Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-05-25

where a dainty lunch was served.
The dining table was decorated with
green and yellow, the Gamma colors.
This years pledges assisted Mrs. Ed
monston. They are Misses Janette
Bragg, Louise johnson, and Jennie
Parker.
The U. D. C's. were the hostesses
for the Federation Monday afternoon
and had the library appropriately
decorated. One hundred ladies en-
joyed their hospitality and program.
The speaker Of the occasion vas the
President of the Missouri Division
u. d. c., Mrs. C. B. Faris Of Jeffer-
son City, a handsome woman of at
tractive personality and a fluent
speaker. Her address was on ''The
Inspiration Of the u. d. c., a part of
which follows: "There is not in all
the world another strong and growing
organization, a memorial to a storm
Graded nation" that fell, and whose
badge is the conquered banner of that
nation encircled by a laurel wreath.
What a sad journey home u Confed-
crate soldier has as he travels thru
his stricken Southland, footsore and
weary. On reaching his home once
prosperous, he finds it in ruin, his
farm devastated, his stock gone and
his social system feudal in its magnifi-
~ficence swept away, and his people
without laws or legal standing. No
nobler work was W. confided to
human hands than the uplifting and
upbuilding of the PROSTATE South
Over the bitterness and plain of that
terrible war let the curtain of obliv-
ion forever fall. Let no memory Of
sham or outrage stain the brightness
of our enthusiasm for u reunited
country. Rather let the love and tri
butte we pay to these heroes Of The
past bring home to our hearts lessons
of sacrifice and patriotism SO needed
in the problem now confronting ever!
american citizen. Great was tn
Confederate in war; still greater ha
The been in peace. Proud, indeed, tn
Daughter of the Confederacy VIII
looks back over the memorable past
her heritage for which she must liv
worthily. The daughter Of the Con
federacy "buildeth a break water ia
out into the blackness Of misrepre
sentation; she createth a harbor Q
crystalline truth; she holdeth aloft
i light which radiatcs past, presen'
future" The Missouri Division wa
y one Of the first states doing educi
. tional work and has scholarships
the value of S1635. We have studen.
" in Christian and Stephens College
l. Columbia, Cottey in Nevada; Centri
at Lexington; Kemper at Boonvill
y and the Missouri University. -"
have had offers from Underwood
u st. Charles, Howard Payne and Cel
J. trail at Fayette. The Missouri Div
sion has n thousand members al
d thirty-seven chapters. / extend fr
'e ternal greeting to your Federation
v Clubs, our sister patriotic order, Z
H. ID. A. R., and to all organizations tn
.work for peace, righteousness and a
ol vancement in the fair world of God
The U. D. C. arranged an autom
bile drive Tuesday morning in nor
of Mrs. Faris the state preside
~ Mrs. Crewdson, of Loulsiai
was another out of town guest W
has become a member Of the lo
chapter. l was that puffed up to
invited to sit in Mrs. Pollocks
with Mrs. Faris, whom I found ch
w. ming and congenial. l have my pa
mort to Join the D. A. R, Two frlel
have volunteered to act as spouse
but as yet no n has offered to
Initiation fee and present me a q
mond pin, so if someone don't hu
ri see if | can't break in the u u
yas Be sure you don't forget to go
ok Mr.. Whites next Tuesday evening
7.3O D. M. The entertainment is
,,os the benefit of the Episcopal
Church. While the Victrola is p
,rio inc "When It's Apple Blossom L
in Normandy, a picture OF the
Ed mic is played by the little child
i, of some 90 fishing while others pick
,rtv flowers growing by the wayslde;
to another group with their lunch
the kets spread their good things out
ire eat. One horrid bad boy wants e.
avn, bodv to know how smart he think
is. SO he breaks up the party n
all do as he does, show off. i
III. 4. Ali,