The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-26
bellies OF DIXIE
VIE AT REUNION
Brilliant Fetes Planned For
Jacksonville Meeting
May 6, and To Be Memorable
Dates IN Floridas Metropolis
Large Crowd Assured the Reunion
City.

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in the great social, military and SEN
| timental annual meeting that brings
together a crowd of from 10000 TO
| l5O, goo people to do honor TO the eX'
| Confederate soidier-the reunion OF
the SURVIVORS Of the Confederate arm
| les.
The reunion is to be held this year
at jacksonville, Fla, May E, I, in
elusive. IL is the first time that the
| ex-Contederates have selected Florida
as the reunion state, and uncommon
! interest attaches to the meeting here
and throughout the South. Owing ~
the comparatively early date of the
reunion, the divisions, brigadcs and
camps made their appointments OF
! sponsors and maids early, and these
! ladies compose the social side OF the
reunion They are known as the ON
cial ladies of the meeting, entertained
as such. and courted by the entire So
cial fabric of the South.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans,
following in the footsteps Of their IA
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cry Southern state, and hold their re
unions on the same dates They ap-
point sponsors and maids of honor.
! The two organizations, closely allied,
therefore. send to each Confederate
reunion several hundred official ladies',
selected from the best families OF the
South. that stand high in the social
scale in their communities.
Mapping out a social program,
therefore for a Confederate reunion
is a task that demands the best of
talent in the entertainment line.
There must be dinners. receptions,
balls, trips to points of interest around
the reunion cities and anything else
in the line of social entertainment the
committee may devise. The crown
ing event of the week in society
however, is the annual ball for maids
and sponsors If the reunion Is held
in a city where a hall large enough
to accommodate several hundred dane
| ing couples at once can not be Sc
cured, dancing pavilion is construct
! eu lot lue ON'd9lO'' ! HlS paw '''"H
consists of a large canvas tent, well
1oored and lighted; it is also supplied
with comfortable seats on the grand
stand order, where several thousand
spectators may witness the ball II
a reader has not seen one OF these an
nual balls at Confederate reunion
he has but limited idea OF its size and
briliancy Nothing to equal 1t IN
spleudor can be seen in the United
States, unless it be the Inauguration
ball at the national capital now iaIleh
into social dcsuetudc. If the inaugu-
ration ball is put out of the contest.
the annual ball of the Confederate re-
union. at which the maids and spon-
sors hold sway. is the greatest socia.
! function of the United States.
The social side Of the Jacksonville
reunion will be participated in by rep.
rcscptatives of all Southern States.
the border states and "A few western
commOnwealths. There are sixteen
state divisions of the United CouIed
crate Veterans Association. as fol
lows South Carolina. North Carolina.
Virginia, West Virginia. Maryland
Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida. Ala
bama. Mississippi, Georgia. Kentucky.
Texas, Oklahoma. Missouri and Ar.
kansas. Each state sends large dele.
cations of young women to the re
uuion selected with regard to their
social standing at home In addition
to the state delegations. the com.
mander-in-chief has his own official
ladies', chosen from the South at large
There are three departments. known
as the Army of Northern Virginia de
parmeut. Army Of Tennessee depart
meut and Trans-Mississippi depart
meut Each department appoints
maids and sDOnS0rS and sends them tQ