New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-09
STANLEY AND HIS FRIENDS.
A DINNER 10 HIM AT THE UNION LEAGUE
CLUB.

THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANI5AImow wHIoU
BEARS HIS NAME PREsExr-rHE eRnAx
ExPnoRER GIVES A SHORT rALx-su,
DwHws WORDS OF rRAIsD-
OTHER sPEAKERs-A HAPPY
GATHERING.
Henry NJ Stanley was the guest Of honor ~
night at dinner given In the Union League
clubhouse by Edward A. Quintard to the resls
dent members Of the explorers social name bearer
the Stanley Club The company sat at round
table in the alcove room Of the Union League;
In the centre Of the table was q magnificent
bank of flowers, which was sent when the speecb-
making began to Mrs. Stanley, at the Everete
House.
1t was one Of those delightful private" dinnens
so-called, at which, according to Chauncey
NJ. Depew, the underlined notice that there VIII
be no speeches is invariably disregarded In New.
York. Yet it had this feature about 1t that dis
tingushes such pleasant affairs from public dan.
ners, there was no formslity. 1t was happy
family party, q reunion Of old friends around Mr..
Quintard's hospitable board Like all happN
family parties, it lacked stiffness.
THE SPEECHES INFORMAL TALKS.
1t is hardly fair to the speeches" to call then
speeches" after ALL They were simply talks,
Mr. Stanley chatted to his clubmen In remins-
cent way; Mr.. Depew entertained them with
wit, with which, as usual, wisdom mingled:
"Bin" Nye uttered jokes, boisterousx
good as well shockingly bad, In that
languorous, incidental fashion which is his. and
all the speakers united in praising Mr.. Stanley
ardenty and unreservedly
When Mr. Depew referred to mid-African dimes
fare. Mr.. Stanley said. in an aside. that it WAS
a 1.,<<> 1~s<
will be seen from the following menu list:
MENU. ~
Let It serve for table talk"-Merchant Of Venice.
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o0a'0nms R0s' foue vsas eass'cS cas EA'' ''' 1851
%s:sa sssrs!fq Il soup 20: e .Isen sss and green"
1%Sss iass ;sss. Issss' d TSIss
"a fish that sa;s ss'ss sse
Hsss sS s:ffs f:ss virtues ;ssss s Cane,
os Se shs &c rdss sssut BEET n Of I'D ss
n,,. Won .oow EisssS:s SssSs yesss veruscua,
Ss%s ! ss he iSi S.ins.:D ss.:Ds
rs-.pn him ,.., DOT. 81 %'S
But doth suffer . see change
Into something rich and STRANGE"
Gourmet
c.n.,s sss. % hath been s
WI Wien n'ss sses ises s:s.t%s'
"How lush and Iusty the grass looks how green"
Epss%sns esss s.s.Ss. sSsss'
Biscuit s.s.ssa. s!.ss Petit. Tsss sss.i s's'''
IN Fnopss s' ;D i;Es & sna xH':, s,sss.
o:tc acon.e which makes the politician wissT
60 -tRape Of TIE xsek.
- "sublme tobacco! which which from E... 70 wsss
Cheers the 'af's s00r ana 'oe 0fyron. aqSs f:saas
"And the night shall be nlled With nude.
:. And The cares that that intest ,.i.s n. the dsy, >,
And silently steal awsy."-(Lcnefellow.
AN APPROPRIATE QUOTATION.
The menu card was inscribed Greeting ID
Henry NJ. Stanley, Union League Club, New~York;
November 8, 1890. lie cometh unto you with .
tale which holdeth children from play and old men
from the chimney corner.'-tSir Philip Sidney
With Mr. Stanley and the host there sat AZ
the round table Chauncey NJ. Depew, Colonel
Thomas W. Knox, John G. Rollins, John Russell
Young, r. c. Mccormack, General Joseph R.
Hawley, Thomas R. Pickering. John H. Gafney.
Collector Erhardt, Colonel Locke w. Winchester.
Major G. B. Pond, William Edgar Nye, Murat
Halstead. Marvele W. Cooper, N. A. Baldwin,
General A. w. Greely, Gilbert Jones, Bishop
Ouintard H. S. Bridgman, A. Van Santvoord.
William Dowd, DIR. J. A. Tanner, Lieutenant
Jephson, Mr.. Dexter, Dr. Quintard and ~.
Dudley.
HOW THE SPEAKING BEGAN.
The little difficulty about the understanding
that there was to be no speaking" was overcome
in this way Mr.. Quntard set the ball a-rolL
ing by proposing the health of Mr.. Stanley, who.
of course RESPONDED. Then Mr.. Quintard called
on Mr. Depew, and after Mr. Depew had spoken
the continuity of the entertainment was main
tanned by each speaker proposing the health Of
another present. and calling him up.'
WHAT Mr.. SpANLEY SAID.
Mr.. Stanley said:
/ cannot be eloquent like my friend Mr.. Depew; nef
snyats S se the S e art Of aterdinnsr speaIns hsv:
been for months at time without pronouncing more
In imam africa T1 WE indulge in African Dialects es
speak no English. If only knew something about
would interest you locally and your enthusiasm
but i am fresh from the African bush You muss
scarcely express to you the pleasure Is iss
Apparently you have all found the fountain Of youth
Here is our friend Chauncey NJ Depew (cheers), -
fresh, as ardent, brilliant as ever Here Is my
friend Mr.. Quintard genial hearty and % active =
President Of the United states. (Mr HawIey, who z
the father of brand-ncw boy, blushed and smilodl
aver have q child shall take care that he shan
vote for your child for President Applause ane
aughter.)
OTHERS RECEIVE THEIR SHARE.
Then Mr.. Stanley named over many other mcu-
bers of the company, and found something to ~
each case.
Then he went on:
am profoundly grateful to you all for your kinS.
ness During my twenty three years Of life In Africa
cannot recoect having made more than one speech
here 4" Repeat it., cried somebody / then felt
,onfident that none Of those surrounding me would
ind fault with the speech, because few could under
stand what said.
Having again thanked his friends Of the Stanley
Club for their enthusiastic and kind welcome
,f him. Mr. Stanley sat down, and when they
had given him another cheer, Mr.. Depew wa4
asked to speak.
WHAT MR. DEPEw SAID.
Uo ready and willing and he WaQzQ0 hi