Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-04

document is read aloud and every one whe
hears II. as deliberately and solemnly an
those who signed II, In his heart makes
the same vow. and takes upon himself the
same obligation. When the last phrase
had fallen upon their ears there burst from
thousand lips an anthem OF exultant hope
and Joy.
"Of what foIlowed-of how that vow reg
istered in heaven on the evening OF the
4th OF July. 1TT6. was kept In the letter and
in the spirit, II Is not for me now TO speak
1t is not necessary to recall the moments
OF hope which stirred the patriots to fresh
endeavor. or the moments or the hours Of
depression when the new flag seemed des-
tined to go down In eternal defeat. Nor
Is 1t necessary that / should expect I'm
such brief words as may appeal to your
imagination to recall the great events
which have marked this country's career
nom that fateful 4th OF July, through
peace and war; until the present day Let
us. however. felicitate ourselves with the
belief that should the men who. more than
century ago. were prepared to sacrifice
everything upon the altar OF their country's
liberty. return II US today. they would feel
that the prize for which they struggled has
been kept by us untarnished-
National Development.
"since that day the United States has
spread narrow fringe Of colonies along
the Atlantic coast to a magnificent domain
reaching from ocean 10 ocean and from the
Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border We
have done more than this. We have gone
beyond the seas carrying the flag of lib
erty and planting II on the outposts of civil
lizatfon The struggling and feeble nation
which our forefathers created has become
che OF the great world powers and is exer-
cfsng today an influence for good and in
f1uence for liberty which Is absolutely be-
yond human estimation. Let us hope that
IN the future the noble principles which in
fused life into the Declaration of Independ-
ence will not become to us a dead letter.
Let us hope that materialism develops
me spirit of patriotism, the regard for
freedom of thought and of conscience will
not be smothered in our hearts, II We keep
alive these noble principles We need have
no Tear for the future of this republic. One
hundred years from today will find us as
much advanced beyond our present stage as
we are today beyond the point marked by
the Fourth of July. 1T76. 1t is only when
the canker OF lust and greed and power
winch ate into the soul of Greece and of
Rome, is allowed to work its deadly infu-
ence upon us that the fidelity Of the Ameri-
can republic will be impaired Let us with
strong determination and unsulled hearts.
meet all enemies OF the republic open and
insidious, and crush them with unrelenting
rigor This Is the duty of the present hour
and our duty for the years that are to come.
and as long as we continue to keep that
duty sacredly performed we need not be
ashamed to invoke the memories of the
Fourth of July upon which the Declaration
OF Independence was adopted"
Additional Exercises.
During the afternoon the following addi-
tional numbers on the program were rem
dered
Vocal solo, Miss Sydney Small: recitation,
Miss Grace I. Ross; Star Spangled Ban
ner," Duncan c. Haywood solo, "A Dream
of the Olden Time" Mrs. Olin Leech: reci-
tation parody when BERTHE First Studied
Delsarty.' Miss Ethel Tassin: violin solo,
Miss Ruth l. Harvey. accompanist. Grace
E. Harvey. Mr.. III. V. Cotton was chair
man of the committee on program.
The association provided lemonade and
ice cream in abundance for the refresh
ment of its guests and late in the after
noon basket picnic was enjoyed by the
gathering.