New-York tribune., 1902-12-23
GLORY OF F0REFATHERS.
SEJT- ENGL4ND DINNER.
Edmund Clarence .Stedman Presides
The Speakers.

bere they ate of the good things produced by
,s soil and the cooks of the stronghold of the
YANKEES and sang the praises of the seabound
.;re that gave them birth They had as their
,es+s famous representatives of Scotsmen,
T-,sbrnen Englshmen. Welshmen. and, in fact,
almost every land that ever sent worthy sons
= America: but il was New England night, and
.be surroundings were all Favored accordingly,
bile the talk all of Puritans and pie. Pill
rrinos and pumpkins. forefathers and pastures.
The ballroom was bowered in American flags,
ilax and roses. while from the walls looked
,orn the seals and shields of the six New
england States. The guests table, which was
Elevated upon dais, was well-nigh smothered
= mammoth squashes and pumpkins mighty
e.-s Of corn and. in fact. all the rich ripe
-oa,crs of the fruitful season in New-England.
The menu was constructed on strictly Down
.st.. lines as the alien might think. though to
Ner-Fnslander down east or "daown east,
means. strictly speaking. Maine 1t must have
-.o,,,re5 strenuous strife to wiring such menu
,ron the Gallo chefs and maitres d'hotel at tie
Waldorf
Rut the committee of arrangements are New
Fnglanders. and benched not. They made up
their minds to have few things on the menu
.1;l,e mother used TO make Hence the Boston
b.ke5 beans and brown bread, which made the
mouths of the emigrant from New-England TO
water Hence. also. the hot mince pie, though
--ntb cornpels the assertion that the pie was not
nrecisely-xeIl il wasn't just the kind to which
the native of Rehoboth, Mass. or Bangor. Me,
Was accustomed in his youth. However, it was
qanerallx admitted to be an Improvement over
The article usually disguised in New-York hotels
and restaurants under the name Of 'nince pie
The punch came TO the table in the insides Of
naake-heleve jack-o' Lanterns. and the elaborate
menu card was Illuminated with reproductions
of a Copley print representing the Pilgrims on
The Nayfiower first sighting land, the original
~ which is a mural decoration in the Memorial
Hall Of the Massachusetts State House.
WOMEN IN THE BOXES.
The boxes looking down upon the floor Of the
ballroom were filled with the wives, daughters
and sisters Of the diners, who held impromptu
receptions there during the progress Of the din
ner IN the upper gallery was stationed an
orchestra which played many Of the melodies to
which New -Englanders were accustomed from
their cradles several of the more popular uni
yersitv songs being added to the number, among
them being the ~Boula'' marching song Of
Yale three of whose trustees occupied seats
upon the dafs
Edmund Clarence Stedman, the president OF
The New-England Society. presided at the guests
table having upon his right the Rev Joseph n
TRichen and upon his left Major General
O O. Howard Others at the guests table in
cluded ] Pierpont Morgan. whose native town
is Hartford Corn; Senator Chauncey NJ De
PEW who as he has so often informed his hear
ers was brought up in Peekskill; eN-duose
Eenrv : Rowland. one of the wittiest after
dinner speakers in forty-five States; professor
Calvin Thomas, Horace G. Platt, General Alfred
2 Rates the Rev Dr. Leander T. Chamberlain,
General Stewart l. Woodford, president Of the
Nar-Fngland Society 1888 S5; Horace Russell
president of the ew-England Society, 1ooo-o';
Robert H. Turle, president of St Georges So
ciety: James A OGorrlan, president OF the
Society Of the Friendly Sons of ST. PatrlcK'
stuygesant Fish, president of the St NlcholaS
Society; William Butler Duncan president Of
81 Andrews Society; George G. De Witt, presl-
dent of the Holland Society: Walter S Logan,
president Of the Society Of the Sons Of the
American Revolution; ex-Justice Augustus Van
wyck. president Of the Southern Society; James
William Beeknan, governor general OF the SO
cietv of Colonial Wars; Justice William W
Goodrich. governor OF the Society OF the May
flower Descendants and Henry L Stodddrd-
Andrew Carnegie had promised 10 be pres
ent and he was down on the toast list 70 re-
spond 10 the sentiment, Scotland ana New
England in Faith ard Creed" Mr.. Stedman an
nouncea that Mr. Carnegie had in fact. fastened
his return 10 this country, against the ADVICE
Of his physician. in order 10 ne apie 10 "u1- 90
The Ne,y-r.nglanders. hut he had taken a slight
cold, and his doctor had ordered him 10 stay
AZ honne Mr.. Carnegie attended the entomp-
ment Of Mrs. ULYSSES s Grant on Sunday, ana
there caught the cold which kept him at home
last evening.
MR. STEDMAN'S INTRODUCTORY.
In calling the guests TO order for the post
prandia1 part Of the programme Mr.. Stedrnan
read dispatch Of congratulation from the New
England Society of New-Jersey which was cele-
hrating in tie city of Orange, in that state
The health of the President of the United States
was then proposed and drunk standing atler
which MIR Stedman went on TO say, in part
Tonight we salute the living. Nor have we any
dainty recruited Our membership Is larger than
ever before. and our treasury Is re tbe New
Englanders. Of the New-rnGland oocleII Al ,rSrs
aoFk perhaps they IiFe l1besl S whose ages have
been recorded and who have died within Ihe , Ie9t
fy-one years Yes our members are good. ana @ me
gods love them but they do not Gle you young; Sc d not
lone for the other world much as they alo @ n,e sf
be sad has yielded percePtibly When tI tT1eFe m
was asked how the opposite snore iooheo ~ ~ p,tb
ngbtnK brestt, I see a great many before me- as
always on these nights VINO paw With our Uptown
humorist, that hair in the head IS worth '"o ~
We can find no better place than this whet1ea ts
Ss s 99s & A. The o9E Ne a. down Sne Easters believe
are no women superior TO those who make tine Ins
hsTee hsgee sF5n5 f9nsh 9 sr weR fostered
less wife Of Secretary wolcott OF whom the Srl.sn @
Court Of 81 James which drew out the p9 pr99mpt
2 she fFom e a5rnTra senseT even On tchaed Hill As
We look around at the strength anu t 90 ba[-
al the more fervidly and keeny for It's go9S eee EN- ~
the contrast so often drawn Of those lnres 0ssa 81
urjse tn fra ICqia