The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-17
WjHOOP IT up FOR The SOUTH.
MEN FROM MANY A BEST STATE
EVER SHOUT JOYOUSLY.
speeches at the Annual Dinner Of the
southern society Limited 20 Five
Minutes. which Gave One No Chance nj
All 10 Sing the Praises Of His state.


All 20 Sing the Praises Of His state.
To a fanfare Of trumpets about four
hundred members OF the New York South
ern Society gathered in the grand ballroom
OF the Hotel Astor last night to -E-e-e-yipi
E~-e-e-yowl" over anything and every
thing said and done to impress upon New
York that each Southern State ia positively
the best in the Union. From = o'clock
till midnight the banquet hall made a noise
like a Democratic convention.
On the little balconies overlooking the
diners were draped the red, white and blue
in ~profusion, and behind the flags were the
wives and daughters of the Southerners
in those and all the other colors Of the rain
bow. Looking down on the scene one saw
little transparencies on each States table
on which was lettered the nickname OF the
Common wealth.
The Alabamans sat around the Yellow
Hammers legend and in various parts
of the ballroom glowed other transparencies
that showed the location OF the Fl Dorados
Of Florida, the Pelicans Of Louisiana, the
Mossbacks Of Mississippi. the Palmcttos
Of South Carolina, the Moonshiners OF
Tennessee, and the F. F. VS., the Crackers.
the Blue Grass, the Orioles, the Tar Heels,
the Lone Stars and the Arkansans, who
spurn a nickname.
President Marion J.. Verdery. who has
taken George AIDES advice and has deserted
| Georgia for New York, presided. At the
head OF the menu was a little quotation
from Collier that runs:
Plainly the crying need OF the twentieth
century is a means Of choking on long speeches
after dinner.
The postmaster referred to this quota
ton in his opening remarks and an each
speaker came out on the carpet he also
mentioned it feelingly and regretted that
each one hadn't at least five hours to tell
Of the glories Of his particular State. CYip-
e-e-e-yowO
Alabama lead of as usual and the five
minute talk on the State was delivered by
DR.. John A. Wyeth, whose witty remarks
early got the rebel yell into it's true stride.
Alabama has been first in everything ever
since it came into h Union" began DR..
Wyeth, with the native modesty that char
acterized all the talks of the night. Tell
me Of one encyclopedia published that
doesn't give Alabama the first place on the
first rage. Why, in my Office | have a copy
OF an immense work called the edical Di-
rectory that contains the names OF 40 900
practising rhysiciars and surgeons, and
the Alabama scientists are listed, OF course,
on the very first page. The natural infer
ence from this is, OF course, tina these men
are also the best men in their profession in
the country. Vipi Zip! E-e-e-yow! from
the Yellow Hammers.) Z
Every first class newspaper published
the election returns OF Alabama on the
first column OF the first page-and always
it shows too; the necessary De W
you will find way down at the bottom
Of the column with States lke-hke-well
Utah. II you come down to the Southern
States proper-and they're all proper
- ----. A. -.u~AaI 80 che laNA
Samuel Spencer, whom we have with us
tonight Il say the late Samuel Spencer
merely because he rides on his own rail-
road you will find a great arch OF Southern
States OF which Alabama is the keystone.
Now il that keystone were to fall into.the
Gulf the whole Union would fall after it.
we had the first capital of the Con-
federacy IYipl Zip &C. in Alabama, and
il would have stayed there IL Mr.. Davis
didn't find IL necessary to move further
North in order to see the F. F. V.'s-which
letters, as we all know. stand for Fast Fly
ing Virginians," Laughter.
DR.. Wyeth then told feelingly OF Ala
bama's part in the reconstruction work
after the war. And since the war. where
else will you find such material progress?
The heavens above our State are black
with the smoke Of her furnaces, a pillar
of cloud by day and of fire by night. Her
plains are one great field Of snowy cotton.
so that no longer can France claim the
field of the cloth Of gold"
After the dust had settled William r.
McCombs rose to respond to the toast:
Arkansas The sparse representation of
Arkansans at the dinner, argued Mr..
McCombs, gave evidence that few of them
cared to follow George AIDES advice about
leaving the State Like the other speak
ers, Mr.. McCombs proved conclusively
that but for Arkansas there would be no
civilization, no anything.
William A. Barber spoke for South Caro-
lima and said that after. hearing the other
speakers he was glad that his own State
was on the same continent with those that
had been praised earlier: he thanked
heaven, especially after listening to Ralph
Hollands talk on North Carolina, that
South Carolina was so close to its sister.
Judge Charles F. Moore, the last speaker
Of the evening, denied for the Old Dominion
State that f. F. V. tan for fast flying
V~irginians.
Nor do the letters ~insinuate that we at
the Virginia table tonight confined our
selves to fruit, fish and vegetables. Laugh
teri They do not stand either for four
flushing Migrants, nor for the ffty-seven
famous varieties. and | assure you with all
sincerity that they aren't an abbreviation for
the Ave foolish virgins. No, those letters
mean that despite a windstorm that re-
Gently wrecked our railways a few faithful
Virginians have arrived here tonight.
[E-e-e zip! E-e-e-yowD
Virginia is always at the bottom of the
column, as has been said. That's where
sne belongs, Wnere else snOuLO NHBlnlh
be when she is the foundation and support
of all the others?" [ExplosionsJ
Throughout the evening there we're
parades of different orchestras OF various
~nationalities, Hungarian, Italian and
others, who came to play a selection and
departed to give way to another band,
all supplied through the kindness, said the
toastmaster, of William Muschenheim of the
hotel. Heinrich Conried sent two singers.
Miss Lucille Lawrence and Miss Lucy
Lee Call, and the gallant Southerners rose
to give them the Southern yell all the time
they were in the hall. Walter Damrosch,
who sat with the North Ca~rolinans, sup
piled more musicians and there were three
negro songsters that won wild applause.
Scattered throug hout the hill at the
various State tables were John G.. Carlisle,
Stuyvesant Fish, DR.. William NJ. Polk
Thomas Nelson Page, DR.; John A. Wyeth,
Samuel Spencer, John G. Calhoun, the
Hon. Augustus Van Wyck, Samuel NJ.
Jarvis, Walter l.. McCorkle,, Dr.. Virgil P.
Gihpey. Lindsay Russell. John r. Abney,
Charles Baskerville. Hamilton Holt, Stanley
d. McGrsw, Karl r. Miner, Percy A. Pick
rell and Charles 8. Bryan.