The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-04-22

greatest nations on earth, and To shoot
those flags would have been To fire upon
America and England Ii is AN inter-
national conviction now that among
the nations, America leads. In Amer
lean sentiment could be dominant in
Russia, Cuba, China, Auslria-around
this whole great earth, the prayers of
thousands OF oppressed would he ans
wered. Every nation has had "a flag,
from the time when the Hebrews car
ried the ark of the covenant before
them. The stars aud stripes are but
piece OF bunting, but that means Amer
lea and all that it is. | lament that the
South has not yet quite come back
May the day soon come when unanm-
ity OF sentiment Will reign over all the
country, and when our flag will wave
ovor no chartered lie, no corporate
wrong.
Mrs. Sadie Hathaway, accompanied
by Miss Daisy Longwell, sang w hen
Ripping Waters Flow" and responded
To Il hearty encore with Wouldn't il
be Queer"
Our Leaders" was Mrs Jennie Bus
kinks subject. We are assembled, she
said, To banquet our leaders, our liege
lords and masters. She paid deserved
q.
the leader OF that society during Que of
the best years oil It's existence. Dame
Fashion is one of the most universal
leaders. We have just followed her
dictation in following the order ct our
banquet To The benediction, and inward
ly we have wished we had Dame Fash.
ion by the throat. There are fashions
in dress. Pink or yellow teas are de-
creed in New York. independent
women, indeed Not one woman in "A
hundred dares to say or do anything
until she has looked over her shoulder
to see how Dame Fashion takes it. But
women alone are actuated by her de-
crees. Men are above il. They wear
long, flowing locks because of scarcity
of quarters; high collars are garments
of utility and comfort; long coats are
worn to cover Cleveland badges In
speaking of political career, she said
that mans best qualification seems to
be "a successful failure at all other avO-
cations of life. But the time is fast
coming when leaders will be wanted by
the intelligent American voters who
are too brave to be intimidated too
honest to be corrupted.
'Auf Wiedersehen," the final toast of
the evening, was allotted to Mr.. j. +. |
Chandler. He said he didn't know the |
exact meaning of the sentiment except
as it had been translated TO him, and |
while the writer is not certain that he |
said so, we are sure he Rad in mind as |
a free version of it, Until We Eat |
Again" He lamented being on the foot |
of the progrom, as the thunder had |
been pretty well used up, but he drew |
some interesting probabilities of the |
future from the experiences of the past. |
l believe thoroughly, he said, in the
progress of man, and have no patience |
with those who harp on the degeneracy |
of the race. All that has happened i'm |
this world from the beginning has re- |
suited ultimately in the growth of man, |
mentally, morally or physically. Only |
by the past are we able to Judge the |
future. In the closing years of this
century, the progress is SO rapid that |
discoveries of world wide Importance |
attract scarcely more than passing no.
tice. Several noteworthy instances of
progress and discovery were cited. la |
closing, Mr.. Chandler said: The time
has come when no man can say any |
thing is impossible. 1t seems to me one
of the wisest dispensation of Providence |
that the future is yelled. More than |
half the pleasure of life is in anticipa-
ton, and sorrow loses half its sting be- |
cause it comes upon us unawares
Long Live the COterie," an arrange
ment of "A familiar old song by Mrs. |
Chappell, was sung as the close To- the |
evening program, the solo by Mrs. |
Chappeil, with Mrs. Briggs, Messrs
Squier and Rooms joining in the refrain
Mesdames Welch, O'Leary and Sher
rod were the arrangements committee,
and To them, as well AS to the manage
ment of the hotel and the officers of the
Cotere, are due credit for very sue
evening.