The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-25
WITH AFTERNOON TEA
U. ID. C.'s Closed Delightful Liter

U. ID. C.'s Closed a Delightful Liter
airy and Social Gathering.
A charming afternoon. full of liter
airy and historical interest, and diver
sified with enjoyment of lighter sort,
was spent yesterday by the members
of Savannah Chapter, U. D. c., at the
home of the historian.
Before the announcement of the for
NAL programme, the regent exhibited
an excellent photograph of the old City
Exchange, attractively framed, which
had been presented to the chapter
through Mrs. Waller by Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter G.. Leist. The picture was gem
orally admired and warm appreciation
for the gift was expressed.
The programme opened delightfully."-
with quartette singing by Mrs. N. J.
Ackermann, Mrs. j. j. Gaudry, Mrs.
H. E. Crittenden, and Mrs. w. G..
Bailey, who gave as encore to their
first number, a charming rendition of
1.-The Suwanee River" Later the quar-
tette sang again, giving some Southern
melodies. There was no portion of the
afternoons entertainment more gen
orally enjoyed.
Some personal "reminiscences of the
war were read by one of the members,
who as a child, was a refugee with her
family from Savannah to Augusta,
and whose recollections of the trip and
it's various incidents proved most in
teresting, part of it relating the con-
sideration received from Gen. Emory
,s<>7 ,.oi,, how &c
his headquarters.
A newspaper article was read by one
of the members giving the true ac-
count as told by Senator Vest in Con-
gress of the conference between Lin
coin and Stephens at Hampton roads.
The questions presented for the
months study were then offered by the
historian and all were answered with
out discussion. Robert Bruce was
named as the Scottish king from whom
Gen. Lee was directly descended, and
Woodstock" as the novel of Scotts,
in which Lees English ancestry Is
mentioned. To the question as to when
and by whom the title of Daughter or
the Confederacy was bestowed upon
Winnie Davis, the pleasing incident
was related Of President DAVIS trip
through the South, and how when, at
Macon, too ill to appear himself, ne
sent MS udOBHl6i lOut uPOh WY
ny to Gen. John B. Gordon, he turned,
seeing her, and said to the people gath
cred below, ''The father cannot be with
US, but he has sent his daughter, the
Daughter of the Confederacy."
Historical evidence was adduced TO
show. in answer 10 the last question
given for study. that the amount or
property destroyed between Atianti
and Savannah was worth $5OOOO,ooo'
and the amount necessary for the sup
port of Sherman's army only S2oOOO'
000
The remainder of the afternoon was
spent more informally. The presence
of the president of the United Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy, Mrs. Angus
tine Smythe of Charleston, added great
ly to the pleasure and interest of the
occasion. The progress of the Jetfer-
son Davis monument work, in when
all the Daughters of the Confederacy
have a deep and particular interest
was talked over with Mrs. Smythe'
who emphasized the need for more
contributions to the fund before II coula
become an assured fact. and the gen
eral hope was expressed that the DAY
of its erection be not far distant.
Tea, sandwiches and Creole Kisses
We're served during the latter part OF
the afternoon, which was in many ways
the most agreeable of the three already
devoted by the chapter to social gath
erinG.