Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-04
WINDY POINT CLUB.
TuIRTy-sEcOND ANNUAL REUsIOS
HELD LAST EVENING.
NEHDERS AND GUESTS HAYE Fun.
several Eloquent Speakers Listened
10 With Great Interest, Hut the
others, and They Were Numerous,
Were Not Allowed to Talk.

Were Not Allowed to Talk.
The Windy Point Club is growing old
but its members are not. The club Is
thirty-two years old, and though there
are now living three gentlemen who or
ganized 1t, they are still mere boys, and
as such. know now 10 enjoy themselves.
These three gentlemen together with the
rest OF the membership, celebrated the
clubs birthday last night with an elegant
banquet at the residence Of Mr.. W. II.
Curtis, corner OF Twenty-ninth and
Franklin streets, and with their invited
guests made merry for several hours.
The gentlemen assembled at the club
rooms. on Windy Point, and in body
repaired 10 Mr.. Curtis's residence, where
for an hour or more they ate quietly and
enjoyed the many good things that had
been prepared for them. The tables were
then cleared away and Mr.. John A. Cur
tbs. the venerable Cd president, rappins
FOR order, obtained il. and presented
Mayor r. NJ. Taylor. who made brief
speech, felicitating and congratulating the
members on the growth OF their club.
CAPT LAMBS ELOQUENT SPEECH
Mr.. John Armitage sang a song, after
sented and made an eloquent and ornate
speech lie told glowing,y OF the growth
of Richmond during the life Of the Windy
| Point club, and referring TO the history
| of Church Hill, grew eloquent as he re-
called the fact that II was In old st.
Johns church that Patrick Henry made
| his ringing speech for liberty. He called
attention 10 the fact that within stones
throw Of that church there now stood a
| monument commemorative OF the deeds
| OF the Confederate soldiers and sailors,
! and said: THE men who fought in Con
| federate gray were inspired by the same
sentiment as was Henry and that monu-
ment teaches us that the one revolution
was as justihable as the other. In one,
| Virginia gave her peerless Washington
and in the other she gave her immortal
Lee" Captain Lamb concluded his adj
dress with a peroration euogizing Vir-
ginia and her noble patriotic women.
| He was followed by Mr.. Charles ]. Fox.
who gave a humorous recitation. and
while he was delivering It Mr.. Charming
| Ruskell, sergeant-a'-a arms OF the Council,
entered and carried off Messrs. Ebe
Hardwicke, W. II. Curtis, and Grimes
who were needed to make a quorum OF
the Council. The departure was the sig
nal for the fun Of the evening to start
FREE IRELAND NOW.
Hon. w. F.. Reddy was called upon fol
a speech and made humorous hits a
everybody at the table. He wound up h,i
speech with the following words, ever
one OF which ne emphasized. REFERENCE
has been made by los, as
land. Well, | could talk about IrelanC
all night and not grow tired but speaker
who have preceded me have told Oh gu
flag being carried to the four corners o
the earth in the interests Of humanity
Well. IL would seem 10 me that II W
carried TO a logical conclusion our polio,
OF Intervention for humanity's sake, W
ought 10 intervene and give Ireland III
freedom she has so long struggled fol-
Ii would seem that an enlightened an
educated people should have the first cal
Instead Of talking about an Anglo-Ameri
can alliance, we ought TO be getting read
TO turn our guns upon England.
I'VE never heard anything about an all
ance until we had demonstrated that W
were a great ntng nation and not
England is rubbing us down the back !
an endeavor to make US the catspaw wit
which she may pull her chestnuts out Q
the Chinese ire for her merchant marin
TO carry of. l am agin alliance
CAPTAIN Frank w. Cunningham yer
sweetly sang the Minstrel Boy" afte
which Mr.. Jefferson Wallace made shor
speech endorsing all that had been sal
bv Mr.. Reddy m p"ha. OF OLD lrelan'
Hon. d. c. Richardson next made an j.
teresting talk and Air. W. Z. Arhil'ds
sang a song about the alphabet.
THEY COULD NOT TALK.
No more speakers were allowed 10 taih
They were called on. in fact, everypod
around the festal board was asked b.
the chairman to make speech but IN
Windy Point members or rather IN
"Rough Riders" of the club, objected l
the flow OF oratory, and every man wh
arose was made the butt of 80 much fu
that he was glad enough 10 resume III
seat. Mr.. Edgar Ferguson declined L
take his seat when interrupted, but seVe
raj pins applied with some force 10 nj
anatomy made him reconsider ana IN
next victim was called. AFTER all ma
been disposed Of in some manner or other
Mr.. Curtis arose and began To tank
he said. against time. He was inter- upt
ed and the Rough Riders refused posi-
lively 10 listen to him, but he got on tn
theme Of the Confederate navy, and h
; only stopped when the club adjourned.
; THOSE PRESENT
those present were Messrs. John \
Curtis. John Lamb, w. c. Armtage, Il
NJ. Taylor. f. W Cunningham, Jefferso
p Wallace, Thomas ]. Starke, John c. Armi
tage. W. F. Reddy, Fred c. Ebel, Il. II
FERGUSON, George Watt Taylor John X
Grimes. Joseph b. Welsh, d. c. Richard
son. John w. Buchanan, ". Il. Hancoch
! Dan. Higgins Charles l.. Brown, w.
: snellings. Captain j. w. Maker Thoma
, / Walsh, Marcellus Walsh, James Wat
! Charles ]. Fox. S. T. Beverage, Jane
; Mcdonald, and Taylor Curtis.