New-York tribune., 1905-04-14
OUR UNCLE SAM.
"VGgue Loyalty" Compared scith
Feeling for Other Countries.

Uncle Sam. the familiar personihcation OF the
United States OF America. furnishes fair index OF
tne way in which the average American regards
the land Of his birth or his adoption, according to
II. Taleott Williams. who yesterday afternoon ad-
dressed special meeting of the City History Club
IN the Berkeley Lsyceum
Inc Frenchman. when called upon to respond 70
he toast in honor OF his native Land. pictures to
iinselt feminine figure DR.. Williams said, and
slO"s with enthusiasm for La Belle France. The
Hs1Han speaks Of his fatherland with mingled
a.IecIon and that respect for paternal authority
winch Is never entirely absent from the German
conception Of government. The mind Of the Briton
'NH rs TO his mother country with the love born. to
q great extent. OF wonderful reign animated by
Ihe spirit OF a great woman But the American
me american speaks OF Uncle Sam. II he has any
Aea-uS OF affecton for this abstraction it Is very
I4Ao one Any idea of paternal authority Is even
nIOEe shsht' and probably one ever thought OF
an american administration mothering any one
we think OF Uncle Sam as a benevolent rela-
I've VINO has mild feeling of affection for hts
oIue"s and nieces. but like other uncles. expects
Inem 70 hustle for themselves. He gives us
@ l4scnas present once in while-river and har-
DOT nlls. to make water flow in some place where
nature never intended that it shouldn't in gem
era! ne doesn't expect any one to look to him for
guidance and support. and the last thing he would
expect would be immediate and unouastiouing obe-
dience.
Along with this feeling for Uncle Sam goes a
COuslhIy FEELING for his nephews and nieces and a
Ieauhess TO welcome new cousins provided they
eAhlolt capacity to hustle for themselves though
we nave now come to the point where there is
serious doubt as to how many new cousins it is
wise to receive
Hioil Ihese conclusions DR.. Williams led up to
le Value OF the work of the City History Club The
Io1ss1+9. 20 create something more than this vague
he CIV ~ ne thinks. through just such work as
S'.S W. SIIy i1lstoTy Club Is doing
when We are 1e as 9hat the city is great he said
and v,be 9n w VINO have walked through her streets.
We MI Sen we set civic and national consciousness
not A Sa 9et civic and national conscience. Il is
are A., tan Sean streets or cheaper dwellings that men
ali t%a; t%%o;ng 10 de: and women TO get in mourning
al al t9elr days Men only do this for an ideaI-a1
S SSr5OSqn On THESE ideals and emotions do not come
bi IoiI knowledge but they do come from the cele-
@ Oh a great past This is the education which
Nc must give to our heir apparent"
ne Meeting was presided over by Mrs Robert
ape PRESIDENT OF the City History Club and some
scbeo cS glTis from city history classes in Public
ScnooI s.cI NO 70 sang 'The Song OF New-York' and
MY City, 'Tis of Thee"
Dr. FRANK Bergen Kelley superintendent of the
Ctty history Club. and Bernard S. Deutsch one
OF us graduates made short addresses and William
a. Hoy suggested plans for the preservation
OF the nlestones that have just been placed in the
CUSTODY OF the club by the borough president John
r. AheaTn Mr. Hoy thought that organizations OF
~ chdren might be formed in each district for this
purpose ana ne was sure that they would make as
good guardians as the policemen had been.