The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-24
COSMOS CELEBRATES
Patriotic Addresses at the
Annual Ladies' Night"
Dinner.

The Cosmos Club dinner in the Hotei
Washington on Saturday night was q
double barreled event-a compliment tc
the ladies and to the immortal George,
The number of guests was not SO large
as usual, but what it lacked in that re.
spect it made up in the pleasing fact that
it was, as President John A. Walker
felicitously- termed 1t, a home affair"
There were present al the dinner
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Walker. Rev.
Charles Herr, D. D., Principal Charles
s. Haskell n Mrs. Haskell, M. Murray,
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Record, Miss
Record, Rev. Robert K. Wick, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred W. Pangborn. Charles H.
H~artshorne, Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus
Creveling, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas H.
Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Hollis Welles,
Burton S. Philbrook, Miss Philbrook,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Black, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry v. Condict, Mr.. and Mrs.
Scion Palmer, Louis Ames, Miss Adri-
ance, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred G. Evans,
VIM. c. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey
Holt, Dr. and Mrs. Hoffman, DR.. L. A.
Opdyke and Mrs. Opdyke, Joseph A.
Dear, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Hague, Mr..
and Mrs. Louis H.. Brooune, and Mr..
and Mrs. Ostrander of Brooklyn.
President Walker in making his adj
dress of welcome, cornplimented Mr..
Linn for the excellence of the menu and
it was a good dinner from every culinary
point. Then coming to the subject of
Washington he described him as a lead
er as Moses, Samuel and Joshua were.
He belonged, he said, to that class which
comprises Gladstone and Bismarck, and
who We're not only great but peculiar
man fVfh nU 0n1nraa tho finpnc in which
they lived and became leaders of men.
There were intellectual and other quail
ties in them SO finely blended that made
them mouiders of opinion and made a deep
impress on the nation in which they
lived. Mr.. Walker then gracefully in
troduced each speaker beginning with
discussed Washington as a patriot, and
of whom he said that his life was a
growth OF condition: He found the
country in a state OF chaos a-ld left a
ism to Washington, said Mr.. Hartshorne,
meant making the country worth living
in. The speaker decried that intense
party spirit which usurped patriotism.
Mr.. Louis Ames responded for the
soldier side of Washington and in an ex-
cellent speech reviewed the military
a gegiosM r Of A 5ae m aaid, W Vas ne 1lve Would I'd
have urged bn Congress the necessity of
preparing for war IN times Of peace.
Mr.. George L. Record presented the
SldlcSllidu sue VI WdSiiA1Sl ol . Siia
and did that with his accustomed brilliance.
Mr.. Record was in his element. talking Of
tariff, free trade and recommendation, and
incidentally gave jingoism a. shaking up,
which ELECTED great applause.
Rev. Charles Herr, ID, spoke of
Washington as the Christian, and in q
scholarly address showed by his acts inc
public and private u~tterances how truly
conscientious a man was the Father of
Country.
The last speaker was Mr.. Henry V.Con-
l.1+ ~ rJ,n rro 3 oocionn "A &ttTn a chin ofnV
is the man. a subject which brought
from Mr.. Record a joke at Mr.. Condict's
expense, but which the latter gentleman
returned with interest. Mr.. Condict ex-
tolled the virtues of the great patriot,
and closed with the famous MAXIM
II hope shall always possess firmness
consider the most enviable of titles. an
Honest Man"