. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. not be amiss to saythat the Generalteased Mrs. Lee when-ever he got a chance. Mrs. Lee, he gen-erally called her, or Miss Mary. It wasone of his peculiaritiesto prefix the names ofhis near cousins withMiss, and oftenthose of his owndaughters. j\, he would sa^^, why dont you wearyour dresses longer?I look at the prettygirls in town, and theyall wear long dresses. If you dont lengthen yours, I shall have to walk with the prettygirls. At the Hot Springs the summer before the war, Mrs. Leelaughingly said that she had constit
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. not be amiss to saythat the Generalteased Mrs. Lee when-ever he got a chance. Mrs. Lee, he gen-erally called her, or Miss Mary. It wasone of his peculiaritiesto prefix the names ofhis near cousins withMiss, and oftenthose of his owndaughters. j\, he would sa^^, why dont you wearyour dresses longer?I look at the prettygirls in town, and theyall wear long dresses. If you dont lengthen yours, I shall have to walk with the prettygirls. At the Hot Springs the summer before the war, Mrs. Leelaughingly said that she had constituted herself the hostess because. REAR OF THE LEES HOUSE ON FRANKLIN STREET,RICHMOND, SHOWING BALCONIES ON WHICH GEN-ERAL LEE TOOK HIS EXERCISE AFTER APPOMAT-TOX. 330 GENERAI. ROBERT EDWARD LEE, she was a Virginian and at home. She made herself charmingand helpful to every stranger who arrived. Her nature partookof the sublimity of simplicity which emphasized the greatness ofher husband, which simplicity of life and manner he has bequeathedto his sons and daughters. At Arlington Mrs. Lees manner was always sweet and was ever ready to show the Washington and Custis relics,and displayed Mrs. Washingtons dresses with charming littlestories, and retailed the traditions of the place, even to strangers,without affectation or assumption. When she arrived in Richmond,her spirit was filled with resignation and hopefulness. She wastolerably well and ready for what came. Hardships did not comeat first; the house was plainly furnished, but quite comfortable;Richmond was filled with refugees and soldiers; there was no
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