THE WOMEN OF THE SOUTH THE virtues and graces of the beautiful and accomplished Women of the South have gilded its memories through every generation Norfolk. WITH UNFADING SPLENDOR. WILLIAM H. STEWART, Grand Commander United Confederate Veterans. HAIL to the riders of the South Who 'neath that banner fought The horsemen who with Stuart rode Or charged with Ashby at their head To those who fought with Fitzhugh Lee; And made the Old Dominion's soil The men who sped at Morgan's side And those who never backward looked And still in many a Southern home The Story will be told Of how they dared the battle's wrath Louisville, Kentucky. BASIL W. DUKE. LEE WERE I asked to name the most characteristic feature of this Idol of the South, my answer would be, "A complete absence of the melodramatic in all that he said and did.” All who had the privilege of his personal aquaintance at once recognized a character in which were blended THE NOBLEST QUALITIES OF MIND AND HEART. Edward V. Valentine Richmond. THE VALENTINE STATUE OF LEE "As one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams," so lies the matchless Lee MAJESTIC AND SERENE! The masterpiece of a genius dear to the Southland, and honored the world around for the matchless marble that will forever entwine the fame of Robert Edward Lee and Edward Valentine. JULIA WYATT BULLARD. |