Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-22

course OF nor TttuAug AAlHs A-eAhNlho
paused and the multitude OF voices !
somewhere 10 the south sang short sell
ections from the ode, which had been
set 10 special music.
Two wreaths presented respectively
to Miss Monroe, the writer OF the dedi-
cation odo and Mrs. Lemoyne, tho
reader, adorned tho front OF tho
stage. The wreaths were made OF
Nobils Iauroaus the true laurel OF
history and tied with gold and white
ribbons, the colors Of Isabella.
AS Mrs. Lemoyne concluded
her reading aud was about
TO resume her scat, President Palmer
advanced and extending wreath pre-
scented by the ladies OF Chicago deliv-
cred It to Mrs. Lemoyne In graceful
little speech Hearty applause greeted
her as she accepted the trib
uto to her excellent reading
Of the ode. There were loud
CRIES ToR MISS MONROE
and the little authoress Of tho ode was
forced TO come to the front and bow
acknowledgement to her cheering ad-
mirers. In words OF eulogy on her pro-
duotion, President Palmer presented
Miss Monroe boquet which had also
been sent up by the ladies OF Chicago.
Again tho
CHORUS BURST FORTH
IN the closing selection from the ode
and TO the accompaniment OF the or
chestra OF two brass bands, produced an
impressive effect in the rendition of tho
choral music 10 which the ode had
been set.
Director OF works OF the exposition
/ IN II Itt.sVlauu4 tuu introduced hN
| President Palmer and spoke a few words
after which President Higginbotham
| presented medals OF tho exposition TO
the master artists OF construction.
The work OF the
BOARD or LADY MANAGERS
was the subject OF an address by Mrs.
Potter Palmer, and although the lady's
feeble voice was not heard by those
farther than fifty foot away, mans chiv-
alrous tribute OF applause to woman
was not wanting
President Higgiubotham, of the
Worlds Columbian exposition now
formally rendered tho buildings TO
President Palmer, OF the Worlds Col
umbian commission.
To the address Of the president OF the
local directory, President Palmer OF
the national commission, responded as
follows:
SPEECH or PRESIDENT II. W. PALMER.
Whom a structure designed for a
benehcent purpose has reached com
pletion and is about TO be devoted 10 its
object, II Is deemed fitting, in accord
unce with custom which sprang from
tho aspirations OF man, and which has
received the sanction Of successive gen
creations, that its intent and aim
shall be declared amid imposing core
monies, and the goodwill OF tho pros
emit and tho blessing Of the future
invoked upon 81,
II this occasion shall have MS one
of It's results tho Inauguration Of an
= other festal day 20 enlarge tho toe
meager calendar Of our people, the
, world will be richer thereby, and 1
} name which has been hitherto hold IN
vague and careless remembrance vii
be made vital and elevating force x
mankind.
Anniversaries arc the punctuations o
history. They arc the emphasis giver
10 events, not by the song OF the poet
or the pen OF the rhetorician, but by the
common acclaim Of mankind. They
are tho monuments OF the heroes and
the eayiors OF the race. They nre tho
Memnons which fill the heart with
promise, the eye with gladness, aud
ear with song.
In behalf OF the men and women who
have devoted themselves 10 this great
great work, OF the rich who have given
} Of their abundance and the poor who
have given OF thoir necessities in be-
half OF the architects who have given
: 10 their ideals local habitation and O
name, aud tho artists who have brought
hither tho three graeeB OF modern life
form, color, and melody, todecorate and
inspire: Of tho worlSmen whc
have prepared the grounds and reared
the walls; In behalf Of tho chiefs whC
have organized the work of the exhib
itors; In behalf OF the city OF Chicago,
which has munincently voted aid, Of
tho congress which has generously
, given Of the national moneys; In behalf
Of the Worlds Columbian commission
, the Worlds Columbian exposition com
7 pany and the board Of lady managers
ask YOU TO dedicate these buildings
and grounds 10 humanity, TO tn,
end that all men and women OF oYery
cline may feel that the evidence OF ma
terial progress which may here NEE
the eve Is good only so far as 10 may
promote that higher life which is th'
true aim OF civilizatlon-that tho evil
dences OF wealth here exhibited and
tho stimulus herein given 10 ind ustr.
are good only 30 far as they may extenI
the area OF human happiness.
AS tho president Of the commission
turned to Vice-Presidont Morton u
the close and asked tho
REP ENTATIvE ~ rHE NATION
10 dedicate the buildings and ground
10 humanity, the sentiment OF the oc
cgsion reached Us climax and cheer
from 100, 900 threats welcomed the veneer
able vice-prosident OF the United Stntes
By common impulse every man ant
woman In the monster assemblage o
floor and stage arose to his feot in I
spontaneous tribute 70 the higbes
I dignitary Of the occasion, At the con
clusion Of the vloe-prosidents addre5
and as he pronounced the dodicatorl
wards. tho members OF the foreign dip
lornatic corpe arose simultaneously Il
tender a graceful approval OF the senti
ment, and the example 30 delicately 90
by the representatives Of the foreigi
Representatives was Immediately FOL
lowed by ali the thousands assem-
bled beneath the vast roof