The morning call., 1891-10-13
a BRILLIANT RECEPTION.
S. SWEET Green Responded to the AID

S. SWEET Green Responded to the Ad-
dress of Welcome.
To the sounds of sweet music the hidden
guests to the reception given in honor Of the
visiting librarians arrived last evening at
the Palace Hotel, and were conducted to the
first floor, where all necessary arrangements
had been made for the occasion.
Standing on the south side of the beautiful
and brilliantly Illuminated parlOrs were
ranged the Reception Committee, among
whom were noticed Mr.. A. E. Whitaker.
wife and daughter Mr.. Horace Wilson and
wife, Mrs. E. 3. Pond, J. Vance Cheney. j.
B. McChesney and daughter, of Oakland.
These were assisted by a large number of
gentlemen, and the guests from the East
were III a short time introduced to the guests
from the West, the result Of which was ere
long very apparent in the hum Of CONVEX
satiOn between three or four hundred per-
sons.
Mr.. Cheney, after seeing that everything
was progressing in a perfect manner, made
his way TO the corner of the parlor, where
he raised himself above the heads of the
animated mass OF color which surrounded
him by stepping on one of the chairs. He
was at once noticed. and every one pr esent
turned to learn what might be the cause.
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
He then informed them that at the last
moment be had been Informed that w. ii.
l.. Barnes, who was To have made an adj
dress Of welcome, was unable to be pres
ent, and called upon the Rev. G.. w. Wendte
of Oakland, who in few brief words well
coined the librarians to the hospitality Of
California. In abiding to the profession
he spoke of it as one IN which its disciples
are free from worries aud trials which age
those who pursue other vocations in life,
upon which tile Librarians, who, by the
way, think they are the hardest worked in
dividuals on earth, gave way to good deal
Of leyity.
SWEET Green, made the response, in which
he dwelt upon the bonds of affection exist
ing between California and New England,
due to the exchange of gifts New England
having, in the early struggles of California,
sent many of her best sons, and the returns
made by California during the war aud con-
tinued even up TO the present time. One
of his metaphors was appreeiably apt. In
speaking of the progress oil this State he
said it reminded him most forcbly of Rcy-
nolds' celebrated work, "The Infant Her
cules."
THE LIBRARIANS DREAM
Mr.. J. Vance Cheney once more claimed
the attention OF the throng and read very
interesting, humorous ana original poem
entitled The Librarians Dream" the
point of which was to illustrate the value
of the librarian in the regard OF the souls Of
llIS Sloab dutuDlo lUu6 oHlNp pttoSCu AWAY
and his inestimable though unappreciated,
worth to the queTying public. The author
was roundly applauded.
The broken threads of conversation were
once more taken up and spun out till late
hour, when the guests wendell their
way homeward from must delightful
entertainment, feast Of the reason and a
flow of the soul. Among those present the
following were noticed:
Mesdames A. s. Halladle, C. E. whitney, Elliot
C0use of Washington; f. j. Symmes, h. +.
Hought0n, S. q. Bgelow, Robert Ewing Gluten
Day, Horace Wilson, L. B. Pond, A. Il. WbiIta-
ker, l.. l.. Baker. I. II. HittelI, A. W. Scott, I.
MeMulen, = kincaid II. X. Goddard aud j.
5. Moreion. Misses Beaver, Kincaid. Fitch and
Ella Adams. Messrs. j. s. Moreton. f. j.
Symmes, j. Vance Cheney-R +. Houghton, S. &.
Blgeow, Robert Ewing, Clinton Day. Horace
Davis, Ira 7. Rankin, Professor William c..
Jones, Alexander Badlam, II. j. Brady, AL GeD.
hardi, Professor EllO; Couse OF the Smiths oman
Institution; Edwin Woodruff, j. S. Bunnell.
George L. Shaw, g. L. Whitney, a. S. Hallldie, G.
g. Stevens ana wife, Rev. g. W. Wendte OF Oak
land; Joseph Hutchinson, q. X. Fitch. Professor
|. Siriughan OF the State University; j. r.
Rowell. Ii. X. Goddard, Sas White, NJ. Green
blatt, J.. l.. Baker, James Phelan aud A. W. Scott.
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