MONUMENT FUND IS $16,000

Daughters Of The Confederacy Made $10,869 By Recent Bazar.

An interesting and enthusiastic meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy was held at Lehmann’s Hall yesterday afternoon. It was the annual business meeting of the society, and a very large proportion of the entire membership was present. The hall was in gala dress for the Monday german. The Confederate flag which hung on the stage during the meeting added a note of color to the greenery of the Southern smilax which festooned the walls.

In addition to the reports of the officers detailing the activities and benevolence of the chapter, a statement prepared by Mr. August Simon, treasurer of the bazar recently held for the benefit of the Confederate Monument Fund, of the amounts deposited to the credit of the different tables, etc., at the bazar, was read.

The statement was as follows:

Texas…………….$1,339.17           Louisiana…….454.72

Maryland……….$1,289.81.          Missouri……..$497,67

Virginia………….1,952.58.          Mississippi……211.90

North Carolina.386.43.             Murray Associ-

South Carolina.230.90.            ation Table…….945.14

Alabama……….430.12.             Lunch room……541.11

Georgia………..859.01.             Ticket office……979.59

Florida…………233.75.              Gypsy tent……..100.05

Arkansas……..644.27.              Sundries ………..35.76

Kentucky……..182.60.

Tennessee…..449.45                Total………………$10,869.03

In addition to the amount made during the bazar, the Daughters have a sum of money deposited to their credit-part of the proceeds from the bazar of four years ago-sufficient to bring the total amount up to $16,000. With this sum as a basis, the arrangements for the monument are to be made.

While the subject was up for discussion yesterday the fact was referred to that the site for the monument has already been selected, a former City Council having granted to the Daughters the privilege of erecting a memorial to the Maryland heroes of the Confederacy on the triangular lot opposite the Mount Royal entrance to Druid Hill Park.

A meeting of the members of the board of managers of the Daughters of the Confederacy with the members of the Municipal Art Commission is to be held shortly for the purpose of making arrangements for the erection of the memorial. Action by the general society will be deferred until after that meeting.

In the report of the benevolences of the Daughters during the year special mention was made of the active relief work carried on and of much-needed assistance given to families and individuals.

Announcement was made of an Invitation extended by the directors of the Charleston Exposition to the Baltimore Daughters of the Confederacy to attend the Daughters of the Confederacy celebration at the Exposition on April 12.

At the close of the business meeting a program of songs and melodies of the Southland was presented, under the direction of Miss Sarah Burwell. Tea and light refreshments were served afterward from dainty little tea tables, decorated with the Confederate colors-red, white and red. Mrs. B. Howell Griswold and Mrs. Frank Markoe presided at the tables.

The election of officers resulted in the re-election of all of the members of the old board of managers, which is constituted as follows:

Mrs. D. Giraud Wright, president; Mrs. Charles Marshall, first vice-president; Mrs. John P. Poe, second vice-president; Mrs. J. F. Dammann, registrar; Mrs. E. S. Beall, treasurer; Mrs. Hugh H. Lee, recording secretary; Mrs. Samuel C. Chew, corresponding secretary. Managers-Mrs. Thomas Barter Gresham, Mrs. B. Jones Taylor, Mrs. Samuel J. Hough, Mrs. McHenry Howard and Mrs. J. M. Carey.