New-York tribune., 1882-03-02
ANNUAL FEAST or TIE TYTANS.

There was a gathering of the Titans at
DelmOncos last night and nearly one hundred sat down
TO banquet honor OF Mother Earth the prOtoctress OF
the order The tables spread in the large and
were furnished with such food Ttans supposed
have loved Tho beef a rOlympcnnc, the chicken
apIeroule the potatoes SOuUire ds Psyche and the
fruit that OF the Hesperides At the door
feet OF solid Africa kept guard and tho little
French wniters bobbed around among the
giant assembly looking like pigmios. When the
Titanic feast John b. Woodward, the
president rose, Ike some tall tower; in shape and
gesture proudly eminent" and formally welcomed t he
guests OF the order to the banquet 1hon turning
Colonel Thomas W. Knox he called upon him
TO respond to the teast OF Diana and
ActeOn." When the cries OF "Salvew had
eubsided Colonel Knox spoke feengy OF tho ancient
couple delivered to his care. lie said that though
Diana lived In the woods she fought tho tiger or
cav the elephant aud he regretted beyond expression
that Aoteon should have gone to the dogs" lie then
read poem which be said copied from a papyrus
scro In the hands of mummy Of the dynasty of Ram
eses Ill The poem beguni
"n.r sb.sst11sS aa%S Tfs !. S,basp, DsPa,
and gavo account Of the adventures Of that lady and
Aoteon. In pointing the moral the Colonel said that
ACteons fate would be shared by all Titsns. For
IruWb5Tlli smith TesPonded TO the toast OF Europa
1s bH he @ m se 1Ss me fd TN m
f. Macdonald. DR. Macdonald arqso amid STORM Of aJe
paper sunhOwer handed him. and inhang It's
Rrance TIL the applause died away, the Doctor said
NSince have been Informed by presifcn that
to speak Apollo tonight, have done my best TO
learn something about him, but Il Is only since
1 have been here tonight that I have learned
with deep regret that be Is dead But hearing that he is
dead and seeing Life memory treated this pro
gIamme come to his defence. Doctors feel the same
Endly feeling for dead men that most men do for their
work When seC that Apollo IS called the first Hsbste
and when think who Is the as Bsthetc 10 Is enough to
make Apollo turn Wilde. ! have tried In vain learn
something about Clyte / asked all my friends at the
Century Club and only fouEd man who knew any
thing about her lie said, Oh H8desi know she is
yacht think this Is the proper place for Titans
10 meet do think there 10 another city where
much respect is paid TO Mother Earth IL was touch
ngly said Of Buck FaDshaw that lac never shook his
mother New York can claim the same virtue. ono
would thilk that the street Commissioners were all
Ttsns."
The next toast was Hymen and Utah"
How doth the little Mormon
Improve his daily life. .
By going out a.Waking with
Ills ioTty second wife"
1t was responded to by Colonel Alfred Wagstaf
An immense cup called the " I1tan's Be1kcr was
then passed around and each Titan as he drank OF ls
contents shouted Ave - and the rest sang Bring the
Beaker Forward" The programme ANNOUNCED that the
cup would be passed by Ganymedo-and 1t was. But
through the "blge Ionian air, hs tangled
ours all tossed" and now measures
six feet six inches. Worse than that
the Of Olympus have tanned him and he Is black
hs the OF spades There four tOass after the
ciTCling OF the beaker as follows: Jupiter Pluyius
responded 10 by e. y. DIckersOu; " PrOInetheus,"
epOnded 10 by Dr. william A. Hammond ATLAS Up
holding the Heavens" responded TO by Judge A. J. WI
lard; and Hercules at the feet Of Ophae responded
" by Colonel IL. O Lockwood.