Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-08
SOUTHERN SOCIAL.
CIRCLES ASTIR
ARE TAKING AN INTEREST IN
GREAT SOCIAL. MILITARY. AND
SENTIMENTAL ANNUAL MEET
ING AT JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
SPONSORS ARE APPOINTED
CONFEDERATE VETERAN CAMPS
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH ARE
NAMING SPONSORS AND MAIDS
OF HONOR TO GRACE MEETING.
tSBcciaF ~ The HcrdldD.

Jacksonville. Fla. April S.-Southern
Scocial circles are again taking IN in
tcre>t in the great social. military and
sentimental annual meeting that brings
together u crowd Of from $4,000 Ia l50.
900 people to do honor Ia the tx Confcd
icrate Soldicr-thc reunion of the super
yiSors Of the Confederate armies.
The reunion is To be- held this year at
jacksonville. Fla. llay Il, i. :. inclusive.
Ii il the first time hat the ex-Confcd
crates have selected Florida as the re-.
union states. and interest at
tachcS 10 the meeting here and through
on the south. Owing To the comparative.
~ early date Of the reunion. the diyis
ions. brigadcs and camps made their ap
pointments and sponsors and maids ear
IN. ami these ladies compose the social
side of the reunion. They are known a
the official ladies Of the meeting. enter
tanned aS such. and courted by the en-
tire social fabric Of the south.
The origin Of the sponsors and maids
custom AT Confederate reunions j. fam
.iliar. Twenty odd wears ago 4 Mississippi
camp Of Confederate veterans appointed
Miss Winnie Davis. daughter If Jcffcr
son Davis sponsor AT "A reunion. Miss
Davis. IN turn. appointed a couple 81
her Young friends To bc maids ~ hon
or. This incident. intended AT the time ~
IA temporary honor for the family of
jefferson Davis. became a custom. and
now every organization in the United
Confederate Veterans Association. ap
points sponsors and maids of honor. The
Young ladies must have IN older female
head along with them, and each organi-
cation appoints 4 %chapcrOn and matrOn
Of honor.
The Som Of Confederate Veterans. fol
lowing in the footsteps of their fathers.
maintain organizations in every southern
state. and hold their reunions ON the
same dates. They appoint SPONSORS and
maids Of honor Tho two organizations.
closely allied. therefore. send To each
Confederate reunion several hundred ~
fetal ladies. selected from the best fam
lies of the south. that stand high in the
social scale IN their commouritics. No
meeting anywhere in the world brings
together ut one time - large u numbcr
Of handsome and accomplished ladies to
hc entertained by the city in which the
reunion i held. The entertainment Of
these ladies il one of the difficult but
pleasant duties n 4 reunion city. \ com
mitlcc j. appointed ~ every reunion city
a. entertain the maids aud sponsors. and
upon this committee falls the duty ui
.ocing that the ladies are provided with
everything necessary 10 their pleasure
md comfort.
Mapping ont 4 social program. there
fore. for u Confederate reunion u n task
that demands the best Of talent in the
entertainment line. There must he din
IrcrS. rcccptions. balls. trips 10 points
az interest around the reunion cities and
anvthing else in the line of social enter
iainmrnt the committee may devise.
The ~crowniug event Of the week In SocietV
however. j. the annual ball for maids
and sponsors. II the reunion IL held IN a
city where u hall large enough Ia accom-
ndaie several hundred dancing couples ~
once can not be secured. a dancing paNll-
lion II constructed for the occasion. This
pavilion consists If a large canvas tent.
well flnnrr,l and lighted: il il also sup
pIird with comfortable seats on the or
der of a erandsiand. where several thou
sand spectators may witness the bali.
If \ reader has not seen one Of these an
nnal balls "a 4 Confederate reunion he
has hut limited ideas of its size and bril-
linncy. Nothing equal 10 il IN splendor
can IL. seen ~ the United States. unless
IL lac the inauguration ball ut the nation
II rapiial. now fallen 10 social dc>cninde
II tn inauguration j. put out of the
contest. the annual ball Of the Confedcr-
nte reunion. al which the maids and spon
Snrs hold away. l. the greatest social
function ~ the United States.
The ladies and gentlmcn who partici
rltc III these balls. are descendants. ~
men and women If that splendid civil
yltinn NJ the south. which before the war
was known and applauded around the
world. No section of any country knew
better how a. entertain than the south
I'm those DAYS. Ii was a proud people zeal
anS ~ it, reputation and of knightlN
courtesy But being supported hy slavery
II went down in the flames II war and
suffered ~ no other social system has
ever suffered in the history If the world.
out of the wreck az that system. the
south has emerged with n new order.
hut the same ideals. The south elorie>
in the past and j. proud Of the present.
II j. proud Of itS women. and has no
fear 10 enter them in any beauty show
an earth. The Confederate reunion. IN
one sense. j. the annual beauty show Of
the southern states. and this wear. n al
ready stated. IN j. 10 be- held IN Jackson
Vile. the souihernment of the large cit
ic> of the Atlantic coast.
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