The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-07
Birthday Dinner - -
" for Mark Tquat1.


week in New York, made this boast:
There are 6fty-four men here. OF them, thir- |
y-nine are my dear personal friends. They
know me and | know them. OF the remaining
fifteen l am confident that can borrow
money"
Then he became reminiscent and charged the
following indisereton Former Speaker
Thomas r, Reed
He said that Reed had declared that while
We could not all be opdmsts all could. duly
| improving our opportunities, become bgamists
! And this, much fore-shorteued, is what he said
| about John Hay;
| More than fifty years ago both Of us were
| barefooted boys, getting stonehruses, and not
breaking the Sabbath, more than once week, out
! West. And look at us lie has been poet,
author, soldier, diplomat, orator historian and
is now secretary Of state. And IL am gem
tleman. Il IS given to every American to become
| what he is TT for"
The foregoing are found IN a sparkling report
OF the Mark Twain birthday dinner. from the pen
! Of Editor ST. Clair Mckelway, printed in the
brooklyn Eagle The editor-reporters story OF
| the dinner follows:
Samuel f. Clemens ("Marb Twain") will he
! o. years old tomorrow Sunday An occasion IN
celebration Of that event little anticipated it on
! Friday night. In the Metropolitan club the
invitation Of George Harvey, the executive head
Of the Harper firm, with all lbs publications. and
! OF the North American Review. hfty-thrce other
! friends OF Mark Twain gathered around one OF
the great oval t1biea IA, oDs ,f tbs LARGEST dinner
rooms.
The gathering was remarkable in several in
stances for the representative character of the
men, Iohn Hav. Wulam Dean Hoyrelis Henry
H. Rogers Tosenh " T,yitcheU Wavne Mac
| Neagh and Thomas b. Reed were perhaps the
most intimate friends OF Mark Twain 90 be OBJ
served, and they were all there
Among his associates IN literary relations win
He Jumpers were "ao 10 PC seen N0pst w.
Cn'mpe.s lonn henaneN Bangs George w. ca
pc, NeNard Le Nal"enne, homas a. JanNier
W." C''l''9n ~ L. AGsh' P.goH'eN 10 !un
gN'' Boom l"rNrS'oh' He"y N' N'aen ana j.
l"p,"ps'" seton
mere were a''o present among eollo's' samuel
n'"'e,, horace Wmie Aao!pA y oens' nam
| ulon w, M1uie' WuN'n =. lAlan hchiy L'
Slu'""'d ana ~" Lar a'Ne'WaN.
Among the hnanc'ers beside Henry II Rogers
were Ihomas i. Ryan, Daniel opaN William
%. LSe's ann august h''ao"t
V'hcrs whose presence graeed me occasion
ana whose positions IN the realms oi higher work
I'D tue word arc sc'i-aehned were Charles lroh-
man' hrander Matthews Henry Van 'dyhe How
ara iFle James Lane Allen hamhien Sears,
.i"Wm 5Aii"h'' ~. hepMnso" 2hl,n. b''ll ~
Munro }umoni clarke henry s.. Harper Van
asset sutpnen and Nhauneey M. Acprw
IT was chPhe'ey announced that there would
be no speeches. Therefore uumher were made,
George Harvey presided and d'd So with un-
common ana e''eu'e ''olh''s.-'hA' 's 20 say
"hhe 'hc eoo'ntsS was common 90 hlm II was SO
much greater than The GOODNESS OF other men that
d was uncommon TO ihew'
lie made eaeh man upon whom he called 80
turn propose the health of Mark Twain and every
ume Marx Twain arose 30 respond he made Mark
| vain sat down.