Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26

homage Il paid in q territory which by an
official act Of the Congress Of the United States
is forever associated by its name Of Colombia"
with your ancestor. The proud motto Of your
family that Christopher Columbus gave TO Cas-
tile and Arragon a new world formulatee the
scant justice Of that age and generation. How
far il fell short Of full Justice is apparent 20 the
world, and extended Journeys throughout the
United States will. il is believed. impress upon
your grace how fully this is q new world in IT'S
highest and most exalted attributes
The genius OF Columbus contributed . CONT
nent where for the first time the individual
man and the township became political units
where authority comes from below, where per-
sonal prosperity is universal and whose homo
geneity Is such that q single tongue 10 spoken
from lake to gulf and from ocean TO ocean
Happy is the man who hears sung the words
and deeds OF his ancestors in centuries long
past, but far happier your fortune In the
unique experience OF having attributed 10 your
ancestor the inspiration o. the terminating
spirit OF discovery. fertility OF resources and
genius Of development that have dominated
the astonishing and phenomenal growth Of
America.
As a testimonial OF personal regard and Is q
tribute due, have great pleasure in present.
which confers on your grace honorary fellow
ship in the National Geographic Society of the
United States of America.
The duke responded in English. much to the
general surprise and. Of course. the intense
satisfaction of his auditors He spoke appre-
ciativeiy of the kindness which all his good
friends" had shown toward him, the mag
nifcent hospitality Of the country and Of the
honor he felt in being enrolled an honorary
member OF the Geographic Society.
The Duke and Duchess Of yeragua were ac-
companied by Aristobsl Colon, secretary; Hon
Pillar Colon, the Marquis of Barboles. Hon.
Peters Colon. Mr.. Carlos Aguilera the Marquis
Alllnlnhar fOrnnannar
Meruaga, Spanish minister; Senior Segrarro.
Senior NJ. Multedo, Senior NJ. Leone. Senior A
Padiila. Senior Cap La Casa. and among others
present were Admirals Franklin. Lee. Almy
and Worden. Generals Breckenridge and Whit
tlesey, Mai Goodloe Rev. Drs Hamiin, Bart
lett. Stakely, Sunderland and Newman. Rev
Father Lee, DIR. Garrigan, Bishop Keane. Bishop
Hurst. Gov. Carroll, Gov. Hoyt. Senators Sher-
man, Cockrell, Dolph, Anderson and Chandler,
Mr.. Crosby $. Moves. Mr.. Theodore W. Moves.
Mr.. A. Graham, Mr.. Chas. J. Bell, Dr. Burnett,
DIR. Lincoln. Messrs. Shellabarger. Wilson. Tot
ten, Mr.. Pollok and members from the Japan
ese. Portuguese and Danish legations. Mr.. s. II.
Kaufman, Messrs. Boardman and Whittemore,
Presidents yelling and Galaudet, Mai. Powell,
Messrs. Gilbert, MCGEE and Mendenhan and a
large deputation from the geological and coast
survey and other members Of the Geographic
Society.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Auerbach have gone on an
extended tour west as far as Pixies Peak and
Yellowstone Park. They will stop at Chicago,
Toledo. Niagara an6 other places.
Mr.. Cyrus J. Reed of Denver and Miss Helen
Louise Moquon Of Albany were married by the
Rev. s. ii. Greene. pastor OF Calvary Baptist
Church, at his residence, 1920 q street north
west. at IL clock this morning. The wedding
was very private, only the immediate relatives
being present. After the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Reed left for a trip to the worlds fair and
other points in the west. Upon their return
they will reside at Hya;tsviile.
Mrs. FARMLAND Janus and children have
entirely recovered from scarlet fever.
Miss May Huyck. who has entirely recovered
from her illness of the past winter, went over
to Baltimore yesterday and will be the guest OF
Miss Harwood until after the wedding Of the
latter on the 9th instant.
Welding Owen, youngest son of Mr.. Mark B.
Hatch. is very i'll with pneumonia at his mothers
residence at Hyattsville, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles p Lincoln have been
the guests for the past month of Gov. woodfin
and of Mrs. Lincoln's parents. Chaplain and
Mrs Price. in Virginia.
Miss Anna b. Yeatman, 1116 New Hampshire
avenue, who has been the guest Of the family
OF her relative, Capt. r. T Yeatman, L. s. A.,
in New FORK since the first of the year, will re-
turn here by the LIST Of May.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Hodgkin of 93s o
street. gave their little daughter, Leila q birth
day party yesterday in honor Of her fourth an
niversary. Her little friends present were
Leah Wilson, Victoria Ludsate and sister. An
ME Sturgis, Irene OBrien, Emma Stern,
Johnna Reeves, Lucy Meyers Ciemoise Stinz-
ing, Grace Thomas. Joseph Reeves, Harry
Myers. Frank Reinohl and David Stern.
The inclemency of the weather did not pre-
vent pleasant gathering at the Deaconess
Home tea last evening. The modest little
deaconess who had SO readily responded to the
call Of different physicians to nurse malignant
cases OF diptheria and scarlet fever was made
quite the heroine of the evening: nor were
those who had done such self-sacrifclng work
In the alley, soup house and mothers meetings
forgotten. The occasion was one of great in
terest. The entire house was thrown open for
inspection, and many were the comments on all
sides upon the perfect order of the home 1t
added not a little to the interest TO learn that
the deaconesses take their part in the household
duties. Quite an amount was realized from the
silver offering. A number of pastors and their
wives assisted DIR. and Mrs. Daily the superin-
tendent of the institution and his wife, receive
during tine evening. The guests were met at
the door by Miss Mcdowell and Miss Stuart
with little baskets TO receive their Offering
Miss Emery and Miss Burr presided at the
lemonade table; Mrs Barker and Miss Lar
combe. over the coffee and tea urn. Miss
Oneal. Miss Towner, Miss Davis and Miss Slime
metz assisted in the dining room.
Naval Constructor Philip Hichborn and wife
will leave this evening for New York to witness
the naval review.
DIR. Francis Lieber Of the Episcopal Hos
pital. Philadelphia, is visiting his parents, Col
and Mrs. Lieber.
Frank Luerresen and bride are at the Ebbitt
House. Mr.. Luerresen is . Washington boy
who is now one Of the leading citizens Of Salem,