Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-19
{ OREF 4 TIERS DAY
Annual Celebration by Con-
gregational Club.
SPEECHES AND MUSIC.
scoTcH-IRIsH AND DUTCH SET
Tiers EULoGIzED.
Observance of the Anniversary of the
Landing of the Pilgrims at Mt.
Pleasant Church.

gational Club, together with many friends,
celebrated Forefathers' day last evening in
the Sunday school room of the Mount Pleas
ant Congregational Church. A New Eng
land turkey dinner formed the substantial
form of entertainment In the early part of
the evening, and right well did those who
gathered about do honor to the bird. There
was large attendance. and during the
| time that the courses were being served a
trio of muscians-Misses Ronsaville, Morti-
Iner and Easier-played many beautiful Sc
lections. After the ices and coffee had been
served Prof. Charles s. Clark, the president
of the club, announced that the first num-
Der on the program for the evening was the
song. 1.-THE Maiden of Fleur de Lys" by
Sydenham, by the quartet of the Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church. which con-
sists of Miss Beatrice s. Goodwin, Soprano
Miss Mary e. Pond, contralto; Mr.. Freder-
&c w Siebold. tenor, and Mr.. B. Frank
Meuers. basso. After the song Prof Clark
again arose and made address upon
What We Celebrate" He dwelt at length
on the Pilgrim character, and upon the high
motives that induced the Pilgrim fathers to
begin that long and fearful journey to the
land they knew SO little of, but which to
them seemed a haven of rest. He called
particular attention to the heroic work that
had been done but several days ago by those
hardy sailors of the lightship that guarded
the shoals of Nantucket, and which later
went down into the deep. He told of the
Sufferings of those hardy mariners and
compared 1t with the sufferings Of the Pill
grim fathers on that same coast Prof.
Clark said that the Pilgrims came to Amer
lea so that they might think as they pleased
upon. matters of religion, politics and self
government.
Massachusetts, has a way of claiming that
1t had much to do with the Pilgrim fathers,
Prof. Clark said, but that as matter of
a fact there is but one state mentioned in
the pact as signed in the cabin of the May
flower before the landing, and that was
not a New England state, but Virginia
He said that when an American goes to
England he Is pointed out as Yankee, no
matter from what section or the states he
comes. Prof. Clark then introduced Prof.
William r. Vance, the dean of the depart
ment of law of George Washington Univer-
sity who spoke upon the subject, The Pill
grim Fathers and Scotch-Irish Pioneers"
The Scotch-Irish.
Prof. Vance said that the only Yankees
| of the south that he had ever heard of
| were what he had heard called the Georgia
| crackers but he was positive that Vir-
ginian ever aspired to the title. His adj
| dress teemed with interest and was well
received He told of the trials and troubles
of the pilgrims and of the sturdy race they
came from and established. The speaker
| took occasion to trace the origin of the
! Scotch-Irish people from the beginning to
! the present time. From the time that
James the First of England induced many
| of the sturdy Scots to leave their native
heath and go to northern Ireland in the at
tempt to have Professionalism ably repre-
scented upon the Emerald Isle, their labors
and their trials after they reached the
green isle and their subsequent fmmigra-
ton to this country was graphically told
by the speaker. He traced them to all
parts of this country, from the hills of
Pennsylvania to the Valley of Virginia and
| down that great path between the Blue
Ridge and the Allegheny mountains to the
lands of Tennessee, there to grow and null
tiply. In conclusion he called attention
again to the footprints they have left for
guidance of the later generations.
Rev. DR.. Dewey's Address.
Prof. Clark then stated that he wished
| to introduce a minister from the city of
| churches, who would make the last ad-
speaker was the pastor OF a church named
after the Pilgrim fathers. and that all We're
pleased to have him with them.
He then presented Rev. DIR. H. P. Dewey,
pastor of the Church of the Pilgrims of
Brooklyn, n. Y. DIR. Dewey said that he
did not come from that section of the
country where the Pilgrims had landed in
the Mayflower, but that he knew much OF
the Half Moon which had dropped
Choir so near off the shore where he lived.
He spoke of the early Dutch ancestry OF
New York and paid especial homage to
that sturdy race that produced Theodore
Roosevelt. In his story of the Pilgrim
Fathers, Dr. Dewey said that he loved to
think of Priscilla and John Alden and of
the simple ways of those days He said
that the simple life was one that teemed
with interest to those people in the forests
and called attention to the lecture OF
Charles Wagner, the author of 1.-THE Simple
Life" who spoke OF the American people
and the progress they had made from the
principles of the simple life. In closing he
told of the work of the Pilgrim preachers
from the earlier days to the present, and
hTiQ nlltI af he trio lie hot
endured at all times by the representatives
of the ministry of God. The quartet then
sang Nichols 1.-THE Knight and the Yeo-
man..
The business before the club was then
taken up. and vote of thanks was given
the speakers of the evening. Prof Clark
called attention to the fact that this was
the forty-fourth annual meeting of the club
and that he was satisfied that he members
believed hat he membership had grown re-
markably well. The March meeting will be
held during the early part of the month,
and at that meeting the election of officers
to serve for the ensuing year will take
place. Mrs. Albert p. Eastman of Falls
Church, Va, was elected to membership.
The Congregational hymn, "The Fore
fathers" was then sung. after which Rev.
D. w Montgomery, pastor of the Fifth
Congregational Church of this city, pro-
nounced the benediction.
These Present.
Covers were laid for Mrs. M Ross Fish
burn Miss Hummel. Mr.. and Mrs. A. L.
sturtevant, Mr.. and Mrs E. L. McNair,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H Jennings. DR.. and Mrs.
Chas. 7. Caldwell, Mrs. Isaac Clark, Miss
Grace c. Sawyer. Brooklyn, N. r.: Miss
Ellen B. Foster Mr.. e! s. Peck, Mr. S.
CARL, Mr.. l. III. Bradford, Mr. James E. ].
West Mr.. Marion o. Speaks Mr. E. A. !
Pratt. Mrs. e. A. Pratt. Mr.. and Mrs b. p
Davis, Mr.. Norton M. Little Mr.. and Mrs
Albert e. Fisher Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. .. Lind
say. Mr.. and Mrs. p. G. Clafiin. Mr. and
Mrs. Jerome f. johnson. DR.. and Mrs. H.
J. washburn, Mr.. and Mrs. o. M. McPher-
son, Miss 8. D. Baldwin. Mrs. N. NJ This
sell. Mr.. and Mrs J. w. Browning. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. d. CASTOR. Mr.. and Mrs, Henry p
Holden, Leonard j. Carver. Mrs. Rosa L.
Townshend, Mr. and Mrs. James p
Tolman, Mrs. II. A. Stephenson,
Mr. A. w. Stuhrman. Mr.. e. D. Farnham
and wife, Mr.. e. T.. Whitney and wife Mr. i
c. w. Carter and Mrs. Carter, Mr.. II, w
Blanchard and Mrs Blanchard, Mr.. J. r.
Robb MIR. e. H. Brown, Mrs. Lucy r.
Brown, Miss Bessie Z. Brown, Mr. and
Mrs. A. 3. caywood. Mr.. and Mrs. James
II. Blodgett. Mr.. and Mrs. s. q. Faunce. !
Mrs. w. II. Chany, Mr.. James L. Kanick,
Mrs, James L, Kanick, Mr.. Z. NJ. cleve-