New-York tribune., 1886-02-23
A CONGRESS OF WELSHMEN.
SONGS, DECLARATIONS AND ESSAYS.
THE ANNUAL EIsrEDDroD-JUDGE DAvIs's WITTY
SPEECH.

THE ANNUAL EIsTEDDFOD-JUDGE DAvIs's WITTY
SPEECH.
Chicllering Hall was filed yesterday after
noon and evening with enthusiastic Woshmen. or de-
scendants of Weshmen, whom the Annual Esteddfod Of
the New society had drawn together from far and
near Gay flags Of many Nations strung across the
hall overhead and at the back of the stage. dsnked by
two Eli gsh Jacks and colors, hung the ancient
banner OF "Cymdentas Lewellyn," with its
gold-ettered inscriptions and gorgeous red dragon.
/ From the time OF the bards and OF
owen Glendower the Welsh have never lost
their reputation musical nation and the interest in
these annual eseddod, congresses s nothing If not
musical. Many prizes were given for solos, duets.
quartets chOruses and poetca decamations. both In
English and Welsh, and the excitement of competition
kept the audience in goodhumOred applause for two
very protracted sessions. ChetJustce Noah Davis
sided in the afternoon and eX-POstmaster-G General
Thomas L. James in the evening. Among the others
present william jeremiah president Of the Eistedd-
fOd Society; HOratio Gates Jones' president OF the
PhladeIph Welsh Society; tie Rev. John Evans the
Rev. Dr. Frederick Evans, the Rev. ID. Parker Morgan
Lewis H. Williams, william Apmadoc, OF Utica ana
william Miles,
The afternoon session was begun with an address
by President Jeremiah, who, after vigorous Welsh
sentences which tcKled the audience, introduced
Judge Davis The latter confessed himself trHe rusty
mis- native tongue but recovered his credit by tracing
his ancestry back to Ana, King OF North Wales, more
than 100 years before Edward l. "T The Welsh
have ali heard That Adam was the first Welshman ana
that his real neme was Jones. Wei, Adau spoke early
Welsh. our modern tongue, perhaps, dates from the
Tower OF Babel There Is an old story that lst rs the
confusion OF tongues ie the worzmcn at the tower
the master worRua giving some orders 70 mason,
which naturally sounded to the man Ike gibberish ne
Of mortar IN the master workman's face,
nd ont nr nncoub of % weR ionrme must have tried
1000 prisoners In my tme' but never saw one VINO
Tne Rev Dr. Evans the conductor of the Eisteddfod,
then made brief speech and th9 sinsing conpch%Tns %
StsS MsSt, nI ~heh Of ob Parry WIS frst con.
tested tor by the Messrs. PncheOns and Messrs Thomas
! English or Welsh "The Advantages of Technical
Education People OF Wales had been handed H.
$40 ; the Rev d. I. Phillips. of Baltimore, So and
A. Lloyd. OF NewYork s5 prize OF so was awarded
tenor solo: An. never deem my lggv9 can eau
ChnSe IRE prizes for 1Gb r NJ 'sSa snme c
went to I. T. Julien and john Evans Mrs. Samuel Col
Inns, Of NeTYork, carried OF SO for the best crayOn
portrait Of David Cadwallader Golden -Four boys and
girls under years OF competed In Welsh decla
nation. All got prizes and judge Davis added 80 to the
tctees sang The Last Rose Of summer In succession
Miss Judson. Miss Lee aud Ihomls and chester lrred
IL away easily however The prize OF To- ior the 9est
York and BROOKLYN was gwen TO the Rev u l. M
lips Mis- Jessie Schwert against three competitors
prz OF $40 original composition In Welsh OF the sort
/ called "Whirl wind Poetry 20; on Kilkenny, Dy
and n4 Wish comic song Ey t. Erwin Davis with sO
Fortunately neither read Then came the great
the Courtney Choir the Gounod Choral Society and the
Uraua Glee Club stted IN gee gart song. Peace
the Deep" prZe composition OF the new 1Ork
EisrddfUd Of 1884 After spirited competition the
tiouuod Cnoral SOsiety, with William Edward Muiigan
conductor carried on the so prize. The judge OF
music and musical positions Professor Apnadoc,
| the Judge of declomations, the Rev. John Evans
President Thomas l. James openoi The
evening session with long speech john
II. wilson and Mr.. PYncheOn contested IN the barl-
| tone solo Parry's Noble Boy OF Truth Mr. Wilson
was successful. ID. r. Morgan or Philadelphia, won the
SIS prize against four others In decaiming lr Nstorm
/ Eorty-tW tTdnsations OF the Welsh poem " Morgan
Rhys" into English and OF KnoX's " on, Why should
the Spirit OF Mortal b. Proud e. into welsh had been
han ed TO the committee. j. F. Evans got $40 FOR the
one. Mrs Davis GrcenpOint $40 for the other -Four
original compositions OF tenor ana baritone dct
offered. The prize OF SO was awarded to ). '"
ParsOn Price the winner last year An essay by Henry
| Blackwell, secretary OF the society, on welsh
I Bbfography," took the Griffith pr1zc or 500
no Thomas successful In the MagCWOvc scarf
contest and solo prize divided between
Miss H. aud Jessie Lee. Richard Henry Stodiard the
iud English verse. wrote that all the Oens ON \
National Monument to WashinKtpn, the only alu-ioh
t. Yesterdays holiday. bad that hr conli Hhd
absolutely ~tiuC ton ana the prize withdrawn
Tie prize for female voices $40, was gwen 10 MISS
Lee and Miss Judson. In the singing At sight the
Salf0rres quartette easily d-taneed AL cOmpetitor-
The choral for price OF 500 brought out
! tbe four choral societies again. The piece
! given MendessOlu's d" He watching over
william cCcssui this time
the Courtney Choir and Will hcncefOrth swing a gold
mounted baton presented by the Esteddiod The four
Professor ApnsdOc after The welsh National anthem
-" 1he March OF the Men OF Harech had been given
by singers AID audience, the meeting broke up IN tor
rent OF amin ited Welsh