New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-24
IN HONOR OF MIR. DEPEW.
A DINNER AT THE MONrAUK CLUB.
CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY AMONG FhiEN"'
AND ADMRERs-THE SPEAKERS.

CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY AMONG fhiI'"
AND ADMIRERs-THE SPEAKERS.
A dinner IN honor Of Chauncey NJ. Depew' VINO "sS
fftyeight wears old Yesterday given TO HI" Ny wy
Montauk Club OF Brooklyn last evening '>e'',' ~
members OF the club subscribed 10 t"o 49,,
and enjoyed II. President Charles A. MVo'e w.
At his nght sat the guest Of honor ana AZ no
Mayor Body. At The table with them were M,
road Commissioner Chaplin. GENERAL stewart H. VIVA
ford OK Con nc ssman W c. Wallace, ex-Jdge AfhoN
and John r. Van Wormer Among Others present.
were Timothy l.. Woodruff. II. c. Du VAL Jonh a
Nichols Felix Campbell r. T. Grfggs r.. b. bar''e''
". H. Williams. George p Tangcman, ". W. hoa'i'ef'
p. ". Williams, Leonard Moody, ". X. Maven anu
f. II. sayrc. ~.
speeches wero made by President Moore "es.,'
Chaplin, Wallace, WoOdiord and woodruff "''' WI
Depew The latter spoke in part as follows.
| should be- the most nscnsible OF men II , az
NOT deeply appreciate the great compliment wv, :.
Won nav me- While the occasion makes NV ne,r
beat happily and arouses an honest pride
Of political friends martyrIzing themselves to Desoin
~ Medium by which the orator can get his views
before the country. 1t Is not a collection oi rv-
formers ambitious to have the speaker s IJ ,,p
nrove the subject much better than the man on Ms
fct II is not convntion to promote Prli IN s non
hoat policies or rcsc0 men Gehur' N nroie,sI9ns
rd h,sinc.s pursuits are gathered in this room. ihat
they meet to greet me IS distinguishes nIh hot natal
me occaso cbornr covers than ever have enshrned
f. before this celebration called for no puDc ~
nor notrlotic event. nor public man, Is II lIlnur !"
The requires of friendship and the expansive proper
ties OF club life -, ,ho ,ooyt
The 23d day Of April Is of course one o. 1 was
born shakespeare and myself. St ueoI re- tacnne
the globe with his drmbea ana ms nag n nnprec t
our progencr: on account Of his failure 10 aplreoaa,
the proper relations. nationalwlS" between p.ic' h
and children We found 1t necessary 10 nrSI crn1n
him and then declare our lndcpendehce i.d i,iro
have since become the principal object Of hi' aIilna
lion IL due 10 exerons and nor 70 III .i' ,'a
Unt we always extend him cordial welcCni'; nlr
bo.pably cntertaned when go TO the Ola nome
and arc ready 70 render him any proper a,s'tt'7
he should neod II and 1t Is right for Us 10 give It,
WORK AIDS LONGEVITY
Shakespeare died NJ nifty, and am to-day my
Icb, with the consciousness " hrmer health' Iu''c-
mowers nd keener enjoyment Of life than ever
bc,,cve that Shakespeare died because he retired i'o,
business lie had demonstrated for the glory VI
tho human Intellect that myriad m,u3 Stpapford
housed In one bran ana ,en that health and
Longevity are Inds ,0ubly connected with Worn; and
furnishes the ozone for the iung7' 's t Ike occupa-
the digestion which support vigorous me- ' n"nsve
uo ,SbIcb honns the brain active and explstNo'
When a man from fifty upward IeuI,S, turl,id his
iQr ia, ms slngesh. his stomach burden ana me
coffin his home. Bismarck Mt sevenlS nog 81 eighty
MANY THEIRS eighty France GOrtacnanU er in Great
nm" russia Gladstone at eigtytW pow ~ ont,ng
Ertain Simon Cameron nj ninety tilS III a. the de
Ir""d and enioying all the fatirues as wen a. u ,
nnfGu s" london season illustrate the recuperoft
m1wcry Of work These men never ceii-eu ~ in ~ or
Ky y,.rt ~ their abilities their iacuIueI IL LAM,
thc vHI nes have seen Gladstone moving a nro
the street with the brl,lt'ess Of nan VI dscomrSe for
hove heard him at the dinner tap, ", U,onld live
,a'V ,"n every living question rs II he Wou - n
long enough to solve each one OF men, movement upor
mn -, absorbed him as completely as II Tiu
musical critic in the orchestra Ghar ~" vomth
va" r. he ,l,d World the club Is the home o te cr tbe
ord ,bo wIdower and the house Of refuge io While
married man who Is the victim oi Ho ne crimes aud
lag US 4 A
tho Amgr n,tas o ~ those on the eaee clyon OF
Europe IL has other virtues W. T. The cr.gqrious
fcatnr Of the Xmcrcan club y6icth Is their s ppotc
bcncft it, members leave ar tG up pont In pure
ther with free discussion under the rose %
cost qualities Of each become me muencc of the best
M in nJcr he hest conditions, and convey 'no,"
icSsons which supplement those OF ,"c tirng in
tempcr"nco o. nicdgc The Democrat discovers NM
nuen pehcan is moi wholly bgoed and te ne bad
icnn finds out that the pciT nnry IN the Presby-
,oron md the PRESBYTERIAN rubs agtinS' p,ntisf
hesides form in the Eplscopanan, lean without
Sepg Immersed Youth Is glorious and yet Wfeh
man OF fifty and past lGoT SecS and not his own
d sens has rescued hm-perls when wo%is , thc
have existed If he had had dnrns VIZ Would not GO back
ua s re- ms ne over again Secure in the acenmn
lated possession Of iena'' U nance once more into the
srTeam and strike out for another SHORE - Durtc's
Of youth Its ideals, We ove hon, !" r' That his con
o ras above their votes. and recognize our iue'
statesman study the ideals q cir "I' hg cur
~ mo Jonathan Bdwardscs. ana other s"' -.
the pulpit and dearzc the H I'M Rryyol1tlon. and
Morris. the patriotic banker m '"o "0'V''
idcaliEe the business man
CHAMPION OF THE MASSES
We have found rs we nave r"ooou -
,hem IN life that the statesman Is oi'o" Nv
-, , schemer than patriot tha' "' $50
soldier is tgotisca. earrulous ana harro" '''iu.I
all questions but armies; that the lawyer ,n,
snitiiutSs tricks for settled prime pie OF aW am IL
the mluser talks to the galleries Ia'4ot 10, mai,
enus N the con rcGItlon while tne Du'.l' ,Hih
nalee a nheuomcnal success upon stahdarus WiI'"
would reverse the Dccalosuo cam rec~ Of The
man @Sampes afforded through an active ana oe'y
Ne tntc that inter ail the masses are Pe.n
I'm th"ir REPRESENTATIVES The common Seh'Iil me-,
~ ian ines Is honest OF the pulpit Is pure ana lo,y'
Of the congregation Is moral and a,piHnEj oi Ire nG
III LUZ ,,en Thus believing because We know, W.
,n.. ry onr deals The woman who married Us III
Rcr Young rirlhood Is stl fresh and beautiful as 2n
srbt for our party aud we fight for our rylisi2i re
t tb,. world and the other sure for the next ,
Ahd nov. .S, mnlti-milionaire. who had Il phenom
hour Is ths: - nrcnmmla,ing money but enioyed
neither books nor music, nor SO'lu g',nern-S, W.,
said to me What is the use OF AL my my, mo,3 -
my voc is liner my horses are faster my pictures
an. better and more numerous tlhh luoe ol rr
nE y ~ thcm ms | do | cannot eat a. would IKE
,Itb0nt rcttng the dyspepsia, or drink as want io
without adding my BRAIN and iind tht eNc'P, u,
gctting more Of that % which l have alray, nor mo-
Than know what to do WITH get niue oni Oh ne,
That man is a fool who does not wlSh 20 sru'h h
,nmn,y Tor Independence and for the benefit ~ M,
children but he Is bigger fool To sacrlhce every mn
for that The college professor intent upon NJ WI
and satisfied with his lot the country dNt"r' w
literary man. the journalist the member OF the proiSf
sons who has time for MS club and hls friends any M
politics, and his church. never ASKS lle Ino , ,
What do get out Of life ?" Life to them is one PER
pctual enjoyment. In expanding opportunities IN e."
toypbls pursuits and In stcudfast friends d,
Well Gentlemen. have preached my sermon !
have given You my philosophy Of fc, have toncheu
hands with YOU. and my heart mas tess T., ,,t