The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-24
DINNER 70 ANTHONY HOPE.
THE LoT0s CLUE BANQUETs THE
LAWYER NOVELIST,

heartier or u slncerer welcome than was given
to Anthony Hope Hnwkins by the Lotos Club
last night at the banquet In his honor In tho
clubhouse. Warriors and statesmen, artists
and mon OF letters, journalists, and professional
men Of high reputo wore gathered In the assem-
blage OF $50 that crowded the handsome BAN
ouet halls. Mr.. Hope, as he was nfloctionately
called by every speaker, sat at the
right hand OF the clubs President, Frank.
RLawrenco, who presided. and about him were
grouped Chauncey NJ. Dopew. the Rev. Minot J.
Savage, Bourke Cochran, District Attorney Oh
colt, Gen. Daniel f. Sicklos, John Ken
drick Bangs. tho Hon. j. w. Longley, eN-
Gov. ]. S. Wise, Robert Grant, Talcot
Williams, George w. Smalley. Hannis
Taylor, and Augustus Thomas.
Mr.. Hopes face woro a constant smile.
and he was kept busy during tho din
ner signing his name to the ornate
special menu of the occasion, which bore
an engraving Of tho "Prisoner Of Zenda" and
tho Princess Fldria. Tho ice was served in
boxes formed Of miniature turbans which bore
the name "Phroso" in gold letters.
It vas the opening banquet OF the season,
ana 1t gave Mr.. Hope an opportunity to
hear some OF the very best after>dinner
speeches for which tho Lotos gatherings
are famous. The entire company rose and
emptied their glasses to the novelists health
when ho rose to respond to President Lawrence's
felicitous introduction. Mr.. Hope spoke feelingly
always greeted English writers, and said that
the unstinted hospitality, of tho Lotos members
s s%Rrss'efa He 1i proved 1ssii himself HS sH'h skii led in the a aHu Of
saying agreeable things In q pleasant way, and
Augustus Thomas made the first speech. and
he made the novelist join in the laughter when
he said that g famous o. & C9 ,sun singer who came
nor sh sony %F1 that ~ 'SSA] "siidiTanIE E ! S fTs, 1Gnssr NAME IN =
M SA.arn ttt AND 1vn.nfA
the adoption by America Of a prohfbitory tariff
against the importation, to America OF story
native novelists. DR.. Depew was introduced
next as the professor emeritus of eftet-dinner
ut ia an Immense relief, for. one evsqipg at
least, to escape from the roar and racket Of our
municipal election. The peaceful and quiet
-Four distinguished guest with his, eye for
genius. viii find in the present situation the
elements of an interesting Austrian satire; It
America. first, to make q fortune by iecturinG
us or to us, and next. another fortune by writing
{ se eESs SHeq Hope Ss; has h1su attended ends m each sfh'n ons Gi m Pne
many. political meetings held nightly in Greater
after hearing from Gen. Tracy what he will
do II elected, and from MIR. Low how he will
serve the people. and from Mr.. George how he
silence Of Mr.. Van wyck, and from my. friend
Col. Asa Bird Gardiner his picturesque IL some
Tammany, reform, and hell. he will be able to
clearly understand the principles. the purposes;
s s. sa ,6s ss9d ns sSe em in ihii G ann eeERap " so wisl
what blasphemous character of our political
speeches. Certainly l have never heard the word
damn SO frequently used as 1t Is in this con-
test It may subject us from our distinguished
guest to some criticism;
But I have been in England during several
Of thor Parliamentary contests, They do not
use the plain language Of the wild and woody
cutiOn thew mean the same thing. PerlAD8 the
letter Of Lord Salisbury ON the matter of inter-
national bimetallismi is a fair illustration of the
tho Did World. Tho British Foreign Minister
does not intend to take up tho subject, or to go
lean Commissioners But he requires four pages
of stamped paper on which to say 1t.
cident in the life OF Gov. Brough of Ohio. He
was the war Governor of that State, 2 man Of
' Tory eeo snslfis; great IN tho s1 sss Of his sO woidi,. ana a
s s.pS Is P P5H oS'o ss srnen. Sot for ii for ssiS ain IN re- 70
be recruited, which 1t would have been highly
improper, If not unsafe. for the Governor to give.
secretary: give the gentleman an evasivs
answer The secretary, said: Well. Governor.
Tell him to 60 to hell
81 have a bit of advice for the young orators
pressions. 1t is a fatal mistake for the c]ofiiesian
and the lawyer to suppose because his audience
is S S;GfmrPosfa st 1t GorSi nna iaw anat I'M ne t mus' az aeP Sps
argument or expression. He should remember
that his audience is made up OF citizens who.
however humble their circumstances, are the
product of the American common school. They
are as keen judges Of good logic and good lam
meet at Carnegie Hall or tho Metropolitan Opera
House. l have seen many a promising speaker
he believed to be the plane of his audience and
adopting a tone and treatment of his subject
Insult to S" their fI position and inSlehissen ee.HH'' I"
we welcome, Anthony. Hope because his
Tti 9n am have not S G1ve IN . Ss pleasure sSsS Esi Snd t hec t
thor in the Old Testament who complained that
there was no end of the making Of books repre-
writing Of books is not Copying. Gut building
but they do not and cannot read the product Of
the preceding ages. OF no department Of litera-
ture is this moro true than Of the novel. For our
time the novel must give us a sensation or paint
ns a picture. The sensation comes With
Of States. The picture is q striking photograph
which breaches; We are preached TO death.
crobe and bacteria in everything. we eat or
drink or wear; the preaching novelist, by hang,
ems to oil sanitarinms for the insane, or drive
men to drink, We are recovering from the dia'
sign Of genius. The author who can nina
our attention and absorb us In his pages because
n .iae Snly oo on sns Saii u oaf syi 81 St: E fhSIiEht t Sas nt,
who 10 as lucid as he Is vivid and clear as he ID
Wise, possesses the real elements OF genius.
Iremember as a youth the eager expectancy
OF all the young men and women OF America foI
anew novel by Charles Dickens. He did the
world an incalGulablo service in showing US how
TO get the best lessons of life and love from the
people about US. whether In the city or thI
country. Iremember how. when the university
had educated our tastes and matured our judg
ments. we enjoyed with keenest satisfaction
the superb satire and wonderfully incisive dis
section Of human nature in Pendennis
GUS Col. Nswcombe. Kingsley A9 did s'1 no
preach, but 'IIypatia' and Westward
Hor arc the most eloquent of ser
mons. The two great novels o tb year ar pic
tures. but they tell the lesson of fat b an hero
ism. they teach the story I fidelity and patriot
ism, a Thousand times bett r than any OF tn
ronances which weary US Of reform. Irefer Il
QUO Vadis and NJ r. Twain's Joan OF Arc.
Anthony Ho o des rves our gr titude an haI
We, our welcome for giyi Z a fires and delight
ful impetus o our circulation and vibration u
our gray ma ter by tn Prisoner OF Zenda,
and causing ne to seethe foibles Of society an,
tho holes in our own moral ami mentalanitom
by the Dolly Dialogues To write a novel whicl
can DO read 10 an achi vement, but to write
novel 80 vivid and natural that II can be drama
tined. and when acted draw plaudits from al
.au fence of u .to.da o Philistines. Is an event
This Ia the quality OF t 70 genius of our guest.
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