National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-05-06
THE UNITY CLUR.
Papcr Upon Evolutionists In Ceussil, by
Prof. Baamsras.

Prof. Baamsras.
A very Interesting meeting OF the Unity
club was held at the residence OF Col. J. y.
Smith, 1919 Fourteenth street. The main feature
Of the programme was the reading OF finely writ
ten essay by Pref Bsungras, entitled Friends
Of tho Evolutionists in Council" There was
much Of real humor in the whole paper, and this
was so manifest during the reading that even
the dignined members Of the club could not re-
strain the outbursts Of applause that came as the
Professor gave the so.called speeches Of various
members of the meeting of evolutlonisss. The
essay began with the statement that throughout
the animal andtvcgetablo Kingdoms nearly every
upon It, but IT s net SO generally understood that
great original ideas and llfsthoughts, those that
mark spochs in the worlds history, arc infested
so numerous and so conspicuous 1t times as to
leave the usrshssting masses in doubt as to
which is the original and which the parasite, In
Take for instance the loftytciencs OF celestial
mechanics aud compare II with the bra1en-fnssd
chemistry and It's parasite alshsny. So even Of
theology and almost all the sciences. The great
s SSrf 4ssr Marin q eps
made their Impress upon their times All Of these
deiuded the iEsorant masses istSbelisving that
their tricks ahd vulgar notions we're sorted Il the
grand truths discovered or siqeitated Sy those ss
modern sciences Of zoology a.d biology IS de-
| vel0ped by Cuvier, Huxley, and, above all, Oar
win. The parasites on ideas seized upsn these
SUBJECTS also and turned the doctrines of tho
"origin OF the species" into luxuriant pasturage
for fun and ridieule by those who watched their
proceedings and enjoy as a pastine the absurdity
Of their arguments and conclusions:
AFTER the Introduction the essayist gaze In Do
tall q report Of an imsginaty meeting Of the eyo-
luuonists ofthe parasite order, with Dr. Nsttle
| as president and Mr.. Stubble as secretary: the
speech Of the president, salutiny his "f.llow-
| creatures" 80 as to include the brute creation:
and then the entrance Of PROT. Potamus upon the
platform, with the looks Of q mtgdiherium, with
| the professors wonderful speech 10 his friends,
| the brute creation OF course not forgotten. The
| interlude was composed OF music BY felines and
| CANNES, and ended, after Miss Shrimp's speech,
| with o general scramble between the dogs and
| their contestants, not emitting their friends In
the human form.
We have not tlms to even mention the many
excellent points In this essay. The further exer-
ciseg were some very fine music by Prof Psra.
| beau, songs by DIR. Dupcsn and Miss Livingston,
short recitati0ns by Miss Tsyl Tor and Miss Icksy,
and fine rendering OF "fehrig Mehon" BY Dr..
Duncan, and 1.-THE ship en- Fire" most grsphi-
oally given by Miss Lucy =. Crandelli an Irish
reading by Mr.. Mclean, and closing with u
| beautiful original poem entitled "Mystc Broth
erhOOd, )" by the president, Colonel Flint.
| There was very deep attention Of members md
| visitors, among whom were Hon. ]. il. Ella, Hon.
| John d. Dsfrees, AesSrs. Chsunoy Hickox, ].
| W. CLARK, DIR. A, J. Faust and wife, the Misses
Morse, and many Others.