New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-23
DAYS DOWN IN DINE.
THE SOUTHERN SOCIETY TALKS OVER
THE OLD TINES
ITS EIGHTH ANNUAL D1NNEE-sPEECHEs BY
PRESIDENT DEsHON. ABEAM s HEWITT
AND NJ. J. VERDERY A PLEA
FOR PAST TRADITIONS

The members of the New-York Southern Society
met at Sherry's las, night FOR their eighth annual
dinner. President Charles \. Deshon in the
chair Nearly 80 present. The electric
lights cleaning in the ceiling Of the white and
gold" room shed their lustre the red and white
flowers which decorated the tables From the bal
cony hung the Stars and Stripes. and great banner
bearing the seal of the Empire state. An orchestra
furnished the music Of the evening but often were
its strains drowned when the Sou;herners lifted up
their voices and sang Dixie " and "O.d Folks AZ
Home" And these songs were sung BY men who
in their singing remembered that their strains had
not always sounded in white and gold" dining
rooms but in Southern homes. far. far away"
But 1t was a jolly dinner. The ret-head duck
was served with honiiny, and the hominy w@s
cooked in real Southern style. which means brown.
crisp and lots of it. The pages If the menu were
decorated wiki pictures Of scenes in the South.
There was one drawback TO the enjoyment Of the
evening and his was the unavoidable absence 81
the men who had promised to respond TO the toasts.
These men were John G. Carlisle. Charles I. Crisp.
Isidor Raynor. John Allen and George i. McClel-
Ian But their places were well filed. The first
sneaker introduced was eX-Mayor Hewitt. When
Mr. Deshon presented him the,e We're cheers and
applause. and during his speech they were repeated,
and often, too.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID
Mr.. DesAon said. in his speech Of introduction:
Fellow Members and Guests OF the Ncw-York
Southern Society:
During the last year Of storm and stress. We;
like the distinguished gentleman who had expected
TO address you have not lacked problems OF finance
but happily like him. we have found the means t'
meet our obligations and 10 maintain our credit
our perpexiues grew on; OF the emor' Ihai We,
take on club features. An experience OF several
years proved that the club trammriirl ,nr S",r,y,
and the abolition Of such features during me iiS'
year. though accomplished with som li'Iio !
seems 70 have met Efnrr H., eprcHai am n In att
ment Of its objects So tonight meet the repre-
Sc i0e, Ui G%r re sye ~ join With diem in an
honest rivalry for the perpetuauol OF eEeTN va
action and for the medication Of every virtue ana
quality that viii make and IS making Of TINS con-
posite American character the hiEhcsl HP VI ''''-
zenship and manhood IL the WoF'd.
AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT HY OTHER SOCIETIES
one Of the duties Of my Office. and the one per
haps which ] have performed with most pleasure
and profit. though not always without discomfort
the next day has been attendance al ine ann
versary celebrate tons of our sister societies AS
have sat at their various wel-apr'lnied Daniu,Sts
and listened to the stories of the lives oi or suniry
American prOgenitOrs. have thanked Goa 10Y 'n'lr
ancestry and our C~n cooks In thcse cum, Nv" ~
have found soinethng Of pride for our Souih l"lI.
Terrapin. canvas backs and virginia nam SOM %
While our own loved Southern never ial To- D.
h va src ana SruTn.land anguet recently he
rugged Puritan virtues were o%tonel 10 lHr "a, a,
Managed dinners have ever attended. hut noticed
that the fuel for generation 90 ire orAtotlc'i Z
consisted OF q menu bl Hf'N'ii ,'+i
were Southern. and not one Ncw-Nne 'an1. ana r.,
"Old Kentucky Homo" ana .Suf',n-r l'Sel '''"''
Ncw-FnrIsnd brother has discrimination as Wen
as Intellect and means to have The best ls th,Ir
MOI room for specui1uon III lnI9 yir" ,rri"
and cany@sbacE ducks - b,ci beans ana pumpkin
Die? / am myself Of New-Ensland ancestry or one
Side and Southern on the Other. AMI hay Hfet on,
half my life in the South and the other In ~" NoTt
A RESULT or THE INrrEcHANGr.
""'c "'''' '''7 ., 49, Tho uf t,o
"oh mus 80 "''' ..,,, -, ,to,on, ~ Zach
,o1 49,, ,, nreci,,a NV The other with
49, ;',', -, ,I nas, 1iss,n,ted with criticism
freed from the bias Of -win. with ir.crpay oi ihe
best influences between all the sections o. ou' '',
etch stunE H, I,,i, ~, iii NJ what h. bet i'm
each we are reaching Ia prsc'ic. as we have al
ready done In theory. the sentiment;
Each section FOR The vl,i" ' anir;
anu We VIZ ..,. ~ o,,r eis,or s,cjo.
,s M -, al orr a,,csts liyc hearty welcome.
In southern parlanco may you come oltrn AMI STAY
'o"s ~, ,,,.,,,,r,, -. 49,, c,rtfe,.r.s PLACE.
MR. DEWITT ~ MI 'AI'I''''"' ''''
Thel Mr. Hewitt was Introduced. lie said that
while ne regretted the absence Of Mir. Carlisle. yet
he knew OF no man whose pace ne "'S "'''''
pleased take in tie speecnmak.rg tAin th't OF
sa1e o' hieh cpmptmenis t. Nv Carlisle and then
deiiyercd a speech which brought f,rsh mGcn
w. t66!,iav owe a drit Of grititudc." said Mr.
Hewitt 70 men porn 80 cn D bcr Without money
cI ILL., i,,, d'n'ce Ind were iodav in the FROM
anu "iL'Du, HnueIo,, anu IT,. arn -r,rcsslla
rank IN an PrDiSas,,ggms I'll, ,, aiI Mr. Hewitt
EVen my It',hu MI I',i"'' ,,,,rsi,i-,e ard,r Of
gravey mas n 70 'csIa IN ' ritn Zinc we NAV
me Kapo ram 1 ,b Hsttery IA Harlem in less
then ~ one and one-half hours" Then the audience
roared. In conclusion. Nj Hewitt ",ia ;,nG ne re-
noD Tho srirniorage He might Just as well try
| TO coin the vacuum"
MR. vERDEHYs SPEECH.
, =, vordor,, uas intro1ucel He spoke
-.
d" i , =.
Mr. President: do not remember ever before 10
have been so variously embarrassed as | am at
have wv" -. ~, I a., bo,1t
| this moment IL seems 10 nc ina -
capped in more different ways than any man ought
=. -, ~, ono occasion In the first place. scanning
10 De vi o'-. - ., ,o enc one "dishonor-
the programme appear 10 W ~, .' o,tors arl
able" man II. at all events. all the oiheIS are
printed as honorable" In the second place, am
Pii"t ~ ..,,..,. 49,, u,.,,c.I docIaration for
helpless contradiction OF hioilVai s,