New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-28
WELCOME TO HENRY IRVING
RECEPTION By THE LoTos GLIB
THE ACTOR, MIR. DEFFw AND GENfRN rohIhR
AMoNG TIE SPEAKERS

English actor Henry Irving 10 Ahlcricd uooA Pa.
last night. when n dinner was rendered 10 MN oy
the Lotos Club. A hundred and forty members anu
arasts sat down about half past IN
o. tIroo largo rooms on the lower floor of
Ar Club while the dining room upstairs con-
toinod thirty or forty members and Others who
o unable 10 find room downstairs
poIird Mr.. Irving was an easel on which rested
&C. ortrot of the actor in the character OF ShyfocF'
NJ Icing SAT at a table in the centre room NJ
che rirbt hand of Whitelaw Reid, the freSi-
don't of the Club. At the same table were
Cbouncey NJ. Depew DIR. A. Z. Macdonald Generai
I1o-,co Porter f. Randolph Robinson, Algernon ,.
Sullivan r. b. Roosevelt, Thomas w. hhoA,
u u Gcrrince. w. II. Smith =. r. Lawrence, ana
several others Among others present were Inv
renee Barrett and Joseph Jefferson.
Coffee was served about half-past y O'CLOCK anu
after Mr.. Irving had been taken uP-S'""'
and introduced 10 the occupants OF the ulhi"s-
roo,, ON the second floor. the guests split up INTO
-. ~ tbc various tables and the doorways and
on available floor space were crowded with those
,,nrobers Of the Club who had been unable TO hnd
seats at the dinner-tablcs
= MR.. REID'S REMARKS.
II WAS nearly 10 o'clock when the President rosc
o,,d ,roposcd MIR Irving's health in the following
words: ,..-
X.,u Eup
iu H. .i, nycr tbc piano in q farWeScrn concert
hail: Don't shoot the performer; mes uog INC ~ ~
Iahaf that tonchtng old appeal They've done the best
ibey cond There 500 members o ihls up' tiI pi
tx ots Il, tlis dining room they have done thclr NJ
-, IN nu the 500 men into the 40 seats Don HhoOl
THEY'LL come down, apolosi1 letre,, ,hI
80, 20 neasc Won They've thoroughly tired tllS thlhg
Of uniting two I'm seat ana pc 'iul.g I've SI
three standing room is Just "a gooI ana 70 '
f~rvent hone and prayer Is that the MANAGER Tor your ~
tinglshed guest may be haunted 10y tnAt Htli-slII
oh
gdnn concentrated our National anniversary TO do
h"r n ia tay1rite actor lie about Ia lisit ms
n tha occasion ON the Fourth Of July last al banqnci
without parallel the history OF the Brtish STAG anu
n which there are actually meme 20 he compared save
the far less significant but stu famous enter 'u!snS
Kean and Macready.ai that banquet your gnes, hhu,
mi, speed would alone insure me hearty "eIoo1
| IN any land. But am not going among strangers
/ am going among friends" Applause -.
Let us take him at his word once we were aI 10 goi
our opinions from the other side IL lnH gi%w ss ,u
tancd our National majority %i way o, ION NV"
| thinking. are sul all the more s'"u l" "''''"''
\ friendships from the other side
We know our friendly guest a. the man whom great.
kindred Nation has agreed o accept ~ h foremost 'ihs
6rTstic REPRESENTATIVE We know that ms success has
tended To elevate and purify the stage 10 uhny tn,
actors calling widen and better ~ lhhuence We kho"
t aiu,taking scholarship he has brought 10 TIE repre-
sentafjou of tho great drannsts the minute ana com
pchensiye attention hc has gwen To ever drL hlA9 o.
his own acting and OF ne sG ~ 3 IN, foremost
| declare that be- Is already both. Applause. .
! We bid him the heartiest Of welcomes l" country
| ,t,1
ing indeed takes tone OF special coidaY MOI 80 ihuo
from what We kno" OF ms loIrlgH l,', ~
countrymcn gathered to give hun their farewell anu Cod
speed. II comes even in"t nom OH hi,'Hps ~ 10
fersou. lappau-c and l4wicn'e BSIr I'
John Mctuliodgh. lalll1us'l ana "',i,', i ,t a
te grasp " every mans hand in this Club yet warmer
IL E frI,ucd when Sc remember that his ,ou-pirdo
mend among English actors j. our HitLu J'H i'p'''
'1P would o, he f1'r TO orr distinguished but u-a,p
rfou- into thtrt foreign ul~lI
sitting down Did nor warn h" ii"i Hil Wy "hg uu,'
more which ice b. likely to hear 8, -d around ho dinner
table Ir him not tank hat Dc wholly BLOWS n' ana j.
| fairly raturahzrd, hlll hc h7 ''N 1't' ,i.' ''
morning agcr hi- fret poifoHnn',r. Nh"l lA'l n'9
contain no h'inc man luoNcth l.utltll oul III,
have sometime ii"'i lN1l ". VI ' 49,, A. go ,,
/ much attention; that We "'tun lh'lh h I''' t, '''
/ distinguished honor We Fl't ''H Nh'lp"i. ".'"' %
! TURKEY, "h,h We hi-i ''eo ANA H'''' ".'" '''- w.
l lGrcat lauShtrt.l ..., ,..t.. mon ,r..,,,.
But the prologue ~ an "llIt"''" "' A. 49,.
well hni-hcd from tho Stage, ', ~ Iu..2 u,.l'
| you rom Nual You ''H' 4" '''' , = 80, ''' ' |
I longer. give YOU E'filrir'H' ''I '"''l
o trumpet sot for sp''ie'' Ils 10 blow.
UflIth to Henry IT,lua and hearty welcome
/ Great applause
A'pl'i.''' -
After Nh Iryiug's health had been drunk
with loud ana IohG-'"I'I'u'u "PP'''''' ,"'
I rurst of the evening ross to ms
. feet lie uthN'I'u INV 4'I""'"N ~
4 in measured tone. and a siuglariy clear and ci'ec-
hFc chuhclallun' hi' - i'' ,' ''''''' "
I received with bursts OF laughter ana appiau7t'
/ Mh CuAmNAN AND GFNTLfNiN: II Is not ia my power
to thank you' WIN s h Ia ,,s
and sagec.ti5i- OF our friend the chairman mat
| Tuesday morning ,Dy feeling, may undergo change
am fH.S "'s,l NH, MI '''', ~ sb,U b.yr
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at.,t ne very much for Al the IlOm.nud bird q
| ia rrl know whether he il "a. familiar In your
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