Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-22
CELEBRATIONS BY PATRIOTIC BODIES
Exercises Held at the National
and Columbia Theaters.
9TH ER OBSERV NOES


held at the National Theater under
| the auspices of the Sons of the Revolution
were especially interesting. not to SAY in
| spring in character. There was a large
and representative audience present, one of
the boxes being occupied by President Nc
| Kinley, Secretary Hay and party. and the
address of the occasion was delivered by
Senator Chauncey NJ Depew.
AS the President entered the theater the
Marine Band, which was seated on the rear
part of the stage. played Hail to the
Chief" and the audience rose from their
seats The Presfdentsmade his acknowledge
ments by bowling. After an invocation by
Bishop Satterlee, the grafton of Gen. Henry
Lee on the death of Washington was read
with fine effect by Mr.. Barry Bulkley.
Previously, however, the presiding off,
Ger of the occasion, Surgeon General Wy
man, who is the president Of the society,
made an address, in which he sketched the
history of the rise and progress Of the So
ciety Of the Sons of the Revolution in this
country and in this District, and said that
there were societies in thirty-one of
the states. He referred to the grave prob
lens which the chief executive of the ma
tion had been called upon to consider, and
said that in this crisis President Mckinley
had displayed many of the qualities which
had distinguished our first President.
Senator Depew's Speech.
Senator Depew received a most cordial
welcome when he arose to speak and,
while large part of his reputation as a
public speaker rests upon the humorous
addresses he makes at banquets, yet on
this OCCASION as on others, he has demon
strated his ability to handle large topics
in a scholarly manner. His theme today
was Washington, and while to some this
might seem to be worn threadbare by this
time, yet Senator Depew today held the
attention of the large audience and elected
from them many expressions of approval.
He spoke of Washington, not only from the
standpoint of his personality, but with ref
erence to his relations TO the time in which
he lived He gave picture of the first
President that was instinct with life.
The humor for which Senator Depew is
famous cropped out, however, once or
twice during the course of his address,
when he remarked that in the lottery of
love Washington was a most unfortunate
speculator, as he had recorded in diaries
the failure of three matrimonial proposals
The ill-success of Washington in this par
ticular seemed to be mainly attributed by
the speaker to the fact that he resorted to
poetry in addressing the fair ones Sena-
tor Depew said when they read his halting
verses the girls concluded that they did not
care to have anything to do with such a
suitor.
In eloquent words he described the infiu-
ence of Washington in bringing together
the constitutional convention and in secur-
ing ratification of the Constitution by the
states. He spoke of Washington as the
archltect OF the government of this coun-
try.
Story and Its Point.
The audience also enjoyed a little story
which the speaker related, as having been
told to him by son of Louis PHILIPPE who
had it from his father. On one occasion
when Louis PHILIPPE was riding with Wash
lnSton over the Mount Vernon estate he
spoke to the first President about his writ
ing so many letters. He said he thought
| that some of the more or less informal SEN
tlments thus expressed might come back
and plague him. As showing, Senator De-
| pew said, that Washington had some share
OF human weakness. he replied to Louis
Phililpe that he had never said anything
that he could not recall or written ANYTHING
that he cared to have destroyed
Senator Depew said that this country has
no" become one oil the great powers of the
world, and 1t intends to remain so. and
It's possessions on the other side of the
globe had been retained because they were
needed as market for our surplus pro-
ducts The open door, claimed the speak
er' has been maintained by the United
states not by armies and fleets but by the
diplomacy of William Mckinley This ter
nination of an eloquent period with its
direct reference to the President created
great enthusiasm in the audience, which
was manifested by prolonged applause
Upon the conclusion of Senator Depew's
address, selections were played by the Ma
rine Band, and after bcnediction had been
ence dispersed.
Children of the Revolution
The fifth annual celebration of the Ma
tlonal Society Of the Children of the Amer
lean Revolution was held at the Columbia
Iheater. The exercises began shortly af-
| ter 10 O'Clock with Mrs Daniel I.otbrop
| president Of the national society in charge
and with delegates from all sections of
| The Cnited States in attendance The very
| atmosphere was fraught with patriotisr1
| The body of the house, as well as fhe
| stage, was profusely decorated, national
| colors alone being Used for that purpose
| The program comprised brief addresses,
| songs in costume, the awarding of medals
| a tableauX and evclutions by the John II,
| henderson Drum Corps.
| After a prelude by the Columbia Theater
| orchestra, Mrs. S. Hamline national chan.
lain, opened the exercises with prayer Next
| IN orGer was Il stirring salute to the flag
Dy the Capital and the Red, White and
| Blue Societies of this city. With the as
| s:stance of the drum corps William Nor
| rison Alexander then recited effectively
| Thou Flag of Liberty"
Reverence for the Flag
| The audience was called upon to sing
| America" after which Mrs. Lothrop de-
livered an address of welcome. Devotion
! to the flag was her theme. and she urged
that the desecration Of the national colors be
avoided Inc society of Children of the
| American Revolution, she explained. was
| endeavoring 10 train all young people not
| only 10 experience a devotion, bug TO rev
| erence and love the flag at all times.
| Responses to the address of welcome were
| made by George Wood Vinal of the Tren-
ton Princeton Society, Charles Lacy Hall
/ of the Capital Society, Don Morrison of
| the George Washington Society and Ches-
| ter Morrow Clarke of the Red White and
| Bite Society, all of this city, and by Nor
| gan Moore of the Lord Baltimore Society
| of Baltimore. who accompanied a delega-
| ton from that city.
| Presentation of Medals.
Miss Isobel Lehman Dubois. in costume
| sang The Old Thirteen Next in order
was the presentation OF medals TO members
or the society who volunteered for the
| lSpanish-American war. The medals were
each wrapped in a silk flag, the gift of the
national president. The recipients were