n boEIs y were adorned with va
n I'LL q cut flowers, red and wi
~ stSElcnr sAs prettily draped, forming
~ sssoss III harmony with the OF
by w p m, the children's hor
Ia I'd s1lsses Steele and Harris, d.
M1 isnoyS were the aources OF am
y. ponrS costumes, representing
wed iSp!, rosebud, butterfly, etc, "
Mstty snlr,.asn! and accorded well v
e vossi u the participants.
sIdorr5 uuet by little Misses ia
ssl ns.. ehu katharine Steele deael
ND peor,aon. During the hours
MH dresHs : 70 IL. delightful III
49, q ~ iblon OF Prof. Diehl was
sahcihs strains Of old Southern s
anes was continued TO n late h
MN ii - - BeaYens and Austin
~ Rata door, Mesdames VIVA
a M hatch, NJ. A. Znmwalt
~ ssules ponce cream and candy tai
Aara ga Cho pnan. w. Is. king
Veal M 91o9oy the valentine II
rH ~ PI1eSided over the punch b
adia, Auss Ethel Harris.
teierfat. realized satisfactorily I