The sun., 1892-05-01

President Lawreace Hints at Honors that
Nay He In Atore for Mr.. RciA.

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] members OF the club and invited guests sat
down to tho dinner which was served. The
| guests Included ID. o. Mills. Gen. Wager
| Swayne. W. II. McElroy. st. Clair McElway.
James W. Alexander. Abram S. Hewitt Will
liam Winter. Col. Elliott 7. shepard. Vicomte
+. d'Abzac. Murat Halstead. Charles S. Smith.
and Paul Dana.
| Frank L. Lawrence. President Of the club.
presided. In introducing Mr.. Reid he said.
among other things:
MIR. Reid has resigned his Ministry to
| France and returned among us the same
| genial kindly. unaffected gentleman az in
| yoars gone by. and hc would have us
think that he has laid down public Office
for good and all. Yet whatever may be
| his belief or desire. I ask you. with
! out attempting to cast political augury.
might it not prove another instance Of the
harry destiny which so long has ruled our
| country II so typical an American citizen. pos
q @ si sna his
hs h9s he n has etnHn than
Mr.. Reid was received with prolonged ap-
=" Ii seems to me that in days gone by have
| the club where they always entertain foreign
ers. wish it distinctly understood that this
| is no occasion OF that sort You are entertain
| ing no iorei- -ner Tonight
f9,thsrore you are entertaining s,xnn man
ing. / have ridden up town hanging to strap
ina sixth, avenue elevated. with the market
the ribs. and the heels Of the man in front ro-
Losing toes have been zen Invited to de-
nifty 10 tk; make a Political 1ii speech Ny
friend tho rerGnrtteEE has insrviSwsd inter ,dne me
Sf GF to wc Ee anse evr h
landed twenty four hours tn subscription
laner, was ,presented inviting mo to Join my
rsseints fSnna that our paiernai eity
same work; | have, likewise enjoyed the
% snF Feah 5S Hy thirst ns seye9 xsa ss
tlemen who had had nothing to eat for tho
past forty-eiSht hours: and had no place. to
but it struck me that they had fattencd a
little on their misery during the past three
even ruddier glow than ever.
Al! these. you will admit. are circumstances
feel at home again. no matter how long his
absence
@ fresh eSes @ com AND ?' az % what hinssyou @
sss did 0T eaae nS" ss''st fully Sc
ties Of our incomparabls Central Park
ys when nDsens came fresh 81 r5 neF the 9sss Sss
de Bonogne. The man is a public enemy who
would deface or curtail It: and hope this club
and all men OF good taste and good will in this |
spirited young President Of the Park Commits |
fence Of It against every spacious scheme Of
sp,.liation. from whatever quarter it may como.
apt war; sy NeS
York must look rather crudo. after the splen |
did architect,ire h, Of the great European car..
story. 1t does not deceive us by saying that |
we have here a Louvre or a Madeleine. or |
do Vile, but it does startle us. with
the revelation Of an unsusrectsd ted. beauty
does aks an old pm ws as ee prets
say nothing Of Wall street and Broadway and
1t does show o variety and beauty of archi-
tectura effect UP town that begins to warrant
us now in being as proud Of the exteriors OF
our houses as We Ion: have been Of their in
And do you know that. to q man who has
Soltaire Volta and behind It or s the % bricsSra 3 r
shops beyond q, the h. rses dc Ia Rsppbliaus Or
plorsd the heights Of Mentmartre: or the By:
Ways 9i the Fauborg St AntSne IN ri the streets Of
Initiated Pnrisian n meth DDS IN asphalt to % uno
nfw s sS9@ on'
that wsfs s e Ssys tSe e,easass q, q tss
successor near the Goyernment Of the French
republic. This afternoon he told mt he had
been summoned to Boston. l should have
been glad to extend to him hero my congratu-
lations and best wishes | take this oppor-
tunity to reassure him as to any fears
which our newspaper dispatches for the
last few days may have aroused;
Paris will be blown up and scattered to the
winds before he gets there. should feel safer
myself tomorrow In the company OF my
friend tho Prefoct OF Police in Paris than T
should on one of the boats Of my other friend.
John II. Starin. on the next Fourth Of
and most likely it will be nothnG-hIr.
Coolidge will find himself. when he presents
his credentials. In what will be still the Cayest.
the pleasantest, and the most beautiful city OF
the world and he will find there a welcome as
cordial as the national friendship it represents
Is old"
Ex- Mayor Abram s.. Hewitt followed Mr..
Reid He said that. although Mr.. Reid and he
had had their. differences politically. these
differences had never entered into the sacred
domain OF friendship. He added: And when
have made the great mistakes OF my public
career Mr. Reid has been one Of the first to
me and tell me to go to-"
Among the other speakers were Murat Hal
stead Con. Wager Swayne. Thomas w. Knox, |
Paul Dana. Charles s. Smith. and William
Winter.
:, Letters Of regret were read from President
Harrison; Secretary Blaine. George William
Curtis. Edmund Clarence Stedman. nnd others.