| Show I rK Chats With K 1 Great Men of Civil W War ar i v IMS br by t tt B M Mrs 7 G Gen Pickett I By Dy y rs en n l e it the nr ort E World GuN A itT HAT HAT Knight T J. J T 1 e m rn badge e which I soc e e you ou wearing I I suppose belongs 4 t to your our father rather For PIckett Isn't a Mason said Gen I ad as we 1 were taking our places In the Virginia Virginia Vir Vir- ginia reel at a ball at the homo home of at Mr 1 Reuben Raglan In Petersburg Petersburg Peters Peters- burg VaNo Va Ya No o o. o I replied the general Is not nat nota nata a Mason Maon But he Is going to ta bo be and then he shell shall wear the tho badge ballge For Far I 1 Ishall Ishall shall have 11 his protection then lie Ho ought to be a 1 Mason Ison but ho mU must l have his own badge You should wear Year this one always It will h help lp you rou rouIn In every crisis of ot life It will awaken sympathetic chivalry In the hearts arts of or many upon tipoti whom you will not nat J know now that you au have any claim for or assistance It will bring to your aur ido hide m members atthe of at the oldest and most powerful organization organization In tho the world whose long life Is based upon the confidence Inspired I by good bood deeds and tho the practical living JIving up to tho sentiment voiced b by the tho Christmas angels Good GaDd will toward men The Tho sunlight of or Its beneficence has Irradiated the world for tor centuries and nd has given light and warmth to hosts of men and anil women In the darkest darkest dark dark- 4 est st moments of their lives Gon Armistead touched his own n badge and said sald My 1 badge was one of ot the tho few possessions pos pas sessions I brought with me to ta help mo me f I fri t 11 n rl t nu rl 1 T DrI cAliri i 0 W n HaL hIs Ills belongings with Ith the British captain In San Juan I lIen left m my uniform with In Los Angeles He Uti was as only major brevet then but I told him that ho would be major before long and aid might need It Wonder onder If It the tho dear dearold dearold old aid fellow tellow did p put t It on and think atm of at m me I gave Jave him my y prayer book too and and told him he ho would surel surely need It before he ha got through with us How ho he begged me mo to stay But I am a. a Virginian Vir Vir- ginian you OU know It was was hard bard for tor us old fellows to leave the United States Stales nn lap flag It was w not BO o 0 much a n. surprise to me mc that General Pickett did cUd a as that I did myself You YoI were were both Virginians What hat else could you yau do Nothing We Vo would don an any uniform uni- uni form orm at Virginias Virginia's command How Haw well looks In his If It It were tar ary tary he lie would have hav violets embroiled tI led r d hl Ills his on lapels If Ir he ho should ever er bo be Jr President an and commander In iii chief of the army one ono a of hl his first orders would require that the uniforms should be adorned with lilies of or the te valley In Instead Instead In- In stead of af gold Rohl loco lace thul cani cankers ers and rusts Whit What exquisite hands your general ral hasi B But t then I have good lando hando myself What a a. beautiful and bright woman Mrs Pryor Is I. I an and what an or ornament ornament ornament or- or to Washington society she ho was wasl I She Sho t tiis a a. funny tunny story stary about her first appearance lat at a n. presidential dinner In the he time of ot President Buchanan very complicated hairdressing wa the style HUJe and It necessarily arll required much time She Sho chanell to have a hairdresser who used d to do n Rachel Rachels ch I hair The charming French actress I be became ame th th me of oC discourse and the tue time slipped away until there was little left for or tho the re remainder re- re of ot tho the toilet So our lady was sas sassoon al soon In tl the tho o carriage o with her hr gaiters sattel's on her foot feet Instead of ot the he dainty slip slip- I N Ge pore pers provided for or the occasion I s su suj pose 1090 she was safe sate from detection those who ho saw her face tace and heard Ii hi conversation atlon wa would l 1 not be like likely think of at her hEIr dress She could wr enchanting b books of ot her het experience she sho would How Irow well welt Mr Mrs Pryor has Armistead's confidence In her literal JUers ability the reading world orId To those who knew General Arm tead tend as he lie lived he was a 1 fellow Infinite Jest josl and the tie p pall t tl wrapped him around on the hill lull of oC Gettysburg was as tho the su sud l fall fail of or a storm stormy night over a sun sunday da day In June He has has' cam come down In history as a L sublimely tragic tI figure ure in the sup sup nat nal scene of or the greatest act net In Inmost Inmost inmost most solemn martial drama of or our h ht hi t tory r He appears before beor the In the mall of ot a a battle battlo hero hera shroud In the sable cloak of ot an early aw awl w doom Still echo ech through tho the decA hi his last lost words wards as with his bin cap om on point paint of ot his sword ho led le his men menthe men mentho tho the federal suns guns R Remember member boys bos remember FoU met mel Strike for ar your your our homes your our wi wiand wiand and your aur sweethearts Come Came toll foil ITI me meY e They followed on at his call can a athose athose those words vorda yet el ring ring- out In a n. paean paean glory from tho place where the blo red seal consecrated hl hie devotion to cause Virginia holds hold forever In heart of hearts her noble son wh life current Went enl out when hen the ii h hi tide ebbed f |
