The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07
QUEEN VICTORIA'S THANKS
MUCH PLEASED WITH THE COW
GRlTULATIONS OF THE ID. a. n.

Particularly Taken with tho ..TouchinEly RI.
pressed ~eentiments, in the Address OF the
Ncw York Chapter-Her nlessnEo Read NJ
the First meeting or the Season Hesterdn5'
Yesterday afternoon was one OF mirth and
gladness for tho New York city chapter OF tho
Daughters Of tho American Revolution. Mrs.
Donald Mclean was responsi, le for all of tho
gladnoss and most OF the mirth. The occasion
was the frat meeting of the chapter since It's
adjournment In the spring. Mrs. Frances Hodg-
son Burnett and the Governor OF Chihuahua
wero the drawing cards, and the room was
packed TO suffocation.
Mrs. Burnett matcrialized. The Governor did
not. So much tho worse for the Governor. Mr..
Walter Logan chinked In where tho Governor
should have been. The Governor IL said to DO
six feet four inches In height. Mr.. Logan 10 not
six feet four. but he filled tho chink. There arc
other measurements besides those OF height.
Mrs. Burnett, who is commonly known to her
intimates as Fluffy" did not look the part IA
we'll as she usually does. She was extremely
we'll Rowned, and her abundant blond hair was
so tractable that some one suggested that Mrs.
Burnett had been getting out an injunction to
restrain It. When Mrs. Burnett was introduced
abe said:
~ assure you I cannot make o speech, In
London. at two enor 4 Gus dinner parties. with
AOU HuOSL1 on ehCn OCCbhluu, 4 ppoht quito
twenty minutes in explaining that l could
not mako q speech. i am not going to take
twenty minutes to prove the same thing to you.
I am merely going to thank you for your courtesy
to me this afternoon"
Ever so many things happened before the Gov
ernor of chihuahua was oven mentioned.
Finally Mrs. Mclean brought him forward as .
subject Of conversation.
"Ihave been striving to summon courage"
she said, to tell you something. Once more q
man has fooled me. The Governor Of chihuahua
and I won't tell you how much time 1 spent
learning how to pronounce that-promised me
he would como this afternoon. He Is a magnih-
cent specimen, 1 assure you, and q friend to
America, too. Oh. ! learned 1t oil In Spanish-
amigo, and all tho rest of it And now there's
no Governor to be introduced. and all that Span
ish has gone to waste, But maybe Mr.. Logan
will talk to us and mako US forget the Gov
ernor."
MIR, Logan then meandered to the platform
and twinklod 30 humorously upon tho ladies
and gathered his ~coattails together 30 uniquely
that Gov. Miguel Ahumada was promptly for.
Rotten, along with the seven free schools and the
three industrial schools for girls which he has
established. Mr.. Logan and Mrs. Mclean had a
slight spsrring match in wit, at which Mira.
One OF the features of tho afternoon was the
reading = OF the response sent by queen victoria
| to the 1ollclthIlOnS winch lilo Nt" lOIk -S'J
chapter forwarded to her on the occasion Of heI
Jubilee. There was considerable discussion Of
this sSn, e0ngr wsS 1 most % aipio%s,i Hs as sn veil sIm as e, eo Tf,
affair. 1t was beautifully gotten up, and 1t re-
ferred to the fact that the Queen "reigps not
Mclean read the Acknowledgement Of thu
SSse11s IL a mds s Mr! Me-. n %c her m pfeudly P poi n
out. was on the Queens personal letter paper
"""' ~" AUG, 10. 1897.
:. DEAR Mr.. wHrE: I have laid before the Queen tn
the New York City Chapter Of the Daughters OF tn
! Her Majesty desires me to beg that his Excellenc:
: may be good enough to convey q to al, al T ones }oi for ~ !
t hearty tye OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES I and touch,nsiy Expressed SCI
timentu which 1t contains. lam yours very tT pilor
HENRY WHITE. Esq, Secretary of Embassy, Amer
Q can Ambassador, London.
This was accompanied by the following con
ment by Col. Hay. the American Ambassador:
/ upon H. s uss Win Sss,ss ySa have ssIIsa |. .,
iome most .ppropIa,. and IL most S5acsfu ~ enpr sas,
o nna the as. sseSailSs s for i sheIs besnsy an and 'e oieg aDe.
. the Queen In the year OF jubilee.
2 These communication were received Wit
. loud applause by the audience. Another featul
y Of the occasion was the presence x% OF the G e e
signers OF the Declaration Of Independence
o This charming lady. Miss Julia Walton OF A,
s Sspsr. OH Of her sef faS SeMls ancestress. Mime L. Yer
,. Including a letter from George Walton himsel
Mrs. Mclean gave "a humorous. account
m her work in the summer. She said her hr
appearance In behalf OF her chapter was on u
summit Of one Of the White Mountains OF Nc
:. from the summit Of one of the Blue Mountain
% and then she sat down and sorrowed becau
10 there wasn't a red MOUNTAIN upon which 81
"I think you ought to undertake this, 81
said, las your next practical work. Make
BY mountain If you haven't. a spare one. Dor
be make one out of a molehill, however, but ma
"A one and name 1t the Rcd Mountain.
III When Mrs. Mclean referred to the congrt
m ~ulations sent to Queen Victoria she said tn
Ill this course was rendered possible only by q
Lo large magnanimity characteristic OF the DauR
no ters, which led them to overlook the peccadil!l
Is Of George III. in order TO commend Q woman
% Mrs. lie Due, Miss Morton. Mrs. Randall, a.
others helped to enliven a meeting which,
no far as cheerfulness was concerned. was q me
Z umental success.