Woman's enterprise., 1922-07-03
ADDRESS BY MRS. PINCKNEY
SMITH AT STATE DIVISION

Louisiana Division, was organizer Of
the State Division, 26 years ago and
is still active in the work of the
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Dear Daughters of the Confeder-
acy and friends: To me has been
accorded the honor of bidding you
welcome to our city, an honor | Deep
ly appreciate, for the past few years
stress of circumstances and environ
ments, have prevented ME from any
active service in your work or shar-
ing in your success.
There are others who could render
this service far more acceptably, but
yield to no member, active or pas
sive, a more loyal love of the cause,
or one who so cheerfully bids you
welcome to our hearts and homes.
Gust twenty-three years ago the
Louisiana State division was organiz-
ed in Memorial Hall. To my knowl-
edge there is only one member liv-
ing who attended that first meeting.
"These annual gatherings are al
ways fraught with memories tender,
sweet and sad. The past year has
been no exception in the death of
members whose faithful services de-
serve all of the testimonial in evi-
dence Of their good work and will
be held in everlasting remembrance
by their co-workers.
"In looking backward, one cannot
fail to be impressed with the Won
derful events that have followed each
other in rapid succession. After re-
covering in measure, from the hide
Gus nightmare of reconstruction days,
an era of peace and comparative
prosperity smiled once again on our
war devastated country.
Women of Old South.
"The women of the old South
whose hearts were racked with the
cries of pain and suffering from our
returning southern soldiers, realized
that something had to be done and
done quickly. They had no trouble
in adjusting their soldiers bonus bill,
and no rich government to back
them. That sacred flame Of mother
hood and loss of country blazed away
to clothe, feed, and inspire renewed
courage to fight the battle Of life in
the hearts Of a defeated army. How
it was done will never be known.
We can only attribute it to that WITCH
craft pronounced only to motherhood
and her maker.
"To that Spartan courage Of the
motherhood of the old South, we can
safely credit the prosperity CT our
beloved Southland to this day and it
is the key note of all success that has
crowned the noble work of the U. D.
C.
"This is an age Of wonderful
events and l hold it not only priv
ilege to have lived, but an education
when we realize the important events
we have not only witnessed but are
living factors in those great changes,
national, social and political events
now written on the pages of history.
Behold a new epoch so overwhelming
in its upheaval of the old, and the
evolution of the new. l sometimes
hold my breath and wonder what
next?'
eve can all remember what al
rude awakening was ours from our
sweet dreams Of peace, thunder
clap, from a cloudless sky, pistol
shot from the hands of an assassin
that rocked the world to its very
foundation, and we were called again
to face another war, whirlwind Of
murder, blood shed and crime never
equaled. In this great crisis of the
world, did our Southern youth fall
ter? Was not my countryman, a
Tennesseean, acclaimed the hero OF
the age. If you want any further
evidence of the bravery Of our South
ern soldiers in the worlds war I re-
fer you to the historical facts con-
tanned in the prize package now in
possession of every chapter in the
Division-these rolls of honor. With
the ending of the world war we can
truthfully say old things have passed
away, and the dawn of new era is
one to work in and adjust ourselves
to new conditions, let US hope for the
betterment of mankind. Now that we
have won the long delayed rights Of
citizenship, let us make ourselves
stepping stones to higher and better
things.
Hold to the Faith.
"Let US hold to the faith Of our
beloved dead, and to the beautiful
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