Show PLAYS THE ROLE OF LADY OF CAMELLIAS ak 4 41 r k ZA when the civil war broke out in 1861 there marched away aay from ric richmond mt va a company of young men who cast their fortunes with the north As they left the capital of the confederacy a young belle in crin blines bes bestowed tomed upon each of them a bouquet of camellias the blossoms blossom of the shrub were ere given as aa a sort of good luck token and each soldier was cautioned not to part with the flow ers but to keep them always about their person the girl was known there as the lady of the camellias years later inter when the north and the south united in the fight against spanish misrule in cuba the daughter of the first lady of the camellias gave to each soldier who left richmond a bouquet of the flowers for good luck today from the same old fashioned camellia garden the third representative senta tive of the family hepzibah E kendrick lck Is be bestowing bestowing stoNIng sprays of the camellia to the soldiers from her native city with the same good luck wish the present lady of the camellias also presents a copy tf her american battle batt lesry ry set to the tune of dixie 0 |