New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-18
HONORED BY A QUEEN.
pr cSIDENT AND VICE-PRESTDENT OF
THE HOLLAND SOCIETY DECORATED.

A. THE ANNUAL DINNER THEY ARE INVESTED
WITH THE ORDER or ORANGE or MAS
SAL by TIE REPRESENTATIVE OF
HER MAJESTY.
| rhe descendants OF the honest. sturdy men whom
| e Half Moon brought 10 Manhattan Island IN
| ! ~ assembled In the dinng-hall at Sherrys last
| evening They brought with them good Dutch APP
! petltes and ate a French dinner. such as Peter
! Stuyvesant and his frugal compatriots never
! dreamed Of They smoked Dutch pipes with modern
twists 10 them. and listened to eloquent speakers
tell Of the gories OF tho land OF their fathers and
! the great work OF the Dutchmen In America. II
was the ninth annual dinner OF the Holland Society
Of New-York The dlning-hall appropriately
decorated. and from the balcony. whore the orches-
ira placed. hung the flag Of the United States
AMI Of the Netherlands.
To the right Of President BAekman NJ the guests
table sat q. de Weckheriin. the Minister of the
Netherlands. Or. Albert Van der Neer. OF Albany;
| Consul General Planten, Mr. Booker. representing
: -. Georges Society. Frank r. Lawrence, James ;.
Coleman representing s. Patricks; Judge Truax,
Mr. Morrison OF -. Andrews Society; Mr.. Roberts,
81 81. Davds Society. II. Il. Roosevelt and Tuns
6. Bcrgan. At the presidents left sat General Hor-
ace Porter. the Rev. DR. Van Antwerp. Mr.. Town
send OF the New-England Society; the Rev. Or. a.
V V. Raymond Vice President Van NOrden Mr..
de Pcyster. Of the Colonial Wars Society; John c.
Tomnson. Judge Augustus Van Wyck, Judge Z.
H. Dugro and George VI. Van Hocsen.
AZ the six tables sat about two hundred and
fifty Vans" "vanders' and many who did not
rejoice IN the prefix but who good Holland
crs none the less There eight Hasbroucks
three Montanyes. three Elmenlorfs. five Bergens
five Sutphens. three Gulcks. three De Wits; the
Rker family had four representatives.; the Nostrand
three OF Van Loans there three. and eight
OF the name OF Voorhees, at table +.
Names such as these in the Dutch bill OF fare
, nflsrh uTEf "a
"Eierstruif met ham, Faseoietten and Roode
Snapper Hollandsche stijr-had no Injurious effect
on the appetiies OF the guests. and when the pipes
ami tobacco were distributed and tho fragrant
smoke rose over the tables members OF the Holland
Society were good terms with themselves. The
first regular toast OF the evening. The Queen
o. ihe was TespTnded 70 by me Min
president. James William Beckman. and the Vice.
president Or Albert Van der Veer with the order
OF Orange Nassau. This honor. he said. con-
ferreI by Her Majesty. the Queen OF the Neither
The officers OF Her Ma1esty's man-of-war. Van
Dr Van der Veer In accepting the decoration.
gratitude. l know that am expressing the thanks
Soclcty" Dr Van der Veer SAID he recognized in
the token bestowed on him an expression OF love
General Horace rorter,s response to the sentl-
ave speak OF the stocks from which we sprung,
when he has Van In front OF his name, and
Dam at the end OF the name OF tho city he
halls from.
New York. the Child OF NowAmsterdam' was
responded to by Frank II. Lawrence. with the
toast The Dutch Language there came some real
Dutch In the shape OF poetical quotation with
which Tunis G.. Bergen began his response. Adam
the irst Dutchnnn." said Mr.. Bergen be
cause he man OF honor. but the introduction
OF Eve and the subsequent unfortunate clrcum-
stances which cdusel the evacuation OF Eden, did
the language injury"
The Englishman" added Mr.. Bergen. speaks
with his teeth the Frcnchman with his nos". tho
German with his throat. the American with his
mouth. but the Dutchman speaks with his heart
ON this island OF Manhattan In recent years. grisve
say. the Dutch has been much changed The
most successful Dutch IN .Ncw-YorlS nowadays Is
spoken with decided Tammany accent" The
Footprints OF the Ncthcrlander on the Sands OF the
New World" was responded 10 by John c. Tomn-
SON. The Dutch Early Geographical Discover
crs." by the Rev. W. IT, Van Antwerp. and The
Dmtch as NeIghbors" by The Rev. \. V. Kaymond