The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-11
SOUTHERN WOMEN
 ! SHOULD HELP KILL ! SECTIONAL D|SCORD
Wife of Secretary of Navy Addresses Opening of the United Daughters of
 Confederacy Meeting
MRS. JOSEPHUS DANIELS

Savannah, November l0-Southern wom- en should recognize and more fully ac- cept the part they may play in eradi- eating any lingering animosities between the north and the south,'' declared Mrs. Josephus Daniels, wife of the Secretary of the Navy. in an address at the opening session here tonight of the annual con vention of the United Daughters of the Confectionery. Mrs. Daniels, here as a delegate from North Carolina, spoke in response to an address of welcome.
 Let those of us who know of the tra- vail of the sixties keep alive the glory of sacrifice and the valor of the van qushed to the latest day of our lives, D said Mrs. Daniels But let us not look mournfully upon the past but ask our selves 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 incarnated in the southern women of the war and reconstruction pe- riods.?'
 Love Greater Than All
 First of all, we must know that love is greater than all beside. Our children must be taught to love the flag of their country. and sons and daughter. alike given to see the patriotism of those who wore the blue as we'll as of those who wore the gray. It was said that Henry Grady died loving the country into peace. The first duty of the daughters is to love ali 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. s"Second, to preserve the history-the home life history--of the south during the war between the states. Southern his- tories in plenty tell of the glorious con fiicts on land and sea. But there is a history of those days not yet fully writ ten There is untouched history of be- roines There was stimulus to men who went to death marching to martial music, under inspiring banners, cheered by their comrades. Women poured out their lives in apprehension and labor and sacrifice and unutterabe loneliness. Many stories of their deeds have been written, but more
 
 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 the pages of literature by collecting and print ing in permanenth form these deeds.
 Keep Memories Fresh
 "The third duty of the Daughters "f the Confedera1 Is to keep fresh the men- ory 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 grandsons hold them in honor and point to their service as illustrative of the noblest knights of the race"
 Mrs. Daniels paid tribute to Mrs. Wood- row Wilson as 'the best type of southern womanhood."
 When the whole nation mourned her untimely death,' she said. there was a 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 countrywomen, but here in the south it will be our privilege as we decorate the graves of southern Le- roes to ever keep green her last resting place. and emulate her virtues, her grac- iousness and her practical helpfulness.