The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-15
ny JUSIUS w. FowLKEs,
of wnnhinHton.

II,
said, deserved to take rank with the
highest heroines OF the grandest days
OF the greatest centuries" You IAN
kncel at the shrine of the Confederate
woman. the sweetest character of the
centuries. the gentlcst memory OF our
world.
Mother and wife and sister and
nurse poured out their frail. but long
enduring strcngth-sad of heart but
Gndefcated. they knew no retreat Not
Tor her were the bugles and the
giving OF the advance. hut high
among tho healing forces, hers was the
power In silence. During that terrible
ordeal OF fire and sword and blood
and death she oheered the Confederate
holdier with the elegant and gentle
arts which soften and -cnnc the char
acter OF a people. and wreathed
grace around the loftinesE OF his proud
and warlike spirit Hers was the pact
and skill that knew what to do and
how 10 do 1t: and hers was the talent
and resource that knew how TO do lit
tie things well. Hers was the opcn eye,
the quick ear. the correct taste, the
line intuition: hers the voice in great
silence.
The heart WAS her world. a heart
run OF tenderness and sympathy: with
tears that now for others ills and
smiles; that light outward her own
beautiful thoughts and sustained the
boys with an unwaveriug hope.
with the ringing down OF the cur
tain at AppomattoX, when Richmond
Was In ashes and our blood stained
land weighed down with bleeding
hearts. bankrupt homes and broken
fort mes II was her all-supremc genius
That kept hope and heroism alive in
the South. Under her inspiration the
Confederate soldier went forth from
the battiehelds to make his country
greater than IL was before. Thrilled
with the achievements OF the past
vibrant with hope for the future in
fpired by tho confidence OF his coun-
trywomen. he worked as he had
fought. with zeal that the world had
never known before.
The modern Impulse soon entered his
veins. he drank deep at tho fount OF
new IDEAS and player for big stakes
with the determination to win. In the
creation OF the spirit of hopefulness,
courage and progresSlveness in the
new South, the women have seen a
powerful influence.
To-day the South contains more
wealth than the whole United States
at the beginning OF the war. The
freedom OF the negro with equal
rights. the sudden tumblng down OF
time honored institutions was a hell
ward plunge from tho sacred order of
Southern society into the pitlless pit
of a cruel Reconstruction. a splendid
past Was almost crushed under the
conquering grasp OF a licentious pro-
pagnndism. Through II all the South
has triumphed and proclaimed that
though her soil might be overrun. the
spirit OF her people is invincible; and
The Southern States to-day comprise
the most prosperous and progressive
portion OF the country.
The Southern woman in her life and
IL 4,
typical Confederate character, as
faithfully az action. and in the mind of
the last generation more affection
ntely.
Confederate and State pride arc
hereditary with the Virginia girl. and
ST was reserved for her TO blend them
in ono, and, like the lovely chef d'oeu-
vre OF the Grecian artist, to exhibit
in one glow OF associated beauty the
mnfading love of the Confederacy with
the pride and glory OF her State. She
glories in the history of Virginia from
Bethel to Appomattox, and loves the
defenders of the South with an ever
lasting love- If she has not ecllpsed
her mothers and grandma others she
has proved a worthy succession, and
by her more recent glorious history
she has demonstrated that peace hath
her victories no less renowned than
war"
I spent the summer down in vir-
Einia on the famous RaDIdan, and will
tell you what the Southern woman Is
doing She is turning her old fash
toned feminine accomplishments into
The needed dollars. Comparatively sell
dom does a woman distinguish her
self as an agriculturist. a widow
near Barboursville. I'm Orange county,
whose husband died ten years ago and
left her farm of 200 acres with
small debt over it, now has $1,000 In
bank, saved from the proceeds of the
farm alone Besides this. She has
raised three children cages four, six
and eight. respectively. at their fathers
DEATH, who are now receiving fin
1shed education at our best Virginia
colleSes. Another woman farmer in
that county, who Is not over twenty,
and whose grandfather was killed in
Epotsylvania, Is the support OF her
mother and sisters. She will harness
the mules and drive them, stack fiay,
plant corn, always following the best
suggestions of agricultural reports and
adapting them to her own conditions.
BY the use of her wits she saves many
hours of toll. Having invented an
apron sack, she was able to drop
beans with both hands. doing two rows
where the servant had done hut one
Another received $500 for her crop of
turkeys last Year, uhe nlShest price
per head being SIS for a bronze gobbler
weighing thirty pounds. Turkeys
count at 81 cents the pound. The ia
nous pickles of Virginia womaG arc
ON tables everywhere, and they have
demanded factory instead OF
Kitchen for their headquarters. A
glass of guava jelly sent to a sick
friend was the beginning of a Florida
woman's business. why don't you
make it for sale?" tho friend sug-
Gcsted. and the euaya Jelly maker now