The Yale expositor., 1912-06-13


ator Lodge TO Mr.. Millet at n recent
memorial service will remain as his
most lasting written monument"
Women's Tribute to Manhood.
The memorial, such as the women
promoters propose will add TO the
capital feature of art of kind of
which Washington possessec few.
There are monuments and statues
here by hundreds, but only few OF
them exploit any phase Of human life
except military glory. The present
endeavor has for it's object something
which will commemorate the bravery
and self-sacrifice of men who far at
sea on a starlit night stepped aside to
die that women might live" II also
will commemorate the devotion OF one
woman who preferred to stay with
her husband to share death with him
and of another woman who stepped
aside and gave a seat in the lifeboat
to woman who had children await
ing her at home.
The plan for the memorial was con
ceived by women and Is being car
ried forward by women. Mrs. John
! Hay, widow of the former great secre'
tary of state, is president Of the asso
citation and Mrs. John Hayes Ham
mond, wife of the famous mining en-
gineer, is It's secretary. Mrs. Helen
H. Taft, wife Of the president of the
United States, started the memorial
fund by giving the first dollar. The
wife Of the vice-president Of the Uni
ted States, Mrs. Sherman, has pledged
herself to obtain contribution of one
dollar from each Of one thousand
women.
Fuckers Novel Dinner.
A dinner which was in a sense
a commemorative service was given
here on the night of Memorial
day by Representative A. w.
Rucker OF Colorado, who in the days
of his youth was a soldier in the army
Of the Confederacy Mr.. Rucker was
the host to IL men in official position
in the United States, most of them
members of one or the other branch
of congress. who wore the gray In
the years from 81 to '65.
Never before this has anything OF
the kind been attempted in Washing
ton. 1t is regarded here as a most
graceful way of concentrating the
northern Memorial day by veterans
OF the south. The guests were Chief
Justice Edward ID. White OF the
United States Supreme court, Louisi-
ana: associate Justice Horace j. Luz,
ton. tennessee; Senator John II.
Bankhead, Alabama; Senator Angus
tus 0: Bacon, Georgia; Senator 10
Iseph F. Johnson, Alabama; Senator
John r. Thornton. Louisiana; Senator
Thomas b. Catron, New Mexico; and
Representatives William Richardson,
Alabama; George w. Taylor, Alabama;
Albert Estopinal Louisiana; John
Lamb, Virginia; Joshua f. G. Talbot.
Maryland, and Charles NJ. Stedman,
North Carolina.
Only Flag There Old Glory.
Tt dinner was given in the apart
ments of Representative Rucker In
the Rochambeau. While this was a
reunion OF Confederate veterans. there
were no decorations of Confederate
flags. The only flag was the Stars
and Stripes" which hung above the
head of the table. Chief Justice White
of the Supreme court at the request
of the host acted as POSTMASTER.
Each guest had a story to tell OF the
Civil war, including some OF his per
sonal experiences. There were no
outsiders present to hear the old sol
diers fight their battles over.
Tie chef jusuee of the United
States Tus private in the Confeder'
ate army and so was his colleague OF
the bench, Mr. Justice Lurtoh. Lur-
ton served with General Buckner and
was present at Fort Donelson when
it was captured by General Grant.
Lurton was among the prisoners. He
was only a boy at that time and the
chances are that the northern general
had no thought that among the men
whom he had captured after they had
made heroic resistance was fu-
ture Justice OF the Supreme court.
| 10lC reunion OF COllleueIdltS was
Intentionally set for the National
Memorial day as tribute Of the south
to the heroes of the Federal army
against whom the guests OF the re-
union fought for four long years on
many battle fields. The dinner was
cooked by southern black "mammies
who were known to be experts in the
art of preparing food after the famous
southern style.
Big Gettysburg Reunion.
Government aid has been asked OF
congress to forward the interests oil
the grand reunion of the soldiers OF
the blue and the gray at the fiftieth
anniversary of the battle of Gettys
burg Committees have been appoint
ed composed of northern and southern
veterans to appear before the com
mittees of congress on behalf o.
monetary aid for the reunion. The al
tenn. will be to secure from the law
makers authorization for the secre
tory of war to order a board of army