New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-23
NEW-ENGLAND'S GREAT DAY.
HoNoRING THE MEMORY OF THE PILGRIMS.
ANNUAL DINNER OF THEIR DESCENDANTS IN NEW
YORK-sPEECHEs BY GENERAL SHERMAN, DIR.
TALMAGE w. W. PHELPS. GENERAL
sCHOPIELD, II. w. GRADY, DIR.
VAN DYKE. JR AND HOR-


VAN NDYKE. JR AND nOR-
ACE RUSSELL
The virtues Of the Pilgrim Fathers seem 70 b
growing more formidable each year II ono may
Judge by tho steadily increasing number of their
descendants that gathers each year st Delmonicos
on Forefathers Night The New-England Society
of Now-York has never had a larger membership
than now, ana never have many of the members
tried to get at this annual feast and had to
go without Demonico's big dining-hall Wa
crowded to i.s utmost. The tables turned and
twisted ont of their usual order The Rnest-tablo
ran along the south side Of the aud the others
SIX in all were stretched lengtbwise instead Of
across the Lall. Even with this economy and dis
comfort the annex dining g-roOms had to be uscd.
I he unucky jnniOr members Ut tho society took
their courses outside and lined up along the walls
and IN the doorways when the time for senti ncnt
and oratory came.
The hall was prettly draped with small flags and
over TIE music gallery and sb ore the presidents
head hing two large American flags Beneath the
one on the south wall was banner with the coats
of-arms of the SIX New England Sta'es worked on
its face the old seal of Massachusetts, showing. OF
course. at the top Each clab Man wore a white
rose or red one, and the tables gay with cut
flowers. coored lamps and ittering candeabra.
The bill of fare as usual. was a large thick card.
with iIlumn ated borders, old Mayfower relic, and
the arms of the two colonies, Plymouth aud Massa-
chusetts Bay. IN soft blue and reddish tnts, kettle
of tea brewing and dou gh " Miles Staudish in pink
with a adle in his hanl looking queer against tho
French wines and courses on cue page itself An
other more costly souvenir WAS large hand-paInt-
ed car' lett on each plate, with somewhat modern-
looking Puritan in kuee breec hes aui ruf coat,
holding high in the air asmOkng glass-chan-
uague glass; by the way-of punch Ou q table near
n yter uk.rd
itself pretty picture 10 is DR.. Holiness verses on
the Plymouth captains toast. On the lower corner
of the carl we're the open book, the naked sword
and the becro wned hat The design was rilany's,
an , needless to say, ap:y caught the humor Of the
ev.ning.
The sword, the book, the hat and the PATRIOTS
speeches which followed carried one back. OK course
to the perils and trumphs Of that bitter wiuters
Decentralization at Plymouth, 266 years ago. There
is one thing fortunately. about the story OF the
Puritan Fathers its remoteness and indefinite
quality of expansion that makes it 60 from year To
yeir No cne Knows ali about Plymouth Rock yet
! apparently and a, Secretary Hubbard admitted
last night Dr. ralmage can still give poiut' on
| Pilgrlm Fathers not found On tue most ancient
minutes Of the New-Engand Society.
Horace RUSSELL just reelected president. sat at
| the head of the CUES table To his right tho
Rev. DIR. Tainage in IA cutaway coat with hs broad
face like "a humorIsts. quick and bland. on the
other side was Henry w. Grady. of ihe dttanta
Constitution IN ,kig aebut here aud trife over
cast with anxiety for the re.ult. Then on both
sides were ranged General w. 1. sherm an, griz@ed
and serious, too. with exlempore remarks buz1ing
and bothering iE his nead aajOr-Goneral Scho-
hell. also cray but let the Rev. DIR. Van DYKE
H. yonng and cal in his black high waist
cat and black tie; William Walter Phelps, repre-
senting the National Legi ,iature Isaac Il. Bailey
Henry A. Hurlbut. Josiah NJ Fisre. Marve!le W.
Cooper an | Steward l.. WoodiOri, all ex-presdents
of the society: Thomas l.. James, of the ST. Davprs
Society; j. J. UDonohue. of st. PatrIcks: John h
| Kennedy of ST. Andrews: Judge Hopper Q. Van
Worst, OF the Hollan Society; Carlisle Norwood.
of the st. Nicholas AMI John Wnslow, of tho New
England Society OF Brooklyn. The others
present were: