Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-20
all Sing Dixie Land
at Close of
Exercises
Guests Know Each Other
After NatrOn's
Witticism
Exercises at the Home of Mrs. Salyer
Bring Out Much TaIent-Eulo-
giles Are Followed by
Melody

One hundred and fifty voices joined
| in singing Dixie Land" at the close
of the exercises held at the home of
Mrs. j. F. Salyer, 7O3 East Adams
street, yesterday afternoon, when the
Wade Hampton chapter, Daughters of
the Confederacy, gathered to observe
the one hundredth anniversary of Gen.
Robert E. Lee.
When the guests began to gather
there were subdued, informal greet
ings. One handsomely gowned matron
started things however, when she ex-
claimed heartily I'm powerful glad
to see YOU all Wha's all these Kahn
/ tuckians"' This sally was met by a
round of merriment and laughter. and
no more subdued formalities were
| heard.
Mrs. Salyer, assisted by several mem
bers of the chapter, received the guests
until the hour for the memorial eX-
erciSes arrived.
Quite a number of the war veterans
were present to join with the women
in words of praise and remembrance
of their hero.
One of the most spacious and admir-
ably arranged homes in the city. that
of the hostess of the day, was artis-
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red and white. The union of the blue
and the gray was appropriately SYM
bolized by the blending of the stars
and stripes with the flag of the Con-
federacy, in the midst of which hung
an old fashioned portrait of Gen. Lee.
All Warmly Received
The color scheme and arrangement
of decorations was most pleasing and
artistic.
In a gown of black silk and brussels
net, the hostess looked what she is, a
| typical southern woman, and each in
dividual guest felt more than welcome
to this Virginian home reset in South
ern California.
All of the states of the Confederacy
were well represented in this notab BILE
| gathering to do honor to the dead hero
| When the friend from Georgia be-
came enthusiastic during the singing
of "Dixie" and begun to clap her
hands and "shake her feet in good old
plantation fashion, all joined in with
laughter and applause
An excellent program was carried
out. Among the papers read were one
by Miss McGauhey, a eulogy on Gen.
Robert Edward Lee.
She said in part:
Gen. Lee was the most heroic figure
of the Southern Confcderacy and the
only southern man brought into prom
inence by the Civil War whose char
acter has taken a permanent hold on
the imagination of the whole nation
There were other Confederate SOL
diers whose achievements won them
military fame; but it is not only as
soldier that Gen. Lee won a secure
place in the American history, nor per-
haps. chiefly as a soldier
"WbateVer differenoa of OniniOo r,1ap
may hold about his decision there has
come since his death a settled jurg-
ment of him as a man.
His conduct after defeat; his dig
nified and sincere acceptance of the
result; his abstention from politics:
his refusal to degrade his name and
fame for commercial profit; these
things have peculiarly endeared him
to southern people and made him the
type, to all the world of the best that
southern life has produced.
THE very general celebration of the
centenary of his birth is a fit acknowl-
edgment of the force and the great
nobility of his character"
Miss McGauhey finished her paper
by reading Lees farewell to his SOL
diers.
The following program was rendered.;
Medley, southerns airs. F. ,salyer
IEIWocation''':iii1;.;':aRey 1., e; P, Ryiand
Reading tribute to Robert f. Lee
and Lees Farewell. ..... Miss McGuhey
Solo, The Old Brigade" Mr. Hendrick
Paper; PGnsrdi ~Phe dd Life and ch9racteT Is of
Solo, Song of Thanksgiving, :.....z
-, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Miss Carter
Song; ;,;,................"P Dixie Land
Words from Veterans ........Dr. Harrison