The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-10
order was finally obtained and busin ,ss
sessions were resumed.
Mrs, Stuart Given Ovation

AIRS. Stuart Given Ovation.
Responding to insistcnt calls from
the floor, Mrs. J. +. II. stuart, widow
OF tho cavalry leader, was escorted
TO the stage and was accorded Q
stirring ovation by the delegates. Mrs
j. E. Edwards was presented by the
president, and standing BY the side
of tho widow OF the famous ConfeI-
crate cavalry officer, sang Dixie"
without Accompaniment. Tho feeling
with which the song WAS rendered.,
the presence of Mrs. stuart and the
Confederate memorials in view rn
every side combined to arouse a fran
tic demonstration. and the singer was
repeatedly interrupted by applause
which would not be represscd 1t WAS
one OF the stirring features OF yes
terday's meetinc, and, nj tho height
OF the excitement, a scene never to be
forgotten by those who witnessed II.
Mrs. Edwards was compelled by the
persistent applause TO reply to several
encores
Following the reading of number
OF Congra tulHtcry kilograms, the PRES
ident WAS directed, upon motion, 20
write letters OF coincidence or behalf
o. the Daughters TO the families ct
Confederate officers who had died dur
Ing the past year. Mrs. McSherry' n
iroduced Colonel Hillary a. Herbert.
OF Washington, Secretary of the Navy
during Clcvelands last administration.
who presented tho report Of the Ar
lington monument committee, OF which
he is chairman.
Statue We'll Under WAY.
Reporting for his COMMITTEES, AIR.
Herbert stated tnat S25,Goo had so !ar
been collected by the committee To-
ward the fund of 100000 required for
for the erection of the monument 20
the Confederate soldiers who lie buried
in the Arlington Cemetery, near Alex
7ndria, correspondence with Sir
Moses Ezekiel, who is at work on tho
statue. in Rome. he told the delegates.
brought the information that The
statue Is well under way and that ii
necessary Il viii be completed within
twelve months
He spoke appreciatively of the
spread of the movement since It's small
beginning in Washington six years
age, when the six chapters OF United
Daughters, single camp OF Veterans,
hnd fifty or sixty Sons OF Veterans.
began the work.
Since that time, he said the whole
United Daughters have Joined in the
movement T. erect Il monument to the
Confederate dead In Lees old home.
which, when completed, will be among
the most beautiful of the many me-
MORALS in and about The nations cap
ital
The contract with the artist, he re-
minded the convention, binds the
Daughters both legally and In honor.
TO raise the balance OF the money
within the next two years or the
s5o.ooo-s25,oOo of which Is in hand,
and the rest to be collected-sir Moses
Ezekiel is 20 be paid $4,000 for his
work, and $40. 600 VIII be reserved for
The cost of mounting and placing the
statue on the site. Photographs sub
r1itted TO the committee by the artist,
although the memorial is far from he
ing finished, show that 1t will be un-
usually beautiful and appropriate.
Honor TO Southern Women.
The principal form, a heroic figure
OF woman in bronze. typines the
woman OF the South who bore the adj
versities Of tho war al home and
soothed the returning soldier IN his
darkest hour. The photographs show
the nobility, sweetness and Nrmness,
which have become SO thoroughly as
ISOLATED with the Southern women OF
the troublous days OF the sixties. The
artist Mr.. Herbert said, objected TO
The publication OF the photographs or
70 their being seen by any but the