New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
LESSONS OFTHE PURITANS.
FoREFArHERs, VIRTUES EXToILED AT
NEw-ENGLAND SOCIETY DINNER.
SPEECHES BY SENATOR BEvERIDGE. PRES
IDENT HADLET OF YALE. PROFESSOR
WOODROW WILSON AND OTHERS.

To The y,nkee--fhe genuine Down Easter'-there
il no day in the year which he feels II more IN
cumbent upon him 10 celebrate than December =.
On that day in 1870 the Pilgrim Fathers first set
foot on Plymouth Rock. Hard by rode the good
ship MayhoSver. No New-Englsnder worthy of his
name and tradition would permit the day to pass
without making % I; an occasion for JOY ana fes-
tivf.y.
ny the New-England Society with dinner. which,
in obedience TO the spirit which sways the son OF
Sew-England upon this day OF days, is called a
festival II has been said by some one that the
metropolis is made up OF liberal samples OF tho
best brains and energy Of the rest of the country
Nsw-England. judging by the men who were pres
ent at last nights dinner. has contributed largely
20 the resources from which the Empire city is
enriched and developed
Around the tables were seated men whose names
betoken all that Is highest and most inhuenuiai
in finance commerce and the professions
The New-England Society is nearing its centen-
nial Last nights festival was the ninety-nfth ~
SIS history II was no brilliant and elaborate
than the dinners OF previous years Nearly ave
hundred members took part az the festival while
fhe galleries Of the large ballroom OF the Waldorf
Astoria where the dinner laid. were filed with
handsomely attircd women. who came 10 listen TO
the oratorical part OF the feast
THE DECORATIONS.
About the walls were hung banners of the States.
while above all was the American flag twined
about the porticos and ceiling in many different
forms. Nor was the approach OF Christmas for
gotten, for Yuletide greens climbed the walls and
mingled with smilax and with the blooms with
which the tables were powered.
Behind the speakers table growing apparently
from the field of the farm were large clusters of
wheat. and. 10 typify further the industry and
agricultural pursuits Of the Pilgrims old fashioned
wooden rakes and antidusted iron hoes were
stacked against the wheat sheaVes.
william Z. Dodge presided and with him at the
speakers table seated Senator Albert J. Bev-
eridge, President Arthur Twining Hadley of Yale
University Professor Woodrow Wilson, Of Prince
ton University. 81. Clair McKelway. the Rev. DR.
Mslthie d. Babcock. Leutensnt-(sensral Nelson A
Miles. Major-General John r. Brooke Rear-Ad-
nlirsl Albert s. Barker. George Gray Ward presi-
dent OF st. Georges Society; Judge James A O'Gor-
man. president OF the Society Of the Friendly Sons
Of 81. Patrick: Frederic De Peyster Foster presi-
dent OF the ST. Nicholas Society: Julien T. Davies
president of 81. Davids Society; James McKeen
president OF the Nevr-Eugiand Society OF Brooklyn
Morris p. Ferris. secretary Of the Society of the
Sons OF the Revolution Milton J. Southard presi-
dent Of the Ohio Society: Robert B. Roosevelt
president OF the Society of the Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution; Frederic ]. De Peyster governor
general Of the Society Of Colonial Wars and presi-
dent Of the Huguenot Society; John T. Terry, gov
ernor Of the Society of the Mayaower Descendants;
Daniel F. Appleton. General Stewart /. Woodford
Horace Russell. J. Pierpont Morgan, ex-Judge
Henry z. Rowland and Henry L. stoddard
SOME OF THOSE PRESENT.
Among other guests and members who formed