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ness with which the dinner moved tonight

! ness with which the dinner moved to-nigh
proved that engineering Ia 1appllcaDle ''
other matters than subway construction.
The towns parsons and physicians d;lt , Were
! IL was announced that Big Henry wa'
coming. His full name is Henry Powers
and he Is mddle-aged freshman OF mighty
| frame ard twinking eyes, who Is the gar
dener for Alfred Romer, formerly the
, president Of the New York Produce ES-
change, who was there. too, OF course
Said Henry Powers: =,
There ism I another man mall thewur r Ia
that I'd sit down 10 table where l couldn
work me elbows, 'cepting Mr.. Cornell,
Then, too, there, were George poth' the
village barber and Chief of Police, and
Newfoundland dog fancier, who leit his
club at the barber shop and Samuel Halli-
day, Mr.. Hayes's coachman.
The list might be extended through the
whole hundred of diners: but enough have
been named to show that the dinner TO
Mr.. Cornell was thoroughly American
and that the tribute was no half-hearted
empty compliment.
The hall Itself had been decorated with
flowers and flags aud the tables were spread
in all r. shape with the guest OF honor IN
the middle of the back Of the T.. The
menu cards were embellished with an
excellent likeness of Mr.. Cornell.
The dinner itself was OF the sort that
might have been expected wien the ma
irons O1 n TOWN. gel together Wv Ah'Ai
dainte-t and most tasteful cooking and
serving for the glory OF each and all, ana
il some of them were not quite as deft as
they like To have their own maids at home
they were cheerfuy told by their husbands
and brothers that a little practice Woulu
make wonders Of them.
H. f. Rood, assistant editor of Hdrpers
Magazine, presided over the speaking. he
fore beginning to talk he started the loving
cup around the tables, that II might come
back to Mr.. Cornell, literally from the hands
Of everybody present
After recounting the inestimablo ser
vice that Mr.. Cornell had done to the VII
lage at a time when other villages ana
cities had undergone all sorts OF suffering
and harm Mr. Rood went into a few gem
eral reflections on the coal strike lie
said go,
Tho whole number of soldiers killed
in the Spanish-AInerican War was p78.
There We're one-quaiter a. many kiiled
in the Pennsylvania insurrection OF last
summer, brief a. II was, before u was
stopped by a treaty Of peace lctween WASH
ington and Mr.. Mitchell. Twenty-scvcn
hundred American soldiers have died OF
illness as result of the SpaiIisl War. Ger
tainly the number of our people, and the
weakest and most To be pitied OF them. who
died of pneumonia and other illnesses as a
result of the coal strike equals that We
were saved here by a man who was unl!k"
any other man in the coal business 80 FAR as
we have any reason to Know. But we
realize enough to declare that there mus,
never be another such emergency. There
must never he another strike allowed TO
60 AZ far As this one did.
When the cup was handed to Mr.. Cornell
everybody got up and sang Hes Jolly
Good Fellow" NJ. Hayes made ali ad-
dress rehearsing in detail Mr.. Cornells
work and energy in keeping Peasantvillc in
coal at a reasonable price. Mr.. Bell under
took the happy task Of thanking Mr.. Cor
nell on behalf OF the women Of the village
ard Of thanking them in turn on behalf Of
the COMMITTEE. on the dinner. Mr. Romer
and Mr.. Lane also made brief speeches,
and at the end everybody joined hands
and sang Aud Lang Sync."