The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-11-12
MRS. DANIELS SPEAKS TO
DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY

Savannah. Ca, Nov. 10.-Southern
women should recognize and more
fully accept the part they may play
in Graduating any lingering animosi-
ties between the north and south, de-
clared Mrs. Josephus Daniels. wife of
the secretary of the navy, in an ad-
dress at the opening session here to-
night of the annual convention of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Mrs. Daniels, here as delegate from
North Carolina, spoke in response to
an address of welcome.
Let those of us who knew of the
travail of the sixties keep alive the
glory of sacrifice and the valor of
the vanquished to the latest day of
our lives" said Mrs. Daniels. But
let us mot look mournfully upon the
past but ask ourselves the question:
How can southern women of the
twentieth century prove worthy OF
their lineage and transmit to their
children the graces and virtues which
were incaFnated in the southern wom-
en- of the war and reconstruction Pc
RODS.
love is greater than all beside. Our
children must be taught to love the
Rag OF their country and sons and
daughters alike given to see the pa
triotism of those who who wore the
blue as well as of those who wore
the gray. 1t was said that Henry
Grady died loving the country into
peace The first duty of the daugh-
tiers is to love all men and illustrate
the best traditions of the south by
permitting no seed of bitterness to
mar or narrow our own lives or the
lives of our children.
Second, to preserve the history
the home life histOry--of the south
during the war between the states.
Southern histories in plenty tell of
the glorious conflicts of land and sea.
But there is history of those days
not yet fully written. There is un-
touched a history of heroines. There
was stimulus to men who went to
death marching to martial music, un-
der inspiring banners, cheered by their
comrades. Women poured out their
lives in apprehension and labor and
sacrifice and unutterable loneliness.
Many stories of their deeds have been
written, but more have been buried
in the hearts of heroines who never
expected honor or fame or aught
save the privilege of nursing their
loved ones. But their daughters owe
it to coming generations to illumine
pages of literature by collecting and
printing in permanent form these
deeds.
Third: The third duty of the
Daughters of. the Confederacy is to
keep fresh the memory of the brave
men who wore the gray. Let them
be cheered now that the snow that
never melts has fallen on their heads
by the knowledge that sons and grand
sons hold them in honor and point
to their service as illustrative of the
noblest knights of the race"
Mrs. Daniels paid tribute to Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson as "the best type
OF southern womanhood." /
When the whole nation mourned |
her untimely DEATH" she said, there |
was solemn pride in the south that |
the home OF her youth was selected |
for her last repose. Her memory
will live in the hearts OF all her /
but here In the south |
1t will be our privilege as we decor /
ate the graves of southern heroes, to
ever keep green her last resting place
and emulate her virtues, her gracious
ness and her practical helpfulness."