New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-27
PAS CELEBRATION or ST NICHOLAS.
ADDRESSES BY CHAUNCEY N. DEPEw. ALFRED AYL-
WARD AND OTHERS.

ADDRESSES BY CHAUNCEY ". DEPEw. ALFRED AYL-
WARD AND OTHERS
The st. Nicholas Society celebrated Paas
last evening by dinner at Delmonicos The fancy
dress ball at the Vanderbilt mansion had decidedly
detrimental effect the attendance, which ID usually
large larger in fact than that at the annual dinner III
December The Paas festival has always been the
moro popular OF the two. Last evening the younger
element OF the society poticeably absent "A a
general thing the faces around the tables were among
the Oldest and most familiar ones In the banking ana
commercial world. and belonged to the socetys most
venerable members. Among those present were X e.
Remsen, william Remsen Henry knickerbocker W.
Ogden. DIR. j. II. Anderson. Thomas Melville, Judge
Van Hoesen. Judge Brady, eX-Judge Jones. Thomas C.
Acton Cornelius Vanderbilt, Thomas L. James, James
Mclean. William Chapman, Theodore J. Dumont
John Fnrmer. +. A. Potts, Elihu Root. william Dowd,
Smith T. Lane Stephen A. Walker and d. o. Mills.
Judre Abraham Il. Lawrence presided, with the Rev
Drs schenck and Vermye on either hand At n small
table I'm the centre OF the sat the secretary OF the
society Charles A. schermerhorn, and the stewards,
James W. Beekman. stuyvesant Fish, Chauncey NJ
Depew T. Benedict oakley, Frederic j. de Pryster aud
Roert C. Livingston. over the presiding officer were
draped the American and Dutch nags held IN place by
the soclcys shield trumpetor and other attend
ants In light blue and yellow were. ~ usual on hand and
added TO the picturesquenoss OF the scene.
After the ooco hal been served and when the long clay
pipe. had been brought In and the glasses hled the
speech making Of the evening began There were no
formal ioas,s The president called fret upon gunie-
man whom no assured the society no member had ever
heard OF before -Chauncey NJ. Depew. Mr. Depew re-
sponded promptly and kept his hearers full OF laughter
and good -hinor FOR the succeeding twenty minutes
ON rising he was received with loud cheers.
aThi. H. ! believe" he said the first time have
eyer sed you do not remember any other time.
and do not remember any former occasion TO have
seen YOU IN such condition 20 early IN the evening
The reason we arc assembled Is essentially Dutch We
are gathered here to enjoy ourselves Other nations
may dine because they forced to do so or becaso
NJ other considerations but the Dutch dine because
they are inteut having good time At this season
ali nature Is blooming aud lowering ana al animate
nature according the poets s making love Hut there
il no color about the Dutchman and no esthetc>m lilo
may color his pipe AMI display il tints with much
.olemn sasfnctOn but nobody ever sees without ample
sccuritv the color Of his money was walking mp and
down Fnhayc yesterday afternoon with friend from
The other side and noticed number Of those graceful
sbapes who wear sharp pointed boots tall hats stand
ing collars and pantaoons so tight that one wonder
how { ey walk believe they call them dudes.
n oud laughter had been explaining 10 my friend
how much misery results from the Overlooking OF the
labor market But do not see how amy 'uch ling can
| up 10 take the Republic on their shoulders 80
week from iGdS occurs iee % one s m Td
oias society Washington Irving. When me Edinburgh
Rerepo asked who read an American book book was
written 40 full OF humor that Englsh-speaking people
Immediately accorded II high place IN the WOrlu Oi
| literature .,-, a.,
author of THE Sketch Book" and closed by saying:
u can offer better sentiment than that we with
one accord aud with grand enthusiasm pledge the me-
| ory OF Washington Irving. . .
Paul r. Du Challlu the traveller, and Captain All cd
| Aylward A., u. I'LL, .,
no lad fought agnnst the English, said that they were
| a simpc earnest race and thft they warred against
England FOR the same that the American colonies
| fought hundred years ago.
The 81 Nicholas Society Of Brooklyn held us annual
meetng yesterday and elected John W. Hunter prest
dent siias Ludam first vice president; H. ID. Pol
hemns gh steward; T. ii. Wiletts, treasurer, and H.
| n IJuhbaTd secretary. A committee was appointed
90 take measures reOrganze aud improve the society