New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-13

.Prthce no more: thnu dost Talk nothing 10 me.
Just before the COTE was brought I'D, ea i ""o
present received what purport ID 10 oe ,eove
from Boston, dated April l, 1885, liz ii' '''10 ~
The dinner bell, the dinner bell
81, Is ringing loud and clear; ~ !, s,reet and lane
Through hill and pain, through suoo' " ~
1t echoes far and near
Ihear the voicel gc gol
Prenarc Your neat ani VINE;
They ntile heed thCir future neeo w u
Who pay not when they dlhe w. W
n, +ho hack of the dispatch was double picture
,r;tb tbe words Barker, late Delmonico" between
,ba two parts Tho cut at the left repre-
sented DIR. Fordyce Barker. Justify ringing
the "d,nner-bol" and holding a knife and fork
in his left hand. At the right Dr. Holmes was seen
ruonjng in answer to the bell, with bundle oil
bones under one arm and DOCKS unucr
the other Far behind him Ben Butler, IN
policeman's costume was brandishing To-
Gust club. and in the dim distance the
Massachusetts State House appeared crowned
with the legend, "Tewksbury Investigation"
HOW THE DINNER ORIGINATED.
The dinner TO Dr. Holmes grew out of sugges-
ton made by DR.. Barker about month ago 10 a
dinner party In the University Club. 1t
WAS thought 10 be particularly appro-
pirate in view of Dr. Holiness recent retire
ment from the chair of Anatomy at Cambridge
that the members of the regular profession IN New
York should give expression to their appreciation
of the honor which DR.. Holmes has conferred upon
American physicians byh his contributions to the GEN.
eral and medical literature of the past hai century
and Dr. Barkers plan was received with great aVo'.
The dinner company party acted on the SUGGESTION III
once and general committee was organlzeu 10 tahe
che matter in hand OF this committee Dr. Barker was
made honorary chairman, Dr. /. Gaillard Ihomas
chairman. DR.. Paul F. Munde treasurer, and DIR. u.
T.. Peabody secretary. The other members were
brs James H. Anderson. A. Brayton Ball, William
G. Bull. Clement Cleveland, John G. Curtis John
C.. Dalton Benjamin F. Dawson, Francis
Deaield William II. Draper. Frank 7. Foster,
Allan McLane Hamilton. Everett Herrick, Edward
l.. Keyes Frank p Knnicutt George NJ. Defferts
Alfred L. Loomis Edward G.. Loring, Charles
hcBurney. James w. McLaue Charles l. Pardee,
Henry g. Pfarl, William NJ. Polk. Beverley
Robinson, d. B. st. John Rosa, Charles d. Scudder'
A. A. Smith A. H. Smith, Lewis A. Sumson, Fred
ric r. Sturgs. Charles s. Ward. David Webster,
Francis NJ. Wild Robert F. Weir, George G. Wheel
ocl and Leroy NJ Yale.
# is significant of the estimation IN which Dr'
Holmes is held that the only embarrassment in the
arrangement of the dinner was of very different
nature from what had been at first apprehended. 1t
was doubted at the outset whether moro than luo
physlcians would be found who would be able 10
give up their time and money to tho entertainment,
but within two weeks after the hrst announcement
MAS made public, the committee was embarrassed
oy the number of applications for tickets received.
letters came from Philadelphia, Nsw-Haveh ana
.ther cities, but many applications had to be de-
sined because the limit Of the capacity OF Del
nonico,s large banqust hall had been reached