The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12

the g onfedera.e2 4; n
States.
/ The Confederate Bazaar will DO opensd
in the Masonic Temple "wednesday evsnef
ing, April 18th. at $3.50 q clock, accordinxss
to- Its time honored custom, With prayegt
BY the Rev. DR.. ]. " illiam Tones, chaps. II /
lain general OF tha United dSDaushtars& &of.ss
the Confederacy. sS3s5
Z Il Tha curtain will rise IL on S g beautl1ula, \
tableau, X The Spirit Of the confedsraey.a
aa portrayed in the grand conceptao Ion sof
Mr.. B. wellington Ruckstuhl. q. uculptpxsil
ana q member Of the National Institute
! Of Arts and Letters. The Hon. j !. TaySsi
lor Ellyson, chairman S 81 tha SS DaYlsSll
Monument Fund. will Introduce GonslslS
Fitzhugh Lee, who will deliver an IA Y
dress. The Richmond Light Infantry
Blues with their band will he present.
and Dixie will be sung by tile Eentir Vi:
uasemblage All the veteran organiza-
tions will be tho evening IS guests Of hon7S
Sor, and everybody y Is invited to como and
participate In tho opening ceren1onie
the past h score Of years Rich.
mond. because of the historical interest
vlsitors from all 4 pirts ofS Sst he q United
States and from foreign la nds. .2s In pro-
i3portion 4 10 its size and poplila tiOnsS no
lAnerican city is better known Il In thas
! South and outside OF IT. Last year about
! ten thousand tourists came-not sim I'll y3G
to ichnlord or to rginia-bu $to y hos
! Capitol Of st....Y Southern Confed eracy. tho
J home o e. the Confederate government sba-8
tween the years OF 6l and 90. the city IN
which the White House of the COnfed.M
eracyi has become a Smuseur I'M, where every
Southern state has a. room z for ts wa II
relics, and where future history is belpES 4
daily complied In priceless rnanuscri pts.
records, portraits, paintings and other
Objects which carry. by nleans Of 4asso,sI
ciation and ownership, an inde ribabla Z
weight and nfluence.$ 9 @&EsSi
Tlfat the cause sot the Confede deracyS sllr-9
wives in Southern hearts, Is shown OF hers
wise in Richmond by the granite pyramids \
rising above the dead who lie awaiting &
1.-The resurrection reyeille on tle slopes lot 4
Hollywood: by the eque strlan sta tue or
! the great Confederate, Captain r. p. Lees
standing In Monument Square on Vest A
! Franklin Street: by the Soldiers and y
Sailors monument crowning Libby Hill i
and looking down the James. w whioh winds 4
at It's base y by many others held equally
dear and sacred. 5ssggg
But while much has been accom- plishedl
while the tireless hands OF Southern " fS9
men have ceased not In their work,
! the generosity Of Southern men has
sponded to each cali for help. upon ta4ys5ig$S
hearts Of both men and women has lain II
| for years tho burden Of q duty unt tul1as
l5fllled a duty, the rghtful dis charge Id \
which they owo to themselves, to thoss
who shall come after them, to the vindlsS u
cation OF the Confederate Cause, to Preals y
dent Jefferson Davis. the chosen head goe /:
that Cause, the representative Of tha Il
Southern people. the one who sunereA \
| for them, who survived the cruel 9 tresA n
OF war and the horrors OF imprisonments
who cast in his lot with the South who u
lived and died in the Southland and never 4
by word or deed sweryed In his truth - \
/ his chosen allegiance or brought reproaca
| upon the past which he embodied s5i
5s "A SACRED oRLIGATIoN SSSstS. &
And so It Is that Southern women ShAva
| Undertaken the task OF cancellinR q sAe% \
red obligation in the uprearing OF q monus8 Il
ment which shall memorlalizei and vtndas3
cate the first and only president Of the 4
! Confederate Stntes.f and all that tha Cons "
I federacy stood for, md still stands for In 81
the hearts which are true to le Through
years Of diEcouragements they have held II
| to their purpose, NOW the end of Inolrsai
labor Of devotion and love Ia near at hand Z
as they believe. and as others behave \
with them.
They have centered their final efforts
| In bazaar which will open April 18th
In the Masonic Temple, this city. EYery
Southern State Is represented at this has
znur, where the State tables will display
their State colors and shields. There "
will ba no emulation or rivalry, however.
| except the general emulation which leads q
| to the success OF the whole. for in tha
grent object OF the Bazaar there Is no +
room for indlviduallty ty Of feeling It ts &
| the whole South moving irreslstibly, ans
minated by a common desire, which comes
ahead OF all others, to complete 4 work n
which has fingered too long In Its doing,
It has been noblY said that "a nations
history Is written In Its monuments.15 y
Therefore, 1t Is that the women OF ths
South desire to leave tha one which they
, Will erect to President Davis and tha
Southern Confederacy as II II were y
page filled In with no uncertain charaas
ters, Therefore II Is that they have
asked the aid In their common undcr~
taking. OF every Daughter Of the Con,
feaeracy, OF every Cont ia W etaran,{ os n
every man, woman and child within tks
entire Snuthlapd. u
They have made ready for their BaxAe1 III
with the daeermlnatl ton to raise tho auul
they fcel necessary to complete tha nas
vis monument. This deteYmi ton u, TIN N
best Rugury OF the success which, n q
seems. must surely crown their eYfoFss
aMd bring them The reward which, AbpsN s%
ail others. they deslse, the consnios.sn w II
4 of 9 trust nobly and faithfully kspG
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