Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24
ADDRESS BY MR.. BEDE
GIVES ADVICE TO GRADUATES OF
LAIsE-PHILLPs SCHOOL.

/ The graduation exercises OF the I.aise-
Phillips School were held last evening at
O'Clock in the ball room OF the New VIII
lard The room was beautifully decorated
with palms, and seated upon the stage in
addition to members Of the graduating
class, were Mrs. Phillips Rev DR.. C. Err
nest Smith. rector OF st. Johns Protestant
Episcopal Church. and Representative ].
Adam Bede OF Minnesota After Miss
Grace Noble Adams and Miss Octa Laurie
Bassett had rendered Scotson Clark's
'Marche AUX Flambeaux," the invocation
was delivered by Rev. DIR. Smith. Miss
Joy Cullimore Pew sang The Land of the
Leal, by Arthur Foote. after which Misses
Julia r. Doodall and Irene Mae wieand
gave a duet from "Lohengrin" Miss julie
Frances Masterman sang Bamberg's
"Nymphs and Fauns. and then Represent
alive Bede was introduced to deliver the
address of the evening. He laid particular
stress upon the word experience" and
before he concluded the graduates realized
that the address was out of the ordinary.
Mr. Bede told OF the experiences of many
of the famous men and women of the
world from Moses down to Josephine and
from Napoleon tie third to the Daughters
of the American Revolution. He asserted
that happiness is the aim of life. and that
neither riches nor position contribute to 1t.
Quarrel More Than Men.
Continuing. he said: Women quarrel
more than men. Why is this? Why Is 1t
that little children. the sweetest things in
the world. can't be together two minutes
without quarreling? Why? Simply be-
cause they haven't experience. Women
haven't experience in public affairs. and 50
when they join revolutionary society they
Immediately begin to evolute. But l had
rather belong to the D. A. R. and fight
all the time than not to belong to anything
for 1t brings experience. So l pay my re-
spects to the D. A. R. and the Danes Of
(now what is it?) the Danes of-Auld Lang
Syne. and wish them godspeed."
I'VE have more happiness than men have
had at any stage of the worlds history.
We are better off, too, in every way. Why.
l went through one of Henry Wits houses
once. You couldn't have rented that house
to an American mechanic without putting
In improvements. 1t didn't have any bath
tub. Henry never took bath. Would
that be happiness for us? What of his
wives? He had almost as many as there
are graduates in this class, and he went
around killing them out of season, con-
trary to the game laws of the kingdom.
But even that sport did not make him
happy. What of the wives themselves?
Not one of them ever rode a bicycle
wore q shirt waist even knew what
shadow embroidery was. How could they
be happy"
All Had Their Troubles.
Mr.. Bede said that from Moses down all
had their troubles. He said: BE either
hot or cold, but never be lukewarm. Do
things right or let them alone. There IS
just as much art in doing a thing at the
right time as there is in boiling water Not
every woman knows how to do that. My
wife didn't when she was married. It's
an art. Some people get it either under
done overdone. Some cook 1t that
the life is taken all out"
Mr.. Bede told a college story which diff
fered from the ordinary in that several of
the men wanted to be nice to the "co-eds,'
and, when they were in doubt as to how
much ice cream to provide, one appealed
to the arithmetic, which said. Il gal,
OTIS" Mr.. Bede urged the young ladies to
be true to the ideals of the country and to
always be equal to the opportunities that
would come within their path throughout
life.
At the conclusion of his address Mr.. Bede
was handed large bunch of roses, and for
once he seemed if he did not know ex-
actly what to do with them. The class
then sang 81 know a bank" from Mid
summer Nights Dream after which Mrs.
and the March Pontihcale,'' by Gounod.
was played.
The names of the graduates follow:
Carrie Jewell Custer, Charlton, Iowa; Lol-
lie Edna NJ Dennis, Washington; Estelle
Virginia Eaton, Washington; Edith Finch,
Washington; Lois NJ. Irwin, Washington;
julie Frances Masterman. Saltwater Mimi;
Marie Boyd Mcknight. Washington; JOY
Cullimore Pew, Clarksburg, W. Va; Louise
Lamson- Scribncr. Washington; Ruby Helen
Meline Stokes. Washington