Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-23
The Mayfiower Colony.

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Representative j. Adam Bede of Mime
sofa was then introduced. Mr. Bede said he
| had heard much of the greatness Of the men
who came over on the Mayf1ower. He was
not fortunate enough to have an ancestor
| on the boat. he said. but he had frequently
| looked I'D the history of the people who did
come over, and from a dispassionate view OF
| the situati ton he believed the women should
some in for some credit when the paIfiotS
sing the virtues of those who helped fouho
| the republic.
| The tendency is altogether too universal
to give the men all of the iredit and praise:
| he said, and to let the women take care oi
| themselves. Mr. Bede said he believed sucn
course was entirely wrong. The women
were responsible for a great deal OF the
| grand things this republic has done ana
| in the hard winters that followed the land-
| ing of the pilgrims on Plymouth Rock II
| was the women who were the most heroic
| and who sacrificed their lives in greatest
| number.
Mr.. Bede said too much attention cannot
be paid to the deeds of the women of this
country. They are among the firmest or the
| foundations of the nation, and are the max
| ers of the home, on which the prosperity
| of the nation depends. He concluded his
| address by drawing attention to the new
women as he called them, the girls who
are just beginning to go to school THESE
are the new women of America, he de-
clared, and on them the success or failure
of the republic depends.
A cello solo. a Cavatina by Ran, was
played at this juncture by DR. f. u Selpert,
accompanied by Mr.. Comstock. The cello
on which the number was played came
over to this country only a few years after
the landing of the Mayhower, and is almost
800 years old.
The Evolutions of Thought.
Mr.. R. Ross Perry was introduced by Gov
ernor Hopkins as one Of the leaders Of the
District bar. Mr.. Perry spoke of the great
evolutions of thought in the world, and
! referred to the Greeks and the great ltal-
ians, and then to the English Of the Eliza
! bethan period This period. he said. is the
one that produced the pilgrims, the for
bears of the members of the Society of the
Mayfiower.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Perry's address
Gov. Hopkins read message from the
Massachusetts, Mayflower Society and said
he had expected to have the pleasure of
introducing Justice Seth Shepard of the
District Court of Appeals. but that Justice
Shepard was too i'll to attend the dinner.
Mr.. Comstock was asked to sing, and he
! responded with an old English song, by
Purcell.
Massachusetts, and Virginia.
Judge John Goode of Virginia was then
introduced Judge Goode spoke o. the set
tlement of Virginia and it's relation to the
Massachusetts settlement. He said the peo-
the Virginia cavaliers came to America
thirteen years before the pilgrims sailed
from Southampton, and that jamestown.
Va, was a city, with history that ante
dated the settlement Of New England. 1t
was at jamestown that the first trial by
jury in the new world was held. he said,
and 1t was here, too, that the first legisa
tive assembly in America met and deliber-
ated. Here the first church spire on the
continent was reared and here the first
church bell rang out. There were a great
| many things in Virginia, he said, that the
Mayflower descendants must not lose sight
of. Judge Goode then paid his respects to
the pilgrims and their effect on the civiliza-
ton of America.
A song by Mr.. Comstock, with a cello
obligato, by DR.. Seibert, concluded the
regular program, and the guests dispersed
| after singing America
The Guests Present.
Those present re Miss Hattie L. Alden.
Mr.. A. A. Aspinv-all, Mrs. Aspinwall, Rep
resentative J. Adam Bede. Mr.. r. r. Ben
nett. Mrs. Bennett, Mr.. Ernest w. Brad
ford. Mrs. Marion Burch, DR.. Chas. T. Cald-
well. Mrs. Caldwell. Deputy Gov. w. w.
Case. Mrs. Case, Mrs. Jane D. B. Chany.
Mr.. Price C. Cla1in, Mrs. Elizabeth H.
Clafiin. Mr.. Q. Comstock. Mrs A. n.
Elliott. Capt. c. H. Ellis, Mrs. Ellis, DR.. j.