The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-20
TOAST The LADY POCAHONTAS.
VIRGINIiNS CELEBR ATE THEIR
.3OOTH YEAR or HISTORl
Annual Dinner Reminiscent Of ihe larry
Colonial Days and MADE, an srcaston
10 Boost the jamestown ENPOsitIo"
-Iheer, for ROOseNe eli RDd pixie Land.

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last nigh and drank to the memory OF
the first American PrinceSs, the Lady
Pocahontas. After that rt,e NtrginiarS
drank TO the mcnory Of John Srith,AdmiraI
of New England, and not wishing TO play
4 fayorites. gave l.dlid saiutes TO about
every prominent Virginian from Sic George
Yardley down 20 the present Governor,
Claude \. swanson. who sent word te was
sorry he couldn't be on hand.
The annual dinner OF the society was IN
celebration of the 3JOth anniversary OF the
sailing Of the first immigrants 10 toe Col
onies on board three sm Ill ships, UoDl-
speed, Susan Constant and Discovery,
December 10, 1908. Also il was in celebra-
ton Of the first mint julep which was ever
constructed this side Of the Atlantic, the
drinking Of which produced harmonious
relations bet ween the band Of John smith
and the red brothers unier Powaatan'
I Later the Indians got hold of some seven
teenth century third rail rum which pro-
duced ructions and came near heIng the
end OF the colony.
Howard Randolph Bayue, the governor
OF the society, presided. Vim him at the
guest table were Harry st. George Tucker,
president of the jamestown Exposition;
the Rev. Ernest NJ. Stires, rector of st.
"A OLlt > hutNi NNCi - pAyNhh "
lawyer, and James Aston CabelI, another
Virginia lawyer.
The dinner was reminiscent of the early
history of Virginia. Over the dais was the
coat of arms of Virginia fanked 10y the
coats of arms OF England and of the United
States. The elaborate souvenir menu told
the main facts of yirgiRia'S story, which
was supplemented by two columns of toast
master Bayne's best oratory.
The menu bore portraits of Capt. John
Smith and Lord DE La War;, and wings
OF the landing on May ~, 1907; Of the baptism
Of Pocahontas at jamestown Church inAprll,
1914, ands Of the tower Of the old James
town Church. IL contained. besides. the
roster OF Capt Smiths band of adventures,
made up Of seven members of the council,
forty eight gent lemen, four carpenters,
twelve laborers, eleven who were miscel-
laneous persbns, besides thirty-eight whose
names were unknown. y ct a few Of the
gdiners bore names that were written on the
old roster, like Throgmorton, Flower.
Percy and Studley, although none OF the
Virginians laid claim TO descent from such
IA Mic. Scott. drummer" Richard Nut
ton, boye, Nat Pecock, boye, or Jonas
Profit, sailor"
10 was a small but lively dinner. Few
were in continued en1 oyment OF the grub
because of the constant neighboring from
table TO table and the inVarlable COmInotion
that the band always caused when IT played
t,-Dixie." Before the dinner was half over
the Virginians were giving the rebel yell
with a -Ee-yip-yee- ow y and roaring out
Cinnamon seed and sandy bottom" in u
bowling, joyous chorus. There were other
songs, like Way Down Upon the Sun snee
River odd Kentucky Home" and I'm
Going Back to Old Virginia. that caused
the courses to chill.
Toastmaster Bayne introduced Harry st
gGeorge Tucker after Conscientiously EN-
barking the adventures and bringing them
clear over to jamestown. Mr., Tucker
talked mostly about the coming amestowr
Exposition, and praised President Roose-
welt for doing more than ANYBODY TO max
the exposition a credit 10 the Unlted states.
FAN praise is due to him, 4" said Mr.. Tucker
wtiie the Virginians cheered for the Prest-
dent, "and no matter II his Secretary OF
State does want TO solidify US he il eur
friend" Cheers for the President with q
round Of ee-yip-yee-ows.l =,
Mr.. Tucker said the Jamestown ENposi'
ton would he largely an educational enrer-
prise, one that is necessary, he Thought,
q since last year, dining in London. he heard
a prominent American say that she hoped
Americans in London would make 1t thelI
business to attend the jamestown EXPOSE,
ton, which would celebrate the landing oil
the Pilgrims in Virginia"
George BRYAN spoke to the toast THE
Princess Pocahontas." He said he was TIN
most distinguished member OF the Virgins
delegation present because he was the oni!
man there that wasn't a Colonel or at leas
aMajor. He went on:
To the best OF my knowledge our hrst
princess, from a historical standpoint, wa
our last. There have been. IL is true. princes
OF poetry, tradition and roma nee. but judicis
inquiry reveals only one princess. How m
boyish imagination used to dwell on the Incl
dent OF the rescue OF Capt. John Smith: how
rust in the nick Of time. the princess steppe
forward apd claimed the victim for her YER
own.
But how exasperatinR it is to read tina
later investigation has cast serious doubt upo
the authenticity OF this incident. Wher
Ia the butcher which we call higher ~criticisr
20 stop In his deadly work? Laughter
Not content with It's efforts In another neld
Il has dared to lay hands upon our earlies
American history and rob it Of its one ew
lamb, its first romantic deed. the rescue q
John Smith
We would like to turn those critics over {
S Smiths Indian torment ers.
Mr.. Bryak told the story OF PocahontaS
n passed to an apoetrophe 10 the -Vir
NJ rinia Girl Tom Page" he said, -hai
~ described her powers in the words OF wis
old Uno' Edinburgh:
M When de mistis see how sot Marse George
IL a on it she teck his side and dat fix it, oaus
when ole mistls warn marster to do a thin
5 hit les good as done. / don keer how muc
he rar roun' and say he amt irvine do /
AZ you jos well go long and put on 20 ma
; You gwine see him presney dom hit je
, peaceable as a lamb. She tun him les lii
she got blins bride on him. and amt neve
know Il.
James Aston Cabell talked about 9Th
cavalier in Virginia is 10 not uncom
mon he said, Ito hear ignorant peopl
speak Of the Cavaliers who came TO Virgin
as a act Of broken down adventurers
3.$ There were no doubt some who were broke
LE In fortune, as well as others who sough
nothing but adventure, but the grea
w majority came as tho champions OF los
causes, after all had been lost save. honoI
fk They have certainly not been an idle bree
OF men. There we're Sir George YardleN
y who called the first legislative aseeInbl
on the American continent: Capt. Nichola
Martin, Capt. George Urtie, Capt. Samu'
Matthews, William Claiborne, who cor
tended against the spoliation Of Virgini
by Lord Baltimore: Nathaniel Bacon, Alex
= ander. Spotswood, Robert Beverley, Villa
0b& Stith, William Byrd and so on up TO Georg
Awashington and Cavalier Robert f.. Lee
ief Applause and cheering.
E,M Mr.. Cabell quoted President Roosevelt
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