New-York tribune., 1902-01-17
THE HOLLAND TO AID BOERS
SOCIETY VOTES $1,000 AND ADOPTS RES
OLUTIONS AT ANNUAL DINNER.

Sons of the Netherlands met last night at the
Waldorf and offered many toasts to the land or
their ancestors. There ring and a swing to
their cheers that bore every mark of true SYM
pathy and affection. Every year the sons OF Hol-
land eat and drink under red candles. meet TO
extol the virtues Of old Holland and 10 talk lovingly
OF the heroes who crossed the sea to found New
Amsterdam. These descendants look forward 10
January for 1t is in that month that the spirit or
the North Baltic and its romance impresses them
deeply, when they can without e1ort yield
themselves up to its charm With the seal OF VIII
lam Of Orange before them the Holland Society oil
New-York sat down to its seventeenth annual dil-
ner. There were four hundred wonderfully curved
clap pipes be smoked, and as many schnapps 10
be drunk Songs sung. and there was much
good speaking. When President Roosevelts letter
read every to his feet and joined with
the orchestra in THE Star Spanged Banner
President Krtiger's letter dated Casa cara
Hilversum December 4. received with cheers
1t written by E. J. Box, secretary to the South
African ex-President. and ran as follows:
His honor the President of the South African
presented to him, as shown the first page Of
this beautifully executed volume by the Hoiian9 ,9
me to acknowledge the receipt thereof and to con;
thanks for the interest and sympathy that have
prompted your society in presenting TINS year
by your society in relieving the wants of the fam
lilies of those who in South Africa are maintaining
might
After the reading of the letter the following
resolution read and adopted:
As a practical expression of our sympathy for the
Gea Britain aT9 9 of homes their
Try and their IL the Trustees fTo OF b the bd
Of the society 81 900 in such manner shall best
relieve the wants of the families of those who, in
South Africa are maintaining the brave and une-
quail struggle of right against might
John H. starin president of the society. presided.
He introduced Lieutenant-GovernorW Woodruff. who
TIa m =
a Dutch Uncle?"
were Clinton Rogers Woodruff, OF Philadelphia.
Dutch Lawyers and Others from Philadelphia and
Elsewhere; Robert b. Roosevelt. Dutch Love
making Martin w. Litteton. "Knckerbocker and
other Traits" and the Rev. DIR. David James Bur
rell, THE Dutch Prescription"
of the southern Society; Robert c. Ogden, of the
Pennsylvania Society; Morris Patterson Ferris. of
the Sons of the Revolution: Austin b. Fletcher. of
the New England Society; Charles A SGhermer-
horn of the St. Nicholas Society Robert II. Tuhle.
of St. Georges Society; Robert Frater Munro
Rowland Pell, of the Society of Colonial wars;
Revolution: the Rev. DIR. Joachim Emendorf. Col
gate Hoyt. Of the Ohio Society: Thomas III. Bar
tindale OF the CanaGian Society; Theodore NJ
Banta, secretary of the Holland Society; Tunis g.
Bergen. Joseph A. Burr John +. Carroll, Inspector
Adam \. Cross G. r Dusenberry, Judge Jonathan
Dixon. H. {. Du Val. Major Fred II; r. Ebsten.
II. Iioadley, Edward T. Hulst ex-Judge W II.
Hurd. John B. Mcdonald. Charles w. Morse,
Peter F. Meyer, S T. Maddox. Andrew J. Onder-
donk General Joseph W. Plume, William Barclay
Parsons Frederick Roosevelt. Major General
Charles r Roe George W. SChurman. William q.
Schermerhorn. Samuel Sloan. DR.. George +.
Samuel Untermyer. Samuel Verplanck Fl. II.
Vreeland and Arthur II. Van Brunt.