The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-29
MISS'LEE forrest
IN. LEXINGTON ! D | | 81 On
Casket Leaves New Orleans
Covered With Confederate
Battle Flag.
SKETCH OF Her EARLY |. u {.
Soldiers Of the Lost Catss. Mourn
Her Dcatll-shc5 Was
Greatly Beloved.
Especial to rho Tunes Dlspatch.}

Especial to Tho Times-Dispatch.)
NEW. ORLEANS, LA. March 2s.--Ar-
rangcments for the funeral OF Miss Mil
dred Lee were changed tonight mt the
rcaueat OF r. e. Ice, Jr., and instead
OF the body's lying In state in Chriyt
Church tomorrow as originally Intended,
1t will be sent to virginia on tho early
= louisville and Nashville train, "
Mr.. Lee telegraphed last evening That
he would be unable to reach New Or
leans, and asked that the remains OF
Miss Lee be cent away In the morning,
stating that he would meet the body at
Atlanta. Gu. and accompany It 10 It's
final place OF intcrment. the family vault
ut Lexington, va. where are Inferred
General Rohert y. Lee and his wife faith
er anu moaher OF the deceased.
The Funeral Services.
Although the charge OF plans was not
very generally known. there were many
ladies and gentlemen gathered around Miss
Lees bier when Bishop Scssums con-
Quoted tho solemn and impressive SER
vice for the dead. according to- the rites
( of the Protestant Episcopal Church Mt o
o'clock tonight N I. I. !
rhe caskct stood IN the center o tile
Z front paror: It's 81 es covered With beau
y tiful floral d4sIg; AS, and great hllnches of
splendid caItl ,scs. s..
Over the lover portion OF the glass
4 lay the bright red pcnnant OF the Army
~ OF Northern Virginia, md placed amid the
wreaths and flowers that surrounded and
y half covered the closed portion OF the
+ Dior. were 9inyf silk Confederate battle
3 flags. "a the foot OF the caske4 we're
placed photographs OF General Robert K.
Lee, the hero OF the Conf ederacy, and the
! fnvoriteS niece of Miss Lee daughter OF
her brother, Captain Robert e. Lee. The.
burial Will be at Lexington.
Sketch, Of Her 1ife.
i-;s3 2 he death OF Miss Mildred Lee. young
est daughter of General Robert q. Lee
4 and Mary Randolph Custis. his wife
awakens many recollections % her young
womanhpod. passed at No. 77G7 East
Franklin Street. Richmond: OF her sub
sequent life In lexington Va. ara Of
& her visits TO Richmond since the resigna-
ton of lier brother, Custls Lee. from
E5the presidency OF Washington and Lie
University In 1896, caused the disnantling
and disruption of the home where Gem
eral and Mrs. Lee passed the last years
2 Of their lives, with their family around
them. ~ II, Is
Mss Mildred Lee was at school In
4 Winchester a t the time nj tho breaking
out Of the Civil War. She was passion.
ately attached to Arlington, and never
81 ceased to grieye over Its loss. declaring
that the happiest moments Of ler life
had been passed. wi thin its historic walls.
Y The nnxietiess ard unhappiIess attendant
upon the grin struggle during the years
II OF 1851 lSG5 OvershadoWed her ma tursl1ys
i bright. and lively disposition, though tes-
tlmony is, not lacking to show that she
embraced every opportunity for diver
sion from self by devoting herself to pa
4 ~
cause. In a book Just published. the
II author, writing from the standpoint 81
4 personal observation says: On fFebru-
& ary 26,I 1864, we went TO pay our respects
4 to Mrs. Lee. Her room was like an
Industrial school; everybody so busy. Her
Il daughters were all there plying their
needles. With several other ladies'. When
we came out some ION n said !: Did you
see how the Lees spend X their time?
What a4rebuke to the taffy PARTIES !.
General Lees pet name fo1. hts you Ulg-
4 est daughter was life. " m fone OF his
letters, written from the front. y at Peters
burg he speaks OF sending a French
song, composed by one of his officers, to
IL ffe.'' and says that. as she Is SO pro-
4 dcient in the language. he Will look for
a reply written In Frenct, verse.
AT the Institute Bal. 5.4
She was In the bloom OF womanly grace
4 ana beauty WTei ElEGJ WFlleT saw Iler IoT
the first time. In July OF 1863. gat 4athej
Virginia Military Institute ball. She
came into the ball room with her father
4 and Mr.. BrockenbrO,lgh. dressed in pink
silk and wearing Ii necklace OF pearls
Z Her eyes sparkled with animation and
l8 the rich color nanted $on her check. She
y enjoyed the brilliant scene to the fullest,
and was the@central tiguresof an inter-
ested group. during the greater part Of
4 the evening. She had many devoted
friends In Lexington. and was a Vital
4 factor In n charming circle that gathered
about the Lees during the years Of their
< Lexington residence. 5f
After the death of her mother and
father. Miss Mildred still made her homo.
withsher brother, in Lexington, for part
OF each year. Though she Travelled abroad
and In the United States at intervals,
her thoughts centered around tho. pres-
dents house on Washington and Lee
campus, and when ali lions there
We're severed for her. she said in sorrow-4
q full reference: II shall never have am
/. other abiding place, with similar. associn-
6 tons, In Virginia or out OF 1t. y
u This remark was made during the sum-.
q MGR OF 1896, 3at Warm Springs, Va, where
she spent tie season. She had suffered
tho, fall before a slight attack OF paral-F
ysls at the Grecnbrler White Sulphur
( Springs, and had not byfany means then.
recovcred tile comparative measure of
health and strength which sho afterward
"A attained On ono occasion she drove out