The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-05
ADDRESS
DELIVERED
MISS MILDRED LEWIS RUTHERFORD
Historian General United Daughters the Confederacy
DELIVERED BY


disappointment tonight. because you
VIII not have carefully prepared
historical address; nor will you have
those charming papers. charini.iyly
read. by women OF local talent. e. has
hoer the custom OF my predecessor.
Mrs, Enders Robinson. of Virginia. TO
have presented 10 you. But. Mrs.
White. our president gencrai as well
rs myself. your historian general. felt
that this opportunity must not be lost
An opportunity 10 give some prac;i-
cal illustrations and needed ad.Ic re-
gard!ng the collection and preservation
OF the history pertaining 10 the South.
particularly that history relating TO
the War Between the States
When at Richmond last year Won
elected me your historian general. the
highest honor IN your power ia bcstow,
I honestly confess my impulse wac to
refuse. but the temptation Was too
great. l felt ! would like to accept
this honor for one year. and that pos
sibly could get others TO do what |
could not do myself
on the way home prepared an
open letter. That letter was ready for
the printer as soon as l rea ched
Athens. There was a little delay be-
cause our presidents general had to lool.
into the financial end OF the matter.
and there was still another delay in
order that our CORES po0dinE scrre-
taTy-Seneral and our recording secre-
tary-general might put me IN touch
with the historians. because the min.
utes OF the Little Rock Convention
did not contain all Of the chapter his.
tor!ans' names. would like for tn.
State presidents 10 take note or this
All historians names should be IN the
minutes OF every convention
AS soon AS possible that open letter
was sent 10 every state historian, with
copies sufficient for ever one ~ the
chapter historians in that division.
also sent copies of II 10 tho STATE presi-
dents and 10 many or the former prcsi-
dents and officers Of tho United Daurh-
tiers OF the confederacy. whose nd
dresses had been able - secure
There came beautiful letters az COM
rncndat.on TO your historian general.
She really was battered ana thought
wonderful things were goins % come
TO pass. You may ina 4gine then the
keen disappointment when the sum
ming UP OF tho years work came and
she felt that your h'storian- general
had been failure.
Now know that you would much
prefer that | should throw beautiful
bouquets tonight and tell you OF the
things that YOU have done well But
l am not here TO throw bcautiful bou-
luets. / am here to plead with YOU
to do more earnest work In the COLI
lection and In the preservation or this
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I think can guess at IT. DO Won
make in vour chapter tho historical
program the feature or your meeting?
II YOU do not. then Won have rushed
the rhetorical mart OF your work into
the back ground DO Won encourage
your historian by asking he, TO bring
q pa,per carefully prepared. for each
one OF the meetings. whether IL is read
or not? II YOU do. there would be
twelve we'll prepared papers during
the year. which is far better than some
OF YOU have reported You can do better
than that. II YOU would report an aver
aye Of ono paper from each member
OF your chanter a wear TRY that and
watcb the result
Then do YOU make il point that
your state historian attends the United
Daughters % the Confederacy conven-
tiOno TT Won do not she misses tho