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

As governor Of Arkansas, repre-
sentinB a state, the eighth Imperial
commonwealth to dissolve the union
between the sisterhoOd OF states by
the ordinance OF secession, passed
May 8. 1861, by vote OF 50 IN the
affirmative and one in the negative
esteem 1t an honor to have been IN
Nited by the noble sons OF confeder-
ate veterans TO officially present the
ladies' Of the south, in whose patrlouc
bosoms there is as pure faith, as
lofty an ideal and as undaunted "A
virtue as ever incited woman TO deeds
OF deathless hcroism.
mo bells need ring, no trumpcts
need sound
To herald their devotion 70 duty,
Their deeds are as close knit threads
on a broken texture,
Whose love enobles all"
No one can read the record OF the
wives and daughters OF the Confed-
eracy without being moved to admir-
alton OF the undaunted spirit that
brought forth from the wine press OF
poverty and denial, fruits Of toll tina.
crystalliZed into gllttering monu-
ments OF love cleaving the skies OF
the southland. The women OF the
I confederacy, by their pious admins
tration to the wounded soldiers Of
the south soothed the last hours OF
those who died for the objects OF
their tenderest love; their domestic
labor contributed much to supply the
wants OF the defendants in the field {:
their jealous faith in lost cause
| shown as guiding star undimmed
| by the darkest clouds OF war. Their
fortitude sustained them under all
the privations to which they were
subjected and stamped them as
hearts courageous" made doubly
sacred by the fact that they have ex-
pressed their enduring grief. love
and reverence for their sacred dead
| by gathering them into cemeteries OF
their own and building monuments
TO their undying memory.
Mothers ImmortaliDed.
The heroic Spartan mother, the
noble Roman matron and the fore
mothers Of the American revolution
! have been immortalizcd in song and
! story: hut IL has been reserved for
the women Of our sunny southland to
| blend the virtues OF these heroines
! all In one and present 20 the world a
D
| age and patriotism. Tel me that the
women OF the confedericy were not
noble race? Luxury did not ener-
vate them: adversely did not depress
them In the great fratricIdal strug-
| gle between the heroic people OF the
! greatest nation on the face OF the
earth, the women Of the north and
! south alike, with a faith and confi-
dcnCe almost sublime in its intensity,
! cheered and encouraged fathers,
sons and husbands in their gallant
defense OF great principles. They
wove, spun, nursed the sick and
wherever her woman's hands could
soothe the soul wounds OF the suffer
| ing there was her mission. With a
courage undaunted With the perils
that beset her path OF love and duty
from 1861 to 1865, the women OF the
south hoped. endured and prayed for
their struggling land and their he
roes. and when defeat came passed
through the fiery ordeal OF ruined
hopes. TO accept with a brave and
dignified resignation, the fate OF the
modern.
"Niobe OF nations. there she stands
Childless and crownless in her voice
less woes.
An empty urn within her withered
hand,
Whose holy dust was scattered long
ago"
Southern Women Noble.
We are told that there was once a
French queen who. surrounding her
self with her maids OF hor .,
wrought day after day on delic Z
tapestry with which the churches In