The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-22
TEE ANGLICAN song.
Singing the star SDeosied Ba1re--
On tbs City Of New YORK
Foz tie 81 Lo<s RspNSIsc

Froz Hs 81 Loza RsD&slse.
LITKEPOoz. JaDs "a very sensational
isSidsz1. which, Ike 1osz ssoEsEioazl i1ca-
1szts, lad ia rsdic1loas SIDE. occurred q
board TIA Inuaa steamship C1ty Of New
YORK q tie evening q June Is. s. sbs was
u bs- voyage % ttis country. As is usual
and very przlsewcEt5y, = co7ce-f Eas Eos-
Ten NJ Il ths saloon and a coEsction made
for two nas- estiuEbls charities. tbs Sea-
meas Orp1a1ez= Il Liverpool and the Blue
Ancbor Soc1ssy Of New 7 ork. The eutertain-
msut was mpastzcsly successful, and Lbere-
cs.pz amounted 80 tes Considerable sun o.
&5a Al tie conclazio1 q tbs programme
ths passs7gsrs passed 3 unanimous vote Of
thanks 70 Capt LswiE. tie cozmzDdsr Of
tie ship, for the exczlleot manner II which
Re bad WORKED up TIE affair. Capt Lewis,
IN returning thanks, announced that the
evenings entertainment would concluds By
tbs singing Ct tie national airs, Cod Save
the Queen and tie Star Spa1Zlsd Ban
ne-, ten checking himself. he sddsd IN the
Bext breath: 30, / forgot, regret 70 say
thss thsrs are 10 copies Of The Star
Spa2glsd Bsnnsr.' aboard this ship; 60 We
sEsQ omit IL OF this occasion"
A m1rmur Of disspprovsl echoed through
ths saloon The entente corGi1ls eppssrsd IN
imminent danger Of being broken. Nobody
started the British national cir, and men
6C4LE slILC6 eE811L Al A1=E 2 Certain
Henry Emsrich Of San Francisco arose In
MS wrath and said: Il protest against this;
/ have crossed TIE Atlantic In this vessel
twenty times and On each trip tina: same ex-
cuSs for not singing our American national
AR has been made By the captain / think
taat even IL il be true that there are no
copies Of tbe song aboard there is a sufficient
number Of Americans present who know
the song TO sing IL: and IL, indeed, there are
m f(Tr,lAz hrsar1 fzre 9Z9 70 ~
fund 70 buy some, 50 that the ship shall be
10 longer left in such destitute condition
~ the same time Mr.. Emerich threw
down On tie table $50 gold piece. EEthu-
siaS7c cries Of Bravo, Emsrich I" Bravo,
Emerichs - Good for your Set iem up
again." arose in the tumultuous volume
among the assembled crowd Of passengers,
in which It was noticed that the English
contingent joined most heartily. The patri-
otto example Of Mr.. Ensrich was enthusi-
ssticslly followed till the cabin table resem-
bied Tranby Croft baecarat lay cut.
One gentlenau in particular, A Curtis
Boad, who wore the rosette Of the Ameri-
can Order Of the Sons of the Revolution in
his buttonhols, exclaimed vshementiy, az
be threw down his money, THE man who
would let . British ship go destitute Of the
greatest song on earth is q wretch whom
twsre base heItery to call q bowling idiot"
This sentiment was re-echoed with cheers
on both sides. under the fire Of which Capt
Lewis retreated in confusion. leaving the
money behind him.
His departure 1es soundly Missed by the
Americans, and the bone OF contention
The Star Spangled Banner"-was sung by
ths Englisbmen and Americans alike, If not
in the same key, at least in the same buach
Of keys, and followed By a choral perform
ance Of God Save the Queen" which
equaled II IL did not exceed the other in
Vigor and divergence of harmony.
Capt. Lewis took this reproof in such high
dudgeon that he did not favor the saloon
with his presence during the rest Of the day.