The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-23
Sons of Revolution Do Honor to
Washington.
An Entertaining Banquet at the
National.
LR. MEADE'S STORY.
Why He Was Frightened ut His
Task.
Col. d. Il. Anthony Responds to
a Toast.

About $50 members of the Kansas
Cons of the American Revolution as
sembled at a banquet in the dining
hall Of the National hotel last night
60 celebrate the one hundred and seven
ty-second birthday anniversary of
George Washington. For more than
9our hours speech making. feasting
and music were in order and at II
O'Clock when President j. NJ. Meade
announced that the banquet was at an
end, those at the table arose in a body
and were led by H. G. Rust in singing
america
Preceding the banquet in the dining
room short preliminary entertainment
was held in the parlors of the hotel |
Appropriate musical selections were |
given by Prof. Harvey Worrau, Miss
Margaret B. Henry, Miss Susan M.
Davidson and Miss Katherine H. Wood. |
Following the entertainment the doors |
of the dining room were thrown open
and from that time until midnight the
time was given over to feasting and
the praise of Washib gton and the other
heroes of the Revolution. The dining
room had been appropriately decorated
with American flags and photographs
Of the Father of His Country" and at
each plate there was laid a small
hatchet, trimmed in blue and yellow |
ribbon, which was intended as SOU !
Venir of the banquet. Throughout the
serving of the banquet the College Hill
orchestra furnished music from an ad-
joining room.
Following the serving of the banquet
the following programme was given;
Invocation, ReV.De Lou Burke, canon
of Grace Cathedral.
Presidents address Memories of
Washington" John M. Meade.
THE National Emblem Mrs. Will
fam E. Stanley.
THE Colonial Editor" John E. Jun
's1776-1so4," Mrs. A. H. Horton.
"a Little Talk Col. D. R. Anthony. |
THE Farmer in the Revolution" ].
H Churchill
Address, P. H. Coney.
THE Colonies to Freedom Judge ].
l.. Eldridge.
"A Higher Patriotism Retiring Pres
ident G.. F. Kimball.
John NJ. Meade, who as president OF
the state society Sons of the Revolu-
ton, was accorded the honors of toast
master, was the first on the pro-
gramme, with short address entitled,
Memories of Washington" MI Meade
is a native of Virginia and for time
lived within two miles of the nome OF
Lord Fairfax whose name is closely
associated with that of Washington
Consequently the speaker was able to
give his hearers many new and inter-
esting facts concerning the life of the
first president of the United States
Mr. Meade said:
cit is said of the Duke of Wellington
that once when he was walking in the
streets of London he was aeeosted by
an old Irishman- The man seemed
general but it was not until he learned
that the Irishman had participated in
the battle of Waterloo that Yelling
ton showed any inclination to talk.
Il 17-7t Tn n fC
connection with that battle, the irish
man said: Yes l was at Waterloo
and was shot here at the same time
Indicating the course that a ball would
have taken had it entered on his left
side near the heart and come out OF
his back on the right side.
g But that surely cannot be true,
said wellington; the bullet would have
pierced your heart
oh, no. was the Irishman's reply;
my heart wasn't there. It was in my
mouth.
And that is the way with me this
evening" continued Mr.. Meade: MY
heart is in my mouth. Not that 1 am
suffering at all from stage fright, but
that I fully appreciate the feeling of
patriotism which comes to US when we
think of the noble man in whose honor
NE are gathered here tonight"
Following Mr.. Meade's address, Mrs.
VIM z. Stanley, wife of Ex-Governor
w. E. Stanley, responded to the toast
of THE National Emblem" Mrs. STAN
1ey's address consisted largely of a let
ter which she submitted to the MEM
bers of the State Teachers association
at the time of that organizations last
meeting in Topeka. In this letter Mrs.
Stanley gave some good advice in re-
gard to patriotic exercises in the daily
routine of school life, in order that
children might learn to love and to
know the full meaning of "Old Glory"
Col. D. r. Anthony. of LeavenWOrth,
al in the The
subject of his address was "A Little
Talk" The occasion brought back to
mind many stories of the Revolution
that had been told to Colonel Anthony
by his grandfather, and which he in
turn related to his listeners He closed
his address with a comparison between
the soldier and the missionary as an
educator. He said:
For my part 1 prefer the soldier to
the missionary when it comes to edu-
eating and enlightening the uncivilized
people of the earth. More has been
done in that line by the soldier during
the last five years than has ever been
done before or since by the mission
aries of this nation. But still we spend
our time and money upon the mission
airy instead of on the soldier. In my
opinion if China was divided up among
the civilized nations of the earth and
each of those nations was to send a
detachment Of soldiers into the country,
II would not be long before the people
of China would begin to awaken from
their ignorance and would in time
stand upon the same footing as that
of the other powers. -
G. T. Kimbal, the retiring president
of the Sons of the American Revolution.
was one of the principal speakers on the
programme. He spoke upon the SUBJ
5ect of "A Higher Patriotism In re-
gard to the effect which existing condi-
tons in politics have upon the youth of
this country, Mr.. Kimbau said:
1T is true that we teach history and
civics In manner in our schools. It
need hardly be said that this teaching
falls far short of reaching the mark
Anyone who gives the general subject
serious thought can hardly fail to see
that by daily example we are teaching
the youth of the land a most villainous
dana enzisz,a instead Of real r,.tri,tis,,,