Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-04
THE MAl-FtST.
THE CLOSING DAY ONE OF EN-.
JoYmeNT.


| AftuANfltl~N tlhlU closed last
evening 1t proved success ali through
| and was not married by any accidents,
me weather was somewhat against II,
however, and rendered the attendance
| somewhat smaller than would otherwise
have been the case
Tue large attendance in the evenings
simply served to emphasize the need of
an open air resort during the summer
monhs, where people after their days
work is done. can have an hour
or so of recreation and amusement
"A enterprise of this kind could be made
a. success IL the 1O-ccnt fare after 10
o'clock was abolished by the street car
lines,
The principal attraction each evening
was the music dancing aud fireworks
display. The music furnished by the
opera house orchestra has been excel
sn m. a,'' "ls Vo sti, inuch 10 tue
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NIX SAM f.l4 > OkAIlON.
The classical and eloquent address
by MIR Sidney l.. Samuels at the open
ing of the Alai-i'est was crowded out
OF our columns by heavy pressure
of Geographic news. but il is here given
in full.
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies' and Gentlemen-
The celebration of the Mai-fpst strength
ems like old wine with each succeeding
year, and as with many other customs
which the partially of the people has
preserved to us, II has an historical sig
nihccnce. having Witnessed the passing
away of many generations that now
sleep In the bosom of old Mother Earth.
No more nnttering tribute can be paid
to the bcnehceut scheme of the Amrri-
can government than the circumstance
that while May days are seized upon
In the Eastern hemisphere for socialstic
riots and the drinuusi rntiuus of burden.
ed labor seeking redress from the ceftu.
rics OF wrongs imposed by an effcle fru-
DIAL system, we dedicate aud set them
apart for JOY and feasting. the best
HYMN of thanksgiving n people can offer
up for the bounty OF the Creator.
Whatever tends to awaken the holy sen.
timent of friendship. that softcns old
grudgcs that mehs the currents of the
soul frozen by the strife of this work-a-
day world, increases the sum of human
of bn,nan iife
What spitit of sweet forpetfulness is
shed Inv these efstiyc occasionsi Yielding
ia the influence of the Inou,ept n hahn IL
poured oyer everything; under It's smell
dull care takes ON new garments, the
mortgage from the farm il lifted. the
creditor canccls his bond, the fragrance
of Spring is In every heart, OLD age Is a
benedictinu aud for the instant. as we
tonch The glass. we find thnt for which
Ponce de eon sought ia ynin-the FINN.
tain of perpetual youth
The old ioa bred by the ranaticistn of
the Abbots and cOwled heads of the an.
oient church that mnu should spend his
existence In fast and suffering for i'm
aginary sins faded away In the twi.
light Of the Middle Ages. No more do
W. scourcc The body and brnisr the
knees ON the cold stones of n rude mo.
mastery. M more do we mike pilrriIn.
n,,es barefoot 10 the shrine of some dead
barbarian The children of men were
horn 10 move Ia. the sunlight. TO cult.
vnta ,he sinewy comelincss Of the body
as ,yeil as the spiritual cruces of the
soul. il was not intended that we should
shut our ears To the majestic strains of
Wagner, the rhnpsodies Of Lite and the
mystic melodies of beethoven.
M, ,,,o,.o,,, host WIN Iove,b bcst
All i6Inrs both great and small.
For the dear God that loveth us
lie made aud loyeth all.
Ap,aynrorns. the Greek philosopher.
when dvIn,, was asked what honor siould
ba conferred unon him. Give the boys
n holiday" he said: and il is altogether
Gtting tiat va should assemble on This
dav ~ n,nclnin tbc death of King Scr
row md The birth OF King Joy. whose
tnXes arr happy faces aud whose reve-
,,,.s hr;sbt sInilrs
m. NJ.r.sf br NAV tlav. has a liter
o,,,ra ~ naetrv az T. own thai reaches
hsct levand thr dime when tile Saxons
J J he lang bow at Hastings;
Larnn1 Tho mythical DAVIS when every