Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-10-27

NOluulbih! men tuee TlSe,
A goddess from the misty sea.
Lady of joy, sent from the Skies
The nations worshiped thee!
Thy brows were flushed with dawn's first
light;
By foamy waves with stars bedight
Thy blue robe fioated free.
Now let the sun ride high o'erhead,
Driving the light from shore to shore;
His burning tread we do not dread,
For thou art evermore
Lady of love, whose smile shall bless
Whom brave deeds win to tenderness,
Whose tears the lost restore.
Lady of hope thou art we wait
With courage thy serene command
Through unknown seas, toward undreamed
fate
We ask thy guiding hand.
On, thou! Sails quiver in the gaei
Thou at the helm, we cannot fail
On to Gods time yelled strand!
Lady of beauty, thou shalt win
Glory and power and length of daysl
The sun and moon shall be thy kin,
The stars shall sing thy praise.
All hall we bring thee VOWS most sweet
We strew before thy winged feet.
Now, onward be thy ways
The Presentations.
The effect ON the audience was magical
and the house rose en- masse, with cries of
"bravo!'' and "encore!' and had the man
agement allowed it the ode would have
been given again and again. But other
choice numbers were to come and an encore
was impossible.
The next order was the presentation by
the director of works of the master artists
of the exposition to the Worlds Colum-
bian exposition, and award to them of
special commemorative medals after which
the chorus again endeared itself to the
audience by its fine and flowing interpreta-
tion of Haydn's 1.-The Heavens Are Tell
ing"
Mrs. Potter Palmer, the woman to whom
too much credit cannot be given for her
work as president of the board of lady
managers, then came forward and received
an ovation that was richly deserved. Her
part in the programme consisted of an ad-
dress on the work of the lady managers,
and when she had finished no one who
heard her had the slightest fear that the
Columbian exposition would be failure if
the same spirit which pervaded her and
her assistants obtained throughout the
other departments.
Next came the tender of the buildings on
behalf of the Worlds Columbian exposi-
tion by the president thereof to the presi-
dent of the Worlds Columbian commits
sion, and the presentation of the buildings
by the president of the Worlds Columbian
commission to the vice president of the
United States for dedication.
The Dedication.
After these ceremonies had been con.
cluded Vice President Morton, who offici-
ated in the enforced absence of President
Harrison at the bedside of his sick wife,
advanced and was greeted with great en-
thusiasm. His function was to dedicate the
buildings, which he did in mastery ad-
dress, in the course of which he paid a
tribute to President Harrison and expressed
his own regret, and said he knew he voiced
the sentiments of the whole people of the
country in grieving over the cause which
kept the chief executive away from an oc
casion he had taken so much interest in
and which he was so desirous to attend.
| When the applause which greeted the vice
| presidents address subsidized the chorus
gave with fine effect Handel's "Halleluiah
Chorus" from the Messiah"
Now cheer ripples over the vast build.
ing which becomes louder and louder as
the brilliant oracle of the star eyed goddess,
the Hon. Henry Watterson, of Kentucky,
comes forward to deliver the dedicatory
Grafton Mr.. Watterson smiled, waited
till quiet had been restored and then with
the vehemence and vigor characteristic of
the man from the blue grass region kept
the audience spellbouud while he poured
out the eloquent words that fairly bubbled
over his lips. His address was n gem of
oratory worthy of the occasion and his
hearers and was cheered and applauded tc
the echo.
AS Mr.. Watterson retired the stirring
strains of the Star Spangled Banner
broke upon the ear, and the full chorus
sang the words of the patriotic hymn with
vim that caused large part of the au
dience to join in. When that was com
pleted Hail Columbia" was given in the
same spirit, and when the last verse wa;
reached it seemed as though the spirit o.
patriotism could not be confined anC
nearly the whole house joined in the swell
ing chorus The scene at the finish wa!
simply sublime.
There had been enthusiasm enough W
to this point, it seemed, to tire almost an!
ordinary assemblage, but when the laugh
ing face of Chauncey NJ. Depew smiled int
the sea of faces that greeted his appear
ances to deliver the Columbian Grafton th
cheers that broke out made those gon
before sound as summer winds to a cyclone
1t was pandemonium. Depew's stock o
patience was good, and when his audience
: tired of applaudilg he spoke rs follows:
Chauncey NJ Depew's Oratiop.
This day belongs not to America, but to tn,
! world Ths results of the event 1t commamo