PLANS FOR UNVEILING

Daughters Of The Confederacy

Announce Program.

MUSIC, FLOWERS, ELOQUENCE

Cardinal Gibbons Writes That He Will Not Be Able To Be Present-Mr. Armistead Gordon’s Poem.

The official program for the exercises to take place in connection with the unveiling on May 2 of the monument erected on Mount Royal avenue, through the efforts of the Maryland Daughters of the Confederacy to commemorate the valor of the Maryland soldiers and sailors who fought under the banner of the Confederacy, was announced by Mrs. D. Giraud Wright, president of the Maryland “Daughters,” at a social meeting of the Baltimore chapter, at Lehmann’s Hall, yesterday afternoon.

A large platform, which will accommodate 700 persons, is to be erected, Mrs. Wright said, on Mount Royal avenue, adjoining the monument. During the assembling of the Daughters, the speakers, the Confederate Veterans and others who will participate in the exercises Southern airs will be played by a military band, and during the unveiling “Tenting on the Old Camp Ground” will be played. As the monument is revealed to view, “Maryland, My Maryland,” will be played, and during the rendition of the melody offerings of flowers from the different chapters of the Daughters in the State will be placed at the base of the monument.

The strains of “Dixie” will mark the formal opening of the program, and following this the invocation will be made by Rev. Dr. William M. Dame, chaplain of the Maryland Daughters of the Confederacy.

It had been hoped, Mrs. Wright said, that Cardinal Gibbons could be present at the exercises and that he would pronounce the benediction, but that, owing to a previous engagement, he would be unable to attend. She read the Cardinal’s letter, sent in response to the invitation, in which he expressed his regret at his inability to be present, saying that he had promised to be in St. Louis on May 2.

Those Who Will Speak.

Capt. G. W. Booth, first vice-president of the Maryland Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States, will present the monument on behalf of the Daughters of the Confederacy to the city and Mayor Hayes will make the address of acceptance. Capt. McHenry will be the orator of the day, will be introduced by Major-Gen. A. Trippe, commander of the Maryland Division, United Confederate Veterans. The monument will be unveiled by Miss Margaret Lloyd Trimble, great-granddaughter of Major-Gen. Isaac R. Trimble, Confederate States Army, and Miss Nannie Young Hardcastle, great-granddaughter of Admiral Franklin Buchanan, Confederate States Navy. The advisory committee of gentlemen for the exercises consists of Messrs. James R. Wheeler, 1. B. Gresham, W. Stewart Symington, G. W. Booth and A. C. Trippe.

The Program In Full.

This will be the order of the exercises:

“Dixie.”

Prayer by Rev. William M. Dame, D. D., chaplain of the Daughters of the Confederacy in the State of Maryland.

“Tenting On the Old Camp Ground.”

Unveiling of the Monument by Miss Margaret Lloyd Trimble, great-granddaughter of Maj.-Gen. Isaac R. Trimble, Confederate States Army, and Miss Nannie Young Hardcastle, great-granddaughter of Admiral Franklin Buchanan, Confederate States Navy.

“Maryland, My Maryland.”

Offerings of flowers by chapters of the Daughters of the Confederacy.

Presentation of the monument from the Maryland Daughters of the Confederacy to the city of Baltimore by Capt. G. W. Booth, first vice-president of the Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States in the State of Maryland.

Acceptance of the monument by Hon. Thomas G. Hayes, Mayor of Baltimore.

“Bonnie Blue Flag.”

Introduction of the orator of the day by Maj.-Gen. Andrew C. Trippe, commander of Maryland Division, United Confederate Veterans.

Orator of the Day-Capt. McHenry Howard.

“We’re the Boys So Gay and Happy” (camp song of the Maryland Line).

Benediction.

“Dixie.”

Badges And Decorations.

Previous to the announcement of the program the badges which will be worn by the Daughters at the ceremony, which will mark the culmination of long years of untiring effort, were distributed. These insignia are about the size of the oficial badge of the society and each bears a beautiful reminder of the final consummation of the years of patient effort to secure a fitting memorial to the Maryland heroes of the Confederacy in the shape of a photographic reproduc-tion, in miniature, of the monument. The representation of the monument is encircled by a narrow band of gilt and is mounted on the Confederate colors.

In honor of the assembling of the Daughters the platform at Lehmann’s Hall was decorated yesterday with the society’s stand of Confederate flags, the stars and bars, the battle flag standing forth prominently. The red, white and red of the Confederate colors appeared in the flowers and decorations of dainty tea tables set in the alcoves of the platform, from which refreshments were served later in the afternoon. During the afternoon a musical program was presented, including solos charmingly sung by Mrs. Bland Payne, of Washington, and selections on the musical glasses by Mr. Howard Jefferson. Another feature of the meeting was the sale, in response to repeated requests from the members of the society, of membership certificates.

A letter of thanks which was sent by the Richmond Daughters in acknowledgment of the generous contributions of the Maryland Daughters to the bazar held in Richmond for the benefit of the Jefferson Davis monument and the Confederate Museum was read by Mrs. John Poe

At The Tea Tables.

The tea tables were presided over by Mrs. George T.M. Gibson with Mrs. B. Jones Taylor; Miss Mary Winn, with Mrs. Geo. Hodges; Miss Jeanette Chew and Miss Anne Johnson Poe. Mrs. Gibson and Mrs. Taylor had as their assistants Miss Charlotte M. Taylor, Miss Claire Whedbee, the Misses Boise, Miss Giffin, Mrs. Fishburne, the Misses Weems, Miss Dammann, Miss Frances Taylor, Miss Serena Willlams, Miss Gladys Gittings, Miss Beverly James, Miss Bessle Wilson and Miss Eleanor Wilson.

Miss Winn and Mrs. Hodges were assisted by Mrs. Le Roy Gresham, Miss Bettie Blakistone, the Misses Ethel and Annie Hough, Miss Emily Johnston Hoffman and Miss Mary Nicholas.

Miss Chew’s assistants were Miss Virginia Wilson, Miss Alice Key Blunt, Miss Priscilla Williams, Miss J. B. Chew, Miss Constance Lee and Miss Dorothy Talt.

Miss Poe had as her assistants Miss Gertrude Poe, Miss Daisy Woodward, Miss F. Westcott, Miss Julia Smith, Miss May God-by and Miss Anne Bruin, of Hagerstown.

Plans For Summer Work.

Marked activity is being shown by the chapters of the Maryland division of the Daughters and various plans are under way in the out-of-town chapters for summer work. Among other entertainments to be given the Frank A. Bond Chapter at Jessups, Mrs. Odenheimer president, is planning for one, which is to be held at the Confederate Home at Pikesville in July to raise funds for the furnishing of more convenient quarters for the matron.

Mr. Gordon’s Poem.

In connection with the unveiling the following poem, by Armistead Gordon, of Staunton, Va., which was read at the unveiling of one of the Southern monuments and which has been especially brought to the attention of the Maryland Daughters recently, is of especial interest:

THE GARDEN OF DEATH.

Where are they who marched away.
Sped with smiles that changed to tears,
Glittering lines of steel and gray Moving down the battle’s way—
Where are they these many years?

Garlands wreathed their shining swords;
They were girt about with cheers, Children’s lispings, women’s words,
Sunshine and the song of birds-
They are gone so many years.

“Lo! beyond their brave array
Freedom’s august dawn appears.”
Thus we said: “The brighter day Breaks above that line of gray.”
Where are they these many years?

All our hearts went with them there,
All our love and all our prayers;
What of them? How do they fare,
They who went to do and dare,
And are gone so many years?

What of them who went away,
Followed by our hopes and fears?
Braver never marched than they;
Closer ranks to fiercer fray-
Where are they these many years?

Borne upon the Spartan shield
Home returned that brave array
From the bloodstained battlefield
They might neither win nor yield;
That is all, and here are they.

That is all. The soft sky bends
O’er them, lapped in earth away;
Her benignest influence lends-
Dews and rains and radiance sends
Down upon them night and day.

Over them the Springtide weaves
All the verdure of her May;
Past them drift the somber leaves
When the heart of Autumn grieves
O’er their slumbers. What care they?

What care they, who failed to win
Guerdon of that splendid day—
Freedom’s day-they saw begin,
But that, ‘mid the battle’s din,
Faded in eclipse away?

All is gone for them. They gave
All for naught. It was their way
Where they loved. They died to save
What was lost. The fight was brave.
That is all; and here are they.

Is that all? Was duty naught?
Love, and Faith made blind with tears?
What the lessons that they taught?
What the glory that they caught
From the onward sweeping years?

Here are they who marched away,
Followed by our hopes and fears;
Nobler never went than they
To a bloodier, madder fray, In the lapse of all the years.

Garlands still shall wreathe the swords
That they drew amid our cheers;
Children’s lispings, women’s words,
Sunshine, and the songs of birds
Greet them here through all the years.

With them ever shall abide
All our love and all our prayers.
“What of them?” The battle’s tide
Hath not scathed them.
Lo! they ride
Still with Stuart down the years.

“Where are they who went away
Sped with smiles that changed to tears?”
Lee yet leads the lines of gray-
Stonewall still rides down this way.
They are Fame’s through all the years!