The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-24
sOeIAI SIDE on THE REUNtON

in the. great social, military and SEN
umental annual meeting that brings
together a crowd OF from 1890 70
1900 people TO do honor to the ex-
Confederate 5soldler-the Reunion OF
the survivors OF the State Confederate
army.
This Is the first time that the iex-
Gonfedsrates have selected Anderson
as the, reunion city and uncommon
interest attaches to the meeting here
and throughout the state Owing TO
the comparatively early date of the re-
union the diyisons. brigades 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 Off
ciaI ladies OF ,ile meeting. entertained
MS such, and courted by the eIltirr
social fabric OF the state. 80
Tho ofaginsof the sponsors and.
maids custom at Confederate reunions
is familiar. Twenty odd years ago a
Mississippi camp OF Confederate Vet.
Grams appointed Miss Winnie Davis,
daughter OF Jefferson Davis, sponsor
at; a reunion. Miss Davis, in turn
appointed d couple OF her young
friends tobe her maids of honor. This
incident, intended ut the time as tenn
| pcsary honor for the family. OF Jeffer-
son Davis. became custom and now
every organization in the United Com
federate Veterans Association, ap-
points sponsors and maids of honor.
The young ladies have an older fe-
male head along with them, and each
organization appoints a .chaperon, and
| inatron OF honor.
The Sons OF Confederate Veterans
following In the footsteps OF their
Iathers. maintain Organization in every
Southern state, and hold their re-.
unions on the same dates, They apo
point sponsors and maids of honor.
The two organizations. clesesIy allied
therefore. send to each Confederate
Reunion EeYeral hundred official ladies
selected tom the hest familfes of the
south that stand high. in the social
scale in thefrsco communities. No meet
| ing anywhere iii the world Wuffiida hhffiinE5 ttiI-
gcther at one time so large q number.
of handanmA and ACCOMPLISHED ladies'
to be entertained by the city In which
| the reHnioniis held. The entertainment
OF these ladies Is one OF the difficult
hut Aleasants duties4 4of q reunion city.
A committee Is appointed by every re-
union CITY entertain the maids ;.sia a
sponsors and upon this - committee
falls the duty OF seeing that the ladies
are provided with things necessary
10 their pleasure and comfort.
Mapping out "a social program,
Ithereforea for q Confederate reunion.
Is . task that demands the best OF
talent on the entertainment line.
al.
balls, trips 10 points OF interest
around the reunion cities and any.
| thing else in the line cf seciss enter
tainment the COMMITTEES may devise.
The ,.crowning event oft the. week in
society,<-hewegsr lis the annual ball
! for maids and .RponaoEs If the re-
| union is held. in a; city Where hall
large enough to 9ccpmodate several
hundred dRpling Couples at once can
not be secured, a dancing pavilion Is
7 Ieonstructed Tor the occasion This
payliio consists OF ,a large canvas
teuts we'll flOared and, lighted; it is
isst .tti Con soEtahia seats
Z! on the grandRtand order, where sew
eral thousand spectators may witness
the ball, IL 9 reader has not seen one
OF these annual balls at a aGonfederate
reunion he has but limited idea OF its
Isize and II liianey. Nothing To equal
IL in splendor can be seen in the
United States. unless IL be the inaltg-
uration ball az the national capitai,
no% fallen into social .desuetnde. II.
the inauguration ball at the national
capital. is put out Of the contest the
annnal haii OF the Confederate re-
union, :,at which the maids and apon-
| Eorsi hold sway isis the GREATEST So
oial function of the Gt1iked States. e (
The ladies' and genfl lemen who par-
fticipate In IT, sse balls. are descendants
LOT men aud women OF that splendid
tciyfliznfiou az the s4oistll, Sshtch hafora