Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-14
BIRTH OF LINCOLN
Anniversary Celebrated Last
Night.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ADDRESSES MADE AT WAUGH M.
E. CHURCH.
Well Filled With Ad-
mirers of the Martyred President
Many Prominent Speakers.

The ninety-sixth anniversary of the birth
of Abraham. Lincoln was fittingly celebrated
last night at a public recital and enter
tainment at Waugh NJ. E. Church on Capt.
toll HILL under the auspices of the United
States Historical Society. Despite the zero
temperature and the icy north winds the
auditorium well filled with admirers
of the immortal Lincoln, who braved the
elements to hear distinguished speakers tell
of his many virtues and accomplishments,
and to hear the favorite melodies of the
great rail-splitter rendered by Washington
musicians.
After the audience had Joined in singing
America Maj. ]. II. Slime, president of
the United States Historical Society made
the opening address. He said:
Il am proud of my country for honoring
the memory of Gen. Washington for he
founded the government that is destined to
be the controlling spirit of the world; will
rejoice when this great nation pays the same
tribute to the man who the guiding
star in that great conflict. Entwine the
names of Washington and Lincoln together,
and future historians will accord them the
place of being the two greatest men in
the history of the world
The Lincoln Monument.
Representative John F. Lacey of Iowa in
the beginning of his interesting and his
torical address, said in order to reach the
Waugh Church to attend the celebration he
had taken Lincoln Park street car
That recalled to his mind the Lincoln
monument in that park. which is unique,
both in its conception and it's character.
He referred to it as "a priceless memorial"
and drew a pathetic picture of the monu-
ment fund, which represented the scant
pennies of the but recently freed people to
whom Abra ham Lincoln had been such
great benefactor.
Representative Lacey said two of the
greatest in the history of the world
Washington and Linco!n-were born in
February. The year 1909. when Lincoln
was born, was a year of great events
Napoleon was dominating the world, and
the great Gladstone was born in that
twevemonth The speaker graphically
sketched the life of Lincoln from the cradle
to the grave.
Nothing short of a bloody war" said
Representative Lacey, could have wiped
out the offense of slavery. Lincoln had a
bright, sunny side and went about with a
smiling face and cracking jokes while his
heart was breaking"
He told of Lincoln's description of Alex
ander H. Stephens, vice president of the
confederacy. After the meeting of Lincoln
and Stephens during the civil war Lincoln
said to Secretary Seward:
Did you ever see as small nubbin for
such a large amount of shucks?"
In conclusion Mr.. Lacey said the Span
ish-American war did not bring the north
and south together, is claimed The work
of Lincoln had already accomplished that.
The war with Spain simply demonstrated
that we were together and will remain to-
gether for all time.
A Cornet Solo.
Prof. James A. Joyce then rendered with
splendid effect a cornet solo, "Old Kentucky
Home in commemoration Of the state in
which the martyred President was born.
The next speaker was Representative
Elias S. Holiday of Indiana. He said
when the crisis arose, whether this nation
of the people should continue to exist or go
down, God gave us Lincoln. His early
training peculiarly fitted him for the task
he was called upon to perform Lincoln
in his early days had three books he
studied, but those books formed great
library. They were the Bible, Shakespeare
and the life of George Washington.
When Lincoln first came into public life
Representative Holiday heard him referred
to as "A beggar over in Illinois, AT that
time but few people had heard OF him. II
was not long, however, before the entire
world thrilled at the mention of the magic
name of Lincoln. The speaker said the ad-
ministraton of Lincoln had been the most
strenuous in all the history of this coun-
try He said the people of the south, who
had once reviled the very name of Lincoln,
were now among his greatest admirers. In
conclusion Mr.. Holiday said:
Apt to Forget.
I'VE are apt in this commercial age to
forget the worth of the man who stood as
a wall of fire between his country and It's
enemies Let US keep the fires OF patriot
ism brightly burning in our breasts, and
let us not forget the great work of Abra-
ham Lincoln"
Dr. George S. Waldo sang with fine effect
as a bass solo Tennyson's Break Break,
Break and Capt. ]. Walter Mitchell sec
rotary of the Historical Society, read
paper describing how the organization was
formed by group of army officers in 1893,
it's enlargement and work since that time,
and in conclusion the statement that I'VE
have taken as a shibboleth the words of
the lamented President Mckinley that
Congress will some day in its wisdom de-
clare the birthday of Abraham Lincoln a
national holiday, and to bring about that
result will be our constant endeavor. In
the meantime, the years roll around,
nd long as there is cOrDOra1S guard