The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-04
pANpELIoN.

A dandelion in a. meadow grew
Among the waving grass ana cow
Dining on sunshine, breakfasting on
He was a right contented little fell
low.
zach morn his golden head he lifted
straight
TO catch the first sweet breath OF
coming day;
Each evening closed his sleepy eyes,
to walt
Untii the long dark night should pass
away.
one afternoon. In sad and quiet mood
paused beside this tiny, bright faud
Ana begged that he would tell me. If
he could,
The secret of his Joy through sun
and shower.
He looked at me with open eyes, and
said:
II know the sun is shining some
where clear;
And when I cannot see him overhead:
I try to be O little sun. right here'
MONTGoMERIANs ASSIST in
FORMING u. ID. G. CHAP
TER IN DENVER.
There are few States in the Union
who cannot boast of a Daughters OF
the confederacy Chapter. Colorado IL
one Of the few, so, on June %. in Dem
yer, a number of Southern women met
at the Albany Hotel to organize U. ID.
c. Chapter.
Mrs. A. J.<Emerson, formerly Of
Virginia, and Mrs. /. M. p. Ockenden.
OF this city. were two of the leading
spirits, the meeting being presided over
by Mrs. Emerson.
Mrs. T. I. Smith led the meeting In
prayer and Miss Mabel Hood. of this
city. acted as secretary protein.
Mrs. Emerson then called on Mrs.
Ockenden for talk, and in Introducing
her, referred to her as a beloved poet
ess of the South.
Mrs. ockenden's talk was as fol-
lows:
ladies: - Mrs. Cornelius Branch
Stone, President-General of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy. OF CAL
weston, Tex, has authorized Mrs. A. j.
Emerson to call a meeting to organize
Chapter of the United Daughters OF
the Confederacy in the City of Denver.
and Mrs. Emerson has honored me by
requesting that / Join her In the eff
fort. Hence you have been called to
meet with us at the Albany, this. the
22nd DAY of June. 1909.
ssThe meeting has no political signi-
ffcance whatever. 1t is an expression
OF human love and sympathy. The
Memorial Association is the oldest AS
ISOLATION of the South. founded upon
the Ladies' Aid Societies in which our
mothers worked during the war be-
tween the States. After the war the
first monuments were erected by them
the mothers and. wives of our heroes
1.-THE women who fought in their wo-
manly way to aid, comfort and bear the
burdens of life while the men of their
homes went forth to defend them. The
Memorial Association Is still in exist
ence--it represents the mothers and
wives herofnes OF that unhappy period
The women who succeeded them saw
in time they, too. would pass on, so
called for an order uniting the Daugh-
tiers Of the Confederacy. These chap
ters were first formed in 1856. at the
call of Mrs. Raines. of Savannah, Ga.
THE chapter to which I have the
honor to belong was named for one, of
the benevolent women who bore no
BILE part in the work of the war, Mrs.
Sophie Bibb. commonly known as
Aunt Sophie" The Sophie Bib Chap
ter was among the first-the first meet
ing enrolled 1853 members. The char
ter chapter of Alabama is still at work
IN Camden. although the noble and
gifted Miss Sallie Jones' who organ
lied the chapter. has passed away. Chap
tiers are now organized in
almost every state in the United States.
and not confined to the South. Colo
RADIO has done. and IL we organize today
this win be the charter chapter of
Colorado. What Is the work? Not to
revive any ill-feeling. not TO stir up
bitterness, but to meet in a spirit of
love. To do good. to cherish sacred