Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-26

This was heralded as an act WoTlny
OF the highest emulation. But thiS
French queen did not, as the nobie
women OF our south SIT herseli
down 10 sew on heavy WooIen BoouS
for soldiers she did not throw ASIDE
1.-The silken robe and the golden chaln
of luxury and apply herself day dlter
day with unWearied toll over sun
fabric which made the shoulders and
the fingers of the weaYerS ache. she
did not work in the field alone with
negro servants, raise a simple crop,
the sole support OF her struggling
countrymen: she did not b ar i'm
portant dispatches to her generals at
the risk OF her life: she did not write
memorial volumes In the current
which flowed from bleeding hands,
bound In love, and launched in hope,
to raise funds for the building OF
monuments to her heroic dead,
monuments that will teach patriot
ism and devotion TO generations yet
unborn and will create in the hearts
OF all who see them a desire to emu
late the splendid virtues OF those in
whose honor they were created.
The United Daughters OF the Con-
federacy, organized September .,
1894, and the women of the Confed-
Grated Southern Memorial assocla-
ton, perfected in Louisville. Ky. May
80, 1900. the idea being suggested by
a talented lady from my own historic
university town OF Fayetteville, Arkt,
have erected in the states OF our
Southland. a beautiful series Of mon
uments, emblems Of devotion and pa
triotism Of our confederate women,
attcsttng for all time to come the
aI ,trat ~
knew them but to love them" In
the capital grounds OF our respective
states, as we look upon these shafts,
let us remember that 1T was not the
history OF the heroes, but their
statues in the Ceramicus that would
not allow the young son OF Philip TO
sleep"
Owe Debt TO Women.
Sons and veterans of the southland.
we are under an imperishable debt
OF gratitude 10 our womanhood, who,
reared in the lap OF luxury, accus-
toned to every comfort that wealth
and station could bring, accepted
poverty for the sake OF an heroic
cause without a murmur; who,
when the stars upon your banner
had gone back to the heavens from
whence they came. when you re-
turned broken hearted at the fall of
the Confederacy to find your homes
made desolate with the ruthless hand
of long continued war; when you
were called upon TO face the horrors
of those dark days OF reconstruction
with its reign OF ignorance, mon
grelism and depravity, was always at
your side and. by precept and exam
pie, taught you TO be as noble in de-
feat as you had been chivalric in bat
ties. Without the fierce passion of
conflict to sustain her, with no hope
OF fame or glory as the reward of
great deeds nobly done; but prompt
ed only bypatriotism and a deep de-
votlon TO her country's call, she suf-
fered in silence more than tongue
can tell. and accomplished as much
as to entitle her to be held as the
dearest OF all our memories.
1t is worthy OF note and indeed a
striking tribute TO the idealism OF
southern womanhood that Mrs. John
A. Logan, wife OF a great union gem
eral, states that Decoration Day" so
beautifully observed in tho north,
was an adoption from the "Memor-
ial Day" in the south, and this
Memorial Day" had its inspiration
from the hearts OF southern woman
hood as early as 1866. II is an inter-
setting TACT that the first stars and
bars raised in Arkansas in opposition
to the stars and stripes. was one
which Mrs. John c. Lee OF Lewlsvllle,
Lafayette county, made from the ex-
pensite silk gowns Of herself and
friends and raised with her own
hands in 1861.
Are Worthy Types.
And the ladies whom | have the
honor Of officially presenting to you
tonight, as worthy types Of this mag
nificent womanhood. so imperfectly
described, are exhibiting the same
spirit OF sacrifice and devotion to
duty in our present great struggle TO
make the world safe for democracy
and democracy safe for the world.
On the broad sea OF eloquence from
whose golden beach others have
gathered pearls and shells OF beauty
rare, | would that | might find some
flotsam OF thought, poor though 1t
be from my own lips, yet commensu-
rate with the worth and work of our
noble southern womanhood in our
nations present crisis l would sieze
this flotsam. | would hang II upon
the wall OF truest hero worship's
Symbolical temple even as the mari
ners OF old when rescued from a
shipwreck did hang dank sea weed
on Neptune's shrine as a thank offer
ing to the god of the sea who res
cued them from the storm, and |
would carve upon the wall OF that
temple this inscription:
She who lives for SELF lives a life
lower than the flowers that fade and
die as autumn leaves; but she who
lives for others, lives forever. Who
soever would be greatest among the
kings and queens OF the earth must
be servant to them all"
Hearts United.
The women OF the south have
united their hearts and hand with
the women OF the north in a common
cause for the realization OF the loft
lest ideals for which men have ever
Fought and nations have ever sacri-
! feed. In all patriotic campaigns
they have taken a notable part and
in the Red Cross Liberty loan. war
savings certificates and Y. w. C. A.
/ rganizations they are welding with
their own hands and sacrifices the
warp and woof OF glorious democ-
racy which is destined to shelter the
oppressed of earth. We rejoice to-
day that in this great struggle for
the consummation OF a glorious cause
we are a thoroughly reunited and
/ harmO OnlouS people We thanh God