The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-11-16

by the poet laureate of the chapter
Mrs. Lolita Lever Younge. The guest
names were in gold They were made
up of state division presidents and
prominent visiting members of the
order.
Mrs. John G. Harrison, president OF
the Stonewall Jackson Chapter, who
presided, had at the table Mrs. Peter
Yourees president of the Louisiana Dr.
vision: Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stevens,
president general; Mrs. I. w. Faisson,
Of Charlotte. N. c., second vice-presi-
4 dent general.
i Mrs. Harrison repeated the words
of welcome of the poet laureate, and
i introduced Mrs. Peter Youree, presi-
j dent of the Louisiana Division, by
stating that some win love, some hon
i or and some respect, but Mrs. Youree
had won all three. Every deed pro-
| claims her sterling character.
Mrs. Youree, in brilliant response,
urged upon the daughters their recog
milton of present-day duties. I'VE are
apt" she said, "to look upon the past,
| but the past is dead, the future is un-
| known, the present only is our own.
| Let us use it for the purpose of our
order, for memory, benevolence and
/ education. That we remember our
monuments attest our benevolence;
our homes for soldiers show, but edu-
cation, and here lies our opportunity.
| Daughters, we must educate the chill
dren of the men whose bones are
bleaching on Southern battle fields, in
the principles their fathers died for"
Mrs. w. J. Behan, the next speaker,
in responding for the Ladies Confed-
crate Memorial Association, which. as
an organization, antedated that even
of the veterans themselves, told of the
work of the memorial women in hos
pitfalls and on battle fields during the
war, and who later organized to care
for the graves of the Southern SOL
diers. While the memorial association
builds monuments it has done other
things, the restoration of the name
of Mr.. Davis to Cabin John Bridge.
Mrs. Lolita Lever Younge read one
of her charming poems. dedicated to
son Chapter, and was warmly ap-
plauded.
Mrs Daisy McLaurin Stevens, the
rare flower from Mississippi, as the
president called her, made an eloquent
address. After the Richmond reunion.
Mrs. Harrison said, one of the papers
declared that Mrs. Stoves address was
the best speech ever made by wo-
man in Virginia. Mrs. Stevens was
introduced with the hope that her ex-
ecutive ability and personal magae-
tism would in the future find even
a fuller scope.
Mrs. Stevens began with a humor- |
Gus story but becoming serious, told |
on naything connected with the Con- |
federacy, however lily prepared she |
might be. She went on to tell most /
eloquently of what it means to be a |
U. D. &. It means, she said, that /
the veterans are to be cared for in /
their old days, to be wrapped in love
and affection, their last days COM
forted till they lie down TO pleasant
dreams.
1t means that the children are to
be taught that Jefferson Davis is not
a traitor, but a martyr to principles
of state government.
It is said that we are an organiZa-
ton of sentiment, but was it not SEN
timent that caused the breaking of the
alabaster box of ointment? Was it not
sentiment that caused the greatest of
gifts to be left by Him who said DO
this in commemoration OF Me-" in the
little upper chamber?
Let US cling to sentiment while
there are duties of this kind to do, for
The heart that has truly loved never
forgets
But as fondly loves on to the close.
As the sunfiower turns to her God
when he sets
The same face that she turned when
he rose.
Mrs. w B. Sommervi1le, president
OF the Kings Daughters, reviewed the
work OF tina nrdar. She told how its